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GRAMMAR 1 - TENSES

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many girls want to go to the pub only a minority ___ to watch TV at home now.

a)

is wanting

b)

want

c)

will want

d)

wants

2.

They've faxed me I should stay till they ___ a replacement. Well, last time it took two weeks.

a)

found

b)

will find

c)

find

d)

had found

3.

She ___ you that evening. You should have told her everything.

a)

was there to help

b)

would help

c)

must have helped

d)

wished helping

4.

It is now ever seventy years since Lindbergh ____ across the Atlantic.

a)

has fled

b)

flew

c)

fled

d)

has flown

5.

Take a couple of extra traditional Vietnamese gifts with you to Germany in case you ___ any other members of the Scholz family during your stay.

a)

met

b)

meet

c)

had met

d)

will meet

6.

Let's take our travel chess set in case we ___ bored on the train.

a)

get

b)

are getting

c)

got

d)

have got

7.

Unlike Walt Disney's cartoon chipmunks, which always appear up a tree, real chipmunks ___ to stay near their underground burrows in case they ___ to escape from a predator.

a)

will prefer - have needed

b)

had preferred - would need

c)

have preferred - are needed

d)

prefer - need

8.

There _____ no price rises till the end of the year. Because of this we will have to change the name of the product before we can sell it for more money.

a)

will have been

b)

are to be

c)

are

d)

won't be

9.

The boy ___ the narrow canal in ten minutes to find himself in the base, out the danger.

a)

swum

b)

has swum

c)

swam

d)

had swam

10.

Since every penny of the grant ___ spent on equipment, we started looking for volunteers to do the cleaning.

a)

must have been

b)

would have been

c)

has been

d)

had to be

11.

Melanie ___ her hand. It's bleeding heavily.

a)

has cut

b)

is cutting

c)

cut

d)

cuts

12.

He ___ the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.

a)

hold

b)

held

c)

has been holding

d)

has held

13.

You should try to follow the lecture without asking questions unless you ___ something important.

a)

would miss

b)

will miss

c)

had missed

d)

have missed

14.

The first boy or girl who ___ all the questions is to receive the singer's new album.

a)

answer

b)

would answer

c)

will answer

d)

answered

15.

When I met Walters about two years before his death he didn't seem satisfied. He ___ no major book since he settled in Uganda.

a)

has published

b)

could have published

c)

published

d)

had published

16.

"When will Mary be able to leave hospital?" - "Don't be so impatient. We cannot release her before we ___ the last test."

a)

have completed

b)

will have completed

c)

will complete

d)

completed

17.

Throughout the campaign we ___ our candidate's photographs on the walls of public building, hoping to attract women's votes. However, we were only moderately successful.

a)

have been hanging

b)

hanged

c)

hung

d)

have hung

18.

The promotion that my father ___ about for such a long time was overshadowed by Lucy's accident which forced her to spend several months in hospital.

a)

had dreamed

b)

has dreamed

c)

was dreaming

d)

has been dreaming

19.

We can win only if we remain united, so we must support them the moment they ___ on strike.

a)

will have gone

b)

will go

c)

go

d)

went

20.

Many of the people who attended Major Gordon's funeral ___ him for many years.

a)

didn't see

b)

wouldn't see

c)

haven't seen

d)

hadn't seen

21.

Seeing Peter's handwriting on the envelope, she ___ the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.

a)

was tearing

b)

tore

c)

had torn

d)

has torn

22.

We were both very excited about the visit, as we ___ each other for ages.

a)

never saw

b)

didn't see

c)

hadn't seen

d)

haven't seen

23.

What made you think he ___ in the Royal Air Force?

a)

must have to be

b)

had been

c)

was being

d)

had had to be

24.

Without turning my head in the direction of the gate I ___ a small object under the fence.

a)

spotted

b)

had spotted

c)

have spotted

d)

was spotted

25.

The boy must have learnt a little Spanish during his stay as he ___ the fax.

a)

could hardly understand

b)

did understand

c)

managed understand

d)

understood anything of