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Duplicate of Past tenses C1-2 level
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1
What is meant by the phrase: 'John has worked in this company for 10 years'?
John works in another company now
John still works in this company.
2
What does the phrase 'I wish I had a bigger house' express?
A wish for the past
A wish for the present
3
It was a lovely day and the sun ... bright.
had shone
was shining
shone
had been shining
4
We don't normally use
would
with
stative verbs
to talk about past habits.
False
True
5
I wasn't used to ... up so early.
get
got
getting
6
Dad ... us a story every night before we went to bed.
used to reading
would read
got used to read
was used to read
7
It ... difficult to communicate over long distances 100 years ago.
was used to being
would be
used to being
used to be
8
When I was a little kid I ... in my grandma's house every weekend.
was sleeping
has slept
slept
had been sleeping
9
While I ... my homework, my brother ... TV.
was doing / watched
did / watched
did / was watching
was doing / was watching
10
Bob ... the TV on and ... on the sofa.
was turning / sat
turned / was sitting
was turning / was sitting
turned / sat
11
By the time George turned 20, he ... playing the piano.
has mastered
had mastered
was mastering
mastered
12
She ... smaller roles for several years before she was given the leading one.
has been playing
had been playing
13
Which tense is used for a past action for which the time is not known or is unimportant?
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Continuous
Past Simple
14
Older generations didn't have smarthphones, but they .. the telephone and telegrams.
do have
did have
do had
did had
15
What is meant by the phrase: 'I have been working on my computer for four hours'
I'm definitely not working on my computer now
I may not be working on my computer now
16
I used to play basketball with my friends yesterday.
Grammatically correct
Grammatically incorrect
17
What is meant by the phrase: 'William Wordsworth wrote many poems'.
William Wordsworth is dead, so he can't write any more poems
William Wordsworth will write more poems in the future
