TENSE REVISION (Exercise)

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TENSE REVISION

I-Choose the best answer


1. Water ______ at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. boiling B. boils C. is boiling D. boil
2. Lily usually ______ television in the evening.
A. watches B. watching C. watch D. has watched
3. Look! That man ______ your bike!
A. is stealing B. steals C. stealing D. stolen
4. I’m sorry I ______ to do my homework yesterday.
A. am forgetting B. have forgotten C. forgot D. forget
5. We ______ any interesting films lately.
A. didn’t see B. haven’t seen C. saw D. have seen
6. Eric _____ a flat yet, so he’s still living with his parents.
A. found B. didn’t find C. is finding D. hasn’t found
7. While her husband was in the army, Janet _____to him twice a week.
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
8. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
9. Since _____,I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
10. Nam _____tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D.have usually
played
11. I _____for Anna. Do you know where she is?
A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks
12. By the time you finish cooking they their homework.
A. will have finished B. will finish C. had finished D. have finished
13. "You have just missed the last train.” □ "Never mind. I ”
A. will be walking B. am going to walk C. will walk D. am walking
14. "I the way to the Happy Theater.” □ "OK. I you.”
A. don't know; will show B. won't know; will show
C. don't know; am showing D. don't know; am going to show
15. Come in, please. I for you long.
A. have waited B. have been waiting
C. had been waiting D. have been waited
16. Before I went to bed, I ___________my homework.
A. finish B. had finished C. has finished D. was finishing
17. Detective: I'm afraid I must ask both of you. What at 10.20 p.m
yesterday? Mr. X: I chess with my
wife.
Mr. Y: I to a play on the radio.
A. were you doing; am playing; was listening B. did you do; played; listened
C. were you doing; am playing; am listening D. were you doing; was playing; was
listening
18. You my sister for a long time come to see us tonight?
A. haven’t seen; Will you B. won't see; Will you
C. hadn't seen; Would you D. haven’t seen; Are you going
19. When I was a child, I the violin.
A. was playing B. am playing C. played D. play
20. He for the national team in 65 matches so far.
A. has played B. has been played C. played D. is playing

II- Supply the correct verb forms.


1. My parents usually (go) to work by car.
2. Listen! He (read) a story by Shakespeare.
3. How long they (live) here? They (live) here since 1990.
4. The man (get) out of the car, (lock) it and (come) into the building.
5. Marry (water) the flowers at 3 p.m yesterday.
6. Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) at this house this morning.
7. Many people (move) to the new place before the storm occurred.
8. He for the national team in 65 matches so far.
9. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she (telephone) _____the fire department.
10. When you (come)_________ next Monday, I (work) ________at my desk in Room in 12..By
the end of next year, we (learn)_______ English for 10 years.

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