Perfect Tenses

My brother ... (play) basket ball for two hours. I wonder why he isn't tired and stop playing.

• has played

• has been playing

• have been playing

• had been playing

• will have been playing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Finally she stopped talking after I ... (wait) for fifteen minutes.

• will have been waiting

• have been waiting

• had been waiting

• had waited

• have waited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Don't ask me to open the door. I ... (sleep) for a few minutes by the time dad comes home.

• am sleeping

• have been sleeping

• have slept

• had been sleeping

• will have been sleeping

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

You don't need to tell me the story again. He ... (tell) me.

• has been telling

• had told

• has told

• will have told

• tells

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I don't know who entered our house last night. I went to bed after I ... (come) home from work.

• will have come

• had been coming

• comes

• had come

• have come

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Ask Dad not to pick me up. I ... (go) home by the time Dad arrives at my school.

• went

• have gone

• had gone

• will go

• will have gone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Last year, when you started working here, I ... (1. work) in this company for 23 years.

This year, I ... (2. work) for 24 years.

Next year, I'll get a loyalty reward because I ... (3. work) for 25 years.

The suitable verb to complete blank no 1 is ...

• was working

• have been working

• had worked

• had been working

• will have been working

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Last year, when you started working here, I ... (1. work) in this company for 23 years.

This year, I ... (2. work) for 24 years.

Next year, I'll get a loyalty reward because I ... (3. work) for 25 years.

The suitable verb to complete blank no 2 is ...

• am working

• have been working

• had been working

• has worked

• will have been working

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Last year, when you started working here, I ... (1. work) in this company for 23 years.

This year, I ... (2. work) for 24 years.

Next year, I'll get a loyalty reward because I ... (3. work) for 25 years.

The suitable verb to complete blank no 3 is ...

• will have been working

• will be working

• will work

• have been working

• had been working

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I'm not interested in Jakarta for vacation. I ... (1. be) there for many times to visit

my grandma, and actually I ... (2. live) there before I moved to Semarang.

The suitable verb to complete blank no 1 is ...

• am

• has been

• will have been

• had been

• have been

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D