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Overview of Verb Tenses

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  • When my father-in-law retired, my mother-in-law also ___ her job.
    quits
    quitted
    quit
    will quit
  • The Chinese ___ mooncakes every year during the Mid Autumn Festival.
    ate
    eat
    will eat
    are eating
  • The traffic ____ terrible for hours.
    has been
    will be
    was
    is
  • My little brother ___ everywhere. He has a lot of energy.
    run
    will ran
    running
    runs
  • Kevin ____ his bike for exercise every morning.
    rides
    ride
    rode
    ridden
  • When the mail carrier came to the door, I ____ a bath.
    was taking
    took
    have taken
    is taking
  • Patty ___ her family to Disneyland on vacation twelve times.
    will be taken
    has taken
    has been taking
    takes
  • While Miki ____ to the lecture in class, her phone rang.
    listened
    has been listening
    was listening
    listening
  • The new teacher ___ such naughty students. She had to be strict with the class.
    has never taught
    was never taught
    is never teaching
    had never taught
  • Robert ___ two great novels so far.
    was writing
    has written
    will write
    wrote
  • By this time next year, Julie ____ her phD.
    finishes
    will be finished
    will have finished
    going to finish
  • At this exact time next Saturday, I ____ to Hawaii.
    have been flying
    fly
    will be flying
    flew
  • My mom is probably going to call today.
    prior plan
    necessity
    prediction
    willingness
  • ______ the project we are working on?
    Do you understand
    Have you understand
    Will you understand
    Did you understood
  • The movie ___ on DVD next Tuesday.
    come out
    has come out
    will come out
    came out
  • Hey check this out! Cathy and Joyce ____ in Greenlake Park.
    had been playing
    play
    are playing
    playing
  • Peter can not budget well. Last month, he ___ all of his money by the 15th of the month.
    was spending
    has spent
    spends
    had spent
  • The computer ___ slowly since we installed the new operating system.
    has been running
    will run
    runs
    was running
  • People all over the world ___ about the earthquake in 1999.
    heard
    were hearing
    had heard
    has heard
  • Right now I ____ my iPod and my cell phone in my pocket.
    carry
    has carried
    carried
    am carrying
  • Steve ___ for the city of New York for fifteen years.
    has worked
    is working
    will work
    have worked
  • When I arrived in Vietnam, I ____ for 14 hours.
    was traveling
    traveled
    travel
    had been traveling
  • Judy ___ how to play chess recently.
    will be learning
    has been learning
    is learning
    learns
  • In 2028, Collin ____ in politics for 30 years.
    will be worked
    will have been working
    worked
    will work
  • Three weeks ago, Jose ___ Italian food for the first time.
    eat
    eats
    eaten
    ate
  • We haven't had snow like this since we ___ children.
    have been
    were
    are
    was
  • My parents have traveled to Germany, Korea, and Canada ___ this year.
    still
    since
    for
    so far
  • Maurice ___ two soccer teams next season. He loves soccer.
    will be coaching
    has coached
    was coaching
    coaches
  • In the past 15 years, the western United States ____ faster than other areas of the country.
    has grown
    will grow
    had been growing
    is growing
  • Tanner ___ very happy at his job until he got a new supervisor.
    will be
    is
    has been
    had been