Part 1. Four Present Tenses — 15 sentences
Task: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Continuous.
1. My sister usually walks to school, but today she is taking the bus.
2. I have known David for five years.
3. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
4. How long have you been learning English?
5. Tom has not finished his homework yet.
6. Water boils at 100°C.
7. We have been waiting for the teacher for twenty minutes, and she still hasn’t arrived.
8. Have you ever visited a foreign country?
9. Why are you wearing a coat indoors? Is it cold?
10. My father has been working in this company since 2018.
11. She rarely watches television because she prefers reading.
12. Look! Someone is trying to open the window.
13. I am tired because I have been cleaning the house all morning.
14. He has already sent the email, so you don’t need to remind him.
15. How often do your classmates participate in school competitions?
Part 2. Four Past Tenses — 15 sentences
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous.
1. While I was walking home, I met an old friend.
2. By the time we arrived at the station, the train had already left.
3. She had been studying for three hours before she finally took a break.
4. They were watching a film when the electricity went off.
5. I did not see him at the party last Saturday.
6. After Mark had finished his project, he sent it to his teacher.
7. It had been raining all night, so the streets were wet in the morning.
8. What were you doing at 8 p.m. yesterday?
9. When we got to the cinema, the film had already started.
10. She was exhausted because she had been working all day.
11. My parents bought this house in 2015.
12. While the teacher was explaining the task, some students were talking.
13. He had never flown before he travelled to Italy last year.
14. The children had been playing outside for an hour when it started to snow.
15. I lost my keys yesterday, but I found them this morning.
Part 3. Mixed Present and Past Tenses — 30 multiple-choice questions
Task: Choose the correct answer: A, B, C, or D. Multiple-choice test
1. My brother usually _____ coffee in the morning.
A. is drinking
B. DRINKS
C. has drunk
D. drank
2. Look! The children _____ in the garden.
A. play
B. played
C. ARE PLAYING
D. have played
3. I _____ this book twice already.
A. read
B. am reading
C. HAVE READ
D. had read
4. She _____ English for three years and is making good progress.
A. studies
B. HAS BEEN STUDYING
C. studied
D. was studying
5. We _____ to the museum last Friday.
A. have gone
B. go
C. were going
D. WENT
6. While I _____ dinner, my phone rang.
A. cooked
B. WAS COOKING
C. have cooked
D. had cooked
7. By the time we arrived, the meeting _____.
A. starts
B. has started
C. HAD STARTED
D. was starting
8. He was tired because he _____ for hours.
A. HAD BEEN DRIVING
B. drives
C. has driven
D. is driving
9. How long _____ you _____ your best friend?
A. do / know
B. are / knowing
C. HAVE / KNOWN
D. did / knew
10. They _____ TV when the lights suddenly went out.
A. watched
B. have watched
C. had watched
D. WERE WATCHING
11. My mother _____ in a hospital. She is a doctor.
A. WORKS
B. is working
C. worked
D. has worked yesterday
12. I _____ my homework yet.
A. didn’t finish
B. HAVEN’T FINISHED
C. don’t finish
D. hadn’t finished
13. When I arrived at the airport, my friends _____ for me for an hour.
A. waited
B. have waited
C. HAD BEEN WAITING
D. are waiting
14. He _____ his wallet yesterday, but someone returned it.
A. has lost
B. loses
C. had lost
D. LOST
15. Why _____ you _____? Is something wrong?
A. do / cry
B. ARE / CRYING
C. have / cried
D. did / cried
16. She _____ in Yerevan since 2020.
A. lives
B. lived
C. HAS LIVED
D. is living yesterday
17. When we entered the classroom, the lesson _____.
A. already began
B. has already begun
C. was already beginning
D. HAD ALREADY BEGUN
18. I _____ my grandparents every Sunday when I was a child.
A. VISITED
B. have visited
C. am visiting
D. had visited
19. Listen! Someone _____ at the door.
A. knocked
B. has knocked yesterday
C. IS KNOCKING
D. knocks yesterday
20. He _____ for the exam all week, so he feels confident.
A. studied
B. HAS BEEN STUDYING
C. had studied last week
D. studies yesterday
21. They _____ the house before the guests arrived.
A. clean
B. have cleaned
C. were cleaning yesterday
D. HAD CLEANED
22. I _____ him at the conference two days ago.
A. met
B. have met
C. had met yesterday
D. MEET
23. She _____ lunch when her colleague called.
A. has eaten
B. eats
C. WAS EATING
D. had eaten tomorrow
24. We _____ each other since primary school.
A. know
B. HAVE KNOWN
C. knew tomorrow
D. are knowing
25. It _____ heavily when we left the house yesterday morning.
A. rains
B. has rained
C. had rained tomorrow
D. WAS RAINING
26. How many emails _____ you _____ today?
A. HAVE / RECEIVED
B. did / received
C. are / receive
D. had / receive
27. By 10 p.m. last night, she _____ the entire report.
A. writes
B. has written
C. HAD WRITTEN
D. is writing
28. The students _____ on this project since Monday.
A. work
B. HAS BEEN WORKING
C. worked yesterday
D. are worked
29. He _____ breakfast before he went to school.
A. has eaten
B. eats
C. was eating
D. HAD EATEN
30. I can’t come outside because I _____ my room.
A. AM CLEANING
B. cleaned yesterday
C. had cleaned last week
D. clean yesterday
