Verb Tenses

He __________ several relationships before he decided to settle down.

• 'd had

• has had

• is having

• has

It is predicted that the world's population __________ by the end of the century.

• has doubled

• will have doubled

• has been doubling

• is doubling

The business __________ very well lately.

• has done

• has been doing

• is doing

• will be doing

It's my grandparents' diamond wedding anniversary next spring. They __________ married for 60 years!

• are

• has been

• are being

• will have been

Your essay is good on the whole, but you __________ out some important points.

• have been missing

• will miss

• are missing

• missing

I sent off the contract and then I realised I __________ to sign it.

• had forgotten

• will forget

• am forgetting

• will be forgotten

By the end of this year, I __________ English for six years

• will have been studying

• will be studying

• have studied

• studied

She got ill because she __________ too hard

• is work

• has been working

• is working

• had worked

Oscar's a dreamer. Each evening he __________ hours reading astronomy magazines, hoping to become an astronaut one day.

• has been spending

• spends

• will be spending

• is spending

Kate's a worrier. When I first met her, she __________ her job and __________ what to do with her life.

• had just left / was wondering

• just left / has been wondering

• had just left / had been wondering

• just left / was wondering