八年级英语时态练习和答案

初中英语8种时态分类练习

( )1. The mother asked the boy _______ down the ladder, but he went on _______ instead.

A. come; climbing

B. to come; to climb

C. to come; climbing

D. coming; climbing

( )2. The teacher asked the students to close the windows _______ the wind from _______ the papers away.

A. to stop; blowing

B. stopping; blowing

C. to stop; blow

D. stopped; blow

( )3. The sick man stayed in bed, _______ very terrible.

A. felt

B. feeling

C. is feeling

D. was feeling

( )4. Yesterday I heard a story _______ by my friend.

A. told

B. telling

C. to tell

D. tell

( )5. The boy was made _______ there for an hour by his father.

A. standing

B. stand

C. to stand

D. stands

( )6. I saw him _______ into the small store.

A. went

B. going

C. to go

D. has gone

( )7. He raised his voice to make everybody in the room ______ him clearly.

A. hear

B. to hear

C. hearing

D. heard

( )8. Our geography teacher told us yesterday that the earth _______ around the sun.

A. was moving

B. moved

C. has moved

D. moves

( )9. Oh, it’s you. I’m sorry I _______ know you _______ here.

A. don’t; are

B. didn’t; are

C. didn’t; were

D. don’t; were

( )10. Mr LuXun died in 1936. He _______ a lot of famous novels.

A. wrote

B. was writing

C. has written

D. would write

( )11. --- How was your weekend on the farm?

--- Great! We _______ with the farmers.

A. enjoy ourselves

B. went fishing

C. will work

D. make friends

( )12. --- What did Mr Jones do before he moved here?

--- He _______ a city bus for over twenty-five years.

A. is driving

B. drove

C. has driven

D. drives

( )13. Jane _______ a new dress every month when she was in Shanghai.

A. buys

B. is buying

C. bought

D. will buy

( )14. --- Liu Mei can’t come tonight.

--- Why? But she _______ me she would come.

A. tells

B. told

C. is told

D. had told

( )15. He turned off the light and then _______.

A. leaves

B. has left

C. will leave

D. left

一般现在时与现在进行时专练

( ) 1. Father usually ______ his newspaper after dinner.

A. read

B. reads

C. reading

D. is reading

( ) 2. The Blacks often ______ to the cinema on Saturday evenings.

A. go

B. goes

C. is going

D. are going

( ) 3.Look! The boy ______ with his mother in the pool.

A. is swimming

B. is swimming

C. are swimming

D. are swiming

( ) 4.--- What is Tom doing in the classroom? --- He ______ something on the blackboard.

A. draws

B. draw

C. is drawing

D. are drawing.

( ) 5.Old Tom usually ______ up at six and ______ sports in the garden.

A. gets, dos

B. gets, does

C. get, does

D. gets, do

( ) 6. It’s ten o’clock and Jack ______ still(仍然) ______ his homework.

A. is, do

B. is, doing

C. are, do

D. are, doing

( ) 7. The waiters ______ to work at five every morning.

A. start

B. starts

C. starting

D. are starting

( ) 8.I ______ a letter, so I can’t go out with you.

A. is writing

B. am writing

C. am writeing

D. am writting

( )9.A hundred days _____ quite a long time.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. has

( )10. --______ late for the meeting next time. –Sorry, I won’t.

A. Don’t

B. Don’t be

C. Won’t be

D. Be not