Verb Tense Practice Test

Cumulative Verb Tense Review

1. You look really great! (You, exercise) at the fitness center?
2. A: What (you, do) hen the accident occurred?
!: " (try) to change a light #ul# that had #urnt out.
$. " (ha%e) the sa&e car for &ore than ten years. "'& thinking a#out #uying a ne
one.
(. "f it (sno) this eekend, e (go) skiing near )ake *ahoe.
+. A: What do you call ,eo,le ho ork in li#raries?
!: *hey (call) li#rarians.
-. " ca&e to .ngland six &onths ago. " started &y econo&ics course three &onths ago. When "
return to Australia, " (study) for nine &onths and " (#e) in
.ngland for exactly one year.
/. 0a& (arri%e) in 0an 1iego a eek ago.
2. 0a&antha (li%e) in !erlin for &ore than to years. "n fact, she (li%e)
there hen the !erlin all ca&e don.
3. "f 4era (kee,) drinking, she (lose, e%entually) her 5o#.
16. *he 7aya esta#lished a %ery ad%anced ci%ili8ation in the 5ungles of the Yucatan9
hoe%er, their culture (disa,,ear, %irtually) #y the ti&e .uro,eans first
(arri%e) in the :e World.
11. 0hhhhh! !e ;uiet! <ohn (slee,) .
12. "t (rain) all eek. " ho,e it sto,s #y 0aturday #ecause " ant to go to
the #each.
1$. )isten 1onna, " don't care if you (&iss) the #us this &orning. You (#e)
late to ork too &any ti&es. You are fired!
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1(. " a& sick of rain and #ad eather! =o,efully, hen e (ake) u, to&orro
&orning, the sun (shine) .
1+. " ha%e not tra%eled &uch yet9 hoe%er, " (%isit) the >rand ?anyon and
0an @rancisco #y the ti&e " lea%e the Anited 0tates.
1-. " (see) &any ,ictures of the ,yra&ids #efore " ent to .gy,t. Bictures of the
&onu&ents are %ery &isleading. *he ,yra&ids are actually ;uite s&all.
1/. "n the last hundred years, tra%eling (#eco&e) &uch easier and %ery
co&forta#le. "n the 13th century, it (take) to or three &onths to cross :orth
A&erica #y co%ered agon. *he tri, (#e) %ery rough and often dangerous.
*hings (change) a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years. :o
you can fly fro& :e York to )os Angeles in a &atter of hours.
12. <ose,h's .nglish (i&,ro%e, really) , isn't it? =e (atch) A&erican
tele%ision ,rogra&s and (study) his gra&&ar e%ery day since he first arri%ed in
0an 1iego. 0oon he ill #e totally fluent.
13. When " (arri%e) ho&e last night, " disco%ered that <ane (,re,are) a
#eautiful candleClit dinner.
26. "f you (need) to contact &e so&eti&e next eek, " (stay) at the
0heraton in 0an @rancisco.
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