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Verb Tenses

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence: 1. John ............................. tennis once or twice a week.

a)

A. is playing usually

b)

B. is usually playing

c)

C. usually plays

d)

D. plays usually

2.

Tom ............................. his hand when he was cooking dinner.

a)

burnt

b)

was burning

c)

has burnt

d)

had burnt

3.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence: Everything is going well. We ............................. any problems so far.

a)

A. didn’t have

b)

B. don’t have

c)

C. haven’t had

d)

D. hadn’t had

4.

I think the weather ............................. be nice later.

a)

A. shall

b)

B. will

c)

C. is going to

d)

D. can

5.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence: Jane ............................. just a few minutes ago.

a)

A. left

b)

B. has left

c)

C. leaves

d)

D. had left

6.

Timson ............................. 13 films and I think her latest is the best.

a)

made

b)

had made

c)

has made

d)

was making

7.

............................. Robert lately?

a)

Did you see

b)

Have you seen

c)

Do you see

d)

Are you seeing

8.

When I was a child, I ............................. the violin.

a)

A. was playing

b)

B. am playing

c)

C. played

d)

D. play

9.

He ............................. for the national team in 65 matches so far.

a)

A. has played

b)

B. has been played

c)

C. played

d)

D. is playing

10.

I’m busy at the moment. I ............................. on the computer.

a)

work

b)

worked

c)

am working

d)

working

11.

When I looked round the door, the baby ............................. quietly.

a)

is sleeping

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

12.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence: Robert ............................. ill for three weeks. He is still in hospital.

a)

A. had been

b)

B. has been

c)

C. is

d)

D. was

13.

I’m very tired. I ............................. over four hundred miles today.

a)

A. drive

b)

B. am driving

c)

C. have driven

d)

D. have driven

14.

Our friends ............................. meet us at the airport tonight.

a)

are

b)

are going to

c)

go to

d)

will be to

15.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence: This isn’t my first time to visit London ............................. here before.

a)

A. I’m

b)

B. I’d been

c)

C. I was

d)

D. I’ve been

16.

What time ............................. to work this morning?

a)

did you get

b)

are you getting

c)

have you got

d)

do you get

17.

When I ............................. him, the man was running away.

a)

A. see

b)

B. was seeing

c)

C. saw

d)

D. had seen

18.

I haven’t seen Kate ............................. Christmas.

a)

for

b)

never

c)

ever

d)

since

19.

He’s worked for this company ............................. many years.

a)

since

b)

for

c)

in

d)

at

20.

As soon as Martina saw the fire, she ............................. the fire department.

a)

was telephoning

b)

telephoned

c)

had telephoned

d)

has telephoned

21.

Every time Parks sees a movie made in India, he ............................. homesick

a)

A. will have left

b)

B. felt

c)

C. feels

d)

D. is feeling

22.

Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I ............................. to visit friends and family several times

a)

return

b)

will have returned

c)

am returning

d)

have returned

23.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence (A, B, C, or D): 24. After the race ............................., the celebration began

a)

A. had been won

b)

B. is won

c)

C. will be won

d)

D. has been won

24.

While he was washing his car, Mr. Brown ............................. a small dint in the rear fender.

a)

found

b)

has found

c)

finds

d)

had found