Perfect Tenses (Present / Past)

Choose the correct option.

It _________ all day long, we can’t go out even for a moment.

• Has been raining

• Had been raining

• Is raining

• Has rained

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How long ________ English before you moved to Canada?

• Had you been learning

• Were you learning

• Have you been learning

• Do you learn

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John _______ to call his mother yesterday but forgot.

• Had intended

• Was going to intend

• Intended

• Has intended

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Ms Coleson _______ three emails so far.

• Has written

• Wrote

• Has been writing

• Is writing

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I can’t believe it! I _______ my keys again!

• Have lost

• Lost

• Had lost

• Have been losing

Choose the correct option.

Terry ________ as a personal assistant for five years before he became a manager.

• Worked

• Has worked

• Has been working

• Was working

Choose the correct option.

I think I ________ home before, but I can’t remember.

• Have met

• Met

• Was meeting

• Had met

Open the brackets using the most suitable tense form.

When we got to the station, the train (already / leave).

Open the brackets using the most suitable tense form.

Look at your hands! (You / work) in the garden?

Open the brackets using the most suitable tense form.

She (go) to Paris last summer.