Free Online Education: ENGLISH: Grammar: Tense Questions/Practice Worksheet (Challenge 2 (updated: June 28/2020)By Million Abebe: MA in TEFL: Chercher Preparatory School: Grades 11-12: Oromia: Ethiopia)

Free Online Education: English: Grammar: Tense Questions: 

REAL CHALLENGE!

These tense questions are primarily designed for preparatory students (advanced students/grades 11 and above)! But anyone can attempt them.

Challenge 2 (updated: June 28/2020)

(For Challenge 1, go bottom)

1. She has _______ heard about Ethiopia's  coronavirus today news, now she does not want to hear it from you again. Don't try to tell!
A. already B. not yet C. never D. just
2. We have ________ heard anything about the  coronavirus news today; please tell us something about that if you have any information, especially about Ethiopia.
A. already B. not yet C. ever D. still
3. The priest_____________ in this church for most of his life. (G10: NE)
A. will have served    B. has served
C. will be served        D. have served
4. The priest_____________ in this church for most of his life though now he is The Dean of religion college.
A. was served    B. has been serving
C. served        D. had served
5. Have not you heard anything about coronavirus news today _______? 
A. already B. yet   C. ever   D. still
6.You said, ‘I do not want to hear coronavirus news today again!’. Have you _______ heard 
about this news? 
A. already B. yet C. ever D. still
7. My boss is angry with me because I ______ got to the office on time in the last few months. I always left home at 6 o’clock, but then, I couldn’t get a taxi to make it on time. (G10: NE) 
 A. never B. ever  C. sometimes D. frequently 
8. I’m not good at Mathematics, but I ____any problem with my English. (G12: NE)
A. had never have B. have never had 
C. never have D. had never had
9. Have you _______ lied to your girlfriend? 
A. yet   B. still   C. ever   D. never
10. I ______ the responsibility not tell lie to my girlfriend.
A. have not yet taken  B have not ever taken
C. have never taken     D. have not still taken 
11. Have not you_______ told to your wife the truth that you had had a baby before you married her?
A. yet     B. still C. ever D. never
12. Trump, have you_______ cheating your girlfriend?
A. yet B. still C. ever D. never
13. You have not _______ stopped cheating your girlfriend. 
A. yet   B. still C. ever D. never
14. I have not ___ cheated my girlfriend.
A. yet B. still C. ever D. never
15. He has never cheated his girlfriend ____ she gave him last warning. 
A. since B. until C. for D. never
16. He has never cheated his girlfriend ____ he found that she has been cheating him. 
A. since B. until C. for D. never
17. Firomsa has not yet heard anything about his family since he ____ to Bahrein. 
A. had come B. came
C. has come D. comes 
18. Melat has done this _________ she was 20. Would not it now be sensible to promote her to a management position? (G12: NE) 
A. yet B. from
C. since D. still now 
19. Not all the seats in the exam hall ________ taken yet. (G12: NE) 
A. were B. has C. have D. are 
20. He teaches at the university; he _____ there for the last 10 years. (G12: NE)
A. had been B. was
C has been D. is teaching 
21. He is an old friend; we have known each other ___ twenty years.(G12: NE)
 A. in B. since C. for D. after
22. The project has been running _________ 1995. (G12: NE) 
A. for B. at C. since D. in 

Challenge 1

1. The killing of George Floyd (the black American killed by police attack) ________ the “Minnesota paradox”.

A. has called   B. called
C. has been called  D. was called  
2. The protestors ________ the killing of George Floyd (the black American killed by police attack) the “Minnesota paradox”.
A. have called   
B. have been called  
C. were calling  
D. were called
3. There _____ huge mass protests in US since the killing of George Floyd.
A. has been    B. was
C. is   D. have been
4. The protestors ________ the killing of George Floyd (the black American killed by police attack) in most US Cities.
A. have angrily been protested
B. were angrily protesting
C. have been angrily protesting
D. have angrily been protesting
5. The killing of George Floyd (the black American killed by police attack) _____ in most US Cities.
A. have been angrily protested
B. have angrily protesting
C. has angrily been protested
D. has been angrily protesting
6. In Ethiopia, 5015 coronavirus laboratory testings  _________ for last 24 hours and found 137 new cases.
A. have been made   
B. were made
C. are made   
D. have been making
7. In Ethiopia, more than 100,000 coronavirus laboratory testings  _________ for last three months.
A. have been made   
B. were made
C. are made   
D. have been making
8. Many countries have begun to lift coronavirus restrictions but thousands of people ______  by the virus.
A. are getting infected more than ever
B. have never been infected
C. are still getting infected
D. haven't yet getting infected
9. Many countries have begun to lift coronavirus restrictions but Eritrean Government ________ any restrictions.
A. has never lifted  
B. has not ever lifted  
C. was not yet lifted  
D. has not yet lifted  
10. According the Guardian, Scotland Government ______ to ease lockdown (of coronavirus) in next week.
A. will begin  B. begins   
C. will have been begun   
D. is going to begin
11. According the Guardian, some coronavirus restrictions _________ in Scotland in next week.
A. will have been lifted  
B. will have lifted
C. will lift      
D. are going to lift
12. According the Guardian, Scotland Government _______ some coronavirus restrictions in next week.
A. will have been lifted  
B. will have lifted
C. will lift      
D. are going to lift
13. As South Korean Officials, the country _____ under lockdown for the coming three months because of second round coronavirus outbreak.
A. will stay          B. stays
C. will be staying   
D. will have stayed
14. I think teacher Chala ______ in this school since 1990 or may be earlier. (AEB)  

A. has thought       B. is teaching                                          

C. teaches              D.  taught  

15. As soon as the war was over, the refugees______ to go back to the villages they ______ about five years earlier. (AEB)
A. tried/had left   

B. had tried/left                                                  

C. have tried/were left   

D. were tried/have left
16. Always as soon as Kenedi comes from school, his sister says to him "I ____ something bad...". That is why today he ____ his clothes and shoes before he enters their home.

A. am smelling/smells
B. smell/is smelling

C. smell/smells
D. are smelling/smells

17. The cocks in restaurant found that some of the cooked eggs _____ bad; that is why they _____each egg to identify the normal ones from the bad ones.    
A. are smelling/are tasting   
B. smell/taste  
C. are smelling/taste   
D. smell/are tasting
18. Let’s get going: I have _______ heard such nonsense. (G12: NE1)
 A. ever   B. wherever  C.  forever   D. never
19. I _______ any good films for the last six months. (G12: NE1)
A. had not seen B. I don’t see   
C. did not see   D. have not seen
20. The meeting had not begun ______ when we arrived. (G12: NE1)
A. yet   B. since   C. for   D. already