EXERCISE GRAMMAR

PRESENT CONTINOUS AND PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

A. Put the following sentences into present Continuous. Use the words in parentheses!

1. One of my assistants ______________(correct) the financial report.

2. Some of them ______________( (work) in the factory.

3. The two men ______________( (discuss) their new plans.

4. The girl ______________( (take) something in that room.

5. My assistant ______________( (analyze) their proposal in his room.

6. She ______________( (talk) to one of our regular customers in that room.

7. My friend ______________( (Park) his car beside that building.

8. The mechanic ______________( (Repair) my car in my garage.

9. One of them ______________( (try) to open the door.

10. They ______________( (do) their English exercises in the classroom.

B. Put the following sentences into Present Perfect Tense. Use the words in parentheses!

1. They ______________( (complete) the new building.

2. Father ______________( (buy) a new car for his son.

3. My secretary ______________( (post) the letters.

4. Mr. Smith ______________( (sell) one of his cars.

Past Perfect Tense

1. Gillian … to the store before she went home.

a. Has going
b. Is going
c. Gone
d. Had gone
2. Mandy told us yesterday that she …… England in 2000.
a. Had visiting
b. Is visiting
c. Was visited
d. Had visited
3. Gina … in New York for ten years before she moved to California.
a. Lived
b. Had lived
c. Lives
d. Is living
4. The professor … the material before he gave the quiz.
a. Reviewed
b. Is reviewing
c. Had reviewed
d. Reviewer
5. After Heru …… Los Angeles, he went to California.
a. Was visited
b. Had visited
c. Has been visiting
d. Has visited
6. Before Alin went to sleep, he …………… his family.
a. Is calling
b. Calling
c. Called
d. Had called
7. Kevin …at the university for thirty years before he retired.
a. Is working
b. Had worked
c. Worked
d. Has been worked
8. After the committee members … the consequences, they voted on the
proposal.
a. Had considered
b. Was considering
c. Considered
d. Has considered
9. The doctor …the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication.
a. Examine
b. Had examined
c. Examining
d. Examines
10. The car … ten times before it landed on its roof.
a. Had flipped
b. Has been flipping out
c. Flip
d. Has been flipping