Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb. This grammar exercise tests your ability to use various tense forms correctly.<\/p>\n
1. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 waiting here for two hours.<\/p>\n
a) have been
\nb) has been
\nc) are
\nd) were<\/p>\n
2. We \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. them yesterday.<\/p>\n
a) visited
\nb) have visited
\nc) had visited
\nd) was visiting<\/p>\n
3. He \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 from London last week.<\/p>\n
a) has returned
\nb) have returned
\nc) had returned
\nd) returned<\/p>\n
4. See that you \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. for the meeting in time.<\/p>\n
a) will come
\nb) come
\nc) would come
\nd) came<\/p>\n
5. They will come if we \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. them.<\/p>\n
a) invite
\nb) will invite
\nc) invited
\nd) would invite<\/p>\n
6. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. to Tokyo recently.<\/p>\n
a) had been
\nb) went
\nc) have been
\nd) was<\/p>\n
7. The doctor concluded that the man \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 killed ten hours ago.<\/p>\n
a) had been
\nb) was
\nc) has been
\nd) is<\/p>\n
8. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 waiting for his reply for two weeks now.<\/p>\n
a) have been
\nb) has been
\nc) had been
\nd) was<\/p>\n
9. The train \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by the time we reached the station.<\/p>\n
a) will leave
\nb) will have left
\nc) left
\nd) had left<\/p>\n
10. Every morning, I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 the newspapers.<\/p>\n
a) will read
\nb) am reading
\nc) read
\nd) was reading<\/p>\n
11. When I visited him he \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 bed-ridden for two months.<\/p>\n
a) was
\nb) has been
\nc) had been
\nd) were<\/p>\n
12. I \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. school last year.<\/p>\n
a) left
\nb) had left
\nc) leaved
\nd) was leaving<\/p>\n
13. There \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 a famine in Bengal in 1982.<\/p>\n
a) was
\nb) has been
\nc) were
\nd) had been<\/p>\n
14. Akbar \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 the Moghul power paramount in India.<\/p>\n
a) had made
\nb) has made
\nc) made
\nd) would make<\/p>\n
15. John has \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. home.<\/p>\n
a) went
\nb) go
\nc) gone
\nd) going<\/p>\n
1. We have been waiting<\/strong> here for two hours.
\n2. We visited<\/strong> them yesterday.
\n3. He returned<\/strong> from London last week.
\n4. See that you come<\/strong> for the meeting in time.
\n5. They will come if we invite<\/strong> them.
\n6. I went \/ had been<\/strong> to Tokyo recently.
\n7. The doctor concluded that the man had been killed<\/strong> ten hours ago.
\n8. I have been waiting<\/strong> for his reply for two weeks now.
\n9. The train had left<\/strong> by the time we reached the station.
\n10. Every morning, I read<\/strong> the newspapers.
\n11. When I visited him he had been<\/strong> bed-ridden for two months.
\n12. I left<\/strong> school last year.
\n13. There was<\/strong> a famine in Bengal in 1982.
\n14. Akbar made<\/strong> the Moghul power paramount in India.
\n15. John has gone<\/strong> home.<\/p>\nMore English Grammar Exercises and Worksheets<\/h2>\n