This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses In English – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses In English Quiz 1 (53 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tom ..... before we arrive there. A) Had left. B) Will leave. C) Has left. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will leave. 2. I was cleaning the house while my parents ..... the dinner. A) Prepared. B) Are preparing. C) Had prepared. D) Were preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were preparing. 3. Peter started learning to play the piano two months ago. He is still learning the piano. A) Peter has learned to play the piano for two months. B) Peter stopped learning to play the piano two months ago. C) Peter is learning to play the piano at the moment. D) Peter has never learned to play the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter has learned to play the piano for two months. 4. This is the first time I have played basketball. A) I have played basketball three times. B) I have never played basketball before. C) I played basketball first. D) I never played basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have never played basketball before. 5. Peter ..... from Paris. He ..... there three weeks ago with his friends. A) Had just returned / flew. B) Will just return / flies. C) Has just returned / flew. D) Is just returning / was flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has just returned / flew. 6. I haven't met my cousin for ages. A) I last met my cousin one year ago. B) I met my cousin for ages. C) I've met my cousin for ages. D) It has been ages since I last met my cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has been ages since I last met my cousin. 7. Keep quiet, please! The students ..... the exam in the hall now. A) Have taken. B) Are taking. C) Is taking. D) Has taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are taking. 8. My grandfather passed away two years ago. A) My grandfather passed away last year. B) My grandfather is still alive. C) It's been two years since my grandfather passed away. D) My grandfather had passed away before 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's been two years since my grandfather passed away. 9. I forget ..... you. Jane has got married to Peter. A) Told. B) To tell. C) Telling. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telling. 10. Peter has decorated the Christmas tree while his wife was preparing dinner. A) Has decorated. B) Dinner. C) His wife. D) The Christmas tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has decorated. 11. ..... I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine. A) Until. B) As soon as. C) Because of. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While. 12. By the time you will get home, we will have already been in bed. A) Will get. B) In. C) By the time. D) Have already been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will get. 13. Scarcely had the man left when the bomb exploded. A) The bomb had exploded before the man left. B) No sooner had the man left than the bomb exploded. C) The man left and had the bomb exploded. D) The bomb went off because of the man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No sooner had the man left than the bomb exploded. 14. My mother usually comment on what I am wearing. A) My. B) Usually. C) Comment. D) Am wearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comment. 15. This is my first visit to Singapore. A) I visited Singapore last month. B) I had never been to Singapore before. C) I have visited Singapore twice. D) This is the first time I have visited Singapore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had never been to Singapore before. 16. It is the first time my classmates ..... my home. A) Have visited. B) Were visiting. C) Visited. D) Has visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 17. My classmates have searched for information about the schools they wants to apply to for a few months. A) Apply to. B) Have searched. C) Wants. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wants. 18. Whenever she went to Paris she bought a new dress. A) She never went to Paris to buy a new dress. B) She never bought a new dress when she went to Paris. C) She never bought a new dress without going to Paris. D) She never went to Paris without buying a new dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She never went to Paris without buying a new dress. 19. I ..... home until I finish my lesson. A) Won't come. B) Don't come. C) Didn't come. D) Haven't come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won't come. 20. -Why have they demolished that old building?-They ..... a new supermarket there. A) Had built. B) Are going to build. C) Would be built. D) Were building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are going to build. 21. She has cooked for dinner for two hours. A) She has two hours to cook for dinner. B) She didn't start cooking for dinner until it was two. C) Cooking for dinner took her two hours. D) She started cooking for dinner two hours ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She started cooking for dinner two hours ago. 22. After we ..... our work, we ..... for lunch. A) Having finish/ went. B) Having finish/ going. C) Have finished/ went. D) Had finished/went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished/went. 23. It's a long time since I saw a movie. A) I have seen some movies so far. B) The last time I saw a movie was a long time ago. C) I spent a long time looking for a movie to see. D) I saw a movie that took very long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The last time I saw a movie was a long time ago. 24. My parents ..... a vacation in Phu Quoc last month. A) Were having. B) Have. C) Have had. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 25. The sooner he stops smoking, the better he'll feel. A) Though he feels better, he still smokes. B) He feels so much better since he stopped smoking. C) When he stops smoking, he'll begin to feel better. D) As soon as he feels better, he'll try to stop smoking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he stops smoking, he'll begin to feel better. 26. ..... before?-Yes, I ..... my holidays here last year. A) Have you ever been / spend. B) Have you ever been / spent. C) Were you ever / spend. D) Did you ever be / spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have you ever been / spent. 27. Phuong started to study English when he was in secondary school, and he still studies English. A) Phuong has never studied English. B) Phuong studied English in secondary school. C) Phuong was studying English when he was in secondary school. D) Phuong has studied English since he was in secondary school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phuong has studied English since he was in secondary school. 28. He said that he ..... a lot of money on advertising to expand his business. A) Spends. B) Spending. C) Has spent. D) Had spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had spent. 29. It's ages since I last saw a Hollywood film. A) I haven't seen a Hollywood film for a long time. B) I haven't seen any Hollywood film before. C) I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago. D) It's ages when I saw a last Hollywood film. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I haven't seen a Hollywood film for a long time. 30. I ..... as a teacher since I left university. A) Is working. B) Have worked. C) Works. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have worked. 31. I ..... to my teacher to ask for his advice on my decision at 2 p.m. yesterday. A) Have talked to. B) Had talked. C) Was talking to. D) Had been talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking to. 32. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ..... that warm water ..... more quickly than cold water. A) Proved/freezes. B) Proving / freezing. C) Prove/freeze. D) Proves / breezed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proved/freezes. 33. At the same time last month, my family ..... my grandpa's 80$^{th}$ birthday. A) Were celebrating. B) Had celebrated. C) Celebrate. D) Celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were celebrating. 34. After ..... Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade. A) Left. B) Leaves. C) Leave. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaving. 35. After she ..... at the hospital for 2 years, she ..... to give up the job yesterday. A) Working / had decided. B) Had been working/ decides. C) Is working/ will decide. D) Had been working/ decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been working/ decided. 36. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago. A) He had tested his eyes ten months before. B) He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months. C) He had not tested his eyes for ten months then. D) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. 37. I can give you this book ..... A) Unless you will want to read it. B) Which will you want to read. C) If you want to read it. D) In case you will want to read it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If you want to read it. 38. I have taken piano lessons with the best instructor in the city since two weeks. A) Have taken. B) Since. C) In. D) Lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 39. My younger daughter learned in class yesterday that the Earth ..... around the Sun. A) Was revolving. B) Revolves. C) Is revolving. D) Revolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolves. 40. I knew that she ..... Madrid before, so I asked her to recommend a good hotel. A) Visited. B) Had visited. C) Has visited. D) Has been visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had visited. 41. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. A) As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. B) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. C) Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. D) She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. 42. Tom told me he ..... call me at the airport when I ..... A) Would be/ arriving. B) Will have/ arriving. C) Will/ arrive. D) Would/ arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would/ arrived. 43. Look! The boy ..... at the desk is Mary's boyfriend. A) Stand. B) Stands. C) Standing. D) Stood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standing. 44. Alice ..... for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam. A) Leaves. B) Would leave. C) Will leave. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 45. At this time tomorrow, we ..... our final exam. A) Would take. B) Will be taken. C) Will have taking. D) Will be taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be taking. 46. The train ..... when we got to the station. A) Had just left. B) Just leaves. C) Will leave. D) Just left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just left. 47. I'll marry her as soon as she ..... all her problems. A) Has solved. B) Solve. C) Solves. D) Had solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has solved. 48. He started to practise swimming when he was a kid, and he still practises swimming. A) Thanh was a swimmer when he was a kid. B) Thanh was a swimmer as a kid. C) Thanh practiced swimming when he was a kid. D) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. 49. She said that the robber ..... her when she was opening the door to her apartment. A) Attacked. B) Has attacked. C) Was attacking. D) Had attacked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had attacked. 50. Peter said he ..... a test the following day. A) Would have. B) Will have. C) Had had. D) Has had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have. 51. What do you think the children ..... when we get home? A) Would do. B) Were doing. C) Are doing. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are doing. 52. He knew that she ..... as her eyes were red. A) Is crying. B) Had been crying. C) Has been crying. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been crying. 53. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away. A) He saw her turn away and he waved his hand. B) He waved his hand at the same time as she did. C) He waved his hand and at once she turned away. D) She turned away because he waved his hand too soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He waved his hand and at once she turned away. Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesAspect QuizHabitual Aspect QuizLexical Aspect QuizPerfect Aspect QuizProgressive Aspect QuizProgressive Verb Forms QuizProgressive Verb Tenses QuizProgressive Verbs Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books