Tenses Exercise
1. She ___ (to go) to the gym every morning.
a) goes
b) went
c) will go
d) is going
2. They ___ (to play) football in the park right now.
a) plays
b) played
c) will play
d) are playing
3. He ___ (to visit) his grandparents last weekend.
a) visits
b) visited
c) will visit
d) is visiting
4. I ___ (to read) a book when the phone rang.
a) read
b) was reading
c) will read
d) am reading
5. She ___ (to finish) her homework already.
a) finishes
b) finished
c) has finished
d) will finish
6. They ___ (to live) in this city for ten years.
a) live
b) lived
c) have lived
d) have been living
7. By the time we arrived, the movie ___ (to start).
a) starts
b) started
c) had started
d) will start
8. She ___ (to study) for two hours before her friend arrived.
a) studies
b) studied
c) has studied
d) had been studying
9. We ___ (to travel) to Japan next summer.
a) travel
b) traveled
c) will travel
d) are traveling
10. At this time tomorrow, I ___ (to fly) to New York.
a) fly
b) flew
c) will fly
d) will be flying
11. By the end of the year, they ___ (to complete) the project.
a) complete
b) completed
c) will complete
d) will have completed
12. By next month, he ___ (to work) here for five years.
a) works
b) worked
c) will work
d) will have been working
13. He ___ (to play) tennis on Saturdays.
a) plays
b) played
c) will play
d) is playing
14. She ___ (to write) an email at the moment.
a) writes
b) wrote
c) will write
d) is writing
15. We ___ (to visit) Paris last summer.
a) visit
b) visited
c) will visit
d) are visiting
16. They ___ (to watch) TV when the doorbell rang.
a) watch
b) watched
c) were watching
d) are watching
17. He ___ (to see) that movie three times.
a) sees
b) saw
c) has seen
d) will see
18. She ___ (to work) here since January.
a) works
b) worked
c) has worked
d) has been working
19. After they had eaten, they ___ (to go) to the park.
a) go
b) went
c) had gone
d) will go
20. He ___ (to wait) for an hour before she arrived.
a) waits
b) waited
c) has waited
d) had been waiting
21. I ___ (to start) my new job next week.
a) start
b) started
c) will start
d) am starting
22. She ___ (to be) working at the library this time tomorrow.
a) is
b) was
c) will be
d) will have been
23. By the time you arrive, we ___ (to finish) dinner.
a) finish
b) finished
c) will finish
d) will have finished
24. By December, she ___ (to study) here for three years.
a) studies
b) studied
c) will study
d) will have been studying
25. We ___ (to visit) our grandparents every summer.
a) visit
b) visited
c) will visit
d) are visiting
26. He ___ (to cook) dinner right now.
a) cooks
b) cooked
c) will cook
d) is cooking
27. She ___ (to graduate) from college in 2010.
a) graduates
b) graduated
c) will graduate
d) is graduating
28. We ___ (to walk) in the park when it started to rain.
a) walk
b) walked
c) were walking
d) are walking
29. They ___ (to buy) a new house.
a) buy
b) bought
c) have bought
d) will buy
30. He ___ (to study) for three hours.
a) studies
b) studied
c) has studied
d) has been studying
31. By the time we got there, the concert ___ (to begin).
a) begins
b) began
c) had begun
d) will begin
32. She ___ (to sleep) for ten hours when the alarm went off.
a) sleeps
b) slept
c) has slept
d) had been sleeping
33. They ___ (to move) to a new house next week.
a) move
b) moved
c) will move
d) are moving
34. At this time next year, I ___ (to travel) in Europe.
a) travel
b) traveled
c) will travel
d) will be traveling
35. By next month, he ___ (to finish) his novel.
a) finishes
b) finished
c) will finish
d) will have finished
36. By the end of this year, I ___ (to work) here for five years.
a) work
b) worked
c) will work
d) will have been working
37. She ___ (to drink) coffee every morning.
a) drinks
b) drank
c) will drink
d) is drinking
38. He ___ (to read) a book right now.
a) reads
b) read
c) will read
d) is reading
39. They ___ (to go) to the beach last weekend.
a) go
b) went
c) will go
d) are going
40. I ___ (to write) an email when you called.
a) write
b) wrote
c) was writing
d) am writing
Answers
1. a) goes
2. d) are playing
3. b) visited
4. b) was reading
5. c) has finished
6. d) have been living
7. c) had started
8. d) had been studying
9. c) will travel
10. d) will be flying
11. d) will have completed
12. d) will have been working
13. a) plays
14. d) is writing
15. b) visited
16. c) were watching
17. c) has seen
18. d) has been working
19. b) went
20. d) had been waiting
21. c) will start
22. c) will be
23. d) will have finished
24. d) will have been studying
25. a) visit
26. d) is cooking
27. b) graduated
28. c) were walking
29. c) have bought
30. d) has been studying
31. c) had begun
32. d) had been sleeping
33. c) will move
34. d) will be traveling
35. d) will have finished
36. d) will have been working
37. a) drinks
38. d) is reading
39. b) went
40. c) was writing
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