TENSES exercises

I. Choose the correct option:

1. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. leaves B. left C. is leaving D. has left
2. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attend C. was attending D. attended
3. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
4. The train ______ (leave) at 11a.m. You don’t need to be hurried.
A. left B. leaves C. is leaving D. will leave
5. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. plays C. are playing D. play
6. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
7. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading
8. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was reading B. wrote C. was written D. had written
9. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk
10. Henry _______ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go
11. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
12. I will be glad if he _______ with us.
A. had gone B. did go C. went D. goes
13. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see that the kettle ________ ?
A. boil B. boils C. is boiling D. boiled
14. He rarely _______ for a walk in the evening.
A. go B. is going C. goes D. going
15 Her father ______ when she was a small girl.
A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died
II. Give the correct forms of the verbs
1.The kids _________ (sleep) at the moment. Please _____ (be) quiet!.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) _______ to the party tomorrow, I (give) __________ him your gift.
4. My sister never (play) ________ video games because she thinks it’s a waste of time.
5. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
6. The movie ________ (be) at 7:30. I think we _________ (leave) at 7 after dinner.
7. Tomorrow I’ll fly to Paris . When I (arrive) _________at the airport, Mary (pick) _________ me up.
8. Margaret _________ born in a very poor family.
9. I often (visit) __________ my uncle's home when I (be) __________ a child.
10. We never (meet) __________ him. We don't know what he (look) __________ like.
11. The car (be) __________ ready for him by the time he (come) __________tomorrow.
12. I usually ________ (drive) to work, but yesterday I _________ (take) the bus.
13. When we (arrive) __________ in London tonight, it probably (rain) __________.
14. It (rain) __________ hard. We can't do anything until it (stop) __________
15. Last night we (watch) __________TV when the power (fail) __________.
16. I ____________ (study) with him at 8:30 yesterday.
17. We always (have) a birthday party at home, but this year we ________ (go) out to a restaurant.
18. While we (talk) __________on the phone, the TV (show) ________ the news of his accident.
19. When we (be) __________ younger, the village (be) ________ very peaceful .
20. She (have) __________a hard life, but she's always smiling.
21. He went to the post office, _________ (buy) a stamp and ________ (send) a letter for him.
22. I (buy) ……………… the ticket yesterday. I (go) ……………… Dallas tomorrow.
23. The World Cup (take) ……………… place every four years.
24. She was watching a picture while her mother (cook) ……………… soup.
25. Our class (start) ……………… at 9am.
26. He _________ to music when his boss (come) ……………… yesterday.
27. It (take) _______ me 30 minutes to get to work yesterday morning.
28. I (talk) ……………… to my father at the moment.
29. The sun (rise) ……………… in the east.
30. At this time last Sunday, I _________ (go) out with my boyfriend.