TENSES Book 2

Since 2003 they _______ their son every year.

• visited

• have visited

• visit

• will visit

Usually, Mr.Pile _______ us Physics but today he _______ ill so Mrs.Young _______ us.

• teaches/ is/ is teaching

• has taught/ is/ teaches

• is teaching/ has been/ teaches

• taught/ was/ was teaching

I am sorry I cannot hear what you _______ because everybody _______ so loudly.

• are saying/ will talk

• were saying/ has talked

• have just said/ is talking

• said/ was talking

I _______ the same car for more than ten years. I _______ about buying a new one.

• have had/ am thinking

• will have/ think

• had/ will think

• am going to have/ was thinking

My best friend and I _______ each other for over fifteen years. We still _______ together once a week.

• were knowing/ got

• knew/ have got

• have known/ get

• had known/ are getting

The secretary _______ on the report for more than three hours. She hopes she may finish it by the lunch time.

• is working

• will be working

• has been working

• had been working

Please turn off the stove. The water _______ for more than fifteen minutes.

• is boiling

• was boiling

• has been boiling

• will be boiling

In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip _______ very rough and often dangerous.

• took/ was

• had taken/ had been

• took/ had been

• had taken/ was

My grandfather _______ a very exciting life. When he was young, he _______ on the farm in the country, where there _______ a lot of cattle and meadows.

• has/ has lived/ have been

• had/ lived/ were

• was having/ had lived/ had been

• has had/ is living/ are

Mary _______ on the essay for two hours now and she _______ that she _______ it in one more hour.

• is working/ has hoped/ can finish

• has been working/ hopes/ will finish

• will have worked/ hopes/ finishes

• had been working/ hoped/ would finish