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This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about English tenses with explanations for the answers. The questions cover a variety of tenses including past, present, future, perfect, continuous and others. The document provides examples of how to use different verb tenses in sentences based on time frames and situations. Overall, the document serves as a quiz to test understanding of English verb tenses.

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Tense

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about English tenses with explanations for the answers. The questions cover a variety of tenses including past, present, future, perfect, continuous and others. The document provides examples of how to use different verb tenses in sentences based on time frames and situations. Overall, the document serves as a quiz to test understanding of English verb tenses.

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NAME : CANTIKA ANNISA SABILLA

CLASS : 1D ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS

1. Eris .... to Japan in 2010.

A. Goes

B. Went

C. Is Going

D. Has Gone

Answer Explanation:

The answer is B, because there is an adverb of time in 2010 which states past and use verb 2.

2. Lara : “Did the girl ... the beggar?”


Yuna : “Yes, she did. And she ... some money.”
A. Helped – Give
B. Help – Gave
C. Helped – Gave
D. Help – Giving

Answer Explanation:

The answer is B, because if did already exists, we not use verb 2 anymore but verb 1.

3. My mom was sitting when I .... at home.


A. Arrives
B. Arriving
C. Arrive
D. Arrived

Answer Explanation:

The answer is D because there is “when” which states that two activities almost occur at the
same time, so the answer is using verb 2.

4. “Roki had sent the mail before you .... me.”


A. Has Called
B. Called
C. Is Calling
D. Calls

Answer Explanation:

The answer is B because there are earmarks of past perfect “before”. Then, which
not in the question is past tense (verb 2), because the past perfect is already in the question
(had sent).

5. Louise .... on her report for 6 hours. She looked so pale and tired.
A. Has Been Working
B. Is Working
C. Had Been Working
D. Works
Answer Explanation:
The answer is C because the verb 2 (looked).

6. You … regret if you joined the community.


A. Won't
B. Wouldn't
C. Wasn't
D. Will Not
Answer Explanation:
The answer is B because simple past tense is used in conditional sentence verb 2.

7. They made mistakes because they didn’t … the guidelines.


A. followed
B. follow
C. follows
D. Following
Answer Explanation:
The answer is A because bare infinitive is used as a verb in negative simple past tense sentences.

8. The businessman … the sales contract three days ago.


A. Backs Out Of
B. Backed Out Of
C. Backed Of
D. Backing Of
Answer Explanation:
The answer is B because "three days ago" is the time signal for this tense.

9. She was sleeping when you … her last night.


A. Called
B. Was Calling
C. Calling
D. Calls
Answer Explanation:
The answer is B because indicates that there is a short duration action that occurs while the long
duration “was sleeping” action is in progress.
10. I sometimes … my head under the water when I swam in the ocean.
A. put
B. puts
C. puted
D. putting
Answer Explanation:
The answer is A beacause express past habits.

11. “Could you please book me on the next flight to Tokyo? 'I'm sorry, sir. Our airline … to Tokyo."
A. will not fly
B. wasn't able to fly
C. has not been flying
D. doesn't fly
Answer Explanation:
The answer is D because the statements related to schedules, routines are always expressed in
the simple present tense (S + VI).
In this case what is desired is the simple present negative form: S + do/does + not + V1.

12. "May I borrow your magazine?"


"I'm sorry, my sister . . . it.
A. Is Still Reading
B. Still Read
C. Still Reads
D. Has Been Reading

Answer Explanation:

The answer is A "I'm sorry" implies that the magazine that not in place. In other words, it is still
being read by my sister. The moment (at the present time) is expressed in the present
continuous pattern: S + am/is/are + V-ing).

13. My friend and I …. Japanese at our course everyday


A. Learn
B. Learns
C. Learning
D. Learned

Answer Explanation:

The answer is A the subject is plural (my friend and I) so the verb does not change.

14. "Do you hear something?"


"Yes, somebody . . . at the door!"
Answer Explanation:
A. Knock
B. Knocks
C. Is Knocking
D. Has Knocked

Answer Explanation:

The answer is C because current events (at the present time) are stated with the present
continuous pattern: S + is/are/am + V-ing.

15. We haven't heard from Neira for such a long time. We haven't either, since she . . . to Shibuya.
A. Moves
B. Moved
C. Is Moving
D. Has Moved

Answer Explanation:

The answer is B because the main clause of the sentence above is in the form of present perfect
tense which describes the activity starting at the time past and is still ongoing. The word since
(since) describes the beginning of the activity so that to complete the time information is in the
past (moved) form.

16. Miss Rina...US English since 1989.


A. Was Teach
B. Is Going To Teach
C. Has Taught
D. Taoght

Answer Explanation:

The answer is C because the sentences above reflect past activities and are still ongoing.

17. Lea : What are you going to do after leaving the college?
Dina : Well, I don't want to be jobless. So I'm ... getting a job soon.
A. Planning
B. Thinking Of
C. Going To
D. Would Like

Answer Explanation:
The answer is B because to express a plan for the future, we use be + planning to, be + thinking
of, be +going to, be + intending to, be + going to. So choices A, C and D are wrong because they
are not followed by a bare infinitive (get).

18. ‘Which paintings will be exhibited tomorrow?’’


"We don't know yet; they . . . by a team.”
A. are still being selected
B. are still selecting
C. still be selected
D. still selected
Answer Explanation:
The answer is A because the answer sentence above requires the use of a passive pattern which
states that it is happening

19. Dean moved to this town last year. We can say the he ... in this town for a year.
A. Lives
B. Lived
C. Had Lived
D. Has Lived

Answer Explanation:

The answer is D because it states something that happened from the past until now is still
happening

20. My mom ... a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last vacation.
A. has taken
B. has been taking
C. would take
D. took

Answer Explanation:

The answer is D because the activities that took place in the past.

21. Last week Rini...a holiday, she didn’t go for a picnic, she went camping.
A. has
B. have
C. had
D. having

Answer Explanation:

The answer is C because last week (S + VII)

22. Rara : Where did you … your last holiday?

Tata : I went to Ragunan with My Brother ride a bicycle.

a. Spend

b. Spent

c. Spends

d. Spending

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