Tenses - Present and Past Quiz
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Don’t give this book to anybody. I ———– it these days.
A. read
B. am reading
C. read (V2)
D. was reading
Look at the London Eye! The wheel__________ (appear) motionless, but it__________(rotate) slowly.
A. has appeared- rotates
B. is appearing -is rotating
C. appeared – rotates
D. appears -is rotating
————- her birthday party tomorrow night or on Friday night?
A. Does your girlfriend have
B. Is your girlfriend having
C. Did your girlfriend have
D. Was your girlfriend having
————- your father and mother speak Japanese or Chinese?
A. is
B. Do
C. Does
D. Did
We’ve already booked our holiday. We__________ (go) to Scotland in July.
A. will go
B. have gone
C. went
D. go
English__________ from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago.
A. derives
B. derived
C. is deriving
D. has derived
To preserve natural habitat, the government__________ (establish) six national parks so far.
A. established
B. establishes
C. has established
D. is establishing
As the stranger was coming to the station, a car ————- behind him.
A. stops
B. is stopping
C. stopped
D. was stopping
Look! The concert__________ (start) at 7 P.M. and__________ (end) at 9 P.M.
A. will start – will end
B. starts – ends
C. is starting – ends
D. starts – is ending
We ———— a month at the seaside in the West Country each year.
A. spend
B. is spending
C. spent
D. was spending
Excuse me, sir. What times ———— on Saturdays and Sundays?
A. Do the morning trains leave
B. Are the morning trains leaving
C. Did the morning trains leave
D. Were the morning trains leaving
English__________ (be) an official language in several African countries, such as Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa.
A. will be
B. is
C. is being
D. has been
Over 670 million people__________ (visit) Disneyland since its opening in 1955.
A. visited
B. are visiting
C. have visited
D. will visit
Since 2005, India__________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.
A. has
B. is having
C. had
D. has had
Who ————- this ticket for a Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare?
A. wants
B. does want
C. wanted
D. did want
My mum stopped reading and ———– the light on my bedside table. ‘Good night and sweet dreams,’ she said.
A. switches off
B. is switching off
C. switched off
D. was switching off
About 375 million people__________ (speak) English as their first language.
A. speaks
B. is speaking
C. have spoken
D. will speak
After the reconstruction the supermarket ………….. on Monday again.
A. opened
B. opens
C. is opening
D. is opened
When I started work at 6 o’clock this morning, the sun ———— behind the mountain.
A. rises
B. is rising
C. rose
D. was rising
While we ————- to the news about the fire in our town, the telephone rang in the hall.
A. listen
B. are listening
C. listened
D. were listening
Marion has a new look. She ————– a new jumper this week.
A. wears
B. is wearing
C. wore
D. was wearing
Canada__________ (provide) fish, furs, and other natural resources to the world since the 15th century.
A. has provided
B. is providing
C. provided
D. provides
When I finished my homework for the next day, I ———– dinner for my little sister. She was so hungry.
A. cook
B. am cooking
C. cooked
D. was cooking
__________ (you/ talk) about the upcoming journey? Can I join?
A. Are yu talking
B. Do you talk
C. Will you talk
D. Have you talked
What time ………………. Steve on Sunday?
A. are you meeting
B. do you meet
C. will you meet
D. did you meet
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