6 tenses

Practice test

(Choose the best answer:

John ___ at the moment, so he can’t answer the telephone.
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. will work
2. I ___ my key. Can you help me look for it?
A. lose B. lost C. had lost D. have lost
3. Last week, Dick ___ his right leg.
A. falls and breaks B. fell and breaks C. feel and broke D. falls and broke
4. The moon ___ round the earth.
A. goes B. is going C. will go D. went
5. Last night, Tina ___ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
A. read B. was reading C. has read D. had read
6. Ann lives in London. She ___ there for 10 years.
A. has been living B. is living C. was living D. had been living
7. How many language ___ John speak?
A. do B. does C. did D. will
8. Look! Someone ___ to open your car door.
A. is trying B. has been trying C. are trying D. were trying
9. Since 1981, scientists in the world ___ a lot of things to fight AIDS.
A. had done B. has done C. have done D. did
10. This room is dirty. Someone ___ here.
A. smoked B. has smoked C. had been smoking D. has been smoking
11. Mike ___ one hour ago.
A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
12. I was so embarrassed, I was sure that someone ___ at me.
A. were looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. is looking
13. Paulo has learned English ___ five years.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
14. Oh! I’ve cut my finger. It ___ .
A. bleeds B. is bleeding C. had bleed D. was bleeding
15. When you ___ to England this summer, please visit me.
A. will come B. came C. come D. are coming
16. Families in the Western world ___ very much in the last 100 years.
A. changed B. has changed C. had changed D. have changed
17. It ___ five years since he ___ to study English.
A. was/ begin B. is/ has begun C. will be/ begins D. is/ begun
18. Monica ___ with her sister at the moment until she find a flat.
A. stays B. is staying C. will stay D. is going to stay
19. Laura says she is 17 but I ___ her.
A. don’t believe B. didn’t believe C. won’t believe D. wouldn’t believe
20. When he worked here, Simon ___ mistake.
A. always made B. made always C. was always making D. was making always
21. I___ work when I saw the accident.
A. had driven B. am driving C. drove D. was driving
22. Since he bought a car, he ___ to work everyday.
A. drives B. is driving C. has driven D. has been driving
23. Her husband ___ unemployed since they ___ the countryside.
A. was/ moved B. was/ have moved C. has been/ moved D. has been/ have moved
24. We ___ our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we watched a film on TV.
A. was having B. were having C. had D. had had
25. Tim ___ in three movies already. I think he will be a star someday.
A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was appearing D. is appearing
26. I don’t know when my father ___ .
A. died B. had died C. has died D. was dying
27. Please don’t make so much noise. My son ___.
A. sleeps B. is sleeping C. slept D. has been sleeping
28. When the storm ___ this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force.
A. is reaching B. will reach C. reaches D. is going to reach
29. We ___ “Alexander the Great”. It’s very interesting!
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. would see
30. While my mother ____ dinner the phone rang.
A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked D. was cooking
31. There is nobody in the room but there is a smell of cigarettes. Somebody ___ .
A. has smoked C. has been smoking
B. have been smoking D. had been smoking
32. His answers to our question ___ everything so