Present, Past and Future Tenses

Tell Pat to hurry up! We _________ for her since 7 and the film is about to start.

• have waited

• had waited

• have been waiting

• had been waiting

My train to Oxford _________ tomorrow at 6 p.m.

• is leaving

• will leave

• is going to leave

• leaves

She __________ for that company since 2000.

• has worked

• worked

• will have worked

• will be working

I ________ the money for the competition I won.

• haven't yet got

• haven't got yet

• haven't still got

• still haven't got

Alexander Fleming _______ the properties of the staphylococci when he accidentally discovered penicillin.

• had been investigating

• has investigated

• had investigated

• has investigated

You would have got the job if you _______ to me.

• have listened

• had listened

• would listen

• would have listened

Let her sleep. She _______ really hard all morning. She needs a rest.

• has been sleeping

• has been working

• slept

• has worked

She _______ never _______ here before. It's her first time in this restaurant.

We _______ reality TV shows very often but when we do, we really make fun of them.

• never watch

• don't watch

• seldom watch

• do watch

After they _______ the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

• ate

• eaten

• had ate

• had eaten