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REVISION ON TENSE
1.Gene ………… dinner when his friend called.


A.was eating C.has eaten
B.eat D.have eaten
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2.While Maria was cleaning the apartment, her husband ………….

A.slept B.has slept
B.was sleeping D.is sleeping
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4.At three o’clock this morning, Eleanor…………..

A.study B.has studied
C.studies D.was studying
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5.When Mark arrived, Johnsons ……….dinner, but they stopped in order to talk to him.

A.went B.have gone
C.had gone D.going
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6.When the teacher ……….. the room, the students were talking.

A.was entering B.enters

C.entered D.has been entered
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7.We…………this movie last night.

A.see B.have seen

C.has seen D.saw
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8.At one time Mr.Roberts…………..this building.

A. owned B.have owned

C.to own D.was owning
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9.Jose ………….. a letter to his family when hís pencil broke.

A.wrote B.was writing

C.have been writing D.writes
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10.The policeman read the suspect his rights after he ………..him.

A.had arrested B.has arrested

C.arrested D.to arrest
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11.After John ………… his clothes, he began to study.

A.has washed B.washed

C.was washing D.had washed
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12.George ………….. for one hour before the bus came.

A.waiting B has waited

C.had been waiting D.was waiting
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13.Maria ……….. the university after she had graduated from the community college.


A.had entered B.entered

C.was entering D.has entered
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14.Jane sent a letter to her university after she ……… her scholarship check.

A.received B.has receive

C.had been received D.had received
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15.The car ………… ten times before it landed on its roof.

A.flipped B. has flipped

C.was flipping D.had flipped
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16.We corrected our papers after we………. the quiz.

A.have taken B.was taking

C.had taken D.took
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17.John ………in Miama for one year when his parents came to visit.

A.lived B.has been living

C.had been living D.was living
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18.The water …….. at 100 C. Do you know that ?

A.boils B.was boiling

C.has been boiled D.boiled
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19.Autum ……….summer.

A.followed B.is following

C.has been following D.follows
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20.My father ……… in New York.

A.lives B.is living

C.has lived D.had lived
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21.We ………. at a hotel as we haven’t bought a house yet.

A.stay B.are staying

C.stayed D.have stayed
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23.I ………… a new shirt.

A.have bought B.bought

C.was buying D.buys
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25.The road is closed.There ……..an accident.

A.is B.are

C.been D.has been
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26.The police ………. the two bank robbers.

A.arrested B have arrested

C.had arrested D.arrests
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27.The ground is wet. It ……..

A.rains B. rained

C.is raining D.has been raining
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28.She …………..the piano since she was 8.

A.is playing B.has been playing

C.plays D. played
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29. Only through diplomatic means can a formal agreement be …………..

A.reached B.to reach

C.reaching D.reach
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30.Computers and new methods of communication ……….. revolutionized the modern office.

A.that have B.to have

C.have D.they have
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31.A great deal of throught has ……….. into the designing of a concert hall.

A.went B. going

C.to go D.gone
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32.The helthful properties of fiber have ………. for years.

A.known B.be knowing
C.knew D.been known
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33.Scientists have speculated that the destruction of Earth’s Ozone layer would ……. us to
damaging ultraviolet rays.

A.exposed B.have exposed

C.expose D.have been exposed
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34.Platinum ………. rare and valuable metal, white in color, and next to a silver and gold, the
easiest to shape.

A.is B.was

C.has been D.be
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