Eng9

TENSES EXERCISES
1/ Spring ________ winter
A. follow B. is following C. will follow D. has followed
2/ Someone _________ at the door. Can you answer it?
A. knocks B. is knocking C. is knocked D. knocked
3/ I _______ TV at 8:30 last night
A. watched B. was watching C. has watched D. had watched
4/ While I was working in the garden, my son __________ video games
A. was paying B. played C. has played D. had been playing
5/ Mai ________ in HCM city for five years now
A. lives B. has lived C. is living D. has been lived
6/ I _________ four chairs so far this morning
A. painted B. was painting C. have painted D. had painted
7/ Old Ted __________ twenty cigarettes a day before he gave up
A. has smoked B. had smoked C. smoked D. smokes
8/ Mike _________ one hour ago
A. phoned B. is phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
9/ She _________ English at RMIT these days
A. studies B. is studying C. will study D. is going to study
10/My little sister __________ “ Tom & Jerry” several times
A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D. watched
11/ Stephen ________ on the phone when I came in
A. talked B. was talking C. has talked D. has been talking
12/ We did not go out because it _________
A. would rain B. was raining C. had rained D. has rained
13/ I saw Maggie at the party. She ______________ a very beautiful dress
14/ We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests __________
A. has left B. has left C. left D. were leaving
15/ The secretary _______- the report by 10AM yesterday
A. hadn’t finished B. hasn’t finished C. didn’t finish D. would finish
16/ There is a strange smell in here. My mother ________ something
A. cooks B. is cooking C. will cook D. has cooked
17/ What time_________ the next train leave?
A. does B. will C. has D. would
18/ The room is dirty. Someone __________ in here
A. smoked B. has smoked C. had been smoking D. have been smoking
19/ It was the longest film I _________. It _________ four hours and a half
A. would be seeing/ lasts B. was seeing/ was lasting
B. have seen/ lasts D. saw ever/ have lasted
20/ I ___________ “ Chicken Soup for the Soul” but I haven’t finished it yet
A. read B. am reading C. have been read D. was reading
21/ Michael, is it true that you _________ married next week?
A. get B. are getting C. got D. have got
22/ When he worked here, Simon ________ mistakes
A. always made B. made always C. has always made D. was making always
23/ We _________ English this time next Monday
A. learn B. will learn C. are learning D. will be learning
24/ The Moon ________ round the Earth
A. goes B. is going C. will go D. went
25/ My father _________ for this company from 1995 to 2004
A. was working B. has working C. had working D. was working
26/ Alan took a photograph of Sandra while she __________
A. didn’t look B. wasn’t looking C. hasn’t looked D. hadn’t looked
27/ Last night Tina _________ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream
A. read B. was reading C. has read D. had read
28/ Please don’t make so much noise. My son ________
A. sleeps B. is sleeping C. slept D. will sleep
29/ Her family __________ to America before 1975
A. went B. have gone C.