Present and Past Tenses: C1/C2

This time next week, we _____ the Christmas play.

• have performed

• will be performing

• will have been performing

• are performing

I'm sure the charity event _____ long to organise because so many people have offered to help.

• isn't to take

• won't take

• isn't taking

• won't have been taking

_______ we get to the station, the train will have left.

• As soon as

• By the time

• So far

• For the time being

"Can I speak to Elsie, please?"

"She isn't here, I'm afraid. She ______ to the post office."

• has gone

• has been

• has been going

• will go

"Thomas is doing really well on his diet."

"Yes, he is. As soon as he ______ his desired weight, he'll stop."

• will reach

• will be reaching

• reaches

• has been reaching

"Why _______ Mr Sellers so much when we were at school?"

"Because he was always picking on me."

• did you use to dislike

• were you used to disliking

• were you disliking

• had you disliked

"Why did you have a different address this year?"

"Because I _______ with my aunt over the summer holidays."

• have been living

• was living

• lived

• had lived

Although I _______ Paris years before, I couldn't remember how to get from the airport to the city centre.

• was visiting

• had been visiting

• had visited

• was to visit

"How are you getting on with your diet?"

"Since I ______ eating porridge for breakfast, I've stopped feeling hungry before lunch."

• would start

• had started

• was started

• started

On the night the accident occurred, James ______ a late flight from Heathrow; he must have fallen asleep at the wheel while driving to the airport.

• was going to catch

• had been catching

• had caught

• would catch