WorksheetsADVANCED GRAMMAR - ENGLISH TENSES - TEST 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Last Saturday, my father ____ that his dinner suit was too small, so now he ____ a strict diet.
has discovered / followed
discovers / was following
discovered / is following
was discovering / has followed
) has been discovering / will follow
Helen ____ her driving test five times so far without success, but she ____, yet.
takes / isn't giving up
has taken / hasn't given up
was taking / didn't give up
) is taking / doesn't give up
took / wasn't giving up
Most of the time, John and his friends ____ football matches at their local coffee, but this Saturday, they ____ to the stadium, and so they're all very excited.
watch / are going
have been watching / go
are watching / have gone
were watching / went
have watched / were going
Kate ____ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she ____ meat at all during this time.
is / isn't eating
has been / wasn't eating
is / doesn't eat
has been / hasn't eaten
) was / didn't eat
Last year, Richard ____ his bicycle to work everyday, but he ____ the bus since the accident.
rides / takes
has ridden / is taking
rode / has been taking
was riding / took
) is riding / has taken
I ____ glasses when I was younger, but now I ____ contact lenses.
was wearing / have had
have worn / am having
have been wearing / had
wear / was having
wore / have
About a month ago, I ____ a brochure about your hotel, but I ____ it yet.
request / didn't receive
have requested / am not receiving
was requesting / wasn't receiving
requested / haven't received
have been requested / don't receive
The conditions in our office ____ more and more unbearable, so quite often recently I ____ quitting it and looking for a new job.
have got / was considering
was getting / am considering
are getting / have considered
have been getting / consider
get / considered
Because I ____ a long way from my work, I ____ lots of time going to and from work.
live / waste
lived / have wasted
have been living / wasted
am living / have been wasting
was living / am wasting
In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper chains ____ for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend that ____ in the 1970s.
account / started
were accounting / start
has accounted / was starting
accounted / is starting
accounts / has started
Clean snow ____ as much as 87 percent of the sunlight that ____ on it.
is reflecting / shone
has reflected / was shining
reflected / is shining
was reflected / has shone
reflects / shines
More than two hundred people ____ the tower when the bomb ____ in one of the dustbins.
have visited / was exploding
were visiting / exploded
visited / has exploded
are visiting / is exploding
visit / has exploded
Because you ____ half of the ingredients as I ____ dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.
were eating / have prepared
have eaten / prepared
have been eating / prepare
ate / was preparing
eat / have been preparing
She ____ strictly since Christmas and so far she ____ eight kilos.
was dieting / was losing
dieted / loses
diets / is losing
is dieting / lost
has been dieting / has lost
Cindy's family ____ chains in this area for over three centuries and now her father ____ this traditional craft at the county museum twice a day as well.
are making / is demonstrating
have made / has demonstrated
made / was demonstrating
were making / demonstrated
have been making / demonstrates
He ____ to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone ________
was hurrying / rang
hurries / has been ringing
hurried / was ringing
is hurrying / rings
has hurried / has rung
There ____ economies since the dawn of civilisation, but as a field of study, economics ____ only recently.
)were / was developing
have been / has developed
are / has been developing
were / is developing
have been / develops
John Deere ____ his farm machinery business, which ____ tractors today, in the 19th century.
founds / still produced
has founded / is still producing
was founding / was still producing
founded / still produces
is founding / is still produced
I ____ my French lately; consequently, I ____ more and more of it.
am not practising / forget
haven't been practising / am forgetting
don't practice / have forgotten
wasn't practising / forgot
) didn't practice / was forgetting
The old lady's health ____ day by day until she ____ smoking.
was deteriorating / gave up
is deteriorating / gives up
deteriorated / has given up
deteriorates / is giving up
has deteriorated / was giving up
The managing director ____ Sid to sales manager and ever since, he ____ everybody around.
promoted / has been bossing
promotes / bosses
has promoted / is bossing
is promoting / was bossing
was promoting / has bossed
Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful weather, ____ our holiday miserable, so we ____ before the scheduled time
have made / have left
were making / leave
make / left
are making / are leaving
made / were leaving
The fact that more people ____ ozone-friendly products nowadays ____ that the media can positively increase public awareness.
have used / was showing
used / has shown
use / has been showing
were using / showed
are using / shows
My sister ____ from severe back aches lately and I think it's because, last month, she ____ to work in a shop where she has to pick up heavy things
is suffering / has started
suffers / was starting
) has been suffering / started
suffered / is starting
was suffering / start
Though she ____ dancing, Sonia ____ to the disco with her friends the previous night just in order to be with them in a different atmosphere.
hasn't like / has gone
doesn't like / went
didn't like / is going
doesn't like / goes
didn't like / is going
Somebody ____ three times this morning asking for Pete, but nobody called Pete ____ here.
has phoned / has ever lived
is phoning / was ever living
phones / ever lived
phoned / is ever living
has been phoning / ever lived
Joey ____ just ____stubborn when he refused to go to the cinema today and he only did so because we ____ to go bowling yesterday.
is / being / haven't wanted
has / been / didn't want
is / being / don't want
was / being / haven't been wanting
was / being / didn't want
My mother ____ her optician tomorrow because her eyesight ____ worse since she got this computing job.
has visited / is becoming
visited / was becoming
visits / becomes
) is visiting / has become
was visiting / became
As the President ____the hall, all the guests ____ to their feet to welcome him.
was entering / have risen
entered / rose
is entering / rise
enters / have been rising
has entered / were rising
She ____ interested in health ever since she was a young girl and now that the medical college ____ her as a student, it seems that she will be able to work in the medical field.
was / accepted
has been / has accepted
is / is accepting
is being / accepts
was / was accepting
