Tenses - Present and Past Quiz
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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
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
Recently, the United States__________ (alter) the whole of their immigration laws.
A. alters
B. is altering
C. has altered
D. altered
The United Kingdom__________ (consist) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A. consisted
B. consists
C. is consisted
D. has consisted
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
About 375 million people__________ (speak) English as their first language.
A. speaks
B. is speaking
C. have spoken
D. will speak
English__________ from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago.
A. derives
B. derived
C. is deriving
D. has derived
Either kangaroo or Sydney Opera House__________ (symbolize) Australia.
A. is symbolized
B. symbolized
C. has symbolized
D. symbolizes
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
I__________ (live) in the UK at the moment to learn English.
A. live
B. am living
C. have lived
D. will have
Over 670 million people__________ (visit) Disneyland since its opening in 1955.
A. visited
B. are visiting
C. have visited
D. will visit
When ………………………. this year?
A. does the school end
B. is the school ending
C. will the school end
D. have the school ended
After the reconstruction the supermarket ………….. on Monday again.
A. opened
B. opens
C. is opening
D. is opened
A man wearing sunglasses got out of the car and ———— : ‘Mike, what are you doing here?’
A. says
B. is saying
C. said
D. was saying
————- 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
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
__________ (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
————- your father and mother speak Japanese or Chinese?
A. is
B. Do
C. Does
D. Did
We ———— a month at the seaside in the West Country each year.
A. spend
B. is spending
C. spent
D. was spending
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
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
What time ………………. Steve on Sunday?
A. are you meeting
B. do you meet
C. will you meet
D. did you meet
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
As the stranger was coming to the station, a car ————- behind him.
A. stops
B. is stopping
C. stopped
D. was stopping
