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Present&Continuous&PastTenses

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. You’ll see what I ___ about you recently.

a)

A) shall write

b)

B) have written

c)

C) had written

d)

D) is written

e)

E) was written

2.
2. He ___ ill for three months already.
a)
A) was
b)
B) has been
c)
C) is
d)
D) have been
3.
3. Who goes sightseeing?
a)
A) Nina does.
b)
B) We shall.
c)
C) We did.
d)
D) I did
4.
4. I usually ___ a blouse and jeans at home, but today I ___ on a new dress.
a)
A) wear/have put
b)
B) have worn/have put
c)
C) wore/has put
d)
D) wears/has put
5.

5. What ___ the president ___?

He ___ a contract.

a)
A) does/do/has signed
b)
B) is/doing/is signing
c)
C) will/do/was signing
d)
D) is/ going to do/would sign
6.
6. Look! The cat ___ your cutlet.
a)
A) is eating
b)
B) was eating
c)
C) eats
d)
D) has been eating
7.
7. You look pale. You ___ too hard these days.
a)
A) have been working
b)
B) worked
c)
D) work
d)
C) are working
8.
8. What ___ you ___ since I saw you last?
a)
A) do/do
b)
B) are/doing
c)
C) have/been doing
d)
D) did/do
9.
9. It is 8.30. Ben and Ann ___ breakfast.
a)
A) have
b)
B) are having
c)
C) is having
d)
D) was having
10.
10. She ___ a journalist nowadays.
a)
A) are
b)
B) was
c)
C) is
d)
D) were
11.
11. You ___ always ___ your things. Put them into their bag.
a)
A) are/losing
b)
B) -/lost
c)
C) have/lost
d)
D) shall/have been losing
12.
12. What place ___ the youth of our country occupy in all branches now?
a)
A) did
b)
B) shall
c)
C) is
d)
D) does
13.
13. I ___ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.
a)
A) didn’t go
b)
B) was going
c)
C) don’t go
d)
D) doesn’t go
14.
14. Westminster Abbey is the ancient old church in which the coronation ceremonies of almost all English kings and queens ___ place.
a)
A) will take
b)
B) was taken
c)
C) was taking
d)
D) is taking
15.
15. This is the most interesting film I ___ ever ___.
a)
A) didn’t/see
b)
B) was/seen
c)
C) have /saw
d)
D) have/seen
16.
16. “Nobody ___ in that country,” said Pinocchio to his friend.
a)
A) don’t learn
b)
B) are learning
c)
C) learns
d)
D) doesn’t learn
17.
17. Paul ___ a student of Cambridge University.
a)

A) is

b)
B) are
c)
C) am
d)
D) be
18.

18. “Little boy”, said a man, “why do you carry that umbrella over your head?

It ___ and the sun ___”

a)
A) rains/isn’t shining
b)
B) doesn’t rain/shines
c)
C) isn’t raining/isn’t shining
d)
D) is raining/is shining
19.
19. Who often has dinner at the canteen?
a)
A) I did
b)
B) we do
c)
C) he had
d)
D) they have
e)

E)we do

20.
20. I ___ never ___ him before.
a)
A) - /met
b)
B) - /meet
c)
C) have/met
d)
D) has/met
21.
21. The weather is awful, it ___ all day.
a)
A) rains
b)
B) is raining
c)
C) rained
d)
D) has rained
22.
22. It is 2 o’clock. I ___ afraid I ___ late.
a)
A) was/am
b)
B) shall be/am
c)
C) am/am
d)
D) was/was
23.
23. Who usually answers these letters in your office?
a)
A) My friend can.
b)
B) That man will.
c)
C) I do, of course.
d)
D) Mary is.
24.
24. The milk is hot I ___ on it to make it cold.
a)
A) am blowing
b)
B) blow
c)
C) is blowing
d)
D) blew
25.

25. - You don’t like horror films, do you?

- ___ .They are so terrifying.

a)
A) Yes, I can.
b)
B) No, I can’t.
c)
C) No, I don’t.
d)
D) Yes, I do.
26.
26. ___ this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
a)
A) do
b)
B) does
c)
C) has
d)
D) had
27.
27. He ___ never ___ him sing.
a)
A) had___ heard
b)
B) has___heard
c)
C) have___ heard
d)
D) was___ hearing
28.
28. I think ___ .
a)
A) if he is about fifty
b)
B) he is about fifty
c)
C) her about fifty
d)
D) him about fifty
29.
29. I miss her very much, almost every minute of the day I think of her, or I think I ___ her.
a)
A) am hearing
b)
B) hear
c)
C) heard
d)
D) have heard
30.
30. Look! There ___ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He ___ at us.
a)
A) was/looks
b)
B) had been/looked
c)
C) were/had looked
d)
D) is/is looking
31.
31. These engineers always ___ in the office and ___
a)
A) stayed/learn
b)
B) stay/learn
c)
C) stays/learns
d)
D) have stayed/learned
32.
32. It’s the happiest evening I ever ___ .
a)
A) had
b)
B) have had
c)
C) has
d)
D) has had
33.
33. Let me show the picture that I ___ this week.
a)
A) am drawing
b)
B) shall be drawing
c)
C) have drawn
d)
D) drew
34.
34. This is the 7th year Ann and Mary ___ this school.
a)
A) has attended
b)
B) have been attending
c)
C) had been attending
d)
D) are attending
35.
35. He ___ his English in the morning, he ___ it in the evening.
a)
A) doesn’t have/is having
b)
B) don’t have/had
c)
C) doesn’t have/has
d)
D) didn’t have/have
36.
36. The sun ___ in the East and ___ in the West.
a)
A) sets/rises
b)
B) sets/goes
c)
C) rises/sets
d)
D) goes/rises
37.
37. While ___ to school we always ___ a bus.
a)
A) going/take
b)
B) went/take
c)
C) shall go/will take
d)
D) had gone/took
38.
38. We don’t like him because he always ___ lies.
a)
A) tell
b)
B) was telling
c)
C) tells
d)
D) are telling
39.
39. I ___ all my work. I am free now.
a)
A) do
b)
B) am doing
c)
C) shall do
d)
D) have done
40.
40. She ___ at school since 1984.
a)
A) teach
b)
B) has been teaching
c)
C) taught
d)
D) was teaching
41.

41. - ___ your father ___ at the Medical College?

Yes, he does.

a)
A) do/work
b)
B) did/work
c)
C) has/worked
d)
D) does/work
42.
42. He ___ to school at 7:30 and ___ at 2 o’clock.
a)
A) goes/comes back
b)
B) went/is coming back
c)
C) go/come back
d)
D) was going/has come back
43.

43. -You ___ not ___ your soup.

I’m sorry. I’m not hungry.

a)
A) are/eat
b)
B) has/eaten
c)
C) are/eating
d)

D) did/eat

44.

44. -Who ___ French in your family?

I ___ .

a)
A) speaks/do
b)
B) speak/does
c)
C) spoke/do
d)
D) speaking/did
45.
45. Although Mary has been cooking for many years, she still ___ how to prepare Chinese food.
a)
A) did not know
b)
B) know
c)
C) don’t know
d)
D) doesn’t know
46.
46. The aims of the course ___ me willing to begin.
a)
A) makes
b)
B) is making
c)
C) were made
d)
D) make
47.
47. Listen! Somebody ___ in the next room.
a)
A) sing
b)
B) sings
c)
C) are singing
d)
D) is singing
48.

48. -___ life ___ on Mars?

No, it ___ .

a)
A) Does/exist/doesn’t
b)
B) Did/existed/didn’t
c)
C) Has/existed/had
d)
D) Had/existed/had
49.
49. The boys ___ four English books this year.
a)
A) read
b)
B) had read
c)
C) reads
d)
D) have read
50.
50. I know he reads every book I ___ ever ___ of.
a)
A) -/hear
b)
B) -/heard
c)
C) have/heard
d)
D) has/heard
51.
51. Nothing will make him ___ back to her.
a)
A) to come
b)
B) come
c)
C) came
d)
D) coming
52.
52. “This thief ___ usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock Holmes
a)
A) won’t
b)
B) didn’t
c)
C) isn’t
d)
D) doesn’t
53.
53. The sea ___ to those who ___ to listen to it.
a)
A) speaks/likes
b)
B) speak/like
c)
C) speaks/like
d)
D) speak/likes
54.
54. Take your umbrella. It ___ .
a)
A) was raining
b)
B) rained
c)
C) rains
d)
D) is raining