CHAPTER 4. THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT (24) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 4. THE PRESENT PERFECT AND THE PAST PERFECT

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EXERCISE 39. Verb tense review. Directions: Circle the correct completion. Example: I can't come with you. I need to stay here. I for a phone call. A wait C√ am waiting B will wait D have waited   1 I __________ my glasses three times so far this year. One time I dropped them on a cement floor. Another time I sat on them. And this time I stepped on them. A broke C have broken B was breaking D have been breaking 2 Kate reached to the floor and picked up her glasses. They were broken. She __________ on them. A stepped C was stepping B had stepped D has stepped 3 Sarah gets angry easily. She __________ a bad temper ever since she was a child. A has C had B will have D has had 4 Now, whenever Sarah starts to lose her temper, she __________ a deep breath and __________ to ten. A takes . . . counts C took .. . counted B has taken .. . counted D is taking . . .counting 5 Nicky, please don't interrupt me. I __________ to Grandma on the phone. Go play with your trucks so we can finish our conversation. A talk C am talking B have talked D have been talking 6 We __________ at a hotel in Miami when the hurricane hit southern Florida last month. As soon as the hurricane moved out of the area, we left and went back home. A had stayed C were staying B stay D stayed 7 Now listen carefully. When Aunt Martha __________ tomorrow, give her a big hug. A arrives C arrived B will arrive D is going to arrive 8 My cousin __________ with me in my apartment for the last two weeks. I'm ready for him to leave, but he seems to want to stay forever. Maybe I should ask him to leave. A is staying C was staying B stayed D has been staying 9 Mrs. Larsen discovered a bird in her apartment. It was in her living mom. It __________ into her apartment through an open window. A was flying C has flown B had flown D was flown 10 The phone rang, so I __________ it up and __________ hello. A picked … had said C was picking ... said B picked ..  said D was picking .. had said

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