Exercise 1: Supply the correct verbs tenses.
1. I (see)………… a car accident while I (wait)……………..for you on this corner yesterday.
2. Mr Jone (be)………………………………………….. principal of our school since last year.
3. My father (not watch) ………………………………………………………TV every night.
5. I (meet)…………………………………………………………………. Athur three days ago.
6. My friend (thank)…………………………………………. me for what I had done for him.
7. Last month I (be)………………………………… in the hospital for ten days.
8. Don’t call me in the afternoon. I (usually/ be) ………………………...away in the afternoon.
9. People (speak)………………………………. English in most of Canada.
10. What you (do) ………………………….when I (ring) ……………………….you last night.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1. He has lived here since he ________ here.
A. came B. has came C. comes D. come
2. John________ as a journalist since he ________ from university in 2000.
A. is working / graduate B. worked / graduated
C. had worked / will be graduate D. has been working / graduated
3. He does not save as much money as he________ last year.
A. did B. does C. uses D. did used
4. She has not written to me________ we met last time.
A. before B. since C. ago D. meanwhile
5. Put the raincoat on. It________.
A. had rained B. will be raining C. is raining D. has rained
6. Mr. Jones sometimes________ on time for work.
A. does not get up B. won't get up C. had not got up D. is not going to
get up
7. By the time the ambulance approached, the man________.
A. would die B. had died C. died D. dies
8. We________ for going home when it began to rain
A. has prepared B. are preparing C. will be preparing D. were preparing
9. Tim________ his hair while I ________ up the kitchen
A. washed-was cleaned B. was washing-was cleaning
C. was washing-cleaned D. washed-cleaned
10. Working for 12 hours a day ________ her very tired.
A. makes B. made C. make D. making
11. I ________ my uncle’s home many times when I ________ a child.
A. visited/ is B. visits/ was C. visited/ was D. visited/ were
12. It ________ me half an hour to get to the supermarket yesterday.
A. take B. takes C. took D. spent
13. As I ________ my homework, he came yesterday afternoon.
A. did B. were doing C. am doing D. was doing
14.At this time yesterday, everyone ________ in the room.
A. is dancing B. was dancing C. dances D.