WorksheetsYDS Tense Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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 / follows
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 café, 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
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
More than two hundred people ________________ the tower when the bomb ________________ in one of the dustbins.
have visited / was exploiding
were visiting / exploded
visited / has exploded
are visiting / is exploding
visit / has exploded
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
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
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 / starts
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 / has been 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
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
