UNIVERSIDÁD TECHNOLOGICA

FACULTÁD MECHANICA
ESCUELA DE AVIACIÓN
RETORICA Y COMPOSICIÓN
TEST ON 6 TENSES
25.5.21
Student’s name: ……………Ivon Pitti……………….
Professor’s name: Edouard Lebedev
Score:………………………………………
Final score: …………………………………

I. Find the mistake and correct the sentence. In each sentence there is one
grammar mistake.
1. It’s done. I have already been reading the entire book.
It’s done. I have already read the entire book.
2. How long have you been having this car?
How long have you have this car? How long have you had..
3. Look! It rains.
Look! It’s raining.
4. How you found your present job?
How do you found your present job? How did you…
5. It rained all day today.
It was raining all day today. It has…..
6. How many times were you married?
How many times have you been married?
7. What did he do at the moment when the light went off?
What was he doing at the moment when the light went off?
8. Are you ever eating pork?
Have you ever been eating pork?
9. I don’t finish the book so far.
I haven’t finished the book so far.
10. He didn’t his work well enough.
He didn’t work well enough. He didn’t do his work….
11. My eyes aren’t seeing well anymore.
My eyes don’t see well anymore.
12. I have just seen him a minute ago.
I have just saw him a minute ago.
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II. Define what tense is suggested and then build the sentences using the given
words.

1. How many times/ you/ be/ in the USA?

Perfect Continuous-How many times have you been in the USA?
2. Where/ he/ work?
Where did/does he work?
3. I / wait/ for this moment all my life.
I have been waiting for this moment all my life.
4. Moslems/ eat/ pork?
Do Muslims eat pork?
 5. We/ still/ work/ when the boss/ come in.
We still working when the boos comes in.
We were still working when the boos came in.
6. Look what they/ do now!
Look what they are doing now!
7. The plane/ not/ land yet.
The plane didn’t land yet. The plan has not landed yet.
8. How long/ you/ work at COPA so far?
How long have you been working at COPA so far?
9. The bear/ like honey.
The bear likes honey.
10. It/ happen only five minutes ago.
It happened only five minutes ago.
11. What movie they/ show this week?
What movie do they show this week? What movie are they…
12. I/ study at UTP for two years now.
I have been studying at UTP for two years now.
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III. Decide if the words suggested for building are supposed to be in

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous tense and build the
sentence.

1. (drink) I have been drinking all day. So far I have drank 7 cups.
2. (collect) My friend has been collecting stamps all his life. So far he has
collected 3 thousand stamps.
3. (smoke) He has smoked 3 packs already. He has been smoking since early
morning.
4. (clean) We have cleaned half of the house so far. We have been cleaning it
since yesterday.
5. (play) They have been playing soccer all this week. They have played 4 games.
6. (sleep) She has been sleeping since 10 o’clock. She has slept for 10 hours.
7. (cook) The cooks have been cooking the wedding dinner for two days. They
have cooked dinner for 350 guests.
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IV. 6 tenses: each sentence represents one tense only. The verb is
“fly”.
1. I/ never fly/ that type of aircraft/ in my life.
I have never flown that type of aircraft in my life.
2. ostriches/ever/ fly?
Do ostriches ever fly?
3. we/ fly/ for 21 hours. Time to rest.
We have been flying for 21 hours. Time to rest.
4. What type of airplane/ you/fly/ durung the last war?
What type of airplane did you fly during the last war?
5. When they/ fly/ over the square/ the crowds started to cheer.
When they were flying over the square the crowds started to cheer.
6. where/ those birds/ fly?
Where do those birds fly? Where are those….
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 V. Answer these grammar questions.

1. What ending we have to add to the third person singular verbs in Present
Simple?
We have to add -s,-es, or -ies, which deepens the ending of the word.
2. What is the verb formula in Present Continuous tense?
The verb formula in Present Continuous tense is V-ing.
3. What auxiliary verb do we use for negative and interrogative sentences in Past
Simple?
For the negative and interrogative simple past, we use the auxiliary "did".
4. What is the verb formula for Present Perfect tense?
In the Present Perfect tense, we use the verb in the past participle.
5. What auxiliary verbs do we use in the verb formula in Present Perfect
Continuous tense?
The Present Perfect Continuous uses two auxiliary verbs together with a main
verb. The verb formula is has/have been.
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