Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verb. Each question is followed by three answer choices. Choose the most appropriate one.

1. I ………………………………… them last week.

a) visited

b) have visited

c) had visited

2. See that the patient ………………………………. complete rest.

a) is having

b) will have

c) has

3. I ………………………………. waiting for his reply for two weeks now.

a) am

b) have been

c) was

4. My father ……………………………….. tomorrow.

a) is arriving

b) would arrive

c) will have arrived

5. The train ………………………………….. by the time we reach the station.

a) will leave

b) will have left

c) left

6. Every morning I …………………………………….. the newspaper.

a) read

b) am reading

c) will read

7. I …………………………………. to Bombay recently.

a) had been

b) went

c) had gone

8. When I visited him, he …………………………………. bed-ridden for two months.

a) had been

b) has been

c) was

9. I will call you when the guests ………………………………

a) arrive

b) will arrive

c) will have arrived

10. They usually …………………………………… to Switzerland on a holiday, but this year they ………………………………. to France.

a) go, went

b) went, go

c) go, go

d) went, went

Answers

1. I visited them last week.

2. See that the patient has complete rest.

3. I have been waiting for his reply for two weeks now.

4. My father is arriving tomorrow.

5. The train will have left by the time we reach the station.

6. Every morning I read the newspaper.

7. I went to Bombay recently.

8. When I visited him, he had been bed-ridden for two months.

9. I will call you when the guests arrive.

10. They usually go to Switzerland on a holiday, but this year they went to France.