VERB TENSE EXERCISE

VERB TENSE EXERCISE
1. When the storm …………this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force.
A. is increasing B. will reach C. reaches D. is going to reach
2. Advertisements on television ………… more competitive than before.
A. is becoming B. are becoming C. has become D. becomes
3. John …………you when he has finished the report.
A. had called B. calls C. will call D. has called
4. When I returned, I found that my car ……………away.
A. had been pulling B. has been pulling C. has been pulled D. had been pulled
5. Tom is a first – year students. By the end of this year, he ……………English for two years.
A. will learn B. will be learning C. would be learning D. will have learnt
6. I’ll see him when he ………….next week.
A. will arrive B. arrives C. has arrived D. would arrive
7. ……… that house …………two and a half years ago.
A. Was/ built B. Did/ build C. Has/ been built D. Had/ built
8. Her husband ……………unemployed since they ………… the countryside.
A. was/ moved B. was/ have moved C. has been/ moved D. has been/ have moved
9. By this time next year, she ………….in this company for 20 years.
A. is working B. will work C. will be working D. will have worked
10. All planes ……………….before departure.
A. will check B. will have checked C. will be checked D. have checked
11. Fortunately, the news …………as bad as we expected.
A. wasn’t B. weren’t C. was D. were
12. His answers to our question …………everything so far.
A. changes B. change C. has changed D. have changed
13. The newspapers ………….that it will rain tonight.
A. say B. says C. said D. will say
14. I have been working here for five years. When I …………….for 15 years, I’ll be able to get some pension.
A. work B. have worked C. had worked D. will have worked
15. She ……… away when he came in.
A. went B. was going C. had gone D. has gone

16. The last tome he ……… in public, he …………….a great suit.
A. saw/ wore B. was seen/ had worn
C. saw/ was wearing D. was seen/ was wearing
17. Since 1981, scientists in the world ………… a lot of things to fight AIDS.
A. had done B. has done C. have done D. did
18. When we got home, dinner ……………., so we had a drink first.
A. was prepared B. was being prepared
C. was preparing D. had been prepared
19. I ……… stamps since I was 10 years old.
A. collected B. had collected C. have collected D. was collecting
20. We had just got out of the car when it ………… to be on fire.
A. had begun B. has begun C. was beginning D. began
21. He ………….in the U.S at the present.
A. studies B. has studied C. is studying D. will study
22. I ………… by heart this text for half an hour, but I haven’t succeeded yet.
A. tried to learn B. tried learning C. have tried to learn D. have tried learning
23. I’ll be a billionaire by the time I ………… forty.
A. am going to be B. will be C. am D. was
24. Ann lives in London. She …………there for 10 years.
A. has been living B. is living C. was living D. had been living
25. We ………… this course by the end of next year.
A. have finished B. were finishing C. will have finished D. had finished
26. Tim …………….in three movies already. I think he will be a star someday.
A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was appearing D. is appearing
27. I was so embarrassed; I was sure that someone …………….at me.
A. were looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. is looking
28. When you ………….to England this summer, please visit me.
A. will come B. came C. come D. are coming
29. ……… you …… the Titanic yet?
A. Do/ see B. Are/ seeing C. Have/ seen D. Will/ see

30. She ……… thousands of pictures since the 1980s.
A. took B. has taken C. has been taking D. was taking
31. Prices………….considerably in the past few months.
A. increased B. has increased C. have increased D. were increased
32. When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories ………… back.
A. had brought B. were brought C. brought D. had been brought
33. Families in the Western world …………….changed very much in the last 100 years.
A. changed B. has changed C. have changed D. had changed
34. Our teacher told us that light ……….faster than sound.
A. has traveled B. traveled C. travels D. is traveling
35. It ………… five years since he ……………to study English.
A. was/ begin B. is/ has begun C. will be/ begins D. is/ began
36. Nokia’s first mobile phone, which ………… in 1982, weighed 9.8 kilos.
A. produced B. was produced C. producing D. it was produced
37. We ……………our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we watched a film on TV.
A. was having B. were taking C. had D. had taken
38. The students …………….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book.
A. had written B. were writing C. has written/ D. was writing
39. By the time he is twenty, he …………… the novel.
A. will have finished B. will finish C. would finish D. finishes
40. We missed the beginning of the play because it …………… when we arrived.
A. have started B. already started C. had already started D. had started already
41. They were too late. The plane …………… off ten minutes earlier.
A. took B. was taking C. has taken D. had taken
42. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I ………… last week.
A. should do B. should have done C. could do D. must have done
43. He came home late, so I asked him where …………… been.
A. he has B. has he C. he had D. had he
44. The prince ………….into a frog by an evil magician.
A. turned B. was turned C. was turning D. had been turning

45. The picture of the soldiers …………me of the unhappy memories of the war.
A. reminds B. is reminding C. are reminding D. remind
46. I ………….to work when I saw the accident.
A. had driven B. am driving C. drove D. was driving
47. In recent years, more and more people …………….for things with credit cards.
A. pay B. paid C. are paying D. have been paying
48. Since they aren’t answering their telephone, they …………….left.
A. must have B. should have C. had D. will have
49. Last week, Dick ……… his right leg.
A. falls and breaks B. fell and breaks C. fell and broke D. falls and broke
50. I’ll handle over all my files to my assistant before I ……………
A. am leaving B. leave C. will leave D. shall leave