QuizPresent and Past Tenses

Dragana Filipović

• “Elvis has had 76 number 1 records.”Which is true?

a) Elvis is still alive.b) Elvis is still making records.c) There could be another number 1 Elvis

record in the future. >• c

• Which is correct?

• Since she heard the news

a) she has smoked five cigarettes.

b) she has been smoking five cigarettes.

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• a

• “I first came to live here five years ago.”

• Make a sentence giving the same information using “for”.

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• (I have lived / I have been living here for five years.)

• Which person expects flowers next year?

a) My husband gave me flowers every year.

b) My husband has given me flowers every year.

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• b

• Which of these was said in February?

a) I ate too much this Christmas.

b) I have eaten too much this Christmas.

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• a

• Who is talking about a film on TV last night?

a) Have you seen American Pie?

b) Did you see American Pie?

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• b

• Which is correct?

• Before I went to England

a) I had never eaten Chinese food.

b) I have never eaten Chinese food.

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• a

• Which of these is most logical?

• I was hungry.

a) I didn’t eat for two days.

b) I hadn’t eaten for two days.

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• b

• Which of these sounds best?

a) I had been sleeping for ten hours when the alarm went off.

b) I had slept for ten hours when the alarm went off.

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• a

• How many of these people still work here?

a) I’ve worked here for two years.

b) I worked here for two years.

c) I’ve been working here for two years.

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• Two: a & c

• Which is wrong?

• I’ve been working

a) since breakfast.b) since 2 or 3 hours.c) since the sun rose.d) since you left.>• b

• There is little or no difference between the following?

a) How do you feel?

b) How are you feeling?

• True or false?

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• True.

• Who waited for us?

• When we arrived

a) they had eaten.

b) they ate.

c) they were eating.

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• b

• I was covered in mud when I got home.

• Which is the most natural question?

a) Why, what had you been doing?

b) Why, what had you done?

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• a

• Who are you talking to face to face?

a) Hello John. Where have you gone?

b) Hello Mary. Where have you been?

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• b

• Which is incorrect?

a) What do you want to do now?

b) What are you wanting to do now?

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• b

• Who had a haircut four months ago?

a) I haven’t had a haircut for four months.

b) I hadn’t had a haircut for four months.

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• a

• Who was late for school?

a) When I got to school, the lesson started.

b) When I got to school, the lesson had started.

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• b

• Who has definitely finished their book?

a) I’ve been reading a very interesting book.

b) I was reading a very interesting book.

c) I’ve read a very interesting book.

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• c

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