EXERCISES PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE, B.

PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS 11. He was not ____ the television when you ____ to
his house to borrow his car yesterday
A. PRESENT CONTINUOUS a. Repaired, came
1. Now is 11.00 PM, Iriana___ sleeping in her b. Repair, come
bedroom c. Repairing, come
a. Is d. Repairing, came
b. Am 12. When Carla came home, her husband along with
c. Were her two daughters ____ dinner for their mother
d. Was a. Is cooking
2. I need and umbrella because it’s___right now b. Cook
a. Rain c. Were cooking
b. Rains d. Has cooked
c. Raining 13. Nicole ____ her homework when her friend called
d. Rained a. Did
3. Susan and Susanna___writing poems for b. Was doing
English subject c. Done
a. Is d. Do
b. Are 14. The music ____ when I left her
c. Am a. Was playing
d. Be b. Were playing
4. Please be quiet, I___trying to concentrate now c. Were being playing
a. Am d. Was played
b. Is 15. Erza and Yuki ____ soccer on the field when they
c. Were ____ the money
d. Are a. Is playing, finding
5. What … you …? b. Were playing, found
a. Is-doing c. Was playing, found
b. Am-doing d. Played, find
c. Are-doing 16. He was standing at the bus-stop when he ____ the
d. Are-do? accident
6. … Mary reading a book in her classroom? a. Witnessed
a. Is b. Witnesses
b. Am c. Withness
c. Are d. Withnessed
d. Do 17. The telephone was ringing while he ____ an email
7. They … not collecting the sticker a. Type
a. Is b. Is typing
b. Are c. Was typing
c. Am d. Has typing
d. Does 18. My sister ____ TV in the living room when I
8. Why … your sister crying so loud? arrived home last night
a. Is a. Watch
b. Are b. Watched
c. Am c. Is watching
d. Do d. Was watching
9. What … I doing? 19. She was ____ the movie while her mother was ____
a. Am for dinner yesterday
b. Is a. Watched, cooked
c. Are b. Watching, cook
d. Do c. Watch, cooking
10. “She is drive a car” d. Watching, cooking
The correct form of the sentence above is… 20. I was ____ when my mother ____ me yesterday
a. She is driving my car a. Teaching, called
b. She drive my car b. Teach, call
c. She was drive my car c. Taught, calling
d. She is not drive my car d. Teaching, calling
C. FUTURE CONTINUOUS 28. Tomorrow, I ____ still ____ for him. I hope
21. ____ you ____ at the park tomorrow morning? he’ll come soon
a. Will, strolling a. Will, be waiting
b. Will, stroll b. Will, wait
c. Will, be strolling c. Be, waiting
d. Do, stroll d. Am, waiting
22. Sam : when will you come to my house? 29. Tim: I ____ the meeting tomorrow evening
Don : I’m not sure. May be at around Josh: why not?
7o’clock Tim: I have something to do
Sam: My family____ dinner when you come. a. Do not attend
Don’t be late b. Will attend
a. Have c. Will not be attending
b. Will have d. Did not attend
c. Will have had 30. The audience ____ to the lecture when the guest
d. Will be having speaker comes
23. Mr. Joseph : welcome to this guest house. Do a. Will listen
you have any question? b. Will be listening
Mrs. Rita : Yes ____ I ____ with other c. Will have listened
guests?
Mr. Joseph : No, you have a private room.
Enjoy it.
Mrs. Rita : thank you
a. Will, be sharing
b. Do, share
c. Am, sharing
d. Will, share
24. My brother ____ with me for a year
a. Will not be staying
b. Will not have stayed
c. Did not stay
d. Does not stay
25. ____ he ____ at 9pm?
a. Will, be sleeping
b. will, sleep
c. will, sleeping
d. does, sleeping
26. The employees ____ at the office when the
supervisor arrives
a. Will work
b. Will be working
c. Did not work
d. Doing work
27. Don’t come here tomorrow morning. I ____ me
time.
a. Be having
b. Have
c. Will be having
d. Will have
 EXERCISE PRESENT PERFECT AND B. PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT 11. After Heru ____ Los Angeles, he went to California
A. PRESENT PERFECT a. Was visited
1. We have just ____ our homework well b. Had visited
a. Finished c. Has been visiting
b. Finish d. Is visited
c. Finishing 12. Before Alin went to sleep, he ____ his family
d. Finishes a. Is calling
2. Many countries ____ rapid population growth since the b. Calling
last 5 years c. Called
a. Experienced d. Had called
b. Have experienced 13. Kevin ____ at the university for thirty years before he
c. Has experienced retired
d. Experience a. Is working
3. Gold value ____ recently b. Had worked
a. Is increased c. Worked
b. Have increased d. Has been worked
c. Has increased 14. After the committee members ____ the consequences,
d. Increased they voted the proposal
4. Since the tragedy, his family ____ with the neighbour a. Had considered
a. Has engaged b. Was considering
b. Has engaging c. Considered
c. Have engaging d. Has considered
d. Have engage 15. The doctor ____ the patient thoroughly before he
5. Everyone ____ this job very well for several weeks prescribed the medication
a. Have done a. Examine
b. Has do b. Had examined
c. Has did c. Examining
d. Has done d. Examines
6. She has ___ some novels 16. You had ___ hard before national examination before
a. Write you went to the classroom
b. Wrote a. Study
c. Written b. Studied
d. Writing c. Studying
7. We ____ never ___ it d. Will study
a. Has, hear 17. After she asked the police to help her, she ___ her lost
b. Have, hear bag
c. Has, heard a. Had found
d. Have, heard b. Had find
8. Have your sister receive the flowers? c. Has find
The correct form of the sentence above is … d. Finds
a. Has your sister received the flowers? 18. I was not sleepy yet. I ___ for hours
b. Have your sister received the flowers? a. Had slept
c. Did your sister received the flowers? b. Has sleeping
d. Are your sister received the flowers? c. Was sleep
9. My uncle ___ locked the door d. Am sleeping
a. Is 19. Before I invited him, I had ____ the information about
b. Has him.
c. Have a. Look
d. Am b. Looking
10. He have not find a job yet c. Looks
a. He is not find a job yet d. Looked
b. He did not found a job yet 20. Had she ___ to Amsterdam when you called her?
c. He doesn’t found a job yet a. Go d. Goes
d. He has not found a job yet b. Went
c. Gone