EXERCISE ON TENSE

Exercise on Tense:

1. Never ------------------ concerned about money even thought he was not well-or-do.

A. the doctor was

B. was the doctor

C. the doctor were

D. the doctor is

2. Marilyn Monroe ---------- to playwright Arthur Miller from 1956 to 1961

A. has been married

B. had been married

C. was married

D. married

3. When alpine glaciers -----------------, they comprise a compound glacier.

A. will unite

B. we’ll unite

C. unite

D. united

4. Not only ---------------- closed but also the adjoining roadways are completely blocked.

A. the airport is

B. the airport did

C. is the airport

D. did the airport

5. Since the new campus ----------, it has grown to twice its original size.

A. opened a year ago

B. a year ago it opened

C. opening for a year

D. opens for a year

6. The girl smiling broadly------ the podium.

A. approaching

B. approached

C. approach

D. had been approached.

7. The rebuilding of the Inca capital was ----- in the 1460s.

A. begun

B. beginning

C. began

D. begin

8. Only through diplomatic means can a formal agreement be -------

A. reach

B. to reach

C. reaching

D. reached

9. Holly wood film producers have been regularly -------- Millions of dollars for a film.

A. budgeted

B. budgeting

C. budgets

D. budget

10. The film- processing has ---- a means of developing the 62 year-old film that might solve the mystery.

A. devising

B. devised

C. been devised

D. devise

11. Platinum ----- a rare and valuable metal white in color, and next to silver and gold the easiest to shape.

A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. be

12. A great deal of thought has ---- into the designing of a concert hall.

A. went

B. going

C. to go

D. been gone

13. The healthful Properties of fiber have ---- for years.

A. known

B. be knowing

C. knew

D. been known

14. The vessel sank may ------- the gold and jewels from the dowry of Catherine of argon.

A. carry

B. be carried

C. have to carry

D. have been carrying.

15. Galileo ---- his first telescope in 1609.

A. builds

B. built

C. building

D. were built

Answer Keys: 1.b 2.c 3.c 4.c 5.a 6.b 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.b 11.a 12.d 13.d 14.a 15.b