Grammar Quiz – Tenses Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb We ……………………… waiting here since morning a) have been b) has been c) are d) were We ……………………… them yesterday a) visited b) have visited c) had visited d) was visiting He …………………… from Jamaica yesterday a) has returned b) have returned c) had returned d) returned See that you ………………………… for the meeting on time a) will come b) come c) would come d) came She will come if we …………………… her a) invite b) will invite c) invited d) would invite I …………………… to Singapore recently a) had been b) went c) have been d) was The doctor concluded that the man ……………………… ten hours ago a) had died b) was dead c) has been died d) is dead I ……………………… waiting for your reply for several weeks a) have been b) has been c) had been d) was The train ……………………… by the time we reach the station a) will leave b) will have left c) left d) would 10 Every morning, I …………………… the newspaper a) will read b) am reading c) read d) was reading Answers We have been waiting here since morning We visited them yesterday He returned from Jamaica yesterday See that you come for the meeting on time She will come if we invite her I went to Singapore recently The doctor concluded that the man had died ten hours ago I have been waiting for your reply for several weeks The train will have left by the time we reach the station 10 Every morning, I read the newspaper Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)