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YDS Tense Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Last Saturday, my father ________________ that his dinner suit was too small, so now he ________________ a strict diet.

a)

has discovered / followed

b)

discovers / was following

c)

discovered / is following

d)

was discovering / has followed

e)

has been discovering / follows

2.

Helen ________________ her driving test five times so far without success, but she ________________ yet.

a)

takes / isn't giving up

b)

has taken / hasn't given up

c)

was taking / didn't give up

d)

is taking / doesn't give up

e)

took / wasn't giving up

3.

Most of the time, John and his friends ________________ football matches at their local café, but this Saturday, they ________________ to the stadium, and so they're all very excited.

a)

watch / are going

b)

have been watching / go

c)

are watching / have gone

d)

were watching / went

e)

have watched / were going

4.

Kate ________________ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she ________________ meat at all during this time.

a)

is / isn't eating

b)

has been / wasn't eating

c)

is / doesn't eat

d)

has been / hasn't eaten

e)

was / didn't eat

5.

Last Year, Richard ________________ his bicycle to work everyday, but he ________________ the bus since the accident.

a)

rides / takes

b)

has ridden / is taking

c)

rode / has been taking

d)

was riding / took

e)

is riding / has taken

6.

I ________________ glasses when I was younger, but now I ________________ contact lenses.

a)

was wearing / have had

b)

have worn / am having

c)

have been wearing / had

d)

wear / was having

e)

wore / have

7.

In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper chains ________________ for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend that ________________ in the 1970s.

a)

account / started

b)

were accounting / start

c)

has accounted / was starting

d)

accounted / is starting

e)

accounts / has started

8.

More than two hundred people ________________ the tower when the bomb ________________ in one of the dustbins.

a)

have visited / was exploiding

b)

were visiting / exploded

c)

visited / has exploded

d)

are visiting / is exploding

e)

visit / has exploded

9.

She ________________ strictly since Christmas and so far she ________________ eight kilos.

a)

was dieting / was losing

b)

dieted / loses

c)

diets / is losing

d)

is dieting / lost

e)

has been dieting / has lost

10.

He ________________ to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone ________________.

a)

was hurrying / rang

b)

hurries / has been ringing

c)

hurried / was ringing

d)

is hurrying / rings

e)

has hurried / has rung

11.

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.

a)

is suffering / has started

b)

suffers / was starting

c)

has been suffering / started

d)

suffered / is starting

e)

was suffering / starts

12.

Though she ________________ dancing, Sonia ________________ to the disco with her friends the previous night just in order to be with them in a different atmosphere.

a)

hasn't like / has gone

b)

doesn't like / went

c)

didn't like / is going

d)

doesn't like / goes

e)

didn't like / has been going

13.

Somebody ________________ three times this morning asking for Pete, but nobody called Pete ________________ here.

a)

has phoned / has ever lived

b)

is phoning / was ever living

c)

phones / ever lived

d)

phoned / is ever living

e)

has been phoning / ever lived

14.

My mother ________________ her optician tomorrow because her eyesight ________________ worse since she got this computing job.

a)

has visited / is becoming

b)

visited / was becoming

c)

visits / becomes

d)

is visiting / has become

e)

was visiting / became