Tenses: Present, Past, and Future

As a pilot, when she retires, she ________ over 80,000 hours.

• flies

• will have flied

• will has flown

• will have flown

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Ever since I got a credit card, I ________ a lot of money on many unnecessary things.

• spent

• have spent

• spended

• expend

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

By the time I graduate from school next year, I ________ here for five years.

• will be living

• will have lived

• will have been living

• will have become Peter Pan

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We ________ in Norway for nearly 25 years until we moved to Scotland two years ago.

• never lived

• had been living

• will have lived

• lived

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Alexander Fleming _______ the properties of the staphylococci when he accidentally discovered penicillin.

• had been investigating

• has investigated

• had investigated

• has investigated

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Nobody mentioned that until the film _______.

• ends

• is ending

• had ended

• had endded

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He ________ everything by the time we got there.

• ate

• eats

• eat

• had eaten

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

• She has finished her homework.

• She finished her homework.

• She will finish her homework.

• She is finishing her homework.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Identify the sentence in the past continuous tense.

• I was reading a book when he called.

• I read a book when he called.

• I will read a book when he calls.

• I am reading a book when he calls.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct future perfect tense sentence.

• They will have completed the project by next week.

• They will complete the project by next week.

• They complete the project by next week.

• They are completing the project by next week.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D