Past and present tenses quiz 01

This quiz tests your knowledge of present simple, past simple, present continuous and past continuous tenses.

The phone __________________ . Could you answer it?
1. rings
2. rang
3. is ringing
4. was ringing
'Can I speak to Mr Watkins, please?'
'He _______________ lunch actually. Shall I ask him to call you back?
1. has
2. is having
3. had
4. was having
Joyce _______________ for an insurance company. She says it's quite a good job.
1. works
2. is working
3. worked
4. was working
I ____________ a really interesting programme about men and women's brains on TV last night.
1. watch
2. watched
3. was watching
4. am watching
When I was a small child, we ___________________ with my grandparents.
1. lived
2. were living
3. live
4. are living
I cut my finger while I __________________ dinner ready.
1. got
2. was getting
3. get
4. am getting
Paul ___________________ computer game when, unfortunately, his boss came into the office.
1. was playing
2. played
3. plays
4. is playing
If you want mangoes, go to the market. They _______________ really good fruit there.
1. are selling
2. sell
3. sold
4. were selling
I ___________ a really interesting book about how to improve your English. I'll lend it to you when I've finished.
1. read
2. am reading
3. was reading
The Qing dynasty _________________ from 1644 - 1912.
1. ruled
2. was ruling
3. rules
4. is ruling

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