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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... (want) Mrs Thomas's young son to touch my ornaments because I ..... (just/clean) them. A) Don't want/has just been cleaned. B) Want/has just cleaned. C) Wanted/had just cleaned. D) Didn't want/had just cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't want/had just cleaned. 2. [ ..... ] Tony:We are waiting for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we ..... here for more than five hours. [ ..... ] A) Are waiting. B) Have been waiting. C) Wait. D) Have waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been waiting. 3. Mark replied he didn't think Jane ..... by the following Sunday yet. A) Had arrived. B) Would arrive. C) Would have arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have arrived. 4. That pipe ..... for ages-we must get it mended. A) Had been leaking. B) Has been leaking. C) Had been leaked. D) Has been leaked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been leaking. 5. Suddenly she gave a loud scream and ..... to the ground. A) Fell. B) Has fallen. C) Had fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell. 6. I was angry when you saw me because I ..... with my sister. A) Had been arguing. B) Would argue. C) Argued. D) Have been arguing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been arguing. 7. That Hoa ..... in class affects other students around. A) Is always talking. B) Always talking. C) Always talk. D) Always talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is always talking. 8. Indirect statements are rendered by means of ..... A) Object clauses. B) Subject clauses. C) Infinitive phrases. D) Gerundial phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object clauses. 9. Mr. Pike ..... English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year. A) Had been teaching. B) Was teaching. C) Has been teaching. D) Is teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been teaching. 10. Jones will speak ..... A) As soon as everyone has eaten up. B) While everyone was eating up. C) Before everyone ate up. D) After everyone had eaten up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as everyone has eaten up. 11. They would have won if they ..... a bit harder. A) Played. B) Have played. C) Had played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had played. 12. She was playing games while he ..... a football match. A) Watched. B) Watches. C) Was watching. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 13. I ..... in Paris since 2010. A) Am living. B) Have lived. C) Live. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have lived. 14. I will call you ..... A) As soon as I got off the plane. B) Until I got off the plane. C) After I had got off the plane. D) When I get off the plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I get off the plane. 15. La maestra quiere que los alumnos ..... el trabajo. A) Hagan. B) Hicieran. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hagan. 16. He said that if he ..... so quickly, the accident ..... even worse. A) Had acted / would be. B) Had been acting / would be. C) Hadn't acted / would have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't acted / would have been. 17. I ..... your brother at Green Street yesterday afternoon. A) Have met. B) Had met. C) Meet. D) Met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met. 18. Please send us a postcard as soon as you ..... in LondonA. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 19. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. I ..... from him since he ..... two years ago. A) Hadn't heard; disappeared. B) Haven't heard; disappeared. C) Will not hear; disappears. D) Didn't hear; has disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't heard; disappeared. 20. American women may ..... conversations with men or even ..... them to dance.A. to start/ to ask B. start/ ask C. starting/ asking D. started/ asked A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 21. I was told that you ..... (present) a nice puppy for birthday. A) Were presented. B) Was being presented. C) Had been presented. D) Was presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been presented. 22. We ..... our quality time when the unexpected guess ..... A) Were having-came. B) Had-came. C) Had been having-came. D) Have had-would have come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having-came. 23. He was so tired that he ..... barely stand. A) Can. B) Is able to. C) Could. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could. 24. After the race ..... , the celebration began. A) Has been won. B) Had been won. C) Is won. D) Will be won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been won. 25. The children were afraid of making any noise-Mom (sleep).answer choices A) Was sleeping. B) Has been sleeping. C) Had slept. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 26. Era triste que ella no ..... conmigo. A) Coma. B) Comiera. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comiera. 27. We decided that John ..... the front door. A) Watches. B) Would watch. C) Will watch. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would watch. 28. Alia will write to you when she ..... your reply. A) Had received. B) Receives. C) Receive. D) Received. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receives. 29. He told me that he ..... working on the project at that moment. A) Is. B) Will be. C) Was. D) Has been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 30. Tom told me he ..... call me at the airport when I ..... A. would/arrived B. will/ arrive C. will have/arriving D.would be/arriving A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. 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