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03 Elementary Verb Tense Review


Answers. One or two of these are not so easy, so a score of 20 would be very good indeed for this level.

01. The guests complained,.................. they?
   A. won't B. don't C. haven't D. didn't

02. He gets up at six,...................... he?
   A. don't B. hasn't C. doesn't D. do

03. You drink coffee,............... you?
   A. doesn't B. haven't C. didn't D. don't

04. I'm leaving early enough,............... I?
   A. aren't B. won't C. am D. don't

05. I............ on holiday three weeks ago.
   A. am going B. went C. go D. am gone

06. I.................. at that hotel when they had a fire.
   A. stayed B. was staying C. stay D. have stayed

07. He met me as I.......... through the door.
   A. come B. was coming C. had come D. will come

08. I................. it before.
   A. have drunken B. have drank C. has drunk D. have drunk

09. She.................. to Italy.
   A. have gone B. has went C. has gone D. have went

10. The dog................... the postman.
   A. has bit B. has bit C. have bit D. has bitten

11. It......................
   A. is going to rain B. goes to rain C. am going rain
D. is going to be rain

12. An author.................. books.
   A. write B. writes C. is writing D. do write

13. She................ the letter now.
   A. is typing B. types C. type D. does type

14. Do you have to go to the post office?
Yes. I................. buy some stamps.
   A. will B. have to C. am having to D. want

15. He was nervous because he............... and lost.
   A. was gambling B. has gambled C. had gambled D. is
gambling

16. He said that he.............. it.
   A. had seen B. see C. sees D. is seeing

17. They....................... yet.
   A. haven't written B. have written C. had written D. wrote

18. ................ to the cinema.
   A. Go we B. Let we C. Let's to go D. Let's go

19. For the past week, he.................. English in London.
   A. has been learning B. has learnt C. is learning
D. will learn

20. The man walking across the road............... a suitcase.
   A. carries B. carry C. is carrying D. carrying

21. .................... English?
   A. Can you B. Can you speak C. Speak you D. Can you
speaking

22. If I................... in London, I shall learn English.
   A. am B. be C. will be D. shall be

23. If I had the money, I................... to New York.
   A. could fly B. flew C. am flying D. had flown

24. If I.................. a bigger car, the police would not
catch me.
   A. would have B. could C. had D. was having

25. She................. his insults.
   A. bare B. bared C. beared D. bore


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