English Grammar Tense Worksheet

1. | | He ______ for many years despite the doctor's warning. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | smoke | | | | (B) | had smoked | | | | (C) | smokes | | | | (D) | had been smoked | | | | | | | | | | 2. | | Father ______ to take us to the circus but he put if off when Mother fell ill. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | had promised | | | | (B) | promises | | | | (C) | had been promised | | | | (D) | had been promising | | | | | | | | | | 3. | | By the time he left school, he ______ a job in a firm. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | have found | | | | (B) | had found | | | | (C) | had been finding | | | | (D) | had been found | | | | | | | | | | 4. | | If we ______ for directions, we would not have lost our way. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | had asked | | | | (B) | asked | | | | (C) | had been asking | | | | (D) | had been asked | | | | | | | | | | 5. | | He said that he ______ the movie before. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | seen | | | | (B) | have seen | | | | (C) | had seen | | | | (D) | had been seeing | | | | | | | | | | 6. | | The police ______ many people but they had not come up with any concrete evidence yet. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | questioned | | | | (B) | was questioning | | | | (C) | questioned | | | | (D) | had been questioning | | | | | | | | | | 7. | | When I ______ my hands, I sat down to have my dinner. | | | | | | | | | | | (A) | washed | | | | (B) | had washed | | | | (C) | have washed | | | | (D) | had been washing | | | | | | | 8. | | She wouldn't have screamed if you _____ the living daylights out of her. | | | | | | | | (A) | didn't frighten | | | | (B) | don't frighten | | | | (C) | hadn't frightened | | | | (D) | haven't frightened | | 9. |