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  1. She ___ to school every day.

    • 1 goes
    • 2 going
    • 3 go
    • 4 gone
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    Correct answer: goes

    A singular subject takes goes in the simple present.

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  2. They ___ football when it started to rain.

    • 1 have played
    • 2 play
    • 3 played
    • 4 were playing
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    Correct answer: were playing

    The past continuous shows an action in progress when another began.

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  3. I ___ my homework already.

    • 1 finish
    • 2 am finishing
    • 3 finished
    • 4 have finished
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    Correct answer: have finished

    Already goes with the present perfect.

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  4. He ___ here since 2020.

    • 1 lived
    • 2 has lived
    • 3 lives
    • 4 is living
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    Correct answer: has lived

    Since with a starting point needs the present perfect.

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  5. By next year, she ___ her degree.

    • 1 completed
    • 2 completes
    • 3 will have completed
    • 4 will complete
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    Correct answer: will have completed

    The future perfect shows completion before a future time.

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  6. Choose the correct sentence.

    • 1 He doesn't like tea.
    • 2 He don't like tea.
    • 3 He not like tea.
    • 4 He doesn't likes tea.
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    Correct answer: He doesn't like tea.

    Does not takes the base form of the verb.

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  7. He ____ here since 2015. (live)

    • 1 lived
    • 2 lives
    • 3 has lived
    • 4 is living
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    Correct answer: has lived

    Since a point in time is used with the present perfect.

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  8. They ____ cricket when it started to rain. (play)

    • 1 are playing
    • 2 play
    • 3 have played
    • 4 were playing
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    Correct answer: were playing

    The past continuous shows an action in progress in the past.

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  9. By next June she ____ her degree. (finish)

    • 1 will have finished
    • 2 has finished
    • 3 finishes
    • 4 will finish
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    Correct answer: will have finished

    The future perfect shows an action completed before a future time.

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  10. Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

    • 1 I finished my work.
    • 2 I have finished my work.
    • 3 I am finishing my work.
    • 4 I will finish my work.
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    Correct answer: I have finished my work.

    The present perfect uses have or has with V3.

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  11. The past participle of write is:

    • 1 writes
    • 2 wrote
    • 3 writing
    • 4 written
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    Correct answer: written

    Write, wrote, written.

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  12. I ____ him yesterday. (see)

    • 1 see
    • 2 had seen
    • 3 saw
    • 4 have seen
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    Correct answer: saw

    Yesterday fixes a finished time, so the past simple is used.

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  13. Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius. (boil)

    • 1 boils
    • 2 is boiling
    • 3 boiled
    • 4 has boiled
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    Correct answer: boils

    A general fact uses the present simple.

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  14. The train ____ before we reached the station. (leave)

    • 1 leaves
    • 2 has left
    • 3 was leaving
    • 4 had left
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    Correct answer: had left

    The past perfect shows the earlier of two past actions.

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  15. Which of these is correct?

    • 1 I knew him for ten years now.
    • 2 I have known him for ten years.
    • 3 I am knowing him for ten years.
    • 4 I know him since ten years.
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    Correct answer: I have known him for ten years.

    Know is a state verb, and for goes with a period of time.

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