Past tenses - grade 12

1. The inspector noticed that not everyone ........... their safety helmet.

• was being worn

• will have worn

• was wearing

• wearing

John went to the post office to ask about his package but they kept saying that it .............. yet.

• doesn’t arrive

• hadn’t arrived

• is arriving

• was on the way

When the original star of the play ......... ill, Mary ........ an unexpected chance to play the leading role.

• fell - got

• has fallen - would get

• was falling - has got

• falls - has been getting

We .......... up the hill for half an hour when we realized we ............ in the direction of the castle.

• were walking - haven’t been going

• had been walking - weren’t going

• have been walking - didn’t go

• had walked - wouldn’t be going

Dan made a lot of friends while he ............ around America.

• was travelling

• has travelled

• will be travelling

• had travelled

David was fed up. He ............. for the bus for an hour.

• had been waiting

• waited

• has been waiting

• was waiting

Scientists examining bodies of ancient people ............ evidence of malaria in people who ............ at least three thousand years ago.

• found - have lived

• find - had lived

• have found - lived

• had found - would be living

My grandfather retired from work last month. He ............. for the same company for 40 years.

• was working

• has been working

• had been worked

• had been working

Some research ............. to show that dogs ........... from wolves as recently as 15,000 years ago.

• has appeared - domesticated

• appears - were domesticated

• had appeared - would be domesticated

• will appear - have been domesticated

The students were excited when they ........... that their favorite pop singer ........... them at the school.

• had heard - has visited

• heard - was going to visit

• would hear - visited

• hear - will be visiting