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Course 1: Verb Tenses and Passives

Total questions: 130

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct option for this sentence:

She _________________ play the violin

a)

don’t

b)

doesn’t

c)

donesn’t

2.

Complete the sentence

They _____________ to the supermarket every Saturdays

a)

goes

b)

go

c)

going

3.

Shh The baby (sleep) .......

a)

is sleeping

b)

Sleeps

c)

Sleeping

4.

Right now I’m in class. I (sit) ......at my desk.

a)

Sits

b)

Sitting

c)

am sitting

5.

The baby (sleep) ....... for ten hours every night.

a)

is sleeping

b)

Sleeping

c)

Sleeps

6.

I usually (sit) ..... at the same desk in class every day.

a)

Sit

b)

Sits

c)

Sitting

7.

Ali speaks Arabic. Arabic is his native language, but right now he (speak) ...... English.

a)

is speaking

b)

Speaking

c)

Speaks

8.

Our teacher (stand, not) ..... up right now

a)

Is not standing

b)

Is not stand

c)

are not standing

9.

It’s 6:00 P.M. Marry is at home. She (eat)......dinner

a)

eats

b)

is eating

c)

is eat

10.

Marry always (eat) ..... Dinner with her family around six o’clock

a)

is eating

b)

eat

c)

Eats

11.

It (rain,not) ..... right now

a)

is not rain

b)

is not raining

c)

not raining

12.

(Rain, it) ........ a lot in southern California right now?

a)

it is raining

b)

is it raining

c)

it raining

13.

This tea is good. I (like) ....... it

a)

Like

b)

Likes

c)

am like

14.

Sam is at the library. He (sit) ....... at a table

a)

Sits

b)

is sit

c)

is sitting

15.

Right now I (think) ....... about sea gulls and waves.

a)

Think

b)

am thinking

c)

am thingking

16.

I (see) ...... some words on the board.

a)

am seeing

b)

Saw

c)

See

17.

(Jean, study) ......... at the library this evening?

a)

is jean studying

b)

is jean study

c)

is jean studies

18.

She usually (study) ......... at the library

a)

Study

b)

Studies

c)

Studying

19.

Rivers flow... toward the sea

a)

Flow

b)

Flows

c)

Flowes

20.

What (talk, you) ......... about ?

a)

Do you talk

b)

Do you talking

c)

Are you talking

21.

Wood float ... on water

a)

Float

b)

Floats

c)

Floates

22.

A : Do you have a car ?

B : No, ...........

a)

I Do

b)

I Does

c)

I Dont

23.

Complete the gap:


The company is huge. It __________ a thousand new jobs since the beginning of last year.

a)

has been creating

b)

has created

c)

have been created

24.

Complete the gap:


I _________ this car for twenty years and it's as reliable as ever.

a)

had

b)

have been having

c)

have

d)

have had

25.

Complete the gap:


I'm afraid the company is going bankrupt. It ___________ big problems lately.

a)

is having

b)

has

c)

has been having

d)

has had

26.

Complete the gap:


How many of these questions ____________ to get right so far?

a)

have you managed

b)

have you been managing

c)

you managed

d)

you have managed

27.

Complete the gap:


I'm a bit worried about Malcolm. He ___________ very strange of lately.

a)

acted

b)

has acted

c)

has been acting

28.

Complete the gap:


I _____________ to repair the lock on our door for the last four hours without any success.

a)

am trying

b)

tried

c)

have tried

d)

have been trying

29.

Complete the gap:


- Why are you out of breath?

- Because ______________up the stairs from the bottom floor.

a)

I’ve just run

b)

I’ve just been running

c)

I've just ran

30.

Complete the gap:


John's disappeared. Does anyone know what _________ to him?

a)

happened

b)

has been happening

c)

has happened

d)

has been happened

31.

Complete the gap:


You're soaking wet. How long ____________ here?

a)

have you been standing

b)

have you stood

c)

you have been standing

32.

Complete the gap:


I __________ for my keys since yesterday, but I __________ them.

a)

've been looking / haven't found

b)

've been looking / haven't been finding

c)

've looked / haven't been finding

33.

Complete the gap:


Don't bother knocking a the door. They __________________ recently.

a)

moved

b)

have been moving

c)

have moved

34.
We .........................swimming every day when we were young.
a)
went
b)
was going
c)
were going
35.
Tina ....................................when she fell and hurt here leg. 
a)
were dancing
b)
was dancing
c)
danced
36.
Liz ................................windows when I .................her. 
a)
were cleaning / saw
b)
was cleaning / saw
c)
was cleaning / was seeing
37.
I ... a great film last night.
a)
watch
b)
watching
c)
watched
38.
She ... 10 km yesterday.
a)
walks
b)
is walking
c)
walked
39.
Tom ... to be a doctor when he was four.
a)
didn't want
b)
want
c)
don't want
40.
He ... Italy last summer.
a)
visiting
b)
visits
c)
didn't visit
41.
She.......................at 5 p.m. yesterday.
a)
were working
b)
was working
c)
working
d)
was
42.
When we  .............. ( see) Ken and Alex, they ............... (play ) tennis.
a)
were seeing,  were playing
b)
saw, were playing
c)
were seeing, played
d)
see, play
43.
We  ....................( have ) dinner when the phone  ............ (ring)
a)
had, rang
b)
had, ringed
c)
were having, rang
d)
had, was ringing
44.

While I was studying, my Mum and Dad .......... cooking a tasty meal.

a)

were

b)

was

c)

did

d)

are

45.

Lucy was ....................... in the lake for 3 hours.

a)

swam

b)

swim

c)

swimming

d)

swiming

46.

Who did he ..................... two days ago?

a)

met

b)

did met

c)

meeted

d)

meet

47.

................. Marc listening to her new songs?

a)

were

b)

was

c)

did

d)

weren't

48.

While it was ..................., I was sitting at home.

a)

rainings

b)

raining

c)

rained

d)

raind

49.

Did they ........... their homework last week?

a)

do

b)

did

c)

done

d)

does

50.

When he was a kid, he ................. like running.

a)

does

b)

doesn't

c)

didn't

d)

didnt

51.

While I was singing, Mike ................... listening to me.

a)

wasn't

b)

didn't

c)

weren't

d)

doesn't

52.

Choose the right one:

a)

As soon as they had repaired the car, they sold it.

b)

As soon as they repaired the car, they had sold it.

53.

"for" and "since" are time expressions often used with...

a)

Past Perfect continuous

b)

Past Simple

c)

Both

54.

Choose the correct one:

a)

Had the rescuers been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

b)

The rescuers had been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

c)

The rescuers been looking for the missing for 3 hours before they found them?

55.

In questions "had" is removed to the beginning of a sentence (before subject).

a)

False

b)

True

56.

Past Perfect continuous is often used when there was a certain result felt/ seen in the past. Choose the example which illustrates this idea:

a)

He was working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

b)

He had been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

c)

He has been working in the garden there for he needed some rest in the evening.

57.

Past Perfect continuous is used when the focus is on ...... of a past action happening before another past action.

a)

end

b)

duration

c)

result

58.

Past Perfect can also be used to express a past action which happened before a certain time in the past.

a)

That's right.

b)

No, that's not true.

59.

Past Perfect marks:

a)

future action

b)

an action which happened before another action in the past

c)

habitual action

60.

At 7 a.m. tomorrow morning,


your birthday cake.

a)

I 'll be baked

b)

I'll be baking

61.

Tom ______ a beard by the end of the week.

a)

will have grown

b)

will be grown

62.

This time next month, ______ in Canada.

a)

you 'll be rock climbed

b)

you'll be rock climbing

63.

In a week from now, ______ all of the rubbish off the beach.

a)

we 'll have collecting

b)

we'll have collected

64.

She _______ all of the glasses by the end of the party.

a)

'll have broken

b)

'll be breaking

65.

By morning, he _______for over twelve hours.

a)

'll be sleeping

b)

'll have slept

66.

Do you think it _________ at midday tomorrow?

a)

will be raining

b)

will have rained

67.

By the end of the afternoon, you _______ my phone number!

a)

will be forgetting

b)

will have forgotten

68.

Soon it ________ darker earlier in the evenings.

a)

will be getting darker

b)

will have got darker

69.

We ________ everything we need before the shop closes.

a)

won't be buying

b)

won't have bought

70.

Catrin will have left school ___ she is nineteen.

a)

at the time

b)

by the time

71.

People won't be reading paper books ___.

a)

in about 100 years from now

b)

by about 100 years from now

72.

Robots will be doing all of the housework ___.

a)

in the year 3000

b)

within the year 3000

73.

I will have visited all of my friends in Warsaw ___.

a)

next summer

b)

by the end of the summer

74.

She'll have written three novels ___.

a)

within ten years

b)

at ten years

75.

Will you already have had dinner___?

a)

at 8 o'clock this evening

b)

by 8 o'clock this evening

76.
__________ to the cinema this evening
a)
I'm going
b)
I will go
c)
I will be going
d)
I go
77.
______ the film _______ at 3.30 or 4 p.m.?
a)
Is, starting
b)
Does, start
c)
Will, start
d)
Do, starts
78.
____________ to the supermarket, ________ come with me?
a)
I'm going, will
b)
I'll go, wil
c)
I go, do
d)
I'll go, do
79.
"Bye! Have a nice holidays!". "Thank you! I ____ you a postcard!
a)
will send
b)
send
c)
am going  to send
d)
am sending
80.
Don't phone us between 7 or 8 p.m. We _________  dinner.
a)
will be having
b)
will have had
c)
will have
d)
have
81.
This time next week I  ________ on holiday. I ________ in the sea.
a)
will be, will be lying
b)
will be being, will be lying
c)
will be, will lie
d)
will being, will lie
82.
We can't meet tomorrow afternoon, I _______________.
a)
will be working
b)
will work
c)
am working
d)
work
83.
Sue leaves for work at 8/30. She won't be  at home at 9. She _______ to work.
a)
will have gone
b)
will be going
c)
will go
d)
goes
84.
Don't call us at 5 p.m., call at 6 o'clock, we ________ dinner by then.
a)
will have finished
b)
will finish
c)
finish
d)
will be finishing
85.

Tomorrow she________ in Rome.

a)

will be

b)

is being

c)

is going be

86.

Ann ____________to the dentist on Friday.

a)

will go

b)

is going

c)

is going to

87.

You're at increased risk for overweight if you______

a)

will overeat

b)

are going to overeat

c)

overeat

88.
We don’t know their address. What … ?
a)
could we do
b)
are we do 
c)
 will we do 
d)
did we do
89.
It’s late. I think I … a taxi. 
a)
am take took 
b)
will take 
c)
took
d)
don't
90.
Everybody thinks they … married.
a)
 won’t get 
b)
 shall not 
c)
 not will 
d)
shouldn't
91.
My sister and her boyfriend _____________get married next Saturday.
a)
are going to
b)
are going
c)
is going to
d)
will
92.
I hope I___________see the Taj Majal when I'm older.
a)
will
b)
will not
c)
am see
d)
am going to
93.

Tell me your secret! I promise I _____ tell anyone.

a)

won't

b)

will

c)

going to

d)

am not going

94.
Several friends admired my new bike.
a)
Active
b)
Passive
95.
Eliza won first place in the marathon.
a)
Passive
b)
Active
96.
The contest was won by a girl from another school. 
a)
Active
b)
Passive
97.
Eyes are examined by optometrists.
a)
Active
b)
Passive
98.
Shift in voice?
The tree was preserved by the government because they realized its money making potential. 
a)
Yes
b)
No
99.
The janitor fixed the classroom door. 
a)
Active 
b)
Passive
100.
The bookcase was stained a dark walnut color. 
a)
Active
b)
Passive
101.
My shoes were taken to the shoemaker. 
a)
Passive
b)
Active
102.
The contractor renovated our kitchen last month. 
a)
Passive
b)
Active
103.
The computers were shipped early in September. 
a)
Active
b)
Passive
104.
Shift in voice?
Beautiful birds were seen as we entered the building. 
a)
No
b)
Yes
105.
They were interviewing her for the job. 
She ________________ for the job
a)
was being interviewed
b)
was interviewed
c)
has been interviewed
106.
 Tom is writing an email. 
 The letter ________________ by Tom.
a)
was written
b)
is being written
c)
has been written
107.
Everyone understands English. 
 English ________________ by everyone.
a)
is understood
b)
has been understood
c)
was understood
108.
The employees brought up this issue during the meeting. 
 This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
a)
has been brought up
b)
is brought up
c)
was brought up
109.
The boss told him not to talk in the conference. 
 He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.
a)
has been told
b)
was told
c)
was being told
110.
They say that women are smarter than men. 
Women ________________ to be smarter than men.
a)
were being said
b)
were said
c)
are said
111.
She would have told you. 
You ________________ by her. 
a)
would have been told
b)
would be told
c)
were being told
112.
She would reject the offer. 
The offer ________________ by her.
a)
will have been rejected
b)
would be rejected
c)
will be rejected
113.
This surprises me. 
I ________________ by this.
a)
would have been surprised
b)
will be surprised
c)
am surprised
114.

Use passive or active.


The police just _____(1)_______ (announce) that the Portnoy's Bank _____(2)_______ (rob) yesterday

a)

(1) announced

(2) was robbed

b)

(1) was announced

(2) robbed

c)

(1) was announced

(2) was robbed

d)

(1) announced

(2) robbed

115.

Use passive or active.


An hour later, a car _________(1)_________ (arrive) and the Mayor ______(2)____________ (take) to his next appointment.

a)

(1) arrived

(2) was taken

b)

(1) was arrived

(2) took

c)

(1) arrived

(2) took

d)

(1) was arrived

(2) was taken

116.

Use passive or active.


What _____(1)_____ is still a mystery but we ___(2)___ quickly when there is updates to the case.

a)

(1) has happened

(2) will be informed

b)

(1) has been happened

(2) will inform

c)

(1) has happened

(2) will inform

d)

(1) has been happened

(2) will be informed

117.

Use passive or active.


Paul ___(1)___ a key. I ___(2)___ it is an important part of the mystery.

a)

(1) found

(2) believe

b)

(1) was found

(2) was believed

c)

(1) was found

(2) believe

d)

(1) found

(2) am believed

118.

Use passive or active


The board of directors was impressed. I ___(1)___ a job when I ___(2)___ yesterday. Now, I am confused whether to accept or refuse it.

a)

(1) was offered

(2) was interviewed

b)

(1) was offered

(2) interviewed

c)

(1) interviewed

(2) offered

d)

(1) interviewed

(2) was offered

119.

Millions of people ___(1)___ social media every day. Tens of ads ___(2)___ every time they are online.

a)

(1) use

(2) are viewed

b)

(1) are used

(2) are viewed

c)

(1) use

(2) view

d)

(1) are used

(2) view

120.

Use passive or active.


It is impossible that he is sick because of our food. Our food ___(1)___ closely and all the cooking tools ___(2)___ thoroughly everyday.

a)

(1) is inspected

(2) are cleaned

b)

(1) are inspected

(2) are cleaned

c)

(1) is inspected

(2) is cleaned

d)

(1) are inspected

(2) is cleaned

121.

Use active or passive.


I could not use my laptop because it ___(1)___ right now. I think it ___(2)___ some virus.

a)

(1) is being inspected

(2) has

b)

(1) has been inspected

(2) has

c)

(1) was being inspected

(2) had

d)

(1) is being inspected

(2) had

122.

All the fish ___ by the cat last night.

a)

were eaten

b)

are eaten

c)

has been eaten

d)

will be eaten

123.

"What a beautiful shirt you're wearing!"

"Thank you. It ___ especially for me by my mother."

a)

A. is made

b)

B. has made

c)

C. made

d)

D. was made

124.

Today, many serious childhood diseases ____ by early immunization.

a)

prevent

b)

can prevent

c)

were prevented

d)

can be prevented

125.

Now, vegetarian food products ___ in most large supermarkets across the country. You don't need to buy it from abroad anymore.

a)

can be purchased

b)

can purchased

c)

can be being purchased

d)

is purchased

126.

There’s somebody walking behind us. I think _____ .

a)

we are following

b)

we are being followed

c)

we are followed

d)

we are being following

127.

The boy’s arm was swollen because he ____ by a bee.

a)

were stung

b)

is stung

c)

had been stung

d)

had being stung

128.

The break bell rang just when the teacher was about to start the test. Then, she said that the test ___ until next meeting. It was a real 'saved by the bell' situation.

a)

is cancelled

b)

was cancelled

c)

are cancelled

d)

will be cancelled

e)

has been cancelled

129.

He looks very happy today. Finally, he ___ to the junior manager. He has been working so hard to be where he is now. I think he deserved it.

a)

had been promoted

b)

had promoted

c)

has promoted

d)

has been promoted

e)

will be being promoted

130.

How many doors … yesterday?

a)

had painted

b)

were painted

c)

are painted

d)

is painted

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