Present-past-future tenses

CHOOSE ONLY ONE CORRECT

ANSWER

1.Mr Smith …………to Spain once

a year.

a/come b/comes c/came d/has come

2.Where……….?

2.My brother …………… a/she was born b/she is born

(think) about Kate all day yesterday. c/was she born d/is she born

3.Recently he ………..(break) four glasses. 3.Where……….?

4.Next Monday I ……….(go) to the disco a/he works /does he work c/does he works

with my favourite friends from school. d/he work

5.How often………….(you, visit) your 4.Before he took up this job he………

ill uncle and aunt? at the police station.

6.We…………(just, lose) our boyfriends. a/had been working b/has been working

7. ……………(she, work) over the project c/was working d/worked

at the moment? 5.We……married for twenty years. Now,

8.When I was at home he ……………(do) we are celebrating the anniversary.

his maths homework. a/were b/are c/had been d/have been

9.After he…………..(graduate) from 6. ……..part in a job interview?

university, he started to work as a teacher. a/Have he ever taken b/Did he ever take

10.Where ………….(you, be) last week? c/Had he ever taken d/Has he ever taken

11.Why ……………(he, call) you at 7.When our mother was washing up

midnight last night? my sister …… a picture.

12.Since 2005 I …………(work) in this a/was painting b/has been painting

insurance company. c/is painting d/painted

13.I’m hungry. I …………(not, eat) 8.Tomorrow all evening we……….

anything since morning. to our children about the plans for

14.She was exhausted. She ……………(dig) summer holidays.

in the garden for five hours. a/will talk b/were talking c/talk

15.Tomorrow this time we………………. d/will be talking

(walk) in the local park. 9.So far, I ………. eight letters.

16.Look! John and Jane………………….. a/wrote b/have written c/am writing

(ride) bikes along the street. d/have been writing

17.In five days he …………..(propose) 10.Listen to this noise! The children……..

to her in a posh restaurant. ‘hide and seek’.

18. She came to the party a little drunk a/have been playing b/have played

because she………….. (drink) a few c/are playing d/were playing

glasses of wine. 11.She……..a big house in England.

19. ………….(you, see) her yet? a/is wanting to buy b/wants to buy

20.What time…………(you, come) to me c/want to buy d/wants buying

tomorrow? 12.They………each other for many

21.When we were small children we………. years.

(can) draw very well. a/have known b/know c/knew d/will know