Verb Tenses.

1 GRADE 11 – TENSES (PRACTICE)
VERB TENSES
1. Listen! Someone __________________ the piano. (play)

2. Wearing uniforms __________________ students to be proud of their school. (encourage)
3. As Oleg __________________ to the airport yesterday, he decided to buy a magazine. (walk)
4. Raw sewage __________________ directly into the sea. (pump)
5. They __________________ in touch with each other for 2 years. (not be)
6. Last Friday, my sister __________________ Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum. (visit)
7. Phuong Quynh __________________ (call) while I __________________ (draw) a picture.
8. My father __________________ for the telephone company twenty years ago. (work)
9. My father __________________ for that company for two months in 2005. (work)
10. My father __________________ for this company for thirteen years now. (work)
11. It __________________ since last month. (not rain)
12. My mom __________________ in the kitchen at the moment. (cook)
13. It’s an exciting play. I __________________ it twice already. (see)
14. We __________________ in this school for three years. (study)
15. A new style of jeans __________________ in the USA last year. (introduce)
16. In the 1960s, many students __________________ jeans. (wear)
17. How long __________________ you __________________ her? (know)
18. Mr. Green always __________________ to work by car last year. (go)
19. You can watch TV after you _______________ your homework. (finish)
20. When he _______________ (return) from school, I _______________ (give) him the notes.
21. The last time Janice _______________ (see) her brother _______________ (be) 2 months ago.
22. This is the first time I _______________ this kind of food. (eat)
23. Over the last two years, he _______________ his English a lot. (improve)
24. During the past few years, I _______________ abroad. (work)
25. This is the most boring movie I ever _______________. (watch)
26. She never _______________ such a rude man before. (meet)
27. Last night, I _______________ (tell) to wait for Mom, but she _______________ back. (not come)
28. We __________________ (move) to Da Nang last year. Since then, we __________________ (live)
in this city. It __________________ (be) a very great place to live in.
29. The concert already __________________ (start) before we __________________ (arrive) last
night. We __________________ (miss) the first part.
30. Yesterday, I __________________ (watch) TV when the light __________________ (go) out.
31. I __________________ (complete) that course before I __________________ (take) another one
in 1997. Now I __________________ (not remember) anything about those subjects. All of them
already __________________ (sweep) away.
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2 GRADE 11 – TENSES (PRACTICE)
32. You always __________________ (forget) your books at home! That habit really annoys me.
33. After Leslie __________________ (leave) the party last night, Vickie __________________ (come)
to look for her.
34. - Where __________________ (be) your sons?
- They __________________ (play) in the yard. They __________________ (play) there for three
hours now.
35. I never __________________ (meet) Marie before, but the first time we __________________
(meet) in France, I __________________ (feel) as if we __________________ (know) each other.
36. The Earth’s ocean __________________ into five different parts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian,
Antarctic, and Arctic Oceans. (divide)
37. It _______________ (be) three years since the day I last _______________ (meet) her.
38. I _______________ (befriend) Leslie in 2007. At that time, we _______________ (be) classmates
and he always _______________ (borrow) my handouts. I _______________ (piss) off by his
forgetfulness but we hardly _______________ (fall) out with each other. Now he _____________
(become) more responsible, but we _______________ (be) no longer good friends. I guess time
_______________ (change) everything between us.
39. We _______________ (be) best friends before we _______________ (get) married in 2013. I think
it _______________ (be) great to be with the one who _______________ (understand) you so
well. But sometimes it _______________ (be) also boring. Well, we just _______________ (be)
married for one year, so let’s wait and see.
40. Don’t worry, I _______________ you with your homework. (help)
41. Look at those black clouds! I think it _______________. (rain)
42. Ann to Sue: Sue, why don’t we hold a party? We _______________ a lot of people. (invite)
Sue to Perry: Perry, Ann and I _______________ (decide) to hold a party. We _______________
(invite) a lot of people.
43. We _______________ married on the seventh of next month. (get)
44. If you ______________ up, you will be late for school. (not, hurry)
45. Were you to accept the offer, you ______________ more money. (earn)
46. I wouldn’t have helped you ________________ the situation. (I, know)
47. If Liz ______________ (not, stay) up late last night, she _______________ (not, be) tired now.
48. Ian asked me if I _____________ the movie already. (watch)
49. If only I ______________ her to the party. (not, invite)
50. It’s high time you _______________ back to work. (get)
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1. Listen! Someone __________________ the piano. (play)

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