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tenses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

a)

has lived

b)

is living

c)

was living

d)

has been living

2.

We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

a)

don’t see

b)

haven’t seen

c)

didn’t see

d)

hadn’t seen

3.

The train ______ half an hour ago.

a)

has been leaving

b)

left

c)

has left

d)

had left

4.

Jack ______ the door.

a)

has just painted

b)

paint

c)

will have painted

d)

painting

5.

My sister ________ for you since yesterday.

a)

is looking

b)

was looking

c)

has been looking

d)

looked

6.

I ______ Texas State University now.

a)

am attending

b)

attend

c)

was attending

d)

attended

7.

He has been selling motorbikes ________.

a)

ten years ago

b)

since ten years

c)

for ten years ago

d)

for ten years

8.

Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

a)

discovered

b)

has discovered

c)

had discovered

d)

had been discovering

9.

He fell down when he ______ towards the church.

a)

run

b)

runs

c)

was running

d)

had run

10.

We _______ there when our father died.

a)

still lived

b)

lived still

c)

was still lived

d)

was still living

11.

I ______ to New York three times this year.

a)

have been

b)

was

c)

were

d)

had been

12.

I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.

a)

leave

b)

will leave

c)

have left

d)

shall leave

13.

The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.

a)

has happened

b)

happened

c)

had happened

d)

would have been happened

14.

John ______ a book when I saw him.

a)

is reading

b)

read

c)

was reading

d)

reading

15.

I have been waiting for you ______.

a)

since early morning

b)

since 9 a.m

c)

for two hours

d)

All are correct

16.

Almost everyone _______ home by the time we arrived.

a)

leave

b)

left

c)

leaves

d)

had left

17.

By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.

a)

wrote

b)

writes

c)

has written

d)

had written

18.

When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

a)

was reading

b)

wrote

c)

was written

d)

had written

19.

I couldn’t cut the grass because the lawnmower ______ a few days previously.

a)

broke down

b)

has been broken

c)

had broken down

d)

breaks down

20.

I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

a)

try

b)

tried

c)

have tried

d)

am trying