Exercises

I. Choose the best answer.

1. I……for ages for her to write before finally the letter arrived
A. waited B was waited C. had been waiting D. has been waiting
2. The most popular film he……so far is Riding High.
A. makes B. made C. has made D. had made
3. By 2010, people……. smoking completely.
A. give up B. will give up C. will have given up D. are given up
4. After Nancy………for twenty minutes, she began to feel tired.
A. walking B. has walked C. has been walking D. had been walking
5. Peter, …….since you got home from football practice?
A. have you eaten B. will you eat C. are you eating D. do you eat
6. If I…..following that other car too closely, I would have been able to stop instead of running into it
A. wasn’t B. was C. would have been D. hadn’t been
7. He locked the barn door after his horse……..
A. had been stolen B had stolen C. stole D. has been stolen
8. If I were brave, I…….with you.
A. would have gone B. would go C. go D will go
9. …….him later, I will give him your message.
A. were I to see B should I see C. had I seen D. could see
10. Educational film…….in school.
A. should show B. should be shown C. show D. showed
11. I…… this film several times.
A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen
12. John….English for 2 years before he…..to London last week.
A. has learnt/ went B. was learning/ had gone D. had learnt/ went D. learnt/ had gone
13. Most of the remote villages have been…….
A. electric B. electrician C. electrical D. electrified
14. ….are you so late?_ Because of heavy traffic.
A. What B. When C. Why D. Which
15. If I had time, I……and help you.
A. will come B. would come C. will have come D. would have come
16. We bean to jog…………………
A. before 3 years B. 3 years ago C. 3 years past D. the past 3 years
17. According to some specialists, this plan…….
A. should be delayed B. should be delay C. should been delayed D. should being delayed
18. His father…………of cancer last year.
A. will die B has died C. died D. had died
19. The boy……by the teacher.
A. to punished B. punish C. was punished D. punishing
20. When I was on the way home, I……..John.
A. was meeting B. have met C. met D. had met
21. Playing video games…….popular among children nowadays.
A. is B. was C. had been D. will be
22. If I…..that she was in hospital, I…..to see her.
A. know/ will come B. knew/ would come C. had known/ would have come D. has known/ will have come
23. ……I have time, I will go with you.
A. If B. unless C. so D. so that
24. If I…….who took your umbrella, I would tell you.
A. know B. knew c. has known D. had known
25. ……………….here before? _ Yes , I……. my holiday here last year.
A. Have you ever been/ spent B. Have you ever been/ C. Did you ever be/ spending
spend
26. …..out of the house than it began to rain.
A. No sooner I got B. No sooner had I got C. No sooner I had got D. no I had got sooner
27. ……harder, you would have passed the exam.
A. If you studied B. If had you studied C. Had you studied D. Were you studied
28. If a ruby….., it will temporarily lose its color.
A. is heated B. are heated C. was heated D. were heated
29. If Peter…….he would come.
A. is invited B. was invited C. were invited D. has been invited
30. References…….in the examination room.
A. can’t been use B. can’t be used C. can’t be use D. can use
31.Look! The bus……
A. comes B. is coming C. was coming D. had been coming
32. By the end of this month, I…….English for 3 years.
A. have learnt B. had learnt C. learnt D. will have learnt
33. The lawyer……the case for a week.
A. will investigate B. would investigate C. has been investigating D. will have investigated
34. If the police hadn’t saved me, I……..at that time
A. will die B. would die C will have died D. would have died
35.She has learnt English and French……the age of five.
A. since B. for C. before D. in
36. After she…..at the hospital for 2 years, she decided to give up the job yesterday.
A. is working B working C. has been working D. had been working
37. Peter said that he……that film before.
A. didn’t see B. hadn’t ever seen C. will not see D. has not ever seen
38. …..at 4 o’clock, we would have missed seeing Bob.
A. if we had gone B. Had we gone C. Because we had gone D. A and B
39. Fast food restaurant……..in almost every country in the world.
A. have established B. have being established C. have been established D. have establishing
40. She asked him………
A. what is your name B. what your name is C. what was his name D. what his name was
41. In 1980, it was the tallest building that…….
A. were ever built B. has ever built C. has ever been built D. had ever been built
42. When the water is heated, it…..into vapor.
A. would be changed B. will changed C. is changed D. would changed
43. How long……..each other before they…. married?
A. have they known/ get B. did they know/ were getting C do they know/ are D. had they known/ got
getting
44. Books of this kind….well.
A. sell B. sells C. are sold D. is sold
45. While Maria…..to school, she …….an accident.
A. was driving/ was seeing B. drove/ was seeing C. was driving / saw D. drove/ saw
46. Liz gave me this ring. She…..very upset if I lost it.
A. will be B would be C. would have been D. was
47. No you didn’t interrupt anything. I had finished my breakfast before you…….to the house
A. came B. had come C. have come D. coming
48. This type of radio…….first………many years ago.
A. has……introduced B. had….been introduced C. was…..introducing D. was……introduced
49. It’s 6 o’clock. It’s time the game……..
A. starts B. started C. starting D. to start
th
50. Much of the city……by fire in the 17 century.
A. is destroyed B. was destroyed C. had been destroyed D. would be destroyed
51. The police found that the house……and a lot of things…..
A. has broken into / has been stolen B. had broken into / had been stolen
C. has been broken into / stolen D. had been broken into / stolen

Tense (cont)
I. Put the verbs in the correct forms.
1. While I ( try).....................to get my car started, a passing car (stop)....................and the driver
(offer).......................to help me.
2. I (not see)............................the film last night because I (see)............................it several times before.
3. Mary (not wear)..............................her glasses at the time, so she (not see)......................what color the
man’s T-shirt was.
4. Sorry, I didn’t answer the phone, I (have)...........................a shower.
5. Helen ( feel).................. very tired, when she (finish)...................her work, she ( fall).................asleep.
6. Last night, she spent hour on the homework but she (can not).....................do it although the teacher
( explain).............................it very carefully in class.
7. While I (have).........................a bath, someone knocked on the door.
8. Sally (not go).........................................to football match before.
9. You ( eat)................................... spaghetti every day
10. As Maggie (walk)..............................home, she ( try).......................to remember what had happened.
11. I suddenly remember that I ( forget)............................................my keys.
12. While Diana ( watch)...........................her favorite TV program. there ( be)....................a power cut.
13. Who ( drive) ...........................the car at the time of the accident?
14. By the time Sheila (get) ...................back, Chris ( go)............................................home.
15. David ( eat) ..................................Japanese food before,
16. I ( do)..........................some shopping yesterday when I ( see).............your friend.
17. What exactly you (do).........................when I ( come)............................to your office yesterday?
18. Everything is going well. we ( not have)................................any problems so far.
19. It ( happen).........................two years ago when I ( ski)........................................... in Austria.
20. I ( fall).................., and my skis ( fall)..........................on the top of me.
21. Yesterday Sarah went to the station to meet John , when she (get)................ there John
( wait)............................for her . His train had arrived early.
22. I (meet).............Peter and Paul yesterday as I ( walk)................................through the park.
23. When I (get)................ Bill ( lie).........................on the sofa. The TV was on, but he (not
watch)...................................it. He (fall) ................................asleep , I (turn).....................The TV off
because I (not want).....................................to wake him up.
24. Lisa didn’t go/ hasn’t gone to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.
25. Look! That man over there wears/ is wearing the same sweater as you.
26. Your son is much taller than when I last saw him. He grew/ has grown a lot.
27. I still don’t know what to do. I didn’t decide/ haven’t decided yet.
28. I wonder why Jim is / is being so nice today. He isn’t usually like it.
29. Jane had a book open in front of her, but she didn’t read/ wasn’t reading it.
30. I wasn’t very busy, I didn’t have/ wasn’t having.
31. It begins/ is beginning to get dark. Shall I turn on the light?
32. After having school, Tim got/ has got a job in a factory.
33. Yesterday afternoon Sarah went/ had gone to the station to meet Paul.
34. Andy _________my wallet while he was walking home
A. was finding B. has found C. found
35. I’m sorry, Dad’s not here this weekend, he’s.......................to my uncle’s house.
A. been B. gone C. went
36. I haven’t read any English books ......................last year
A. yet B. ago C. since D. before
37. Adrian wanted to know where....................the CD player
A. did you buy B you bought C. I had bought D. was bought
38. M y family arrived in this country fifty years.........................
A. already B ago C before time