Tenses Practice 7 - English Tenses Practice

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Tenses Practice 7 - English Tenses Practice.

Here's the exercise number 49 about English tenses. It's to practise the English tenses.


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    Question 1: "They _____ while I was cooking dinner."
    A. "were cleaning up"
    B. "had cleaned up"
    Question 2: "There was no food left when I returned. They _____ everything!"
    A. "had eaten"
    B. "ate"
    C. "were eating"
    Question 3: "If she had visited us last summer, she _____ the hikes in the mountains."
    A. "would have enjoyed"
    B. "would enjoy"
    C. "had enjoyed"
    Question 4: "I _____ the bags before we left on holiday ."
    A. "checked"
    B. "was checking"
    C. "had been checking"
    Question 5: "She told me she was flying to Chicago last week. She _____ in her hotel room last night."
    A. "must have been"
    B. "must be"
    C. "had to be"
    Question 6: "If he _____ the window he would repair it."
    A. "broke"
    B. "were broken"
    C. "were breaking"
    Question 7: "By the time the presentation began, they _____ their discussion."
    A. "completed"
    B. "had completed"
    C. "were completing"
    Question 8: "If I _____ you, I would finish my homework."
    A. "had been"
    B. "were"
    C. "would be"
    Question 9: "She is very intelligent. She _____ that."
    A. "can't have thought"
    B. "couldn't have thought"
    C. "mustn't have thought"
    Question 10: "When I arrived, they _____.."
    A. "stretching their legs"
    B. "were stretching their legs"
    C. "had been stretching"
    Question 11: "I lit the fire at four and it ______ brightly when Lisa arrived."
    A. "burned"
    B. "had burned"
    C. "was burning"
    Question 12: "I was reading the letter when the wind ______ it out of my hands."
    A. "was blowing"
    B. "blew"
    C. "had blown"
    Question 13: "Jack ______ the report by the time it was due."
    A. "hadn't finished"
    B. "was finishing"
    C. "had been finishing"
    Question 14: "They _____ an argument when I arrived to celebrate Pete's birthday."
    A. "had been"
    B. "were having"
    C. "have had"
    Question 15: "I'm not sure where Jack was yesterday. He ______ visiting Tom."
    A. "might was"
    B. "might have been"
    C. "couldn't have been"
    Question 16: "If Hank _____ you were going to come, he would have made sure to be there.."
    A. "knew"
    B. "had known"
    C. "was knowing"
    Question 17: "I found this gold coin while I _____ in the garden"
    A. "dug"
    B. "had been digging"
    C. "was digging"
    Question 18: "_____ the dog before they left on vacation?"
    A. "Had they fed"
    B. "Were they feeding"
    C. "Had they been feeding"
    Question 19: "He said he _____ yesterday."
    A. "would come"
    B. "had been coming"
    C. "were coming"
    Question 20: "He ______ get up so early when he lived in London."
    A. "didn't used to"
    B. "didn't use to"
    C. "had used to"