TENSE REVISION
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. We _______ TV when it started to rain.
A. watched
B. were watching
C. are watching
D. have watched
2. Put your money into your pocket, or you may ________ it.
A. lose
B. lost
C. have lost
D. be losing
3. Charles ______ Pat a box of chocolates.
A. is often giving
B. often gives
C. was often giving
D. often give
4. I ________ in the cafe having a drink when the police arrived.
A. sat
B. was sat
C. was sitting
D. have sat
5. They’ll certainly come ______ them.
A. when calling
B. you’re calling
C. if you call
D. do you call
6. I’m sure the answer to my letter ______ by next Friday morning.
A. will come
B. has coming
C. coming

C. are watching
D. were watching
13. I _______ a headache since yesterday.
A. had
B. was having
C. have had
D. would have
14. The teacher _______ into the room.
A. has still come
B. has already come
C. has yet come
D. has recently come
15. “Did you get any mail?” – “No, I ______ a letter for a long time.”
A. don’t get
B. didn’t get
C. haven’t got
D. wasn’t got
16. He _________ you a lot of money, deasn’t he?
A. owes
B. is owing
C. has owned
D. doesn’t owe
17. He _______ book the tickets, but he had no time to call at the cinema.
A. would
B. will
C. is going to
D. was going to
18. When he failed to meet us, we _______ without him.
A. left
B. would leave

B. worked
C. have working
D. have been working
25. Johnny ______ up his mind yet.
A. didn’t make
B. hasn’t make
C. wasn’t make
D. wasn’t making
26. One third of the oranges _______ spoilt.
A. is
B. are
C. has been
D. was
27. When _______ the car, you’ll agree with me about it.
A. you saw
B. you’ve seen
C. you would see
D. you will see
28. The baby ______ non-stop for the past two hours.
A. cried
B. was crying
C. is crying
D. has been crying
29. The entrance examination ________ in July.
A. begin
B. has begun
C. begins
D. shall begin
30. The girl weeps whenever she _____ such a story.
A. hears

A. has worked
B. had worked
C. used to work
D. used to working
37. The man said he ______ the thieves go into the bank.
A. sees
B. was seeing
C. has seen
D. has seen
38. He _________ in in the retaurant when she came in.
A. sat
B. has sat
C. has been sitting
D. was sitting
39. We’re working hard, so the job ________ by tomorrow evening.
A. is done
B. has been done
C. will be done
D. would be done
40. Jack went out, but he ________ anyone where he was going.
A. doesn’t tell
B. not told
C. wasn’t telling
D. didn’t tell
41. London _____ the capital of the United Kingdom.
A. is
B. was
C. will be
D. is being
42. Someone _______ at the door. Can you hear it?

D. have been
48. We ________ the bus at the same stop every day.
A. get off
B. are getting off
C. got off
D. have got off
49. _________ “Congratulation!” to Nam? He’s won a scholarship yo study abroad.
A. Do you say
B. Did you say
C. Have you said
D. Were you saying
50. We reached the house after we ______ for almost an hour.
A. cycled
B. were cycling
C. have been cycled
D. had been cycling
51. I _______ my pencil. May I borrow one of yours?
A. broke
B. have broken
C. was breaking
D. had broken
52. Who will look after your baby while you ________?
A. are shopping
B. will shop
C. were shopping
D. have shopped
53. When you get up tomorrow morning, the sun ______.
A. shine
B. is shining
C. will shine