EXERCISES ON VERB TENSES

Teenagers _______ photos of pop stars on their bedroom walls.

• are often sticking
• often stick
• will often stick
• have often stuck

I _______ an important phone call from America. Could you tell me when it comes?

• had expected
• have been expected
• expected
• am expecting

I _______ here since last September.

• am studying
• have been studying
• had been studying
• was studying

Mr. Edwards _______ history for 35 years, and is retiring soon.

• teaches
• is teaching
• taught
• has been teaching

Up to now, the discount _______ to children under ten years old.

• has only applied
• only applies
• was only applied
• only applied

They went home after they _______ their work.

• have finished
• had finished
• finished
• would have finished

There was a knock on the door while we _______ the game show on TV.

• were enjoying
• enjoyed
• had enjoyed
• had been enjoying

Dan made a lot of friends while he _______ around America.

• was travelling
• has travelled
• will be travelling
• had travelled

They _______ running their own company in 1990.

• started
• have started
• are starting
• start

By the time I came here all the better jobs _______ taken.

• have been
• were
• are
• had been