This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses In English – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses In English Quiz 2 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... to my teacher to ask for his advice on my decision at 2 p.m. yesterday. A) Had been talking. B) Was talking to. C) Have talked to. D) Had talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking to. 2. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ..... that warm water ..... more quickly than cold water. A) Proves / breezed. B) Proving / freezing. C) Prove/freeze. D) Proved/freezes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proved/freezes. 3. At the same time last month, my family ..... my grandpa's 80$^{th}$ birthday. A) Were celebrating. B) Celebrated. C) Celebrate. D) Had celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were celebrating. 4. After ..... Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade. A) Left. B) Leaves. C) Leaving. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaving. 5. After she ..... at the hospital for 2 years, she ..... to give up the job yesterday. A) Had been working/ decides. B) Had been working/ decided. C) Working / had decided. D) Is working/ will decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working/ decided. 6. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago. A) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. 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 had tested his eyes ten months before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. 7. I can give you this book ..... A) Which will you want to read. B) In case you will want to read it. C) If you want to read it. D) Unless you will want to read it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If you want to read it. 8. I have taken piano lessons with the best instructor in the city since two weeks. A) Lessons. B) Have taken. C) In. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 9. My younger daughter learned in class yesterday that the Earth ..... around the Sun. A) Revolved. B) Is revolving. C) Was revolving. D) Revolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolves. 10. I knew that she ..... Madrid before, so I asked her to recommend a good hotel. A) Has been visiting. B) Visited. C) Had visited. D) Has visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had visited. 11. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. A) Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. B) She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back. C) As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. D) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. 12. Tom told me he ..... call me at the airport when I ..... A) Would be/ arriving. B) Will/ arrive. C) Would/ arrived. D) Will have/ arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would/ arrived. 13. Look! The boy ..... at the desk is Mary's boyfriend. A) Stand. B) Stands. C) Standing. D) Stood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standing. 14. Alice ..... for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam. A) Would leave. B) Left. C) Leaves. D) Will leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 15. 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. 16. The train ..... when we got to the station. A) Just left. B) Will leave. C) Had just left. D) Just leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just left. 17. I'll marry her as soon as she ..... all her problems. A) Has solved. B) Solve. C) Had solved. D) Solves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has solved. 18. He started to practise swimming when he was a kid, and he still practises swimming. A) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. B) Thanh was a swimmer when he was a kid. C) Thanh practiced swimming when he was a kid. D) Thanh was a swimmer as a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. 19. She said that the robber ..... her when she was opening the door to her apartment. A) Has attacked. B) Attacked. C) Had attacked. D) Was attacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had attacked. 20. Peter said he ..... a test the following day. A) Will have. B) Has had. C) Had had. D) Would have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have. 21. What do you think the children ..... when we get home? A) Were doing. B) Do. C) Would do. D) Are doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are doing. 22. He knew that she ..... as her eyes were red. A) Was crying. B) Has been crying. C) Had been crying. D) Is crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been crying. 23. 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. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSequence Of Tenses In English Quiz 1Aspect QuizHabitual Aspect QuizLexical Aspect QuizPerfect Aspect QuizProgressive Aspect QuizProgressive Verb Forms QuizProgressive Verb Tenses Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books