1.  Although the police ______ every precaution, the robber managed to escape.

   (A) take  
(B) takes
   (C) has taken  
   (D) had taken  
              
2.  The boys ______ television every night unless they have homework.
   (A) watch  
(B) watches
   (C) watched  
   (D) watching  
              
3.  Maria ______ an appointment to see the doctor. It is at 10.00 am. tomorrow.
   (A) make  
(B) makes
   (C) made  
   (D) has made  
              
4.  They ______ when they are ready.
   (A) come  
(B) came
   (C) will come  
   (D) have come  
              
5.  Judy ______ watching horror films although she has nightmares afterwards.
   (A) like  
(B) likes
   (C) liked  
   (D) will like  
              
6. It ______ every afternoon for the past week. The weather forecast predicts rain for next
 
week too.
   (A) is raining  
(B) was raining
   (C) has been raining  
   (D) had been raining  
              
7.  I ______ the door before I realized that the keys were inside the house.
   (A) lock  
(B) locked
   (C) has locked  
   (D) had locked  
        
8.  When Sally ______ her first pay, she bought presents for her parents.
   (A) receive  
   (B) received  
   (C) has received  
    (D) had received  
        
9.  It's lovely to wake up in the morning and ______ birds singing.
   (A) hear  
   (B) hears  
   (C) heard  
   (D) hearing  
        
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  Aaron ______ $80.00 for that bag.
.
   (A) pay  
   (B) paid  
   (C) pays  
   (D) paying

1. When I went back to my hometown three years ago, I found that a lot of changes ______.
  (A) are taken place  
(B) were taken place
  (C) have taken place  
  (D) had taken place  
             
2. Look ! A hamster ______ by a cat.
  (A) is chased  
(B) is being chased
  (C) was being chased  
  (D) has been chased  
             
3. I'm sorry the house is not available any longer. It ______ to a timber tycoon.
  (A) is sold  
(B) was being sold
  (C) has been sold  
  (D) will be sold  
             
4. Ai Ling ______ to Manhattan is 1997.
  (A) is transferred  
(B) was transferred
  (C) has been transferred  
  (D) should be transferred  
             
5. Passengers ______ to smoke in the train.
  (A) are not allowed  
(B) was not allowed
  (C) had not allowed  
  (D) will not allow  
             
6. Firemen who battled the fire reported that is ______ under control after forty minutes.
  (A) is brought  
  (B) was brought
   (C) can be brought  
  (D) has been brought  
             
7. The students ______ to leave the building immediately.
  (A) ordered  
  (B) will order
  (C) have ordered  
  (D) have been ordered  
       
8. In future, famous singers ______ to perform at charity concerts.
  (A) are invited  
  (B) were invited  
  (C) has been invited  
  (D) will be invited  
       
9. The roof may have been leaking for the past few weeks but you do not have to worry
 
about it any longer. It ______ now.
  (A) was repaired  
  (B) is repairing  
  (C) has repaired  
(D) is being repaired
       
10. The price ______, but I doubt whether it will remain so.  
  (A) went down  
  (B) will go down  
  (C) has gone down  
  (D) was going down

1 Hey, look where you are going !

 
. Oh, I'm terribly sorry, ______.
   (A) I'm not noticing  
(B) I wasn't noticing
   (C) I haven't noticed  
   (D) I don't notice  
              
2
  Nancy is not coming tonight. But she ______ !
.
   (A) promises  
(B) promised
   (C) will promise  
   (D) had promised  
              
3
  Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.
.
   (A) has written  
(B) wrote
   (C) had written  
   (D) was writing  
               
4
  Hi, Tracy, you look tired. I am tired. I ______ the living room all day.
.
   (A) painted  
(B) had painted
   (C) have been painting  
   (D) have painted

1. My mother ______ meat from the butcher once a week.

  (A) is buying  
(B) has bought
  (C) buys  
  (D) will have bought  
             
2. The groom, together with his parents, ______ the guests.
  (A) is greeting  
(B) have greeted
  (C) are greeting  
  (D) were greeting  
             
3. None of the new equipment ______ yet.
  (A) has arrived  
(B) have arrived
  (C) were arriving  
  (D) are arriving  
             
4. ______ she ______ a lot of friends at the party ?
  (A) Does, makes  
(B) Did, make
  (C) Did, made  
  (D) Do, make  
             
5. Nobody ______ the telephone an hour ago.
  (A) is using  
(B) were using
  (C) was using  
  (D) has used  
             
6. If I ______ some money I would not have to borrow now.
  (A) am saving  
  (B) have saved
  (C) saved  
  (D) had saved  
             
7. A river ______ downstream.
  (A) flows  
  (B) will flow
  (C) is flowing  
   (D) was flowing  
       
8. She ______ a maid by next year.
  (A) employs  
  (B) employed  
  (C) has employed  
  (D) will have employed  
       
9. He ______ never ______ since he nearly ______ .
  (A) has ... swum, drowned  
  (B) had ... swum, was drowning  
  (C) was ... swimming, drowned  
(D) did ... swum, had drowned
       
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 We ______ jungle-trekking.  
.
  (A) are disliking  
  (B) have disliked  
  (C) dislike  
  (D) were disliking

1. The members ______ for a new committee in the coming meeting.

  (A) were voting  
(B) are voting
  (C) had voted  
  (D) have noted  
             
2. They ______ ready for his moment for weeks.
  (A) get  
(B) get getting
  (C) will get  
  (D) have been getting  
             
3. ______ Pam and Bobby ______ the rules ?
  (A) Were, knowing  
(B) Does, knows
  (C) Are, knowing  
  (D) Do, know  
             
4. Shareen ______ her driving test on the first attempt.
  (A) is passing  
(B) passed
  (C) was passing  
  (D) has been passing  
             
5. The old lady ______ for a long time before she ______ away.
  (A) had been suffering, passed  
(B) was suffering, had passed
   (C) is suffering, passed  
  (D) has suffered, was passing  
             
6. I ______ an appointment with the dentist soon.
  (A) make  
  (B) made
  (C) will make  
  (D) have made  
             
7. The people next door ______ a lot of noise until past midnight.
  (A) was making  
  (B) has made
  (C) are making  
  (D) were making  
       
8. A journalist ______ to interview you later today.
  (A) came  
  (B) will be coming  
  (C) had come  
  (D) has been coming  
       
9. The clerk ______ the money from the bank by one o-clock.
  (A) is withdrawing  
  (B) had been withdrawing  
  (C) has withdrawn  
(D) will have withdrawn
       
10
 Charles ______ his father in the shop until school ______ .  
.
  (A) was helping, will start  
  (B) helped, was starting  
  (C) is helping, starts  
  (D) has helped, is starting

Use the correct past tense ( active or passive ) of the verbs in the brackets to give the
sentence the right sequence.
 John's father ( paint ) the gate when we ( go ) to their house. Only half the gate ( paint ).
1.
   
2. I ( turn ) round when I ( feel ) someone tap me on the shoulder. It ( be ) my friend who
said that he ( follow ) me for some distance.
   
3. It ( not rain ) for more than a week; but yesterday I ( notice ) some rain clouds in the sky,
and sure enough it ( rain ) last night.
   
4. Mr. Hill ( drive ) to work when he ( realize ) that he ( not bring ) his office keys with
him.
   
 5. The boy ( not eat ) for almost three days; but when she ( give ) him some food, he
( refuse ) to take it.
   
6. The sun ( shine ) brightly and there ( be ) not a cloud in the sky. We ( choose ) a fine day
for the picnic.
   
7. The inspector ( hold ) him by the collar and ( demand ) to know where he ( hide ) the
things he ( steal ).
   
8. They ( argue ) about the matter when their father ( come ) in. Luckily, he could settle the
matter for them.
   
9. The wind ( blow ) quite strongly; it ( be ) evident that a storm ( approach ), so we
( decide ) to stay indoors.
   
10. Although the telephone ( ring ), no one ( bother ) to answer it. It ( continue ) ringing for
some time, then ( stop ).

Correct the mistakes in these sentences. Use the simple present or

past tense form of the verbs
1.  The pilgrims are arrived at the airport last night.
    
2.  Every year my father has driven to New Jersey to visit my grandparents.
    
3.  My brother had choose not to study medicine at the university.
    
4.  They were hearing you the first time you called them.
    
5.  Nowadays tuition centers are playing an important role in education.
    
6.  I am worry when I seeing my father smoke so heavily.
    
7.  All my friends admiring my brother because he is tall and good-looking.
    
8.  My aunt is kind but she is talking too much and too often.
    
9.  I was breaking my leg when I played rugby last week.
    
10.  This rule is applied only to foreign workers in China.

Correct the mistakes in these sentences wherever necessary

1.  The postman has came already. There are no letters for you.
   
2.  She dreaming of the day when she can go to China to visit her relatives.
   
3.  Chandra was mop the house with an old rag.
    
 4.  Jill was standing at the bus-stop when I saw her.
    
5.  All the books is belonging to me. I love books.
    
6.  I have saw Jack with that strange woman many times.
    
7.  The car looks dirty but it was cleaned yesterday.
    
8.  Since the new market opened, I had done my shopping there.
    
9.  Salsa was went to Singapore last Monday.
    
10.  I have just driven 600 kilometers from Saint Peter Street.

Choose the correct form ( tense ) of the verbs in brackets.

1.  I waited for my friend until he ( come ).
2.  He ran as quickly as he ( can ).
3.  You make so much noise that I ( can't ) work.
4.  He speaks as though he ( be ) very angry.
5.  The soldier advanced as far as he ( dare ).
6.  I do it because I ( choose ) to.
7.  I would not attempt it if you ( ask ) me.
8.  Hannah asked her teacher what she ( can ) do.
9.  We shall rest here until Gerard ( come ).
10.  He stayed at home because he ( be ) tired.
11.  Whenever we meet, we ( talk ) of old times.
12.  Answer the first question before you ( continue ).
13.  As soon as Penny ( hear ) the news she wrote to me.
14.  After the shower ( be ) over, the sun shone again.
15.  My grandmother's health ( improve ) after she gave up eating meat.

Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. Pay attention to the sequence
of tenses.
1.  They sold the car because it ______ old.
    
2.  He told them that they ______ wrong.
    
3.  I asked him what his name ______.
    
4.  A school is a place where learning ______ place.
    
5.  Nina has a cow that ______ enormous quantities of milk.
    
6.  He tells me that I ______ wrong.
    
7.  I heard that there ______ a disturbance in town last night.
    
 8.  I like him because his manners ______ me feel respected.
    
9.  We must approach as many customers as we ______.
    
10.  Could you doubt that there ______ a God ?