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100
Our family ________(visit) my grandparents after church every Sunday.
What is visits?
100

He ___________ (write) an email when the phone rang.

was writing

100

We ______(visit) another country before. 

What is have never visited?

100

We ______________(visit) our grandparents since we were kids. 

have been visiting (present perfect progressive)

100
In the evenings, I often play chess with my next door neighbor. I ---- chess with him ever since I ---- to live here ten years ago. What are the correct verb tenses?
What is "have been playing" and "came"?
200
The strong storm ________ (bend) the tree yesterday.
What is bent?
200

I ____________ (not work) when I was on vacation.

was not working

200
When I ______(show)up to take a look around, there were at least 20 people who _______(arrive) before me. What are the correct verb tenses?
"showed" and "had arrived"
200
Do you think we should give them a break? They ___________________(work) for hours.
have been working
200
Ann ----(fail) her driving test three times because she's so bad at reversing. But she ----(practice) reversing since last week and I think she has got a bit better at it. What are the correct verb tenses?
What is "has failed" and "has been practicing"?
300
By next month, Hannah _________(have) a new computer.
What is will have?
300

What ___________ the manager __________ at 7p.m. yesterday?

was doing

300

They ______(want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I _______(have) some problems with him in the past. 

"wanted" and "have had"

300
Alfredo _____(join) the Friends of the Theater in his community five years ago and ______(be) an active participant in this group ever since. simple past, present perfect, or present perfect progressive?
simple past (joined) and present perfect (has been)
300
I have been waiting for the prices of the houses to come down before buying one, but I think I ----(wait) too long and the prices ---- (begin) to go up again. What are the correct verb tenses?
What is "have waited" and "are beginning"?
400

I learned English perfectly, because I ___________ (study) very hard.

studied

400

Andre (a)________(come) from Brazil and (b) ______ (be) a native speaker of Portuguese. Currently he (c) _______(study) English at the University of Colorado. He (d) _____ (take) two courses. Simple or progressive? 

What is is taking?

400

By the time we get to Chicago this evening, we ______(drive) more than 400 miles. We will be exhausted. 

will have driven

400
He ______(find) an antique desk to use for one of the sets, and he also ______(make) a fireplace facade. Simple past? Present perfect? Present perfect progressive?
found, made (simple past)
400

__________ I thought it was going to rain in the afternoon, it didn't until later in the evening.

While

500
What is one sentence that uses a simple tense to describe habitual actions?
Various answers
500

________ the client really ___________ out while Tracy ____________ the proposal. (walk/present)

Did / walk / was presenting

500

I came to England six months ago. I started my economics course 3 months ago. When I return to Australia, I ______(study) for 9 months and I ______(be) in England for exactly one year. 

"will have studied" and "will have been"

500

In June, we ___________________(work) in this office for 2 years.

will have been working

500
It's a pity you didn't come to London with us last summer. Since you --- (negative see) it before, it ----( be) a wonderful holiday for you. What are the correct verb tenses?
What is " haven't seen" and "would have been"?