EXERCISES ALL TENSES

Choose the most appropriate answer. 1. Who cooks cooks food in your family when your Mom is away? has been cooking cooked

is cooking

2. Where is John? He is repairing his car in the garage. repairs is repairing has repaired repaired

3. I love this film. I have seen see have seen

it four or five times already.

had seen

4. Have you visited any European countries? Yes. I visited Spain and Italy two years ago. visited have visited had visited

5. She was cleaning has cleaned

the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen. has been cleaning was cleaning

6. I envy you. At five tomorrow you will be getting some tan on a nice beach in Greece. will get will be getting will have gotten will have been getting

7. You arrived two days ago. You leave next Sunday. By the time you leave, you will have spent nine days here. spend have spent are spending will have spent

8. Where is he? I have been waiting am waiting have been waiting

for him since three o'clock! was waiting had been waiting

9. I went to Belgium last month. I had never been there before. It's a beautiful country.

have never been

had never been

never was

never been

10. He said that his mother would be very upset when she learned that he had lost his job. learns learned had learned would learn

I. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. Whats the matter? Why __are you laughing_____________ . (you/laugh) 2. I have already written several books (already/write). 3. This movie may not be as good as the one I __saw last week. (see) 4. Where __are you going_____________ on holiday, next summer? (you/go) 5. I _____was reading___________ a book when they knocked at the door. (read) 6. When __is he going to accept_____________ my proposal? Tomorrow I hope! (he/accept) 7. I _have just lost_______________ my umbrella! (just/lose) 8. Yesterday, he told me he _had never practiced________ scuba-diving before. (never/practice) 9. What ___is he doing_______________? Its really dangerous! (he/do) 10. If _i had__ a lot of money, I wouldnt work and I would stay at home all day. (I/have) 11. You look really great! __have you benn working_______ out at the fitness center recently? (you, work)

12. A: What _were you doing______________ when the accident occurred? (you/do) B: I ____was trying_____________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out. (try) 13. I have had the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one. (have) 14. If it _snows __ this weekend, we ___will go_____________ skiing near Lake Tahoe. (snow,go) 15. A: What do you call people who work in libraries? B: They _are__called__________ librarians. (call) 16. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I __will have been studying_________ for nine months and I __will have been_______ in England for exactly one year. (study, be) 17. Sam ___arrived____________ in San Diego a week ago. (arrive) 18. Samantha __lived_________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she _____was living____________ there when the Berlin wall came down. (live, live) 19. If Vera _keeps__ drinking, she ____will eventually lose_________________ her job. (keep, lose/eventually) 20. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture __had virtually _disappear______________ by the time Europeans

first ___arrived______________ in the New World. (disappear/virtually, arrive) 21. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John _____is sleeping_____________. (sleep) 22. It _has been__raining______________ all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach. (rain) 23. Listen Donna, I don't care if you _____missed___________ the bus this morning. You _have been_________ late to work too many times. You are fired! (miss, be) 24. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we _____wake_________ up tomorrow morning, the sun ___will shine____________. (wake, shine) 25. I have not traveled much yet; however, I _will have visited______________ the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States. (visit) 26. I ___had seen__________ many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. (see) 27. In the last hundred years, traveling _____has became__________ much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it ___took_____________ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip ____was_____________ very rough and often dangerous. Things ___have changed___________ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in

a matter of hours. (become, take, be, change) 28. Joseph's English __is ireally mproving_______________ , isnt it. He _____has been watching_______ American television programs and ____studying____________ his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent. (improve/really, study,watch) 29. When I ___arrived___________ home last night, I discovered that Jane __had prepared___________ a beautiful candlelight dinner. (arrive, prepare) 30. If you ___need___________ to contact me sometime next week, I ____will be staying___________ at the Sheraton in San Francisco. (need, stay) 31. When Carol ___called________ last night, I ____was watcing_________ my favorite show on television. (call, watch) 32. I ___have been working____________ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire! (work) 33. Sharon _loves________ to travel. She ____goes______ abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru. (love, go) 34. Thomas is an author. He ___writes_______ mystery novels and travel memoirs. He ______has been writing________ since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he ___has written________

seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry. (write, write, write) 35. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we got to the train station, Susan had been waiting_____________ for us for more than two hours. (get, wait) 36. Sam _____was trying___________ to change a light bulb when he __slepped_______ and ___fell_____. (try, slip, fall) 37. Everyday I _wake_______ up at 6 o'clock, _eat________ breakfast at 7 o'clock and ____leave______ for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I ___woke______ up at 6:30, ___ate_______ breakfast and __left_____ for work late because I ___forgot_________ to set my alarm. (wake, eat, leave, get, skip, leave, forget) 38. Right now, Jim __is reading__________ the newspaper and Kathy _is cooking___________ dinner. Last night at this time, they __were also doing_________ the same thing. She_was preparing dinner_____and he ____was reading_____ the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they __wiil be doing__________ the same thing. She _____will be cooking_____________ dinner and he ______will be reading___________. They are very predictable people! (read, make, do, cook, read, do/also, prepare, read)

39. By this time next summer, you ____will have completed_____________ your _______studies and found____________ a job. I, on the other hand, _______ wont have accomplished___________ anything. I _______will still be studying_________________ and you _____will be working_________ in some new high paying job. (complete, find, accomplish/not, study/still, work) 40. The students _are__usually ____taught_________ by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they _____are being taught___________ by Mr. Tanzer. (be/usually, teach)

II.Choose the right answer. 1.Who _cooks____ food in your family when your mom is away. A.cooks B.is cooking C.has been cooking D.cooked

2.where is John? He _repairing____ his car in the garage. A.repairs B.has repaired C.is repairing D.repaired

3.I love this film. I _have seen____ it four or five times already. A. see B.have seen C.saw D.had seen

4. I think I _wiil stay____ home tonight. Im a little tired. A.stay staying 5.She __was cleaning___ the living room when she heard a strange noise in the kitchen. A.has cleaned B.has been cleaning C.was cleaning D.cleaned B.am stay C. will stay D.will be

6.I envy you. At five tomorrow you _____some tan on a nice beach in Greece. A.will be getting B.will have been getting C.will have gotten D.will get

7.You arrived two days ago. You are going to leave next Sunday. By the time you leave, you _____ nine days here. A.spend B.will have spent C.will spend D.have spent

8.Where is he? I _have been waiting____ for him since three oclock. A.was waiting B.have been waiting C.had been waiting D.am waiting

9.I went to Belgium last month. I _had never been___ there before. Its a beautiful city. A.never been B.had never been C.have never been D.never was

10. He said that his mother would be upset when she _learns____ that he had lost his job. A.learns B.would learn C.had learned D.learned

III. Write the right name for each number. 1. Jane talks on the phone. Bob has been talking on the phone for an hour. Mary is talking on the phone. Who is not necessarily on the phone now? ___jane_____ 2. I'm going to make dinner for Frank. I'm making dinner for Judy. I'll make dinner for Mary. I make dinner for Ted. I will be making dinner for Tony.

Who are you offering to make dinner for? _mary_________ 3. Jane left when Tim arrived. Bob left when Tim had arrived. When Tim arrived, Mary was leaving. John had left when Tim arrived. After Tim arrived, Frank left. Who did not run into Tim? ____john______ 4. Jane is talking in class. Bob always talks in class. Mary is always talking in class. Whose action bothers you? ___mary_______ 5. Jane never left Jamestown. Bob has never left Jamestown. Who is still alive? _bob_________