English Tenses 7

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in the correct tenses of the verbs given, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

  1.  
    How is Peter at school (get on) ?
  2. John and Howard a conversation at the moment. (have)
  3. here? (you be) Yes, I here on holiday last year(be) . How the weather (be). Well, to tell the truth, it all the time. (rain)
  4. Where the knife? (you find) - I it in the garden (just, find)
  5. It for two days.(rain) When ? (it , stop)
  6. How long ( you drive) ? I ( drive) for ten years.
  7. We ( live) here since 1979.
  8. I ( fly) over Loch Ness last week. ( you see) the monster ?
  9. But when I ( leave) school I ( cut) my hair and ( wear) it short ever since.
  10. I ( not drink) whisky. Well, have some now.
  11. When I ( look) through your books I ( notice) that you have a copy of Murder in the Cathedral.
  12. One day Jack ( go) to town and ( buy) an alarm clock because he never up in time (get)
  13. The plane that you ( look) at now ( just take) off for Paris.