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Tenses Quiz

January 1, 2020 - pdf

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1. I ................................ there for two hours and then I went home.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past is the most normal tense for talking about finished events.

2. She ..................................... six novels so far.

Correct! Wrong!

We often use the present perfect to give news.

3. He ....................................... from Las Vegas yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past is the most normal tense for talking about finished events.

4. See that you .................................... no harm.

Correct! Wrong!

5. The hostess made sure that the guests .................................... enough to eat and drink.

Correct! Wrong!

When the main verb is in the past tense, the verb in the subordinate clause too will be in the past tense.

6. You will get the job if you ................................................ in the interview.

Correct! Wrong!

In the first conditional we use a simple present tense in the if clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.

7. The doctor concluded that the man ...................................... several hours ago.

Correct! Wrong!

The past perfect is used for the earlier of the two past actions.

8. We ............................................ to hear from him for more than two weeks now.

Correct! Wrong!

The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.

9. The show ....................................... by the time we reached the theatre.

Correct! Wrong!

10. He ..................................... for work at 8.30.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about habits and routines.

11. Father .................................... the newspaper every morning.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple present is used to talk about habits and routines.

12. When I visited him he ........................................ bed-ridden for months.

Correct! Wrong!

The past perfect is used to talk about an action or situation that continued up to a certain point of time in the past.

Answers

1. I waited there for two hours and then I went home.

2. She has written six novels so far.

3. He returned from Las Vegas yesterday.

4. See that you cause no harm.

5. The hostess made sure that the guests had enough to eat and drink.

6. You will get the job if you succeed in the interview.

7. The doctor concluded that the man had died several hours ago.

8. We have been waiting to hear from him for more than two weeks now.

9. The show had begun by the time we reached the theatre.

10. He leaves for work at 8.30.

11. Father reads the newspaper every morning.

12. When I visited him he had been bed-ridden for months.

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