This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I must have a bath. I ..... all the afternoon A) Have been gardening. B) Was gardening. C) Have gardened. D) Had been gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been gardening. 2. We didn't expect the restaurant ..... so expensive. A) Would have been. B) Have been. C) Would be. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would be. 3. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she ..... to school. A) Has gone. B) Is going. C) Will go. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goes. 4. He told me that they ..... to go to the cinema, ..... a 56 bus and ..... at the Norman Street A) Had decided, got, got off. B) Decided, got, got off. C) Had decided, had got, got off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided, got, got off. 5. While my father ..... a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner. A) Was watching. B) Watches. C) Watched. D) Had watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 6. You ..... to our conversation. It was private. A) Hadn't been listening. B) Haven't been listening. C) Shouldn't have been listening. D) Couldn't have been listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shouldn't have been listening. 7. Creemos que ellos (llegar) ..... a las nueve. A) Llegar. B) Llegaran. C) Lleguen. D) Llegan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Llegan. 8. Almost everybody ..... by the time we arrived. A) Was leaving. B) Have been leaving. C) Have left. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 9. They explained that the meeting ..... because several members were absent. A) Has been postponed. B) Is postponed. C) Had been postponed. D) Postpones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been postponed. 10. When I was doing my homework, I ..... a strange voice. A) Will hear. B) Heard. C) Hear. D) Was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heard. 11. By the time I ..... , they will have left. A) Had arrived. B) Arrived. C) Was arriving. D) Arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrive. 12. I wanted to see her but I didn't know if she in town. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. She ..... the children to her, and ..... the words she ..... to the others. A) Had drawn/ had said/ said. B) Was drawing/ said/ said. C) Draws/ is saying/ has said. D) Drew/ said/ had said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drew/ said/ had said. 14. While the woman ..... alone by the fire, she heard a loud noise outside. A) Is sitting. B) Sat. C) Had sat. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sitting. 15. "I ..... the way to the Globe Theater." "OK. I ..... you." A) Don't know; am going to show. B) Don't know; will show. C) Don't know; am showing. D) Won't know; will show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't know; will show. 16. She said she ..... the job offer because it didn't meet her expectations. A) Has rejected. B) Rejects. C) Was rejecting. D) Had rejected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had rejected. 17. The computer ..... slowly since we installed the new operating system. A) Was running. B) Has run. C) Will run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has run. 18. She promised to help me if I the answer myself. A) Didn't find. B) Haven't found. C) Won't find. D) Wouldn't find. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't find. 19. They told me: "We were really happy 2 years ago." A) They told me they have been really happy 2 years before. B) They told me they had been really happy 2 years before. C) They told me they had really happy 2 years before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told me they had been really happy 2 years before. 20. In 2020, Collin ..... in politics for 30 years. A) Will worked. B) Will have working. C) Worked. D) Will have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have worked. 21. By the time you receive this letter, I ..... for the USA A) Will leave. B) Will have left. C) Am leaving. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have left. 22. He insisted that he ..... no knowledge of the incident at the time. A) Has. B) Has had. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 23. We wanted to know where she ..... her holiday. A) Is going to spend. B) Would be spending. C) Was going to spend. D) Is spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going to spend. 24. I was worried if ..... enough space to buy a new TV set to my room. A) I would have. B) Would I have. C) I had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I would have. 25. While Mary was cleaning the apartment, her husband ..... TV. A) Watched. B) Would watch. C) Has watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 26. We ..... the annual prom when the lights went out. A) Have celebrated. B) Celebrate. C) Were celebrating. D) Are celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were celebrating. 27. While the waiter ..... (pick)up the pieces of glass he ..... (cut) his finger A) Was Picking, cut. B) Pick, cut. C) Is picking, cutter. D) Was picking, cutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was Picking, cut. 28. They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ..... in Vietnam. A) Will travel. B) Will be travelled. C) Will have travelled. D) Will be travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be travelling. 29. The rule of the Sequence of Tenses usually works if the verb in the principal clause is ..... A) In the future tense. B) In the past tense. C) In the present tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the past tense. 30. Greg said that ..... a new job. A) He will need. B) He needed. C) Would he need. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He needed. 31. They believe that the police ..... the thief. A) Captured. B) Would capture. C) Capture. D) Will capture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will capture. 32. My teacher arrived after I ..... for him for ten minutes. A) Have waited. B) Was waiting. C) Had waited. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had waited. 33. Omnes sciunt cur populus Romanus Augustum ..... A) Amaverit. B) Amabit. C) Amaret. D) Amavisset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amaverit. 34. A ella le gusta que el partido ..... a las ocho. A) Termine. B) Terminara. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Termine. 35. She will have finished the preparations for the meeting ..... A) When her boss arrived. B) By the time her boss arrives. C) As soon as her boss had arrived. D) After her boss had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time her boss arrives. 36. The children ..... their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily. A) Would fly. B) Will fly. C) Are flying. D) Were flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were flying. 37. When the candidate will speak at the public meeting A Btonight, his campaign manager will arrange the location C Dfor his next appearance. A) Will speak. B) At. C) His campaign manager. D) Will arrange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will speak. 38. Yesterday she ..... to pay me for my helping her but I didn't accept. A) Had offered. B) Was offering. C) Offered. D) Will offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offered. 39. Linda took great photos of butterflies while she ..... in the forest. A) Had hiked. B) Hiked. C) Was hiking. D) Is hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was hiking. 40. I was hot because I ..... in the sun for a long time. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Had been walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been walking. 41. What did you do with the money you ..... from me? A) Was borrowing. B) Borrow. C) Borrowed. D) Have borrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Borrowed. 42. Sue was angry as she ..... for us for half an hour. A) Waited. B) Would wait. C) Had been waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting. 43. My sister ..... when the phone rang. A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Are cooking. D) Is cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 44. Ann hasn't been informed that the lecture (not / take place) on Friday.answer choices A) Won't take place. B) Wouldn't take place. C) Isn't taking place. D) Didn't take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won't take place. 45. Everybody wanted to know why they ..... their relationship. A) Destroyed. B) Are destroying. C) Have destroyed. D) Had destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had destroyed. 46. It is the worst dish that I ever tried in my life. A) Is. B) Worst. C) Ever tried. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ever tried. 47. You may come and stay with us whenever you ..... A) Want. B) Wants. C) Wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 48. I ..... in the cafe having a drink when the police arrived. A) Have sat. B) Was sitting. C) Sat. D) Was sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sitting. 49. He claimed that he ..... the issue before it became a serious problem. A) Had addressed. B) Addresses. C) Was addressing. D) Has addressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had addressed. 50. ..... , I will work for my uncle's company. A) After I will graduate from the university. B) When I was graduating from the university. C) As soon as I graduate from the university. D) Until I had graduated from the university. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soon as I graduate from the university. 51. ..... , Mary will wear this dress. A) While the school was holding the senior prom. B) After the school had held the senior prom. C) Once the school held the senior prom. D) When the school holds the senior prom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the school holds the senior prom. 52. Transform to indirect speech:'The teacher said, "You must submit your work on time."' A) The teacher said that the students must submit their work on time. B) The teacher mentioned that the students could submit their work on time. C) The teacher told the students, 'You must submit your work on time.'. D) The teacher said that the students should submit their work on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher said that the students must submit their work on time. 53. He was listening to music while his sister ..... a book. A) Is reading. B) Reads. C) Read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 54. I ..... 80 kilos three months ago. A) Was weighing. B) Weighed. C) Weighs. D) Have weighed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weighed. 55. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ..... dinner. A) Finishes. B) Will finish. C) Finishing. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finishes. 56. Up to now, I ..... any opportunity to check this information. A) Haven't had. B) Wasn't having. C) Haven't been having. D) Didn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't had. 57. We'll let you know ..... A) While we were making our decision. B) As soon as we have made our decision. C) Before we made our decision. D) After we had made our decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as we have made our decision. 58. ..... here before?-Yes, I ..... my holidays here last year A.have you ever been/ spent B. have you ever been/ spend C. Did you ever be/ spending D.were you ever/spend A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 59. Paul noticed a job advertisement while he ..... along the street. A) Was walking. B) Had walked. C) Would walk. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 60. He asked again whether supper ..... ready. A) Is. B) Was. C) Will be. D) None of the above. 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