Practice 1 - Verb Tenses: I. Choose The Best Answer Among A, B, C, or D

PRACTICE 1 VERB TENSES
I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. dont see
B. havent seen
C. didnt see
D. hadnt seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.
A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago
B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still lived
D. were still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. shall have been workingB. shall work
C. have been working D. shall be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.
A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
15. Ill come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
19. I have been waiting for you ______.
A. since early morning B. since 9a. m
C. for two hours
D. All are correct
20. Almost everyone _______ for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave
B. left
C. leaves
D. had left
21. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. had written
22. While her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.
A. was reading
B. wrote
C. was written
D. had written
23. I couldnt cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.
A. broke down
B. has been broken C. had broken down D. breaks down
24. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.
A. try
B. tried
C. have tried
D. am trying
25. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
26. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
27. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
28. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
30. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
31 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. finished
D. finishing
32. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave
B. are leaving
C. leaving
D. are left
33. He always ________ for a walk in the evening.
A. go
B. is going
C. goes
D. going
34. Her brother ______ in Canada at present.
A. working
B. works
C. is working
D. work
35. Last week, my professor promised that he ________ today.
A. would come
B. will come
C. comes
D. coming
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D) that needs correcting.
1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner.
A
B
C
D
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down
A
B
C
D
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.
A
B
C
D
4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
A
B
C
D
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.
A
B
C
D
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I just delete it all.
A
B
C
D
7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we.
A
B
C D
8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise.
A
B
C
D
9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it.
A
B C
D
10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years.
A
B
C
D
11. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer
A
B
C
D
12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently
A
B
C
D
13. I think its time you must change your way of living.
A
B
C
D
14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there.
A
B
C
D
15. When Im shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadnt met for five years.
A
B
C
D
16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.
A
B
C
D
17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now.
A
B
C
18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.
A
B
C D
19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject o fintensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.
A
B
C
D
20. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking me up.
A
B
C
D
21. Well be cycled to Hoas village at this time next Sunday.
A
B
C
D
22. What will you do when your friends wont come ?
A
B C
D
23. My friend didnt drink any beer since we came to live here.
A
B
C
D
24. We have written to each other when we were in primary school.
A
B
C
D
25. Will we go to the pop concert this weekend for a change?
A
B
C
D
III. Complete the second sentences without any changes in meaning
1. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.
No sooner ____________________________________________________________________________
2. My father hasnt smoked cigarettes for a month.
Its ________________________________________________________________________________
3. Having finished their work, the workers expected to be paid.
Having ______________________________________________________________________________
3. Mr. Brown bought this car five years ago.
Mr. Brown ___________________________________________________________________________
4. I havent enjoyed myself so much for years.
Its ________________________________________________________________________________
5. This is my tenth year working in this bank.
By the end of this year, _________________________________________________________________
6. The famous actor was last seen in 2000.
No one ______________________________________________________________________________
7. I came to live here three months ago.
I have _______________________________________________________________________________
8. She goes to the shops every Friday.
She always ___________________________________________________________________________
9. Michael took a deep breath and dived into the water.
After ________________________________________________________________________________
Having ______________________________________________________________________________
10. We started working here three years ago.
We have _____________________________________________________________________________
11. Its a long time since we last went to the cinema.
We _________________________________________________________________________________
12. I havent finished this book yet.
I am ________________________________________________________________________________
13. He used to jog every morning.
He doesnt ___________________________________________________________________________
14. This is the first time I have seen so many people crying at the end of the movie.
I was not ___________________________________________________________________________
15. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.

He _________________________________________________________________________________
16. Someone knocked on the door during my lunchtime.
When _______________________________________________________________________________
17. Steve left before my arrival.
When I ______________________________________________________________________________
18. I havent been here before.
This is ______________________________________________________________________________
19. The last time I saw Rose was three years ago.
I havent ____________________________________________________________________________
20. When we arrived, the children were playing Hide and Seek
While _______________________________________________________________________________
21. The plane had hardly left the airport when the accident happened.
No sooner ___________________________________________________________________________
22. When did you start the project?
How long ____________________________________________________________________________
23. My father used to play football when he was young.
My father doesnt _____________________________________________________________________
24. The trip lasted three days.
They had ____________________________________________________________________________
Advanced writing sentence transformation
11: Success depends on your hard work.

The harder...................................................................................................................................
12: John didnt celebrate a party until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
Not until......................................................................................................................................
13: Henry left before we reached the hotel.
By the time..................................................................................................................................
14: People say that she is the richest woman in the country.
She..............................................................................................................................................
15: He brought the umbrella alo
ng but it didnt rain.
He neednt ..................................................................................................................................

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PRACTICE 1 VERB TENSES

I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

15. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.

11: Success depends on your hard work.

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