Quiz
Present 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.
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• c
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Which is correct?
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a)
b)
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Since she heard the news
she has smoked five cigarettes.
she has been smoking five cigarettes.
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.)
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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
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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
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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
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Which is correct?
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a)
b)
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Before I went to England
I had never eaten Chinese food.
I have never eaten Chinese food.
a
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Which of these is most logical?
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a)
b)
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I was hungry.
I didn’t eat for two days.
I hadn’t eaten for two days.
b
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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
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How many of these people still work
here?
a)
b)
c)
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I’ve worked here for two years.
I worked here for two years.
I’ve been working here for two years.
Two: a & c
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Which is wrong?
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I’ve been working
a)
b)
c)
d)
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since breakfast.
since 2 or 3 hours.
since the sun rose.
since you left.
b
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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.
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Who waited for us?
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a)
b)
c)
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When we arrived
they had eaten.
they ate.
they were eating.
b
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I was covered in mud when I got home.
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Which is the most natural question?
a) Why, what had you been doing?
b) Why, what had you done?
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• a
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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
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Which is incorrect?
a) What do you want to do now?
b) What are you wanting to do now?
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• b
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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
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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
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Who has definitely finished their book?
a)
b)
c)
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I’ve been reading a very interesting book.
I was reading a very interesting book.
I’ve read a very interesting book.
c
THE END