Choose the correct verb tense.

Several options might be acceptable - choose the best response:

1. I ______didnt speak_______ with my mother yesterday. ( to speak )
a) didn’t speak b) have not spoken c) haven’t been speaking
2. I ___have been coming__________ to this restaurant for 5 years (and I still do). ( to come)
a) was coming b) have been coming c) am coming
3. She ____didnt tell_________ him if he hadn’t asked her. ( to tell)
a) would not tell b) would not have told c) didn’t tell
4. How often are you at the beach? I _go____________ there every day. ( to go )
a) will have gone b) am going c) go
5. The concert we __went___________ to last Monday was amazing! ( to go )
a) will have gone b) went c) go
6. Please ___tell__________ me the truth! ( to tell )
a) was telling b) to tell c) tell
7. I _was taking____________ a bath when the phone rang. ( to take )
a) was taking b) to take c) took
8. She insisted on _going____________ there alone. ( to go )
a) going b) to go c) to be going
9. I demanded ____speak______ to his supervisor. ( to speak )
a) to be speaking b) to speak c) speak
10. I never __thought___________ of him as a good friend. ( to think )
a) was thinking b) thought c) have been thinking

1. I ___heavnt heard__________ him sing yet. ( to hear )

a) didn’t hear b) haven’t heard c) haven’t been hearing
2. My father __hasnt been___________ this happy in a long time. ( to be)
a) wasn’t b) hasn’t been c) wasn’t being
3. What is she doing? She __is talking___________. ( to talk)
a) is talking b) has talked c) talks
4. I was at the same store, but I __didnt see___________ you. ( to see )
a) will not have seen b) haven’t seen c) didn’t see
5. ___Call__________ me tomorrow! ( to call )
a) Will call b) To call c) Call
6. I can’t talk right now - Let’s _talk____________ tomorrow. ( to talk )
a) be talking b) talk c) to talk
7. Did you laughed_____________ at his joke? ( to laugh )
a) laugh b) to laugh c) laughed
8. My brother __was___________ to Japan three times. ( to be )
a) has been b) was being c) was
9. Are the sentences “I like swimming” and “I like to swim” both correct?
a) no b) yes *B
10. By the time I’m 30, I ___will have read__________ all the books on this list. ( to read )
a) will be reading b) will be read c) will have read

1. John _has_lived______ in San Diego for the past 3 years (and he still lives
there).
a) lived b) was lived c) has lived
2. My brother __was living______ in San Diego up until last year.
a) was lived b) was living c) has lived
3. I worked as a graphic designer before I ____came____ to England.
a) came b) have come c) did come
4. ____Are you finishing____ reading the paper yet?
a) Were you finished b) Have you finished c) Are you finishing
5. I ___was_ being____ in love three times in my life.
a) was being b) was c) have been
6. I __was______ in love with Mary, but she left me for another man.
a) have been b) was being c) was
7. Frank ___has played_____ tennis for three years when he was at school.
a) played b) has played c) was play
8. ____Did you call_____ me last night?
a) Have you called b) Did you call c) Were you called
9. I was at the club yesterday, but I ____didnt see_____ you.
a) haven't seen b) did not saw c) did not see