PERFECT TENSES A6

Man : When did the guests come yesterday?

Woman : When she ______ cooking.

• had just finished

• is finishing

• was finished

• has finished

• finishes

“Nelson started learning to play chess when he was only five years old and won his first national chess competition when he was ten.”

This means that Nelson _____ to play chess very well by the time he was 10 years old.

• had learned

• is learning

• will have learned

• would learn

• has learned

Woman : I didn’t have to pay for my brother’s tuition fee last year.

Man : That’s great. I heard he ____ a scholarship from a foreign university.

Woman : That's true.

• receives

• had received

• is receiving

• would receive

• has received

I heard a slight noise, so I walked to the front door to investigate. I looked down at the floor and saw a piece of paper. Someone _____ a note under the door of my apartment.

• had pushed

• is pushing

• has pushed

• would push

• will have pushed

Rianti reached to the floor and picked up her glasses. They were broken. She ____ on them.

• steps

• had stepped

• was stepping

• have stepped

• will have stepped

I _____ my glasses three times so far this year. One time I dropped them on a cement floor. Another time I sat on them. And this time I stepped on them.

• has broken

• was breaking

• have broken

• will have broken

• would break

Woman : I didn’t see your sister. Where is she?

Man : She’s studying in Australia.

Woman : Oh, how long has she been there?

Man : _____.

• last year

• a year ago

• since last year

• by next year

• yesterday

Woman : Don’t forget to clean your room, Andy.

Man : I have already cleaned it, Mom.

From the dialog, we know that the room is ____ now.

• untidy

• dirty

• messy

• clean

• wet

Man : Let’s go fishing.

Woman : No, thanks. I have already gone fishing with my dad for three times this week. I need a rest.

Man : Poor you. I will ask Fery then.

What can we learn from the dialogue?

• The woman doesn’t like fishing.

• The woman wants to go fishing with the man.

• The woman needs a rest after going fishing three times.

• The woman wants the man to go fishing with Fery.

• The woman cannot go fishing with the man because of her father.

Mahadewi gets angry easily. She ____ a bad temper ever since she was a child.

• have had

• will have

• had

• has had

• had had