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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Choose the correct option:
1.  Joe ... for a new job all week since Friday.
a)
has been looking
b)
is looking
c)
looks
d)
has looked
2.
Scientists now _______ that it is possible to clone organisms.
a)
know
b)
are knowing
c)
knew
d)
have been knowing
3.
The number of cases of asthma ______ these days, perhaps partly because more people own cats.
a)
increase
b)
is increasing
c)
was increasing
d)
were increased
4.
While they__________Paris last year, thousands of tourists saw Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre.
a)
were visiting
b)
visit
c)
are visiting
d)
would visit
5.

I ______________ Shawn tonight. It's our first real date!

a)

sees

b)

am seeing

c)

see

d)

don't see

6.

I ___________ a calculator but I ______________trouble with this math homework.

a)

am having, am still having

b)

am having, still have

c)

have, am still having

d)

have, still have

7.

_______ you ___________ that bird in the tree?

a)

Are you seeing

b)

Do you see

c)

Does you seeing

d)

Are you see

8.

Look at Simon, he _______________ about his science exam I guess!

a)

think

b)

thinks

c)

is thinking

d)

are thinking

9.

I _____________________ now where I put my keys!

a)

remembers

b)

remembered

c)

am remembering

d)

remember

10.

Wow! You _________________ beautiful in that dress!

a)

look

b)

are looking

c)

looks

d)

are not looking

11.

Josh ________ usually a nice person but today he ___________ rude.

a)

is being, is being

b)

is, is being

c)

is, is

d)

is being, is

12.
When I got to school this morning, I realised that I ______ my homework last night.
a)
didn't do
b)
wasn't doing
c)
hadn't done
d)
weren't doing
13.

"The anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years." It means...

He _____that tribe.

a)

has finished studying

b)

studied

c)

is still studying

d)

had studied

14.
He ...................the door and ...................a little cat.
a)
opened / saw
b)
was opening / saw
c)
is opening / saw
d)
opened  / was seeing
15.
I ..............behind you when you .......... that accident.
a)
were driving / was having
b)
was driving / had
c)
was driving /were having
d)
drove / had
16.
I didn't realise that I ________________ my umbrella on the bus until it started to rain.
a)
left
b)
have left
c)
had left
d)
was leaving
17.
Up to now, I____________any opportunity to check this information.
a)
didn't have
b)
wasn't having
c)
haven't had
d)
haven't been having
18.
He was in Japan last month. He___________Japan before.
a)
never visited
b)
was never visiting
c)
had never visited
d)
had never been visiting
19.
[...] 
Tony: We are waiting for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we______________here for more than five hours. 
[...] 
a)
wait
b)
are waiting
c)
have waited
d)
have been waiting
20.

I always go to school by bus. However, this week___________ by car with my dad.

a)

I go

b)

I've gone

c)

I'm going

d)

I'll go