Verb Tenses

Choose the past perfect to complete the following sentence:

I_____________________ there for five years.

• was working

• had been working

• had worked

• were worked

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the present perfect to complete the following sentence:

She __________________ here for five years.

• has lived

• will have lived

• is living

• has been living

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The following sentence is written in _______________.

By next month, they will have been living here for 20 years.

• future tense

• future progressive

• future perfect progressive

• future perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The following sentence is written in _______________.

I am reading a wonderful book.

• present perfect progressive

• past progressive

• present tense

• present progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The following sentence is written in _______________.

The students have passed the oral proficiency test.

• past progressive

• past perfect progressive

• present perfect

• present perfect progressive

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence is written in future progressive?

• I am writing a letter.

• She will run 20 miles.

• By this afternoon, the kids will have been playing for 8 hours.

• At the end of the week, Carmen will have tried to call her for five days.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose two possible answers for this exercise.

By tomorrow night, he_________________ his homework.

• will have finished

• was finishing

• had finished

• will be finishing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

All the artists __________________ a unique masterpiece.

• are painting

• were painting

• have painted

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They had been using their

cellphone all night.

The correct tense for this sentence is__

• past progeressive

• past perfect

• past perfect progressive

• past tense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct present perfect progressive for the following sentence.

My friend Sandra _______________

a lot to become a teacher.

• have been studying

• have been sleeping

• has been studying

• has been sleeping

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D