TENSES REVISION I. Choose the best answer to complete the each sentence below 1. He _______to go to the theatre when he lived in the city. A. not used B. wasn’t used C. didn’t use D. hasn’t used 2. Lam _______that he could meet the aliens from outer space. A. hopes B. wants C. likes D. wishes 3. A new style of jeans ________in the USA. A. has just introduced B. has just been introduced C. were just introduced D. have just been introduced 4. Hoa is sick today, ________she can’t go to school. A. because B. so C. or D. but 5. If my brother had a car, he_______to work everyday. A. drives B. drove C. will drive D. would drive 6. ________Jame has an exam tomorrow, she still watches TV. A. Although B. However C. Therefore D. Even 7. Your uncle bought a new color television, ________? A. did he B. was he C. didn’t he D. wasn’t he 8. The child ________asleep when he was playing with his toy. A. fell B. falls C. has fallen D. was falling 9. Our flat is very small. We wish we ________another bedroom. A. had B. have C. have had D. will have 10. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun _______but the ground was very wet. A. shines B. shone C. was shining D. had shone 11. When the boys came into the house, their clothes were dirty, their hair was untidy, and one of them had black eye. They _______. A. fought B. had fought C. was fighting D. had been fought 12. I was very tired when I arrived home. I ________all day. A. had been worked B. worked C. have worked D. had been working 13. You’re out of breath now. ________? A. Have you been running B. Have you run C. Had you run D. Had you been run 14. We _______lunch on the beach this time next week. A. will have B. have C. are having D. will be having 15. I _________ here for three years by the end of next month. A. Will have been working B. will work C. will be working D. are working 16. Tim is watching television. He ________television for two hours. A. has been watched B. had watched C. had been watching D. has been watching 17. To look after means to _________. A. to take care of B. turn off C. go on D. take off 18. They are happy ________having little money. A. although B. despite C. in spite D. since 19. Lack of funds prevented him _______with his study. A. to continue B. with continuing C. continue D. from continuing 20. Our game tennis was interrupted. We ________for about half an hour when it started raining very heavily. A. played B. were playing C. have played D. had been playing 21. She ________for three hours by seven o’clock this morning. A. will have been working B. had been working C. will work D. will be working 22. Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He ________for 30 years. A. smokes B. had be smoked C. has smoked D. had been smoking 23. We were good friends. We _______each other for years. A. knew B. know C. had known D. had been known 24. What ________ tomorrow afternoon? A. you are doing B. are you doing C. do you do D. did you do 25. Up to 2015, he ________English for 6 years. A. learns B. has learned C. had learned D. will have learned 26. Up to now, people ________nothing about aliens. A. have known B. knows C. knew D. haven’t known 27. What __________at 9 o’clock last night? A. were you doing B. you were doing C. are you doing D. did you do 28. Tom ________hard and felt good about the test he was about to take. A. studied B. have studied C. hadn’t studied D. had been studying 29. The ground is wet. It ________ since last midnight now. A. has been raining B. had rained C. has been rained D. rained 30. Susan had already finished the project when he asked for help. A. already had finished B. had already finished C. had finished already D. finished 31. Mary ________her rain-coat than it rains havily. A. no sooner had worn B. had harly worn C. had hardly worn D. had no sooner worn 32. They ________table tennis with their friends at the moment. A. play B. are playing C. are played D. played II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings 1, ‘Let’s check everything once more.’, said the leader. The leader suggested ……………………………………………………………………………. 2.You’re the worst guitarist in the world. No one …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. He didn’t remember anything about it, and neither did you. He forgot ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. I wish I could speak English fluently. It is a …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. My uncle spent five hours repairing the house. It took ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. We couldn’t drive fast because of the fogs. The fog …………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. The bicycle was so expensive that I didn’t buy it. It was such ……………………………………………………………………………………… 8. In spite of his age, he often plays badminton. Although …………………………………………………………………………………………. 9. If I were you, I wouldn’t invite him to the party. Were ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Peter should finish all the work before going to school. All the work ……………………………………………………………………………………… 11. If he had saved money some years ago, he would have had a big amount of money. Had ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 12. Tom learns Maths badly. Tom is …………………………………………………………………………………………… 13. Whose hat is this? Who ……………………………………………………………………………………………… . is very small. We wish we ________another bedroom. A. had B. have C. have had D. will have 10. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun _______but the ground was very. was very tired when I arrived home. I ________all day. A. had been worked B. worked C. have worked D. had been working 13. You’re out of breath now. ________? A. Have you been running B. Have. when it started raining very heavily. A. played B. were playing C. have played D. had been playing 21. She ________for three hours by seven o’clock this morning. A. will have been working B. had