TENSES

1. Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.

In all the world, there (be)                                         only 14 mountains that (reach) _______above 8,000 

He sometimes (come)                                        to see his parents. 

Right now I (attend)                                        class. Yesterday at this time I (attend)                                 class.

I (visit)                                    my uncle’s home many times when I (be)                  a child. 

It (rain)                                    hard. We can’t do anything until it (stop) _                                 

Last night we (watch)               TV when the power (fail)                                                     . 

I (sit)                                   down for a rest while the shoes (repair)                               _. 

While we (talk) __________on the phone the children(start) _________fighting and (break)________a window. 

When I (be)                                      at school we all (study)                             Latin.

She (have)                                 _a hard life, but she’s always smiling.

1. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
   1. When I last sawhim, he                   in London.

A. has lived                             B. is living C. was living D. has been living 

3. The train       _ half an hour ago.

1. has been leaving                  B. left         C. has left         D. hadleft

1. Christopher Columbus                   _ American more than 500 years ago.
   1. Discovered                                                 B. has discoveredC. had discovered D. had beendiscovering
2. He fell down when he                     towards the church.   A. run  B. runs C. was running D. had run
3. We                  there when our father died.
   1. still lived                            B. lived still C. was still lived          D. were still living

1. Since                  , I have heard nothing from him.
   1. he had left                           B. he left          C. he has left D. he was left
2. The man got out of the car, _                    _ round to the back and opened the book.
   1. walking       B. walked         C. walks           D. walk
3. Henry                   into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
   1. was going B. went               C. has gone      D. did go
4. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he                           dinner.
   1. finish          B. finishes        C. will finish D. finishing
5. I shall be gladwhen he                      .
   1. had gone  B. did go             C. went            D. has gone

32 Ask her to come and see me when she                                 her work.

A. finish                B. has finished                          C. finished       D. finishing

1. Tom and Mary                   for Vietnam tomorrow.
   1. leave           B. are leaving                           C. leaving         D. are left
2. He always                     for a walk in the evening.
   1. go               B. is going        C. goes             D.going
3. Her brother                 in Canada at present.
   1. working      B. works           C. is working D. work
4. Her father                 when she was a small girl.
   1. dies             B. died             C. has died       D. haddied
5. Last week, my professor promised that he                             today.
   1. would come                        B. will come C. comes              D. coming
6. Pasteur                 in the 19th century.
   1. was living B. lived               C. had lived D. has lived