Verb Tenses Test

4.
- What ........ when the boss arrived?

a) did you
b) were you do
c) did you doing
d) were you doing
- ........ swim?

a) Are you going

b) Will you to
c) Are you going to
d) Are you
I .......... this film 3 times when I was a child.

a)saw
b)have seen
c)see
d)was seeing
Kangaroos ........ their babies in their pouch.

a)carryd
b)carry
c)is carrying
d)has carried
I’m afraid I ......... my wallet. I can’t find it...
 
a)lose
b)am lost
c)have lost
d)lost
- How long .......... in Japan?

a. lived you
b. did you lived
c. have you live
d. have you lived
- What time ........ in England?

a) do shops close
b) have shops closed
c) will shops closed
d) shops close
My life ............. much harder in the last 10
years.

a)is
b)was
c)has been
d)became
Oh, I’m sorry for waking you up.
I didn’t know you .... asleep.
 
a.are
b.were
c.have been
d.become
I ............ to visit the Great Pyramids in Egypt
but I ............ the money.

a)have wanted always --- never had

b)have always wanted --- have never had
c)always wanted --- have never had
d)always wanted --- never have
- He is a very succesful writer and his
books are very popular. I think he........
more than a hundred books.
 
a. is writing
b. was writing
c. wrote
d. has written
- When my wife phoned, I ........ a letter to
my secretary.
 
a. am dictating
b. dictated
c. was dictating
d. have dictate
- I swear I ....... alcohol again!
 
a. never drink
b. will never drink
c. never will drink
d. not going to drink
- Excuse me!
- Yes?
- ........... a little boy with a yellow
T-shirt? I can’t find my grandson.

 
a. Do you see
b. Did you see
c. Were you seeing
d. Have you seen
My grandparents ............. in this house.
They died here because they didn’t want to
go to hospital.
 
a.always lived
b.have always lived
c.lived always.
d.were always living
- I can still remember the journey. It was
fantastic! We ........ any serious problems.
 
a. hadn’t
b. didn’t have
c. haven’t got
d. haven’t had
......... on a holiday to Spain next weekend.
I have just booked the flight ticket.
 
a. I’ll go
b. I am going to
c. I am going
d. I will
- How many drinks ..........?
- Only 3 glasses of beer, but I think I will ask
for one more.
 
a. had you
b. have you had
c. did you have
d. have you drink
- Have you talked to him?
- Yes, we talked last night.
- And? What .........?
 
a. was he said
b. has he said
c. did he say
d. said he