Basic present and past tenses

Please don't make so much noise. I ___ .

• am studying

• study

• studied

• was studying

The earth ___ around the sun.

• was going

• went

• goes

• is going

I ___ with some friends until I can find an apartment.

• 'm living

• was living

• live

• lives

I was hungry so I ___ something to eat.

• buy

• bought

• was buying

• am buying

Dan burned his hand while he ___ dinner.

• was cooking

• cooked

• cooks

• is cooking

It's pointless to talk to him. He ___ the problem.

• doesn't understand

• isn't understanding

• understood

• understands

The swimming pool ___ at 9 o'clock every day.

• is opening

• opens

• was opening

• isn't opening

The number of people without jobs ___ at the moment.

• rose

• rises

• are rising

• is rising

Excuse me, I ___ for the post office. Is it near here?

• 'm looking for

• looking for

• look for

• looked for

In the summer, Tom usually ___ tennis twice a week.

• is playing

• plays

• was playing

• were playing