Types of Tenses

1. When you phoned, I _ a shower.

• a. was having

• b. am having

• c. had

• d. have

2. If you had arrived late, I _ angry.

• a. had been

• b. would have been

• c. will have been

• d. have been

3. They _ the French course yet.

• a. have not started

• b. had not started

• c. have not start

• d. have not starting

4. My family _ in Australia for a year when I was a child.

• a. was living

• b. lives

• c. lived

• d. living

5. I'm tired. I _ for 3 hours.

• a. have studied

• b. have been studying

• c. had been studying

• d. had been studied

Read the following and sentences and identify the tenses. (Simple past, Present continuous, Future continuous)

6. The chief guest addressed the gathering.

7. They will be having fun.

8. We are waiting for them.

TRUE or FALSE

9. We use past continuous to talk about past event that was going on for a

a period of time.

10. A simple past is used to show a completed action in the past.