Diagnostic test for tenses esl advanced

The children ----------in the garden all morning. No wonder they're so tired!

• had played

• have played

• have been playing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We can start tidying up as soon as the last guest --------home.

• will have gone

• will go

• has gone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

'Which one is your English teacher in this photo?' 'She's the one------next to the head teacher in the front row.'

• who's sitting

• who sits

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

--------that you're having problems with the photocopier. I'm afraid it's quite old and it often breaks down.

• I'm seeing

  
  

• I see

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I went outside and shut the front door before-----my keys from the drawer. So now I was locked out of the house.

• I'd been taking

• I'd taken

• I took

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I haven't------. How is she?

• seen your mother lately

• seen lately your mother

• just seen your mother

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I'm sorry that I chose this film to watch this evening. I didn't realise that-----it.

• already you'd seen

• you'd already seen

• you'd seen already

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

--------of buying a bicycle. Do you think it's a good idea?

• I think

• I'm thinking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

-------about learning some Russian before my business trip to Moscow, but in the end I just didn't have time.

• I'm thinking

• I'd been thinking

• I've thought

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He was waiting at the bus stop--------the accident.

• when he was seeing

• when he saw

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D