The -ing form in tenses
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
I've been trying to call you all day.
- I have waited for a long time on the phone for you to answer.
- I have called your number repeatedly.
- I have called once or twice.
- I have called once.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
She has been working too hard this year.
- She is working too hard now.
- She has often worked too hard.
- She worked too hard frequently.
- She has sometimes worked too hard.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
She's studying in America.
- She is in a lecture in America.
- She studies in America.
- She is in a college in America.
- She has sometimes studied in America.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
I will be taking the train to work for now.
- It is my current habit to take the train to work.
- I expect to take the train to work often but for a limited time.
- I will always take the train to work in future.
- I will usually take the train to work in future.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
Someone has been taking money from the till.
- Money has been stolen repeatedly.
- Money has been stolen recently.
- Money has stopped being stolen.
- Money was stolen.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
I've been trying to get the car to start.
- The car is running.
- I have tried more than once to start the car.
- I have been working on the car.
- I worked on the car for a long time.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
I had been meaning to ask her.
- I asked her more than once.
- I intended to ask her.
- I was asking her repeatedly.
- I wanted to ask her but she was not available.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
She has been running marathons.
- She has run a marathon.
- She has run more than one marathon.
- Running marathons explains her tiredness.
- She ran a long way.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
The meeting was being held in the boardroom.
- The meeting didn't happen in the boardroom.
- There was a meeting going on in the boardroom.
- The meeting in the boardroom has finished.
- We intended to meet in the boardroom.
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to:
The bells were ringing.
- The bells rang.
- The bells rang often.
- The bells rang for a long time.
- The bells stopped ringing.