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Verb Tense Practice Test
Cumulative Verb Tense Review
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Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.
1. You look really great! (you, work)
out at the fitness center recently?
2. A: What (you, do)
when the accident occurred?
B: I (try)
to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
3. I (have)
the same car for more than ten years. I'm thinking about buying a new one.
4. If it (snow)
this weekend, we (go)
skiing near Lake Tahoe.
5. A: What do you call people who work in libraries?
B: They (call)
librarians.
6. I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course three months ago. When I return to Australia, I (study)
for nine months and I (be)
in England for exactly one year.
7. Sam (arrive)
in San Diego a week ago.
8. Samantha (live)
in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live)
there when the Berlin wall came down.
9. If Vera (keep)
drinking, she (lose, eventually)
her job.
10. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture (disappear, virtually)
by the time Europeans first (arrive)
in the New World.
11. Shhhhh! Be quiet! John (sleep)
.
12. It (rain)
all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach.
13. Listen Donna, I don't care if you (miss)
the bus this morning. You (be)
late to work too many times. You are fired!
14. I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we (wake)
up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine)
.
15. I have not traveled much yet; however, I (visit)
the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I leave the United States.
16. I (see)
many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.
17. In the last hundred years, traveling (become)
much easier and very comfortable. In the 19th century, it (take)
two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon. The trip (be)
very rough and often dangerous. Things (change)
a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
18. Joseph's English (improve, really)
, isn't it? He (watch)
American television programs and (study)
his grammar every day since he first arrived in San Diego. Soon he will be totally fluent.
19. When I (arrive)
home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare)
a beautiful candlelight dinner.
20. If you (need)
to contact me sometime next week, I (stay)
at the Sheraton in San Francisco.
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