quiz present and past tenses dragana filipović. “elvis has had 76 number 1 records.” which is...
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QuizPresent and Past Tenses
Dragana Filipović
• “Elvis has had 76 number 1 records.”Which is true?
a) Elvis is still alive.b) Elvis is still making records.c) There could be another number 1 Elvis
record in the future. >• c
• Which is correct?
• Since she heard the news
a) she has smoked five cigarettes.
b) she has been smoking five cigarettes.
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• a
• “I first came to live here five years ago.”
• Make a sentence giving the same information using “for”.
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• (I have lived / I have been living here for five years.)
• Which person expects flowers next year?
a) My husband gave me flowers every year.
b) My husband has given me flowers every year.
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• b
• Which of these was said in February?
a) I ate too much this Christmas.
b) I have eaten too much this Christmas.
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• a
• Who is talking about a film on TV last night?
a) Have you seen American Pie?
b) Did you see American Pie?
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• b
• Which is correct?
• Before I went to England
a) I had never eaten Chinese food.
b) I have never eaten Chinese food.
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• a
• Which of these is most logical?
• I was hungry.
a) I didn’t eat for two days.
b) I hadn’t eaten for two days.
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• b
• Which of these sounds best?
a) I had been sleeping for ten hours when the alarm went off.
b) I had slept for ten hours when the alarm went off.
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• a
• How many of these people still work here?
a) I’ve worked here for two years.
b) I worked here for two years.
c) I’ve been working here for two years.
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• Two: a & c
• Which is wrong?
• I’ve been working
a) since breakfast.b) since 2 or 3 hours.c) since the sun rose.d) since you left.>• b
• There is little or no difference between the following?
a) How do you feel?
b) How are you feeling?
• True or false?
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• True.
• Who waited for us?
• When we arrived
a) they had eaten.
b) they ate.
c) they were eating.
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• b
• I was covered in mud when I got home.
• Which is the most natural question?
a) Why, what had you been doing?
b) Why, what had you done?
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• a
• Who are you talking to face to face?
a) Hello John. Where have you gone?
b) Hello Mary. Where have you been?
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• b
• Which is incorrect?
a) What do you want to do now?
b) What are you wanting to do now?
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• b
• Who had a haircut four months ago?
a) I haven’t had a haircut for four months.
b) I hadn’t had a haircut for four months.
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• a
• Who was late for school?
a) When I got to school, the lesson started.
b) When I got to school, the lesson had started.
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• b
• Who has definitely finished their book?
a) I’ve been reading a very interesting book.
b) I was reading a very interesting book.
c) I’ve read a very interesting book.
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• c
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