TENSES

TENSES

By Jane Bùi

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	Past	Present	Future
Simple	was/were  V2/ed	am/is/are V1 (s/es)	will V
Continuous	was/were V	am/is/are V	will be V
Perfect	had V	have/has V	will have V
Perfect continuous	had been V	have/has been V	will have been V

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Multiple Choice

1. I _____ Louisiana state University.

• (A) am attending

• (B) attend

• (C) was attending

• (D) attended

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2. He has been selling motorcycles ____.

• (A) ten years ago

• (B) since ten years

• (C) for ten years ago

• (D) for ten years

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3. Columbus _____ America more then 400 years ago.

• (A) discovered

• (B) has discovered

• (C) had discovered

• (D) he has gone

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4. He fell down when he _____ towards the church.

• (A) run

• (B) runs

• (C) was running

• (D) had run

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5. We _____ there when our father died.

• (A) still lived

• (B) lived still

• (C) was still living

• (D) were still living

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6. They _____ ping pong when their father comes back home.

• (A) will play

• (B) will be playing

• (C) play

• (D) would play

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7. By Christmas, I _____ for you for 6 months.

• (A) shall have been working

• (B) shall work

• (C) have been working

• (D) shall be working

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8. I _____ in the room now.

• (A) am being

• (B) was being

• (C) have been being

• (D) am

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9. I _____ to New York three times this year.

• (A) have been

• (B) was

• (C) were

• (D) had been

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10. I will come and see you before I _____ for America.

• (A) leave

• (B) will leave

• (C) have left

• (D) shall leave