Upper-Intermediate English tenses test

Today's lesson is for high / upper intermediate English students.

Time to take a careful look at the structure of some English sentences. This exercise will help you review English tenses. As I mentioned already, read the sentences carefully for clues on which tense should be used. There's also a phrasal verb question in there, too (see number 3).

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Link: Find the mistakes...can you?

• 1 - Tom will ring you as soon as he ___.
  
  is going to arrive
  will arrive
  is arriving
  arrives
  
  
• 2 - They ___ by the time we arrived.
  
  eating
  eaten
  have eating
  had eaten
  
  
• 3 - Let me ___ to you have more information
  
  get down
  get back
  get up
  get front
  
  
• 4 - Before I moved to Paris, I ___ in Lyon.
  
  have lived
  lived
  living
  was lived
  
  
• 5 - Trying ___ smoking is a very hard thing to do.
  
  stop
  stops
  to stop
  stopping
  
  
• 6 - ___ in England for so long, her English is great.
  
  Have lived
  Has lived
  Has living
  Having lived
  
  
• 7 - The train ___ from platform 8 goes to Liverpool.
  
  depart
  departs
  departed
  departing
  
  
• 8 - They ___ for you to decide.
  
  is waiting
  have been wait
  has been waiting
  have been waiting
  
  
• 9 - The traffic was ___ heavy he was late for work.
  
  as
  such
  so
  the
  
  
• 10 - Rice is often ___ at weddings.
  
  thrown
  throwing
  throws
  throw