Pre-Secondary One Hong Kong Attainment Test · English Language

Tenses: Practice Questions

5 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 5 written questions with worked solutions. All on Tenses.

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Question 1

1 mark

Water ______ at 100 degrees Celsius under normal atmospheric pressure.

Question 2

1 mark

By the time the rescue team reached the peak, the climbers ______ there for two days in the snow.

Question 3

1 mark

Mr. Chan ______ in this secondary school for twenty years by the time he retires next month.

Question 4

1 mark

Yesterday, Mr. Wong ______ us that we would have a surprise quiz on the topic of photosynthesis next week.

Question 5

1 mark

By the time the school assembly started, all the teachers ______ their seats in the hall.

Question 6

2 marks

Look at the time marker and complete the sentence with the correct tense:
I ______ (not see) my primary school teacher for a very long time.

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Question 7

4 marks

By the end of this year, my elder brother ______ (study) in Australia for three years.

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Question 8

6 marks

Fill in the blank with the correct Tense:
By the time we arrived at the party, most of the guests ______ (leave).

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Question 9

4 marks

Read the following sentence and rewrite it using the Future Tense with 'will':

The sun sets at six o'clock in the evening.

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Question 10

4 marks

Complete the following sentences by using the Present Continuous Tense of the verbs in the brackets:

(a) Be quiet! The baby ______ (sleep) in the bedroom.
(b) Look! The birds ______ (fly) towards the south for winter.

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