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PMC SYLLABUS

TENSES PRACTICE EXERCISE

CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB FROM THOSE IN BRACKETS
1. The earth ________round the sun . (move , moves , moved )

2. My friends ______the prime Minister yesterday ( see , have seen , saw)

3. I _____him only one letter up to now . (sent , have sent , send)

4. She ______worried about something . (looks , looking , is looking )

5. It started to rain while we _____tennis . (are playing , were playing , had played)

6. He ____fast when the accident happened . (is driving , was driving , drove )

7. He ____asleep while he was driving . (falls , fell , has fallen)

8. I’m sure I ____him at the party last night . (saw , have seen , had seen)

9. He ____a mill in this town . (have , has is having )

10. He __here for the last five years . (worked , is working , has been working )

11. He tanked me for what I ___(have done , had done , have been doing)

12. I ______a strange noise . (hear , am hearing , have been hearing )

13. I _______him for a long time . (know , have known , am knowing)

14. I ____English for five years . (study , am studying , have been studying )

15. Don’t disturb me, I ____my homework . (do , did , am doing)

16. Abdul ______to be a doctor . (wants , wanting , is wanting)

17. The soup ___good . (taste , tastes , is tasting)

18. He ____TV most evenings . (watches , is watch , is watching)

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19. He _____out five minutes ago (has gone , had gone , went)

20. When he lived in Hyderabad , he ____to the cinema once a week . (goes , went
was going) 

21. The baby ____all morning . (cries , has been crying)

22. I _____Rahim at the zoo. (Saw , have seen , had seen)

23. I ____Kumar this week. (haven’t seen ,did’t see , am not seeing)

24. This paper ____twice weekly .(is appearing , appearing , appears)

25. Ashok feel off the ladder when he ____the roof. (is mending , was mending ,
mended )

26. The headmaster ___to speak to you . (wants , is wanting, was wanting) 

27. I ___a new bicycle last week . (bought , have bought , had bought)

28. Here are your shoes ; I ___them . (just clean , just cleaned , have just cleaned)

29. It ___since early morning (rained , is raining , has been raining)

30. I a lot of work today . (did , have done , had done)

31. I ___something burning . (smell am smelling , have been smelling)

32. Look! The sun ____over the hills . (rises , is rise , is rising)

33. She ____unconscious since four o’clock .(is was , has been)

34. He used to visit us every week , but he ___now . (rarely comes , is rarely coming
has rarely come)

35. We ___for his call since 4.20 . (are waiting , have been waiting , were waiting)

36. Everyday last week my aunt _____a plate . (breaks , broke , was breaking)

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37. I know all about the film because I _____it twice . (saw , have seen , had seen)

38. Our guests _____they are sitting in the garden . (arrived , have arrived , , had
arrived)

39. I ____him since we met a year ago.(didn’t se , haven’t seen , hadn’t seen)

40. We ____our breakfast half an hour ago.(finished , have finished , had finished)

41. She jumped off the bus while it ______(moved , had moved , was moving)

42. When we went to the cinema , the film ___(already started , had already started
, would already start)

43. I ____for half an hour when it suddenly started to rain. (have walked , have
been walking , had been walking)

44. Did you think you ___me somewhere before ? (have seen , had seen , were
seeing)

45. The town ___its appearances completely since 1980. (is changing , changed , has
changed)

46. Shella ___her case , look (packed , has packed , has packed)

47. When I was in Sri Lanka , I ___Negombo , Beruwela and Nilaveli . (visited , was
visited , have visited)

48. I meant to repair the radio , but ___time to do it today (am not having , haven’t
had , hadn’t) 

49. Men ____to dinner I went to bed . (had , have had , had had )

50. Men ___to abolish wars up to now , but maybe they will find a way in the future
. (never managed , have never managed , will have never managed)

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