Tenses

Basic Tenses

( Choose the most correct answer:
I _______this film twice.
A. see B. saw C. will see D. have seen
–Peter, please help me do the washing up. – Sorry, Mum. I ______ TV.
A. watch B. am watching C. had watched D. watched
The farmers _____ in the field now.
A. were working B. have worked C. worked D. are working
The war _____ out three years ago.
A. broke B. had broken C. has broken D. was breaking
He ______ a cup of coffee every morning.
A. drinks B. drank C. is drinking D. has drunk
She ______ a lot of new books.
A. had just bought B. has just bought C. buys D. bought
Up to the present, Nam_____ good work in his class.
A. does B. has done C. had done D. did
At present, that author ______ a historical novel.
A. is writing B. was writing C. has written D. had written
By next month, I _____ my first novel.
A. will finish B. am going to finish C. finish D. will have finished
Phong ______ at the university so far.
A. had worked B. was working C. worked D. has worked
How long _____ able to drive? – since 1990.
A. could you B. have you been C. were you D. are you
They ______ since eight o’clock.
A. are talking B. have been talking C. talk D. talk
My brother _______ in the army from 1990 to 1995.
A. served B. has served C. had served D. is serving
At this moment, I _____ that we have a good chance of victory.
A. was feeling B. am feeling C. feel D. had been feeling
I _____ the money from him yet.
A. haven’t received B. don’t receive C. will receive D. am receiving
This is the most interesting book _____ .
A. I’ve read B. I had read C. I’ve ever read D. I’ve ever read
I ____ him ten days ago.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. will see
It ______ a long time since I last saw him.
A. is B. was C. will be D. had been
She _____ so hard this week that she doesn’t have time to go to the hairdresser’s.
A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had worked
Mr. John_______ to Los Angeles in 1992.
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D. was going
What ______ to you yesterday?
A. happened B. did happen C. had happened D. has happened
I never go to Australia. I _____ to Australia yet.
A. will go B. went C. haven’t been D. have been
What _____ do at 7:00 tomorrow morning.
A. will you B. shall you C. were you D. did you
Why ______ you come yesterday?
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. A and C
My mother ______ in this factory since 1990
A. works B. worked C. has worked D. had worked
I _____ my hair before breakfast this morning.
A. washed B. had washed C. was washing D. have washed
I _____ about him when he suddenly came in.
A. talk B. talked C. am talking D. was talking
He will finish this work before you _______ here tomorrow.
A. leave B. will leave C. would leave D. are going to leave
Don’t make noise. My mother ______ with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
He _____ in this office for ten years by next Monday.
A. will have been working B. would be working
C. will work D. will be working
No sooner _____ the office than the telephone rang.
A. was he leaving B. he was leaving C. he had left D. had he left
George______ this movie three times.