Narrative tenses (Present, Present Perfect and Past)

Choose the correct alternative.

PETE: Whereabouts in Brighton do you live / did you live / have you lived when you were / you've been / you were being a child?

PATRICK: The part called Kemp Town. Do you know / Did you know / Have you known it?

PETE: Oh, yes. I was eating /I used to eat /I've eaten there most weekends when I was doing / I've been doing / I've done my degree at the university.

• do you live, you were, Do you know, I was eating, I've been doing,

• did you live, you were being, Do you know, I used to eat, I was doing,

• have you lived, you've been, Did you know, I've eaten, I've done

• have you lived, you were, Have you known, I used to eat, I've done

• did you live, you were, Do you know, I used to eat, I was doing

Choose the correct alternative.

HELEN: When are you hearing/did you hear/have you heard the result of your law exam?

CLARA: When I phoned /I've phoned /I'd phoned my boss. She's checking / She's been checking/She was checking the results when I'd rung/I rang/I was ringing, so she's told /she was telling /she told me then.

• did you hear, I phoned, She was checking, I rang, she told

• are you hearing,I've phoned, I'd rung, she's told

• have you heard,I phoned, She was checking, I was ringing, she's told

• have you heard,I'd phoned, She's checking, I'd rung,she was telling

• did you hear,I phoned, She's been checking, I rang, she told

Choose the correct alternative.

HELEN: Do you expect / Have you expected / Had you been expecting to do so well?

CLARA: Not really, to be honest!

HELEN: Are you telling / Do you tell / Have you told your husband yet?

CLARA: Not yet.

HELEN: Go on! He waited /He's waited / He's been waiting to hear from you all day.

• Do you expect, Do you tell, He's been waiting

• Had you been expecting, Have you told, He's been waiting

• Have you expected, Are you telling, He's been waiting

• Have you expected, Do you tell, He waited

• Had you been expecting, Have you told, He's waited

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

Tom has started training regularly since he _ _ _ _ _ _ (join) the gym.

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

How often _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / visit) your brother's family when _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / be) in Singapore last year?

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

I _ _ _ _ _ _ (not top up) my smart card yet. How much _ _ _ _ _ _ (you / think) I need for a month?

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

The filling station manager called the police when he _ _ _ _ _ _ (realise) that someone _ _ _ _ _ _ (drive) off without paying for their petrol.

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

Sharon's health _ _ _ _ _ _ (seem) much better these days than it used to be. Perhaps she _ _ _ _ _ _ (take) more exercise as the doctor _ _ _ _ _ _ (advise).

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

Eddie _ _ _ _ _ _ (set) fire to his kitchen last week when he _ _ _ _ _ _ (fry) sausages. He _ _ _ _ _ _ (sort out) the mess ever since, as you can imagine.

Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect simple, present perfect continuous or past perfect simple.

My grandmother was a wonderful woman. She _ _ _ _ _ _ (spend) most of her life teaching adults who _ _ _ _ _ _ (miss) the opportunity to learn to read when they _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) children.