GRAM_TENSES_2

That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended

• has been leaking

• is leaking

• leaks

• leaking

"Hurry up! We're waiting for you. What's taking you so long?"

“I _____ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me."

• wait

• will wait

• am waiting

• have waited

Nick is going to be famous some day. He _____ in three movies already. I'm sure he'll be a star.

• have been appearing

• had appeared

• has appeared

• appeared

Class 11M's football team _____ 2 games so far this season, and will probably win the championship.

• has win

• won

• has won

• will win

By the time I _____ to bed last night, I _____ my homework.

• went-have finished

• had gone- finished 

• went-had finished

• was going-were finishing

The phone _____constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for president this morning.

• has been ringing

• ran

• had rung

• had been ringing

Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors ______ primitive savages living in caves.

• are

• were

• will be

• had been 

Next week when there ______ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.

• is be

• is

• will be

• will have been

Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish _____ on earth for ages.

• has existed

• are existing

• exists

• have existed

In the last two decades, space exploration _____ great contributions to weather forecasting. 

• is making

• has made

• made

• makes