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Beginner's Tense Tests - # 2

This series of tests focuses on basic English tenses. Conjugate the verb in parentheses (). Click on the arrow to check your answer. There are ten questions to each test.

  1. He ____________ (work) on the computer at the moment.

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  2. "What ____________ they ____________ (do)?" "They're sleeping."

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  3. When ____________ you ____________ (go) to Rome last year?

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  4. ____________ you ____________ (have, got) any brothers or sisters?

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  5. John doesn't like going to the beach, but he ____________ (love) going to the park.

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  6. Next Saturday John ____________ (come) to visit his friends.

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  7. Peter ____________ (be) on holiday now. He isn't at home.

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  8. She ____________ (teach) her husband cooking last winter.

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  9. ____________ he always ____________ (have) dinner at 7 o'clock?

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  10. Last winter she ____________ (drive) to Germany.

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More Beginner's Tense Tests

Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Test 5

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