Intermediate Online English Grammar Exercise on Tenses 1

1. Nobody ___________ Marco while he _____________ the garage.

was helping / cleaned

helped / was cleaning

is helping / has cleaned

helps / will clean

2. Hilary _____________ since she ___________ a heart attack.

won’t smoke / was having

isn’t smoking / has had

hasn’t smoked / had

doesn’t smoke / was having

3. Sshh! Listen! A nostalgic tune _______________ on the radio.

was playing

has played

plays

is playing

4. Please don’t disturb us, we ____________ the president’s address.

will record

are recording

were recording

recorded

5. We are quite anxious about Jane now. She ____________ home a fortnight ago to spend her vacation with her friends but she _________ to us yet.

leaves / will not write

has left / has not written

was leaving / hasn’t written

left / has not written

6. Before I ___________ to the USA, I __________ English in my own country.

had come / studied

come / was studying

came / had studied

was coming / studied

7. The Smith family _______ to this house in 2007 and they _________ there since then.

moved / have lived

were moving/ lived

moved / are living

has moved / have lived

8. While Jack __________, his brother ___________ a photo of him.

was getting up / took

get up / was taking

have gotten up / has taken

got up / took

9. The secretary ___________ worried because she ____________ the bills yet.

looks / has not paid

looked / was not paying

was looking / was not paying

is looking / did not pay

10. Michalangelo ___________ on time unless he ____________ his alarm clock.

did not wake up / will set

isn’t waking up / is setting

won’t wake up / sets

wasn’t waking up / set