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

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

1. In China most people ……….. at least five languages. A) speak B) are speaking C) spoke D) had spoken

2. Mary is very clever. She ……… 5 languages. A) spoke B) is speaking C) speaks D) speak
3. You can't see Tim now. He …………. a bath. A) has B) is having C) had D) has had
4. Please keep quiet, I ………… to the radio. You know I ……….. to the news in the mornings.
A) listen/listen B) listened/am listening C) am listening/listen D) listening/listen
5. What time ….. the first train …..? A) is/leaving B) does/leave C) do/leave D) has/left
6. My dad …………. three languages. – How many languages …… your dad ……….?
A) speaks, do/speak B) speak, does/speaks C) is speaking, does/speak D) speaks, does/speak
7. He ………… from me when I entered the room. A) hides B) has hidden C) was hiding D) is hiding
8. A few weeks ago, I …… in the newspaper that our parliamentary representative …….. to visit France.
A) read/wanted B) red/wanted C) read/was wanting D) was reading/wanted
9. she ……….. ill a few days before. A) fall B) had fallen C) falling D) fell
10. Mr Morgan ……….. classes for almost two decades. He is one of the best teachers in school.
A) has taught B) taught C) teaches D) is teaching
11. The leak in the water pipe ________________________great damage for 10 years.
A) is causing B) has caused C) caused D) have caused
12. Most people ……… at work when the fire. A) were/started B) was/started C) are/started
13. As soon as I left the house, I ……. him. He ……. at the corner and ……. for a bus.
A) see/was standing/was waiting B) saw/stood/waited C) was seeing/stood/waited D) saw/stood/was waiting
14. You look so dirty. What … you …. all day? A) did/do B) were/doing C) have/done D) are/doing
15. The manager …….. her report yet, but he ……….. it this afternoon. A) didn’t read/will probably read B) hasn’t read/is probably reading C) has read/won’t read D) hasn’t read/will probably read
16. Aunt Judith ………. yesterday evening, but I ……… her yet today.
A) had arrived/didn’t see B) arrived/haven’t seen C) arrived/didn’t see D) arrived/hasn’t seen.
17.I am going fishing this afternoon. ………… with me? A) do you come B) will you come C) are you coming D) did you come
18.The museum has been renovated in the past year. It …………. next month.
A) will reopen B) reopens C) is reopening D) reopened
19.We usually ……. at the Holiday Inn when we travel to New York. A) will stay B) are staying C) stay D) stayed
20. I asked him if he …… to Australia. A) has ever been B) had ever been C) did ever be D) will ever be
21. He ……. very strangely since his accident last month. A) behaved B) is behaving C) has behaved D) had behaved
22. I …….. in a café and ………. a cappuccino this time yesterday afternoon.
A) sat/had B) was sitting/was having C) was sitting/had D) sat/was having
23. Someone …..just ……. into our garage door. A) Has/crashed B) had/crashed C) did/crash D) will/crash
24. After she …… writing her emails, she …… the dog for a walk.
A) finished/took B) finishes/takes C) finished/had taken D) had finished/took

25.Why did you leave your last job? – Well they …….. me the pay rise I ……. .

A) didn’t pay/had expected B) don’t pay/expected C) won’t pay/expect D) can’t pay/am expecting
26. After I …… my house, I ………. looking for a new one to buy.
A) sold/started B) sold/had started C) sell/will start D) sell/start
27. Ann ….. at the airport. I’ll go and meet her. A) had just arrived B) has just arrived C) is just arrived D) just arrived
28. Where ………. to spend your holidays this summer?
A) do you going B) are you going C) will you going D) have you going
29. I am spending the weekend in New York. ………. to come with me?
A) will you want B) did you want C) have you wanted D) do you want
30. They usually ……. golf on Saturday afternoon, but this weekend they …… up north to their relatives.
A) play/will travel B) play/are travelling C) are playing/are travelling D) play/travel