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Toby Exercises: Perfect tense simple and continuous (in context) – Exercise I

Choose the correct tense from the underlined verbs:

1. Tony Blair (isfailed / has failed / failed / fails) to achieve any of his goals since becoming prime minister.

2. Chuck Norris (roundhouse kicks / roundhouse kicked / hasbeen roundhouse kicking / is roundhouse kicking) since this morning, and he’s still not tired!

3. I (have been watching / was watching / watches / watched)this Formula One race for an hour and no one has overtaken anyone!

4. The last time Michael Schumacher won the championship, he (has won / had won/ won /was winning) nearly all the races.

5. That monkey (has been pretending / has pretended / is pretending / pretended) to smoke that banana all day; he’s acrazy monkey.

6. How long (were you drinking / did you drink / have you drunk / have you been drinking)? You’re completely off your face!

7. How manypeople (did Chuck Norris kill / has Chuck Norris killed / is Chuck Norris killing / Chuck Norris kills) in his long and blood thirsty life?

8. It (was / is /has been / had been) my dream to meet William Shatner and jam with him for as long as I can remember.

9. Whilst I make / have been making / is making / havemade this exercise, my brother has been practising / is practising / was
practising / has practised for his French test by reading the words out loud; it was/ is / has been / had been very distracting.

10. Number 10: You have finished / finished / are finishing / have been finishing this all new Toby exercise.