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Advanced Level Tenses Exercise for ESL Students

November 19, 2025 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. What have you been doing since we last ............................?

Correct! Wrong!

2. Where is the book that I ........................... you? What did you do with it?

Correct! Wrong!

3. I heard them ......................... in the other room.

Correct! Wrong!

4. As I watched, she ........................... into her car and ........................... away.

Correct! Wrong!

5. The construction of the building ................................. in a few months.

Correct! Wrong!

6. I ............................ myself when I touched that hot vessel.

Correct! Wrong!

7. How many plays ........................... Shakespeare written?

Correct! Wrong!

8. He lives in Bangalore. He .............................. in Bangalore for 7 years.

Correct! Wrong!

9. When I phoned her she ............................. not at home. She was at her mother's house.

Correct! Wrong!

10. When we were driving down the road, we saw a car that .......................... down.

Correct! Wrong!

11. I met him a few days ago. He ............................. from his native place.

Correct! Wrong!

12. This morning I went to her house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. She .............................

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. What have you been doing since we last met?
2. Where is the book that I lent you? What did you do with it?
3. I heard them talking in the other room.
4. As I watched, she got into her cat and drove away.
5. The construction of the building was completed in a few days.
6. I burned myself when I touched that hot vessel.
7. How many plays has Shakespeare written?
8. He lives in Bangalore. He has been living in Bangalore for 7 years.
9. When I phoned her she was not at home. She was at her mother’s house.
10. When we were driving down the road, we saw a car that had broken down.
11. I met him a few days ago. He had just returned from his native place.
12. This morning I went to her house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer. She had gone out.

 

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