Exercise 2: Choose the best answer. (tenses)
1. I______ to school late because the clock didn’t go off.
A. go B. went C. had gone D. woke up
2. We ______ five lessons yesterday.
A. have B. had C. has D. has got
3. He stayed up late last night and ______ get up early.
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. has to D. had to
4. Old farmers did not ______ work with computers.
A. used to B. use to C. use D. have used
5. She ______ delighted. She had passed all her exams.
A. had been B. was C. had D. is
6. We didn’t go to the cinema because we ______ that film.
A. saw already B. already saw C. already had seen D. had already seen
7. When he arrived, everyone______
A. had left B. left C. leaves D. has left
8. We were told that the workers ______an old bridge at that time.
A. were repairing B. are repairing C. repaired D. had repaired
9. Janet ______ some washing this time yesterday.
A. is doing B. had done C. was doing D. were doing
10. By the time they came, we ______ our dinner.
A. had finished B. finished C. would finish D. were finishing
11. Before my brother______ the university, he had served in the army for three years.
A. entered B. had entered C. enter D. was entering
12. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests______ when he______ at the party.
A. left- had arrived B. left – arrived C. had left – had arrived D. had left- arrived
13. My brother ______ while he ______ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell – was riding B. was falling – rode C. had fallen – rode D. had fallen – was riding
14. I’m sure I ______ her four years ago
A. have seen B. saw C. had seen D. will see
15. By 11 o’clock yesterday, we ______ at the airport.
A. had arrived B. have arrived C. shall arrive D. arrive
16. He ______ out when someone called at the office.
A. has just gone B. had just gone C. just went D. just now went
17. My uncle ______ until he was forty five .
A. married B. didn’t marry C. was not marrying D. wouldn’t marry
18. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ______ at a radio shop at the time.
A. had worked B. was working C. had been working D. had working
19. Helen ______ her keys in the office, so she had to wait until her husband ______ home.
A. has left- comes B. left – had come C. had left – came D. had left - would come
20. Did you say that you______ here three days ago?
A. came B. had come C. have come D. come
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer. (tenses)
1. I______ to school late because the clock didn’t go off.
A. go B. went C. had gone D. woke up
2. We ______ five lessons yesterday.
A. have B. had C. has D. has got
3. He stayed up late last night and ______ get up early.
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. has to D. had to
4. Old farmers did not ______ work with computers.
A. used to B. use to C. use D. have used
5. She ______ delighted. She had passed all her exams.
A. had been B. was C. had D. is
6. We didn’t go to the cinema because we ______ that film.
A. saw already B. already saw C. already had seen D. had already seen
7. When he arrived, everyone______
A. had left B. left C. leaves D. has left
8. We were told that the workers ______an old bridge at that time.
A. were repairing B. are repairing C. repaired D. had repaired
9. Janet ______ some washing this time yesterday.
A. is doing B. had done C. was doing D. were doing
10. By the time they came, we ______ our dinner.
A. had finished B. finished C. would finish D. were finishing
11. Before my brother______ the university, he had served in the army for three years.
A. entered B. had entered C. enter D. was entering
12. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests______ when he______ at the party.
A. left- had arrived B. left – arrived C. had left – had arrived D. had left- arrived
13. My brother ______ while he ______ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell – was riding . was falling – rodeB C. had fallen – rode D. had fallen – was riding
14. I’m sure I ______ her four years ago
A. have seen B. saw C. had seen D. will see
15. By 11 o’clock yesterday, we ______ at the airport.
A. had arrived B. have arrived C. shall arrive D. arrive
16. He ______ out when someone called at the office.
A. has just gone B. had just gone C. just went D. just now went
17. My uncle ______ until he was forty five .
A. married B. didn’t marry C. was not marrying D. wouldn’t marry
18. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ______ at a radio shop at the time.
A. had worked B. was working C. had been working D. had working
19. Helen ______ her keys in the office, so she had to wait until her husband ______ home.
A. has left- comes B. left – had come C. had left – came D. had left - would come
20. Did you say that you______ here three days ago?
A. came B. had come C. have come D. come
