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The Tenses

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  • Being a builder is a very _____ work.
    tired
    tiring
  • Sheila _____ The Hobbit at the moment.
    has been reading
    reads
    has read
    is reading
  • What shall we have? _____ you _____ fish?
    Are .... liking
    Have .... been liking
    Do .... like
    Have .... liked
  • We _____ the jet-skis whizzing over the waves yesterday.
    were watching
    had been watching
    watched
    had watched
  • I am going to meet _____ from the local council because I have some complaints about our road.
    everyone
    anyone
    no one
    someone
  • So in the first scene we _____ him getting up and then he _____ and _____ a strange woman.
    see / goes out / meets
    are seeing / is going out / meets
    see / is going out / is meeting
    are seeing / goes out / meets
  • Hi, Mike. _____ you help me carry this box downstairs, please?
    Shall
    Can
    Need
    Must
  • Sorry, but I _____ French for years!
    don't speak
    haven't spoken
    am not speaking
    haven't been speaking
  • We _____ for hours! Let's have a rest!
    walk
    have walked
    have been walking
    are walking
  • Last week, I gave up working in a factory because I was fed up with _____ a little money.
    to earn
    being earned
    earning
    be earning
  • Do you remember Chuck? The boy who _____ in the last row in the corner near the window?
    use to sit
    used to sit
  • I am sorry _____ you that the store is about to close.
    tell
    telling
    to tell
  • She was _____ tearful and exhausted when she finally got home.
    neither
    both
    either
    all
  • Sitting at home in the evening makes me feel _____.
    relaxed
    relaxing
  • We haven't got _____ friends here.
    some
    a little
    many
    much
  • This is the first time I _____ Japanese food.
    have eaten
    am eating
    eat
    have been eating
  • Can I borrow this laptop? _____ you _____ it?
    Do .... use
    Have .... use
    Are .... using
    Have .... been using
  • Once upon _____ time there was _____ little girl called Little Riding Hood who lived with her mother in _____ middle of a big wood.
    the / the / the
    a / a / a
    a / a / the
    a / the / the
  • After _____ my homework, I will go to the new shopping centre.
    do
    being done
    to do
    doing
  • By this time next week, Doctor Brown _____ more than 200 patients.
    will see
    is going to see
    will be seeing
    will have seen
  • This flower _____ wonderful.
    smells
    is smelling
    has smelled
    has been smelling
  • I _____ on Niko's sofa until I find a place of my own.
    am sleeping
    have slept
    sleep
    have been sleeping
  • _____ I arrived, some of the kids were training with weights, and quite a few were using some of the other gym equipment.
    While
    What
    Where
    When
  • I can't talk now. I _____ the dinner.
    cook
    have cooked
    has cooked
    am cooking
  • We visited some friends of _____ in Scotland last June.
    us
    we
    our
    ours
  • The arrangements ______ before I arrived.
    has been made
    had been making
    had been made
    had made
  • You can borrow _____ of my two CD players for the weekend. Just choose one!
    both
    neither
    each
    either
  • I am afraid _____ the blue nor the purple dress suits you.
    each
    either
    neither
    both
  • There weren't _____ chairs for everybody.
    many
    enough
    most
    all
  • I hate _____ the same thing for a long time.
    doing
    to do
    did
    do
  • I _____ help you, Sasha, but I'm afraid I've hurt my arm.
    would rather
    would like to
    don't need to
    have got to
  • You _____ goulash using meat, vegetables and paprika.
    have been making
    make
    have made
    are making
  • Terry _____ knee pads when he had his skateboarding accident.
    didn't wear
    hadn't been wearing
    hadn't worn
    wasn't wearing
  • Life is much ______ when people are happier and behave well to each other.
    nicest
    nice
    nicely
    nicer
  • It was on _____ first of September, 2008 that I started playing the bass guitar in a school band.
    a
    -
    the
  • Our plane _____ in London at seven.
    has arrived
    arrives
    is arriving
    has been arriving
  • I _____ her phone number yet.
    haven't found
    find
    have found
    don't find
  • You _____ the same mistake again! Be careful!
    have made
    are making
    make
    have been making
  • I had ______ important to do on Monday after school, but I couldn't remember it.
    someone
    somewhere
    anything
    something
  • I _____ a bike when I was four, but I can now.
    wouldn't ride
    couldn't ride
    can't ride
    shouldn't ride
  • I _____ an X-ray on my ankle this afternoon.
    will have had
    will be having
    will have
    am having
  • You _____ asking silly questions! Stop that!
    are always asking
    have always asked
    always ask
    have always been asking
  • I _____ my homework all evening! I didn't know it would take so long!
    do
    have been doing
    have done
    am doing
  • Steve _____ the violin for a month.
    has been learning
    learns
    is learning
    has learnt