Bài tập tổng hợp Tenses

TENSES Choose the correct answer.

1. This is the second time I ___________ that song.

A. am hearing B. have heard C. hear D. heard 2. Hello, I ___________about your advertisement in the newspaper.

A. Have been calling B. am calling C. call D. have called 3. John _________ on a bit of weight lately, and he is trying to lose it.

A. Puts B. is putting C. has put D. has been putting 4. The new neighbors __________their house. It looks nice.

A. Paint B. had painted C. were painting D. have painted 5. Fred_________ me yesterday that they’re professional athletes.

A. Told B. has told C. was telling D. had told 6. Apparently, he ________them since he was a child.

A. Knows B. is knowing C. has known D. has been knowing 7. I __________for my sunglasses since noon, but I can’t find them.

A. Am looking B. looked C. have looked D. have been looking 8. When the children __________home, it was obvious that they had been playing in mud.

A. Arrived B. were arriving C. had arrived D. had been arriving 9. Michael _________in the queue to buy a ticket for the train when he heard a strange voice.

A. Waited B. was waiting C. had waited D. was going to wait 10.The thieves ___________houses for two years before they were finally caught.

A. Broke into B. were breaking into C. had been breaking into D. have been breaking into 11.As time goes by, he ___________more and more eccentric.

A. Becomes B. is becoming C. has become D. has been becoming 12.Kathy can’t go shopping with me next Saturday morning. She _________a French lesson.

A. Has B. is going to have C. will have D. will be having 13.I __________the living room by the time Dad comes home. He __________so surprised.

A. Will paint/will be B. will be painting/is C. will have painted/will be D. will have painted/is 14.It’s the coldest winter we ___________in Greece.

A. Ever experience B. ever experienced C. were ever experiencing D. have ever experienced 15.When he was younger, he __________ the cinema every week.

A. Was used to going B. used to go C. was going D. had gone 16.They ___________for a mile when they __________that someone _______missing.

A. Had walked/ had realized/ was B. had been walking/ realized/ had been C. had been walking/ realized/ was D. had walked/ had realized/ had been 17.As part of my job, I _________ abroad a lot, so I ________to improve my English.

A. Travel/ need B. am travelling/ need C. am travelling/ am needing D. travel/ am needing 18.I __________at my mother’s house this week because I __________my house painted.

A. Sleep/ have B. am sleeping/ have C. sleep/ am having D. am sleeping/ am having 19.I __________ you should buy him a tie. He _________ to dress formally.

A. Am thinking/ likes B. think/likes C. think/ is liking D. am thinking/ has liked

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20. As a teenager, I ___________things my parents __________ of.

A. Would do/ didn’t approve B. used to do/ weren’t approving C. used to do/ didn’t approve D. would do/ weren’t approving 21.“Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so long?”

“I __________ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me.” A. Wait B. will wait C. am waiting D. have waited 22. Robert is going to be famous some day. He ________in three movies already.

~ I’m sure he’ll be a star. A. Has been appearing B. had appeared C. has appeared D. appeared 23. Where’s Polly? ~She ___________.

A. Is in her room studying B. in her room is studying C. studies in her room D. has in her room studied 24. Hello? Alice? This is Jeff. How are you? ~ Jeff? What a coincidence! I __________about you when the phone rang. A. Was just thinking B. just thought C. have just been thinking D. was just thought 25.What __________about the new simplified tax? ~It’s more confusing than the old one.

A. Are you thinking B. do you think C. have you thought D. have you been thinking 26.When is Mr. Fields planning to retire? ~ Soon, I think. He ________here for a long time. He’ll probably retire next year or the year …