Tense Usage

1. Sandy ………………… (read, always) the book nearly everyday around 9 – 10 p.m.

• a. read always

• b. is always reading

• c. always read

• d. always reads

2. It ………………… (snow) everyday since I arrived here.

• A) snows

• B) is snowing

• C) has snowed

• D) had snowed

3. Tim …………………. (not, always, cook), but today he is available, so he goes to the kitchen and he ……………(cook) at the moment.

• A) doesn’t always cook, cooks

• B) always don’t cook, cooks

• C) always not cooks, is cooking

• D) doesn’t always cook, is cooking

4. On next Monday at 10 o’clock, we ……….. (meet) on line via zoom meeting program.

• A) are going to meet

• B) are meeting

• C) will be meeting

• D) will have met

5. We ……………… (wait) for her for hours, but recently the delayed flight …………………. (declare). Anyway, we persist in waiting for her arrival.

• A) have been waiting, has been declared

• B) have waited, is declared

• C) had waited, was declared

• D) have been being waited, has declared

6. The fans ______ (cheer) when the team got a goal.

• A) cheer

• B) was cheering

• C) were cheering

• D) had cheered

7. By the time Sam pays off his student loan, he ……….. 80 years old.

• A) is

• B) aged

• C) would have been

• D) will have

8. The manager ……………… (sign) his name to approve all project proposals before he went out to meet the clients.

• A) signs

• B) has signed

• C) had signed

• D) signed

While Siri was cooking, the fire _______ (burn) her hand.

• A) was burning

• B) burned

• C) had been burning

• D) being burned

10. I imagine you ……………. (get married) to your suitable man by the time you graduate your Ph.D.

• A) get married

• B) will get married

• C) would be getting married

• D) would have got married