Use of English - the verb phrase, tenses

Listen! Someone _____ (play) the violin upstairs. Can you hear it?

• is playing

• has been playing

• was playing

• plays

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

You will get your results in a month – a letter______(send) to your house.

• will send

• is going to send

• will be sent

• is sent

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I’ll wait until she _______ (get) here and then we’ll come over together.

• gets

• will get

• get

• is going to get

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Jackie _____ (work) at the company for years, and she still loves it.

• is working

• works

• has been working

• has working

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When they got home, they saw that somebody ______ (break) one of their windows.

• broke

• has broken

• had broken

• had been broken

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’t go to that restaurant again! I ______ (go) there twice last week.

• went

• had gone

• used to go

• would go

I’m sorry. I think I ______ (break) your camera when I dropped it!

• broke

• have broken

• had broken

• break

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

‘Where’s Josh?’ ‘He _____ (go) to Warsaw. He’ll be back next week.’

• has gone

• has been

• went

• had gone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I _____ (eat) less chocolate at the moment because I am on a diet.

• 'm eating

• 've been eating

• 'll be eating

• eat

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

If I had the chance to live abroad, I ______ (go).

• will go

• would go

• went

• go

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A