This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the first time he ..... Japan before. A) Was visiting. B) Has visited. C) Visited. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has visited. 2. Will you recognize him ..... ? A) Until you were seeing him. B) As soon as you saw him. C) After you will see him. D) When you see him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When you see him. 3. When the candidate will speak at the public meeting tonight, his campaign manager will arrange the location for his next appearance. A) At. B) Will arrange. C) Will speak. D) His campaign manager. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will speak. 4. She will give the children their dinner ..... A) Before he comes home. B) When he had come. C) Until he will come. D) As soon as he was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before he comes home. 5. I ..... her since I ..... a student. A) Know/ am. B) Have known/ am. C) Have known/ was. D) Knew/ was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have known/ was. 6. Mary warned her parents that she ..... home late. A) Would come. B) Will come. C) Had come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would come. 7. After he ..... the house, he wrote a letter. A) Cleans. B) Had cleaned. C) Was cleaning. D) Has cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cleaned. 8. I ..... the honourable Prime Minister while I ..... press conference. A) Meet, was attending. B) Met, is attending. C) Met, will attend. D) Met, was attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met, was attending. 9. She admitted that she ..... differently if she had another chance. A) Has acted. B) Will act. C) Acts. D) Would act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would act. 10. [ ..... ] Tony:We got here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people ..... here waiting for tickets when we arrived.[ ..... ] A) Already standed. B) Were already standing. C) Had already standed. D) Had already been standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were already standing. 11. She said that he (to live) in Moscow A) Had lived. B) Had been living. C) Has lived. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lived. 12. My son was sleeping when ..... home.A. went B. has gone C.had gone D. would go A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 13. Maria has made friends with some foreigners since she ..... to Florida. A) Moves. B) Moved. C) Was moving. D) Is moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved. 14. By the time we arrived, the situation ..... significantly. A) Had escalated. B) Has escalated. C) Escalated. D) Was escalating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had escalated. 15. Bod and Alice have been married ..... A) Since 20 years. B) When 20 years. C) For 20 years. D) That 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For 20 years. 16. We ..... for our friends at the railway station when they arrived. A) Were waiting. B) Waited. C) Are waiting. D) Have waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were waiting. 17. As soon as she arrived in London, she found that the English people spoke Englishdifferently from what she ..... A. will learn B. is learning C. has been learning D. had learnt A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 18. Henry will phone you ..... A) As soon as he finishes his homework. B) When he finished his homework. C) After he had finished his homework. D) Before he finished his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as he finishes his homework. 19. I ..... the proposal carefully before making a final decision. A) Have reviewed. B) Am reviewing. C) Review. D) Will review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will review. 20. She noticed she ..... already late. A) Was. B) Had. C) Had been. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 21. They will start working on the project as soon as they ..... enough information. A) Had obtained. B) Was obtaining. C) Obtain. D) Obtained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obtain. 22. They admitted that they ..... the risks before making the decision. A) Weren't fully considering. B) Haven't fully considered. C) Don't fully consider. D) Hadn't fully considered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't fully considered. 23. Yesterday when I ..... at the station, the train ..... for 15 minutes.A. arrived/ had left B. arrives/has leftC. arrived/left D. had arrived/left A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 24. She mentioned that she ..... never ..... such pressure before. A) Is / experiencing. B) Has / experienced. C) Had / experienced. D) Was / experiencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had / experienced. 25. Pam ..... to the cinema A) Suggested going. B) Suggests to go. C) Suggested to go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggested going. 26. I felt tired because I ..... a long distance. A) Ran. B) Was running. C) Had run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had run. 27. John won't be finishing the study by July because he has some health problems. A) Because. B) Has. C) Won't be finishing. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won't be finishing. 28. Where will the refugees go ..... A) When the camps will be closed?. B) After the camps had been closed?. C) After the camps have been closed?. D) Before the camps were closed?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the camps have been closed?. 29. ..... he is, the higher his salary is. A) The most hard-working-. B) The more hard-working. C) More hard-working. D) Most hard-working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The more hard-working. 30. He ..... his priorities after experiencing burnout. A) Has reassessed. B) Reassessed. C) Is reassessing. D) Reassesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reassessed. 31. I ..... from him since he disappeared two years ago. A) Hadn't heard. B) Haven't heard. C) Didn't hear. D) Will not hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't heard. 32. Our relatives wrote they ..... by the end of the week. A) Would arrive. B) Arrive. C) Would have arrived. D) Have arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have arrived. 33. She ..... valuable insight during the discussion yesterday. A) Has provided. B) Provided. C) Provides. D) Is providing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provided. 34. "Do you grow flowers in your garden, Mrs. Smith?" A) She wondered if Mrs. Smith grew flowers in her garden. B) She wondered if Mrs. Smith had grown flowers in her garden. C) She wondered if grew Mrs. Smith flowers in her garden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wondered if Mrs. Smith grew flowers in her garden. 35. Tell them to stop and take a rest. They long enough. A) Had been working. B) Had worked. C) Have worked. D) Have been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been working. 36. We saw the castles that ..... centuries before. A) Had been built. B) Built. C) Are built. D) Were built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been built. 37. Right now, my job ..... a huge amount of foreign travel. A) Involves. B) Involve. C) Is involving. D) Has been involved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involves. 38. Before cars ..... , people ..... horses and bicycles.A. were discovered/ had used B. discovering/useC. is discovered/ using D. have been discovered/ have been using A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 39. It is the worst dish that I ever tried in my life. A B C D A) Worst. B) Is. C) That. D) Ever tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ever tried. 40. He worked hard that he ..... win the first prize. A) May. B) Can. C) Might. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 41. You become a junior employee once you ..... a trainee for 3 months. A) Have been. B) Has been. C) Will be. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been. 42. By 8 o'clock yesterday, the spaceship ..... 20 hours around the earth A) Had been traveling. B) Will travel. C) Has been traveling. D) Will have been traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been traveling. 43. Dad ..... the car when the storm suddenly ..... up. A) Were reapiring, come. B) Is repairing, come. C) Was repairing, came. D) Repaired, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was repairing, came. 44. When I'm learning English, sometimes I ..... the accent A. will be confused about B.was confused about C.had be confused about D.am confused about A) B. B) D. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 45. He said that Tom was the best student he ..... A) Was teaching. B) Would teach. C) Had ever taught. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had ever taught. 46. We ..... a play by Oscar Wilde in the class which ..... "The importance of Being Earnest" A) Are reading / was called. B) Have read / has been called. C) Had read / was called. D) Are reading / is called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are reading / is called. 47. He claimed that he ..... a prize. A) Had won. B) Had been winning. C) Will win. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had won. 48. Some time ago, an interesting discovery ..... byarchaeologists on the Aegean Island of Kec. A) Is made. B) Has been made. C) Was made. D) Had been made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was made. 49. The serving bowl or the plates ..... on that shelf A) Go. B) Goes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 50. Having lots of children ..... his life harder. A) Are making. B) Make. C) Makes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes. 51. When I see him, I ..... him to call you. A) Would remind. B) Reminded. C) Remind. D) Will remind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will remind. 52. The police ..... here. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 53. None of them ..... ready for departure. A) Are. B) Is. C) Have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 54. Since they ..... acting, they ..... in threeplays, a television commercial and two TV dramas. A) Began / have performed. B) Began / had been performing. C) Begin / are performing. D) Began / have been performing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Began / have performed. 55. The leader made his builders ..... until 8 p.m. A) To work. B) Worked. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work. 56. Our teacher would rather us ..... in the classroom. A) Not talk. B) Didn't talk. C) Don't talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't talk. 57. Los chicos esperaban que las chicas ..... (querer) salir con ellos. A) Hayan querido. B) Quieran. C) Quieren. D) Quisieran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quisieran. 58. When he went home, his mother ..... dinner, so he took off his coat to help her. A) Was cooking. B) Will cook. C) Cooked. D) Will have cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 59. It was very late, so I ..... to bed. A) Say I am going. B) Said I go. C) Said I was going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said I was going. 60. It's about time we ..... on learning Maths, Literature and English. A) Concentrated. B) Concentrate. C) Will concentrate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentrated. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSequence Of Tenses Quiz 1Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 3Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 4Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 5Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 6Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 7Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books