Test your understanding of tenses with this grammar exercise. Complete the following sentences using appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. The wood cutter ……………………………. (fell) trees since morning.

2. She …………………… (work) on that project for two weeks.

3. I …………………….. (know) her a long time.

4. I don’t know where Peter ………………….. (live).

5. Who ………………….. (sing) that song?

6. ………………..(have) he worked hard, he would have passed the examination.

7. The boys …………………. playing in the playground. (be).

8. I ………………………. (wait) for you at the railway station.

9. He …………………. (not care) for us.

10. You need not …………………. (worry) about me.

Answers

1. The woodcutter has been felling trees since morning. (In clauses with since and for, we use perfect or perfect continuous tenses.)

2. She has been working on that project for two weeks.

3. I have known her for a long time.

4. I don’t know where Peter lives.

5. Who is singing that song?

6. Had he worked hard, he would have passed the examination.

7. The boys are playing in the playground.

8. I will wait for you at the railway station. (The simple future is used in promises.)

9. He does not care for us.

10. You need not worry about me. (After need not we use an infinitive without to.)