Friday, 4 January 2019

O-exercises! TENSES




1. Question

Let the flowers ……………………….not plucked
not be plucked
not be plucking
not been plucked

2. Question
You …………………… to lend me your book.

are requesting
requested
are requested
have requested

3. Question
When you phoned I …………………… in the garden.

am working
was working
have been working
will be working


4. Question
I ………………… my homework. What shall I do now?

did
have done
will do
do

5. Question
She ………………… as an expert.

regarded 
was regarded 
will regard 
is regarding

6. Question
I think my ankle ………………….
broke
is broken
has been broken
Either ‘is broken’ or ‘has been broken’


7. Question
She ………………… all her childhood in France.
spend
spends
spent
has spent


8. Question
I …………………… Peter yesterday morning and he told me that he was leaving for his native place.

have seen
had seen
saw
seen


9. Question
What …………………… at 4 o’clock yesterday evening?

were you doing
are you doing
will you be doing
did you do


10. Question
The phone rang while I …………………… dinner.

had
am having
was having
have been having

11.Question
She …………………… in Switzerland for ten years when she was a child.
lived
had lived
has lived
was living

12. Question
When we were kids we ……………………… our own amusements.

were making
made
had made
are making


13. Question
I am not worried about the exam. I …………………… enough to pass.

learnt
have learnt
learn
had learnt


14. Question
I ………………………… the book for several weeks now.

have been reading
am reading
was reading
read

15. Question
This is the first time that I …………………… her act.

see
saw
have seen
had seen

16. Question
It was the fourth time she …………………… in love that year.

was
had been
has been
is


17. Question
‘You look exhausted.’ ‘Yes, I ………………… non-stop until 6 o’clock.’

have been walking
was walking
had been walking
have walked


18. Question
How long ……………………… music?

are you learning
have you been learning
were you learning
had you been learning


19. Question
He wanted to know when …………………….

I was leaving
was I leaving
I will leave
I am leaving


20. Question
She ………………… English fairly well, but she has got a strong French accent.

is speaking
speaks
has spoken
would speak