Verb Tense Review

Select the correct answer, A or B or C or D.

Test I

01. I.................. on holiday three weeks ago.

A. am going B. went C. go D. am gone

02. He................ for ten minutes.

A. spoke B.spoked C. speak D. Has been speaking

03. I was in the bath when the telephone...................

A. ring B. rung C. rang D. ringed

04. I................... at that hotel when they had a fire.

A. stayed B. was staying C. stay D. have stayed

05. He met me as I..................... through the door.

A. come B. was coming C. had come D. will come

06. I.................. my work.

A. has do B. has done C. have did D. have done

07. He....................... here.

A. has always not working B. have always not worked C. have not always
worked D. has not always worked

08. He often..................... golf.

A. plays B. is playing C. do play D. play

09. Where................... to when you overtook me yesterday?

A. was you driving B. were you driving C. was you drive D. was driving you

10. She is here,................. she?

A. wasn't B. weren't C. isn't D. aren't

11. You are going,................ you?

A. isn't B. wasn't C. weren't D. aren't

12. They live here,............... they?

A. aren't B. don't C. doesn't D. isn't

13. I was taking it easy when the boss................... in

A. was walking B. walked C. walking D. walks

14. He was driving when the car..................

A. was crashing B. crash C. crashes D. crashed

15. We................ while you were living in Italy.

A. meet B. met C. were met D. was meeting

16. He................. the report while he was flying to Amsterdam.

A. reading B. were reading C. read D. reads
Test II

01. An author...................... books.

A. write B. writes C. is writing D. do write

02. He..................... the letter now.

A. is typing B. types C. type D. do type

03. He is a car salesman. He..................... cars.

A. sell B. is selling C. sells D. do sell

04. What were you doing at the bank? I................... my traveller's cheques.
A. changing B. am changing C. was changing D. change

05. After he.................. his dinner, he drank a cup of coffee.

A. was eating B. eat C. ate D had eaten

06. I asked him what he..........................

A. had be done B. had be doing C. has been done D. had been doing

07. .................. to the cinema.

A. Go we B. Let's C. Let's to go D. Let's go

08. Were you working yesterday? Yes, I.................. all day.

A. am working B. was working C. have worked D. had been working

09. For the past week, he.................. English.

A. has been learning B. has learnt C. is learning D. will learn

10. ...................... English?

A. Can you B. Can you speak C. Are you able to D. Will you

11. If it..................., I shall read a book.

A. rain B. will rain C. shall rain D. rains

12. If I had the money, I..................... to New York

A. could fly B. flew C. am flying D. had flown

13. If I....................... a bigger car, police would not catch me.

A. would have B. could C. had D. was having

14. The job was easy enough.......................

A. to be doing B. to doing C. doing D. to do

15. She............................ his insults.

A. bare B. bared C. beared D. bore

16. I smelt........................
A. cooking the food B. the food to cook C. to cook the food D. the food cooking

17. She keeps ....................

A. on to talk B. talk on C. to talk on D. on talking