English tenses review (intermediate)

1. TENSES

2. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I’m dead tired. I
have been working
all day long

3. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I’m dead tired. I
have been working
all day long

4. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When we returned
we saw that
somebody had
broken into our
house.

5. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When we returned
we saw that
somebody had
broken into our
house.

6. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Prices are getting
higher and higher
these days.

7. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Prices are getting
higher and higher
these days.

8. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I met him in the
canteen every day.

9. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Last week I met him
in the canteen every
day.

10. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Every year large
areas of rainforest
are cut down.

11. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Every year large
areas of rainforest
are cut down.

12. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When the party
started Susan was
still cooking
something in the
kitchen.

13. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When the party
started Susan was
still cooking
something in the
kitchen.

14. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
By this time
tomorrow the work
will have been
finished.

15. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
By this time
tomorrow the work
will have been
finished.

16. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I can’t give you lift.
My car is still being
repaired.

17. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I can’t give you lift.
My car is still being
repaired.

18. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
How long had they
been walking before
they saw the fire?

19. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
How long had they
been walking before
they saw the fire?

20. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
How often do you
work out in the
gym?

21. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
How often do you
work out in the
gym?

22. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
This volcano has
been explored this
year. Now we know
a lot more about it.

23. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
By next summer Mr
White will have
been working in our
school for twenty
years.

24. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
By next summer Mr
White will have
been working in our
school for twenty
years.

25. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When the mayor
arrived the road was
still being
renovated.

26. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
When the mayor
arrived the road was
still being
renovated.

27. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I don’t understand
him, we have known
each other since
childhood, though.

28. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
I don’t understand
him, we have known
each other since
childhood, though.

29. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Sue promised that
she would come on
time.

30. NAME THE TENSE AND
FIND THE KEY WORD(S)
Sue promised that
she would come on
time.

31. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
He __________ here for five
years now.
a) works
b) is working
c) has worked
d) has been working

32. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
He __________ here for five
years now.
a) works
b) is working
c) has worked
d) has been working

33. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Rome _________ in a day.
a) did not build
b) was not built
c) had not built
d) was not building

34. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Rome _________ in a day.
a) did not build
b) was not built
c) had not built
d) was not building

35. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Before he went to England he
_______ tons of guide books.
a) read
b) has read
c) was reading
d) had read

36. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Before he went to England he
_______ tons of guide books.
a) read
b) has read
c) was reading
d) had read

37. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Thomas is a writer. Altogether
he ________ 7 novels.
a) wrote
b) has written
c) was writing
d) had written

38. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Thomas is a writer. Altogether
he ________ 7 novels.
a) wrote
b) has written
c) was writing
d) had written

39. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By the time we got there he
__________ for us for more than
two hours.
a) had been waiting
b) had waited
c) was waiting
d) has been waiting

40. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By the time we got there he
__________ for us for more than
two hours.
a) had been waiting
b) had waited
c) was waiting
d) has been waiting

41. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Sam _______ to change a
light bulb when he fell.
a) tried
b) had been trying
c) was trying
d) has been trying

42. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Sam _______ to change a
light bulb when he fell.
a) tried
b) had been trying
c) was trying
d) has been trying

43. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
She is so predictable. Tomorrow
at this time she ________ in the
park.
a) will walk
b) will be walking
c) will have walked
d) Will have been walking

44. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
She is so predictable. Tomorrow
at this time she ________ in the
park.
a) will walk
b) will be walking
c) will have walked
d) Will have been walking

45. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By this time next week your
studies _______.
a) will complete
b) will be completed
c) will be completing
d) will have been completed

46. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By this time next week your
studies _______.
a) will complete
b) will be completed
c) will be completing
d) will have been completed

47. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
The students ____usually___
by Mrs. Monty.
a) are taught
b) are teaching
c) are teached
d) is taught

48. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
The students ____usually___
by Mrs. Monty.
a) are taught
b) are teaching
c) are teached
d) is taught

49. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
However this week they
_______ by Mr. Tanzer.
a) are taught
b) are teaching
c) are being taught
d) are being teaching

50. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
However this week they
_______ by Mr. Tanzer.
a) are taught
b) are teaching
c) are being taught
d) are being teaching

51. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By the next summer you
_______ a job.
a) will find
b) will be finding
c) will be found
d) will have found

52. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
By the next summer you
_______ a job.
a) will find
b) will be finding
c) will be found
d) will have found

53. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Last year we ______out
almost every week.
a) ate
b) were eating
c) had eaten
d) had been eating

54. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Last year we ______out
almost every week.
a) ate
b) were eating
c) had eaten
d) had been eating

55. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
She said she _______ that
bag.
a) will not buy
b) would not buy
c) will not be bought
d) would not be bought

56. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
She said she _______ that
bag.
a) will not buy
b) would not buy
c) will not be bought
d) would not be bought

57. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Somebody informed the
police that the painting ____.
a) was stolen
b) was stealing
c) had stolen
d) had been stolen

58. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
Somebody informed the
police that the painting ____.
a) was stolen
b) was stealing
c) had stolen
d) had been stolen

59. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
You ___ always ______ on
me! Stop it!
a) do pick
b) are picking
c) are picked
d) were picking

60. CHOOSE THE RIGHT
TENSE
You ___ always ______ on
me! Stop it!
a) do pick
b) are picking
c) are picked
d) were picking

61. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - COOK
Who _____ food in
your family when mum
is away?

62. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Who cooks food in
your family when mum
is away?

63. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - REPAIR
Where is John? He
_________ his car in
the garage.

64. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Where is John? He is
repairing his car in the
garage.

65. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - SEE
I love this film. I
______ it four times
already.

66. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
I love this film. I have
seen it four times
already.

67. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE – DO, HEAR
She _______ the room
when she ______ a
strange noise.

68. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
She was doing the
room when she heard
a strange noise.

69. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - GET
I envy you. At this
time tomorrow you
________ some tan on
the beach.

70. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
I envy you. At this
time tomorrow you
will be getting some
tan on the beach.

71. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - SPEND
By the time you leave
you ___________
seven days here.

72. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
By the time you leave
you will have spent
seven days here.

73. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - WAIT
Where’s he? I
__________ for him
since three o’clock.

74. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Where’s he? I have
been waiting for him
since three o’clock.

75. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - BE
I went to Belgium last
month. I _____
never_____ there
before.

76. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
I went to Belgium last
month. I had never
been there before.

77. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - BE
He said his mother
_______ very upset
when she learned the
truth.

78. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
He said his mother
would be very upset
when she learned the
truth.

79. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - BUILD
A new shopping mall
________ in the city
centre now.

80. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
A new shopping mall
is being built in the
city centre now.

81. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - HOLD
Yesterday the meeting
_______ in the
conference room.

82. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Yesterday the meeting
was held in the
conference room.

83. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE -
TRANSLATE
Her new novel
________ into Russian
in a few months.

84. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Her new novel will be
translated into
Russian in a few
months.

85. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - WASH
Take off your shoes.
The floor ____ just
______ .

86. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
Take off your shoes.
The floor has just
been washed .

87. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - FINISH
By this time tomorrow
the project ________.

88. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
By this time tomorrow
the project will have
been finished.

89. FILL IN THE VERB IN THE
RIGHT TENSE - COOK
The chicken ____ still
________ when I got
home.

90. FILL IN THE VERB IN
THE RIGHT TENSE
The chicken was still
being cooked when I
got home.