Test On Tenses
ASSELIT
Grammar Test on Tenses
Direction: Encircle the best answer in each question.
1. Marie started to cook for her visitors’ meal an hour ago. She is still cooking.
a. Marie is cooking for an hour already.
b. Marie was cooking for an hour already.
c. Marie has been cooking for an hour already.
d. Marie will be cooking for an hour already.
2. Yesterday, the computer crashed while he _________ the document.
a. had saved
b. saved
c. was saving
d. saves
3. Magdalene and her family went to the beach to have their family bonding. They went to the beach since last week.
a. Magdalene and her family had been to the beach since last week.
b. Magdalene and her family have been to the beach since last week.
c. Magdalene and her family were in the beach since last week.
d. Magdalene and her family are in the beach since last week.
4. When I arrived, Shey ___________ with his Nintendo.
a. was playing
b. has been playing
c. had been played
d. is playing 5. Sam went to America. Before she went there, she already learned how to speak English language.
a. She learns already how to speak English language before she went to America.
b. She had learned already how to speak English language before she went to America.
c. She had been learned already how to speak English language before she went to America.
d. She learned already hot to speak English language before she went to America.
Dacles, April Mae
ASSELIT
On Authentic Test
Material Used: A letter
A friend of yours was asked by his or her teacher to write a letter about his or her driving experience. Before he or she submits the letter, your friend asked you to check his or her letter. However, upon reading the letter, you find out that there are lots of inappropriate words used.
Directions:
Look for the words and sentences that made the letter to have a lack of sense. Revise and edit the letter for word choice and variety in sentence structure. Change the tenses, add, delete, or change some
Grammar Test on Tenses
Direction: Encircle the best answer in each question.
1. Marie started to cook for her visitors’ meal an hour ago. She is still cooking.
a. Marie is cooking for an hour already.
b. Marie was cooking for an hour already.
c. Marie has been cooking for an hour already.
d. Marie will be cooking for an hour already.
2. Yesterday, the computer crashed while he _________ the document.
a. had saved
b. saved
c. was saving
d. saves
3. Magdalene and her family went to the beach to have their family bonding. They went to the beach since last week.
a. Magdalene and her family had been to the beach since last week.
b. Magdalene and her family have been to the beach since last week.
c. Magdalene and her family were in the beach since last week.
d. Magdalene and her family are in the beach since last week.
4. When I arrived, Shey ___________ with his Nintendo.
a. was playing
b. has been playing
c. had been played
d. is playing 5. Sam went to America. Before she went there, she already learned how to speak English language.
a. She learns already how to speak English language before she went to America.
b. She had learned already how to speak English language before she went to America.
c. She had been learned already how to speak English language before she went to America.
d. She learned already hot to speak English language before she went to America.
Dacles, April Mae
ASSELIT
On Authentic Test
Material Used: A letter
A friend of yours was asked by his or her teacher to write a letter about his or her driving experience. Before he or she submits the letter, your friend asked you to check his or her letter. However, upon reading the letter, you find out that there are lots of inappropriate words used.
Directions:
Look for the words and sentences that made the letter to have a lack of sense. Revise and edit the letter for word choice and variety in sentence structure. Change the tenses, add, delete, or change some