Present & Past Tenses Quiz
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My daughter … a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last vacation.
A. had taken
B. has taken
C. would take
D. has been taking
E. took
it’s written that the train ___ at 10 on Sundays.
A. is leaving
B. has left
C. has been leaving
D. leaves
Sonia ___ as a computer programmer this year, but she’d like to try something different in the future.
A. has been working
B. has worked
C. is working
D. works
Choose the correct answer:
She … her uncle yesterday.
A. Visit
B. Visits
C. Visited
D. Was visiting
Choose the correct answer:
Ben often … to Tim.
A. Talk
B. Talks
C. Talked
D. Was talking
Choose the correct answer:
I sometimes … to the office.
A. Walk
B. Walks
C. Walked
D. Was walking
Choose the correct answer:
… he … in the shower?
A. Do/often sing
B. Does/ often sing
C. Did/ sing
D. Was/ singing
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I always … ketchup with my spaghetti.
A. Have
B. Has
C. Had
D. Was having
The engine….smoothly when it suddenly stopped.
A. is running
B. runs
C. has run
D. running
E. was running
A : This is a very old building.
B : I wasn’t even born when it ….
A. had built
B. is built
C. was built
D. is being built
E. has been built
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They … to Italy last summer.
A. Go
B. Goes
C. Went
D. Was going
A man once built a house and ___ his friends to visit him.
A. invited
B. had invited
C. has invited
D. was inviting
A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the hospital and then. . . my parents.
A. was calling
B. Call
C. calling
D. called
E. to call
“As a student, I always had instant noodles for breakfast.”
This means that I___ for breakfast.
A. used to have instant noodles
B. am having instant noodles
C. am used to having instant noodles
D. like to have instant noodles
E. have instant noodles
“Since when hasn’t she been feeling well?”
“Since she___ from Singapore.”
A. has been returning
B. returned
C. was returning
D. has returned
E. had returned
Nukmi : What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?
Rendra : She … in the kitchen.
A. was cooking
B. cooks
C. has cooked
D. is cooking
E. has been cooking
Tuti came home very late last night. Where did Budiman take her to?
A. To the movies he took her last night
B. She took him to the movies last night
C. Last night she took him to the movies
D. He took her last night to the movies
E. He took her to the movies last night
Choose the correct answer:
They … T-shirt last Friday.
A. Don’t buy
B. Doesn’t buy
C. Weren’t buying
D. Didn’t buy
Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ___ .
A. was crying
B. had cried
C. cried
D. had been crying
“When did the farmer find that ancient tool?”
“When he . . . his field.”
A. has been ploughing
B. was ploughing
C. had ploughed
D. has ploughed
E. is ploughing
Our neighbours called the police when they found out that somebody ___ into their house.
A. broke
B. was breaking
C. had broken
D. had been breaking
I found the way to her house quite easily because Nora ___ it to me very well.
A. had described
B. described
C. has described
D. described
“When did you realize you had lost your purse?”
“When I … money to pay the bus fare.’
A. am needing
B. was needing
C. had needed
D. needed
E. have needed
Susan is a fashion designer. Now, she ___ at a new set of clothes to be shown at a fashion show in April.
A. works
B. is working
C. has been working
D. has worked
While I ___ the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it.
A. was washing
B. had been washing
C. washed
D. had washed