Tenses

Mr John ... along the river bank when he accidentally met some people from Asmat tribe

• walked

• was walking

• walk

• will walk

• has walked

Mrs Kuswita moved to Jakarta from Ambon 2 years ago. Now she lives in Jakarta with her family.

We can say that Mrs Kuswita ... in Jakarta for 2 years.

• lives

• had lived

• has lived

• is living

• was living

Rika : ...

Rina : Since 2001

Rika : Really? Your Arabic must be good then.

Rina : Not really.

• when do you study arabic?

• when will you study arabic?

• how long have you studied arabic?

• where did you study arabic?

• how long did you study arabic?

Mrs Farida will go to Germany next week. She ... there before.

• had never been

• has never been

• was never

• will never be

• is never being

Siska : Fadli, what were you doing when your father came home?

Fadli : I ... TV

• watch

• watched

• was watching

• will watch

• am watching

Many children don't get enough food in Africa. Unless we help them, thousand of them ... by the end of this year.

• die

• will died

• will have died

• have died

• have been dying

I have been teaching English for 18 years. By the end of next year, I ... English for 19 years.

• teach

• will have taught

• will teach

• will be teaching

• taught

Alex : Did you get this bag yesterday?

Rahmat : Yes, when I ... in the school cafetaria, Rasti asked me to give it to you.

• sit

• is sitting

• was sitting

• has been sitting

• will sit

Sugi : Yona, were you watching TV when I called you last week?

Yona : Yes, I was watching TV with my parents.

From the dialogue, we know that Sugi wanted to know if Yona ... TV when he called her.

• watched

• was watching

• had been watching

• watches

• will watch

Safrina ... an aspirin when I came to her house.

• was taking

• is taking

• will take

• takes

• took