TENSES & VERB FORMS

EXERCISE 1: Choose the best answer to finish each sentence:

1. When she comes , I ……………her the news .
   A. tell                                  B. will tell                         C. would tell                  D . would have told
2. When the police came , they ……………
   A. are fighting                   B. fought                           C. would be fighting      D. were fighting
3. Before she came to England , she ………… English .
   A. studied               B. will study                                C. had studied               D was studying
4. I have lost touch with him …………. he left for London .
   A. as soon as                         B. after                           C. before                        D. since
5. My mother is washing the dishes …………… my father is watching television .
   A. when                               B. while                            C. as                               D. since
6. …………, I will give him the report.
   A. When he will return      B. When he returns      C. Until he will return    D. No sooner he returns
7. ………… the firemen arrived to help, we had already put out the fire.
   A. Until                               B. No sooner                      C. By the time               D. After
8. I have earned my own living ………… I was seven.
   A. since                              B. when                                 C. while                          D. as soon as
9. We saw many beautiful birds …………in the lake.

 A. when we are fishing      B. while fishing              C. while fished               D. fishing

10. …………, Peter came to see me.
    A. While having dinner                                        B. While I was having dinner
    C. When having dinner                                         D. When lam having dinner
11. ………… my homework, I went to bed.
    A. After I had finished                B. After finished              C. Finished                    D. After had finished
12. …………the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.
    A. Before left                          B. Before he leaves                 C. Before leaving          D. Before he will leave
13. Up to now, the teacher ……….. our class five tests.
    A. has given B. gives                           C. had given                    D. is giving
14. …………, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines.
    A. Whenever raining              B. As it will be raining    C. When it will rain        D. Whenever it rains
15. Frank ……… home since he was a boy.
    A. wasn’t B. hasn’t been                  C. isn’t                            D. hadn’t been
16. ………… Peter gets here, we will congratulate him.
    A. As soon as                        B. After                                C. No sooner                  D. Since
17. Mrs. Pike …………the door before the customers arrived.
    A. had opened                      B. will open                         C. would open                D. has opened

    1B	2D	3C	4D	5B	6B	7C	8A	9B	10B
    11A	12C	13A	14D	15B	16A	17A