WorksheetsEnglish Tenses Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
This car_________________ (make) a very strange noise. __________(you/think) it is all right? Oh, that noise _________________(not/ matter). It always______________ (make) a noise like that.
Yesterday, when I _______________(look) for my passport, I__________ (find) this old photograph.
How long ____________ (you/know) your new assistant? I_____________ (know) him for two years.
Do you often eat in restaurants? No, I___________________(not/eat) in restaurants for ages.
Tom_____________ (come) home at 10 o'clock last night.
I___________ (not see) Jane today. Is she at home? Yes, she ____________(iron) since breakfast. She ______________(not/iron) my blue shirt yet?
Yesterday's party was a big success. When I _______________(get) home everybody ___________(dance).
Why are you so dirty? I ___________________(work) in the garden all morning.
I________________________(go) to see a play yesterday evening.
Cats _______________________________(wash) themselves.
They___________________________ (watch) TV when they heard a loud noise.
The athlete ______________________________(train) for hours and he needs a rest.
________________(You/ send) those letters yet? Yes, I_____________ (post) them two days ago.
How long ago________________________ Susie (leave) home?
Tim is still watching television. He ______________(watch) television all day.
I _______________________________(go) skating this weekend.
Alexander Fleming____________________________ (discover) penicillin.
George _______________ (work) in the office when the robbers_______________ (break in).
Ana ________________(live) in the same house for 20 years now.
Where ________you ________(be)? I have been looking for you all morning.
Write 2 usages of the Past Tense Simple and provide 2 examples for them. (1p/usage+1p/ex = 4 points)
What is the difference between used to and get used to? Provide 2 (one affirmative, one negative) examples with used to and 2 with get used to (one affirmative, one negative) in order to justify the difference. (2p/explanation+1p/ex = 6 points)
Write 5 adverbs/ time markers for Present perfect simple and 5 markers for Past tense simple. (1p/time marker = 10 points) For each time marker write ONE example sentence. (1p/example sentence = 10 points)
