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Present vs past tenses

  •  English    18     Public
    Complete with the correct tenses
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  • She ... (be) to the bank to pay some bills. She'll be back in an hour.
    has gone
  •  15
  • The evening performance ... (start) at 8 pm.
    starts
  •  20
  • The company ... (hold) a five-day seminar on computers for all its employees.
    is holding
  •  20
  • Ralph ... (get) frustrated because the meal he ordered .. (not/be/served) yet.
    is getting / hasn't been served
  •  20
  • Where ... (you/be)? Your mother ... (call) you all day!
    have you been / has been calling
  •  25
  • She ... (teach) Physics for more than fifteen years.
    has been teaching
  •  20
  • Sheldon .............. (already / make) a speech before his friends (enter) the hall.
    had already made / entered
  •  20
  • ............. (Amphibians/live) both on land and in water?
    Do amphibians live
  •  20
  • Listen! Somebody ... (whistle) this horrible song in the street again!.
    is whistling
  •  15
  • What (they/do) at 11:00 last night?
    were they doing
  •  15
  • Everyone .........(sleep) when the earthquake ............. (hit) the small town.
    was sleeping/hit
  •  20
  • My family ............ (buy) a piece of land in the South last year. They ............(build) a summer house there at the moment.
    bought / are building
  •  15
  • By the time Monica …………………...(get) to the library, Elena …………………………..(already/do) all the research.
    got / had already done
  •  20
  • The children ………..(play football) while their father …………..(drink) coffee with his friends.
    were playing / was drinking
  •  20
  • When I first ..........(meet) them, they ................ (both/study) engineering.
    met / were both studying
  •  20
  • I was tired yesterday because I ........... (not sleep) well the night before.
    hadn't slept
  •  20