All verb tenses - p2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Verb tenses revision

Today, we revisit the tenses - here and in your book

Added bonus; a nifty set of flow charts!

Here come the tenses...!

20 questions / 20 seconds each

I _________ the fire at 6 in the morning and when Peter came in it
_________ brightly.

1. was lighting / still burned
2. lit / still burned
3. lit / was still burning
4. was lighting / was still burning

After I ________ him to the zoo, we ________ for a walk in the park.

1. had taken / went
2. took / went
3. was taking / were going
4. took / had gone

_____________ vodka? – Yes, I _________ it when I was in Moscow a few years ago.

1. did you ever drink / drank
2. have you ever drunk / drank
3. have you ever drunk / was drinking
4. had you ever drunk / drunk

I can't attend the meeting on Tuesday. I _________ (fly) to Paris in the morning.

1. am going to fly
2. fly
3. will fly
4. am flying

My mom's a surgeon. She ............... on people in a hospital.

1. operated
2. operates
3. is operating
4. was operating

James .............. for Los Angeles a week ago.

1. had left
2. was leaving
3. left
4. has left

I ___________ Italian for two years, but I still ___________ very much.

1. have studied/ don't understand
2. have been studying / don't understand
3. studied / didn't understand
4. had studied / don't understand

My neighbour _________ her car since 2 o’clock. She still isn’t finished.

1. has cleaned
2. had been cleaning
3. had cleaned
4. has been cleaning

If Louise keeps talking, the librarian ____________ her out.

1. will eventually kick
2. is eventually going to kick
3. eventually kicks
4. eventually kicked

She ______ in Africa now. She _______ there shortly after the war.

1. lives / moved
2. is living / has moved
3. lived / had moved
4. is living / moved

Shhhh! Be quiet! The guard dog __________ ! (and we do not wake sleeping guard dogs)

1. is sleeping
2. was sleeping
3. sleeps
4. slept

You __________ tea, don't you?

1. are normally drinking
2. normally drink
3. have normally drunk
4. normally drank

The headmaster punished the pupils because they _________ trouble a few
weeks before.

1. had caused
2. caused
3. had been causing
4. were causing

When ...........................? In three weeks?

1. do the exams start?
2. does the exams start?
3. are the exams going to start?
4. will the exams start?

The opinion he ________________ no effect on his opponent.

1. had
2. had had
3. had had had
4. had had had had

The forecast wasn't very positive. It looks like it __________ heavily in a few minutes.

1. is raining
2. rains
3. is going to rain
4. will rain

My brother .................. a graduation party tonight.

1. is going to throw
2. will throw
3. throws
4. is throwing

By the time he ______ at the station, the bus ____________

1. arrived / has already left
2. arrived / already left
3. arrived / had already left
4. had arrived / had already left

End of the test

-> do the tenses ex (ex 13, §5.1)

-> try using the flowcharts to help you out

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