VERB TENSE EXERCISE 1. When the storm …………this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force. A. is increasing B. will reach C. reaches D. is going to reach 2. Advertisements on television ………… more competitive than before. A. is becoming B. are becoming C. has become D. becomes 3. John …………you when he has finished the report. A. had called B. calls C. will call D. has called 4. When I returned, I found that my car ……………away. A. had been pulling B. has been pulling C. has been pulled D. had been pulled 5. Tom is a first – year students. By the end of this year, he ……………English for two years. A. will learn B. will be learning C. would be learning D. will have learnt 6. I’ll see him when he ………….next week. A. will arrive B. arrives C. has arrived D. would arrive 7. ……… that house …………two and a half years ago. A. Was/ built B. Did/ build C. Has/ been built D. Had/ built 8. Her husband ……………unemployed since they ………… the countryside. A. was/ moved B. was/ have moved C. has been/ moved D. has been/ have moved 9. By this time next year, she ………….in this company for 20 years. A. is working B. will work C. will be working D. will have worked 10. All planes ……………….before departure. A. will check B. will have checked C. will be checked D. have checked 11. Fortunately, the news …………as bad as we expected. A. wasn’t B. weren’t C. was D. were 12. His answers to our question …………everything so far. A. changes B. change C. has changed D. have changed 13. The newspapers ………….that it will rain tonight. A. say B. says C. said D. will say 14. I have been working here for five years. When I …………….for 15 years, I’ll be able to get some pension. A. work B. have worked C. had worked D. will have worked 15. She ……… away when he came in. A. went B. was going C. had gone D. has gone 16. The last tome he ……… in public, he …………….a great suit. A. saw/ wore B. was seen/ had worn C. saw/ was wearing D. was seen/ was wearing 17. Since 1981, scientists in the world ………… a lot of things to fight AIDS. A. had done B. has done C. have done D. did 18. When we got home, dinner ……………., so we had a drink first. A. was prepared B. was being prepared C. was preparing D. had been prepared 19. I ……… stamps since I was 10 years old. A. collected B. had collected C. have collected D. was collecting 20. We had just got out of the car when it ………… to be on fire. A. had begun B. has begun C. was beginning D. began 21. He ………….in the U.S at the present. A. studies B. has studied C. is studying D. will study 22. I ………… by heart this text for half an hour, but I haven’t succeeded yet. A. tried to learn B. tried learning C. have tried to learn D. have tried learning 23. I’ll be a billionaire by the time I ………… forty. A. am going to be B. will be C. am D. was 24. Ann lives in London. She …………there for 10 years. A. has been living B. is living C. was living D. had been living 25. We ………… this course by the end of next year. A. have finished B. were finishing C. will have finished D. had finished 26. Tim …………….in three movies already. I think he will be a star someday. A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was appearing D. is appearing 27. I was so embarrassed; I was sure that someone …………….at me. A. were looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. is looking 28. When you ………….to England this summer, please visit me. A. will come B. came C. come D. are coming 29. ……… you …… the Titanic yet? A. Do/ see B. Are/ seeing C. Have/ seen D. Will/ see 30. She ……… thousands of pictures since the 1980s. A. took B. has taken C. has been taking D. was taking 31. Prices………….considerably in the past few months. A. increased B. has increased C. have increased D. were increased 32. When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories ………… back. A. had brought B. were brought C. brought D. had been brought 33. Families in the Western world …………….changed very much in the last 100 years. A. changed B. has changed C. have changed D. had changed 34. Our teacher told us that light ……….faster than sound. A. has traveled B. traveled C. travels D. is traveling 35. It ………… five years since he ……………to study English. A. was/ begin B. is/ has begun C. will be/ begins D. is/ began 36. Nokia’s first mobile phone, which ………… in 1982, weighed 9.8 kilos. A. produced B. was produced C. producing D. it was produced 37. We ……………our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we watched a film on TV. A. was having B. were taking C. had D. had taken 38. The students …………….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book. A. had written B. were writing C. has written/ D. was writing 39. By the time he is twenty, he …………… the novel. A. will have finished B. will finish C. would finish D. finishes 40. We missed the beginning of the play because it …………… when we arrived. A. have started B. already started C. had already started D. had started already 41. They were too late. The plane …………… off ten minutes earlier. A. took B. was taking C. has taken D. had taken 42. My boss is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I ………… last week. A. should do B. should have done C. could do D. must have done 43. He came home late, so I asked him where …………… been. A. he has B. has he C. he had D. had he 44. The prince ………….into a frog by an evil magician. A. turned B. was turned C. was turning D. had been turning 45. The picture of the soldiers …………me of the unhappy memories of the war. A. reminds B. is reminding C. are reminding D. remind 46. I ………….to work when I saw the accident. A. had driven B. am driving C. drove D. was driving 47. In recent years, more and more people …………….for things with credit cards. A. pay B. paid C. are paying D. have been paying 48. Since they aren’t answering their telephone, they …………….left. A. must have B. should have C. had D. will have 49. Last week, Dick ……… his right leg. A. falls and breaks B. fell and breaks C. fell and broke D. falls and broke 50. I’ll handle over all my files to my assistant before I …………… A. am leaving B. leave C. will leave D. shall leave . VERB TENSE EXERCISE 1. When the storm …………this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction