Tense tests #1 (Present simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present perfect, Past Perfect, Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect) Full name: Date

Full name: _____________________________________ Date: _____________________
1. I never wear a scarf, but today I …………. one because it's unusually cold.
A) wear B) am wearing C) have worn D) wore
2. I finished watching the series you recommended. Now I …………. another one.
A) am watching B) have watched C) watch D) watched
3. What …………. tonight? Would you like to come and watch the game?
A) do you do B) are you doing C) will you have done D) can you do
4. Nobody …………… that they will win the match.
A) is thinking B) think C) thinks D) will think
5. You look worried. What …… you ….. ? A) do/think B) are/thinking C) will/think D) are/think
6.The Howards …… and …… TV when suddenly the masked men came in.
A) sat/was watching B) was sitting/watched C) sat/watched D) was sitting/watching
7. He has been playing the guitar for over two hours. When … he …. ?
A) does/stop B) did/stop C) will/stop D) has/stopped
8. …. you ever …. up smoking? – Yes, I ……. it once a few years ago.
A) have given/have tried B) have given/tried C) do give/tried D) did give/tried
9. … you …. the good news? Ann and Peter ……. married next summer.
A) do hear/will get B) did hear/get C) have heard/are getting D) have heard/will get
10. After he ……. the documentary about Wales, he ……. to go there. A) had watched/wanted
B) watched/wanted C) had watched/had wanted D) watched/had wanted
11. We ……. into our new house by next Tuesday.
A) will move B) moved C) had moved D) will have moved
12. I expect that everyone I invited ……. here. A) is B) was C) are D) be
13. Henry ……. in London right now. He ……. architecture at a famous university.
A) lives/has studied B) is living/studies C) is living/is studying D) is living/studied
14. Can you play chess? – yes, but I ……. any real matches since I left school.
A) hadn’t played B) didn’t play C) haven’t played D) don’t play
15. I ……. for my club for the past 15 years when I ……. my first championship in 2009.
A) played/won B) was playing/won C) had played/won D) had played/had won
16. While I ……. in the garden I fell and ……. by back. A) worked/injured
B) was working/was injuring C) had worked/injured D) was working/injured
17. He ……. the same suits. It’s pretty boring to see him in the same clothes all the time.
A) always wears B) has always worn C) is always wearing D) wore
18. He usually reads the newspaper in the morning but when I ……. him yesterday, he ……. a book.
A) see/was reading B) saw/was reading C) saw/read D) was seeing/was reading
19. When I was in school during my youth, I ……. a few good maths teachers.
A) had B) was having C) had had D) have got
20. I .… never …. better than I do now. A) has/felt B) did/feel C) */felt D) was/feeling
21. When I spoke to him, the rumour …. already … throughout the village.
A) had/spread B) has/spread C) */spread D) was/spreading
22. I normally ……. my tea without milk. A) have B) am having C) had D) have had
23. When mum ……. into the living room, she saw that her son ……. with his friends.
A) come/smoking B) came/had smoked C) came/smoked D) came/was smoking
24. Who … he …. to? – He is writing to his sister, who is in Australia at the moment.
A) does/write B) has/written C) is/writing D) did/write
25. I have to hurry. My producer ……. for me for two hours.
A) have been waiting B) has been waiting C) is waiting D) has waited
26. Before he ……. for the US, he ……. all his belongings to a second-hand shop.
A) came/had sold B) come/sold C) come/had sold D) comes/sells
27. Who … you … when I came in? – I was calling my dad whom I hadn’t talked to for over two weeks.
A) was/calling B) did/call C) were/calling D) had/called
28. I hope I ……. the project by the end of September, but I’m not so sure.
A) will finish B) will have finished C) will be finishing D) have finished
29. You can’t see him now. He ……. at the moment and I can’t wake him up.
A) is sleeping B) sleeps C) has slept D) was sleeping
30. As soon as I get more information, I ……. You.
A) call B) called C) will call D) will have called