Exercises about English tenses

Below, you will find a series of multiple-choice exercises that are designed for the practice of English tenses. Your job is to read the statements and fill in the blanks with the correct answer, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Choose the correct answer from the list below

A. We _________________ (write) an English test at the moment

  1. write
  2. are writing
  3. were writing
  4. have written

B. We _________________ (write) five tests so far.

  1. have written
  2. had written
  3. wrote
  4. write

C. We _____________ (never, write) more than six tests per year.

  1. write
  2. have never written
  3. wrote
  4. never write

D. Two weeks from now we _____________ (write) our exams.

  1. write
  2. will write
  3. are going to write
  4. want to write

E. Last night I ______________ (go) to the cinema. I _________ (see) an interesting film, but my friend and I ___________ (be) so tired that we ___________________ (not have) any fun.

  1. go – see – are – had not
  2. goes – saw – was – didn’t have
  3. went – saw – were – no have
  4. went – saw – were – didn’t have

F. In the morning we usually ___________ (eat) cornflakes and __________ (drink) tea. Last Sunday we _________ (have) a brunch and __________ (eat) muffins and strawberries.

  1. eat – drink – have – eat
  2. ate – drank – had – ate
  3. eat – drank – had – eat
  4. eat – drink – had – ate

G. Next Sunday I __________________ (visit) my grandma.

  1. visits
  2. will visit
  3. was going to visit
  4. visited

H. My family ________________ (live) in Rodgau for a very long time. My older brother ______________ (move) to Hamburg last Christmas. He __________ (find) an interesting job there.

  1. lives – is moving – finds
  2. had lived – moved – finds
  3. has lived – moved – found
  4. had lived – moved – found

I. After we _________________ (finish) our homework my friend and I ______________ (go) shopping.

  1. have finished – will go
  2. have finished – were going
  3.  had finished – go
  4. had finished – went

J. Yesterday we ___________________ (walk) along Marktstrabe when we _______________ (meet) two more friends. So all of us ___________ (sit) down at the ice cream parlour and _______________ (enjoy) fantastic ice cream delights.

  1. walked – met – sat – enjoyed
  2. were walking – met – sat – enjoyed
  3. had walked – met – sat – were enjoying
  4. had walked – met – sat – enjoyed

K. We _______________________ (just, make) pizza.

  1. had just made
  2. had just make
  3. have just made
  4.  just have made

L. My friends ____________________ (not see) Lord of the Rings yet.

  1. had not seen
  2. did not see
  3. have not seen
  4. do not see

M. Before we _______________ (walk) to school we _____________ (have) breakfast together.

  1. walked – have
  2. walked – had
  3. walk – had
  4. walked – had had

N. _________________________ (you see) the big red parrot last week?

  1. Saw you
  2. Did you saw
  3. Did you see
  4. Have you seen

O. __________________________ (you ever eat) sushi ?

  1. You ever ate
  2. Have you ever eaten
  3. Did you ever ate
  4. Did you ever eat

P. The last Olympic Games ___________ (take) place in Sydney in 2000. The games ______________ (be) very successful. Since then a lot more tourists ___________________ (visit) Australia.

  1. took – were – had visited
  2. took – are – have visited
  3.  take – were – had visited
  4. took – were – have visited

Q. It normally ______________ (take) 22 hours to fly to Sydney. That’s why a lot of tourist _______________ (not fly) to Australia. 22 hours in the air can be quite long.

  1. takes, not fly
  2. takes – does not fly
  3. takes – didn’t fly
  4. takes – don’t

R. A few weeks ago I ______________ (ask) my friends what they ______________ (see) in Australia. They ______________ (say): “We ______________ (see) many koalas and kangaroos when we ______________ (travel) around Down Under.”

  1. was asking – saw – say – saw – were travelling
  2. asked – saw – say – saw – were travelling
  3.  asked – had seen – said – saw – were travelling
  4. asked – had seen – say – saw – were travelling

S. Microsoft __________ (be) a famous company in Seattle. Bill Gates _________________ (make) millions of Dollars with it so far.

  1. be – make
  2. was – made
  3. is – makes
  4. is – has made

T. All of you ________________ (learn) English for five years. I hope this grammar exercise ______________ (be) easy for you. Good luck with it.

  1. learned – will be
  2. have learned – is
  3. have been learning – will be
  4. have learned – was

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