Grammar quiz tenses

Grammar Quiz – Tenses
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.
1. We ………………………. waiting here since morning.
a) have been
b) has been
c) are
d) were
2. We ……………………… them yesterday.
a) visited
b) have visited
c) had visited
d) was visiting
3. He …………………….. from Jamaica yesterday.
a) has returned
b) have returned
c) had returned
d) returned
4. See that you ………………………… for the meeting on time.
a) will come
b) come
c) would come
d) came
5. She will come if we ……………………. her.
a) invite
b) will invite
c) invited
d) would invite
6. I …………………….. to Singapore recently.
a) had been
b) went
c) have been

d) was
7. The doctor concluded that the man ……………………….. ten hours ago.
a) had died
b) was dead
c) has been died
d) is dead
8. I ……………………….. waiting for your reply for several weeks.


a) have been
b) has been
c) had been
d) was
9. The train ………………………. by the time we reach the station.
a) will leave
b) will have left
c) left
d) would
10. Every morning, I …………………….. the newspaper.
a) will read
b) am reading
c) read
d) was reading

Answers
1. We have been waiting here since morning.
2. We visited them yesterday.
3. He returned from Jamaica yesterday.
4. See that you come for the meeting on time.
5. She will come if we invite her.

6. I went to Singapore recently.
7. The doctor concluded that the man had died ten hours ago.
8. I have been waiting for your reply for several weeks.
9. The train will have left by the time we reach the station.
10. Every morning, I read the newspaper.

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