This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. By the time we reach the airport, the plane ..... (already, leave). A) Already left. B) Had already left. C) Has already left. D) Will have already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have already left. 2. Our grandfather ..... as an engineer for 30 years before he retired in 1980. A.worked B. was working C. has been working D.had been working A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 3. Indirect orders are introduced by the verbs ..... A) Say and tell. B) Order and ask. C) Tell and order. D) Say and order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell and order. 4. Choose the best answerWhen she came into the hall, she ..... her arms to the audience, smiled and bowed deeply. A) Opened. B) Had opened. C) Is opening. D) Was opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened. 5. I was sure that he ..... again after the accident. A) Be able to walk. B) Would can walk. C) Would be able to walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would be able to walk. 6. Up to now, the pollution problems ..... yet A. haven't been solved B. are not solving C. hadn't solved D. will not have solved A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 7. I knew that Mercury (be) the closest planet to the Sun, but I didn't feel like answering the question. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 8. The city has changed a lot since I last ..... it. A) Will visit. B) Visit. C) Visited. D) Would visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 9. I'll do it ..... A) When I was finishing my first project. B) As soon as I have finished my first project. C) After I had finish my first project. D) Until I finished my first project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as I have finished my first project. 10. Rose ran so fast that she tripped and ..... A) Fall. B) Fell. C) Falling. D) Fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 11. I will come and see you before I ..... for the States. A) Leave. B) Will leave. C) Have left. D) Shall leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave. 12. Yesterday Tom heard that his aunt (be ill) for five days.answer choices A) Has been ill. B) Is ill. C) Was ill. D) Had been ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been ill. 13. Es maravilloso que ustedes ..... el subjuntivo. A) Entiendan. B) Entendieran. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entiendan. 14. Tim ..... (do) his homework before he went to bed. A) Have done. B) Do. C) Has done. D) Had done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had done. 15. Creo que mis amigos ..... la semana pasada A) Han bailado. B) Hayan bailado. C) Bailen. D) Bailaran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Han bailado. 16. Correct the verb form:'They have seen that movie last week.' A) They will see that movie last week. B) They see that movie last week. C) They saw that movie last week. D) They have seen that movie last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They saw that movie last week. 17. He ..... a crucial role in resolving the conflict last year. A) Plays. B) Is playing. C) Played. D) Has played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 18. I saw that my brother ..... asleep. A) Was. B) Was being. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. His health has improved a lot since he ..... doing exercises regularly. A. starts B. started C. has started D. had started A) Has started. B) Started. C) Had started. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 20. It ..... a long time since we were apart. I did not recognize her. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Had been. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been. 21. He said that they each other for many years. A) Had known. B) Know. C) Have known. D) Knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had known. 22. I'll stand here waiting with you ..... A) Until the bus comes. B) After the bus have come. C) Before the bus comes. D) As soon as the bus had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until the bus comes. 23. She ..... consistent effort, which explains her steady improvement. A) Is maintaining. B) Has maintained. C) Maintains. D) Maintained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has maintained. 24. Choose the best answerShe ..... very angry when she knows this . A) Shall be. B) Will have been. C) Has been. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be. 25. The children ..... happily in the park when their parents asked them to go home. A) Had played. B) Played. C) Would play. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 26. They believed that the problem ..... by better communication. A) Has been avoided. B) Could have been avoided. C) Could be avoided. D) Can be avoided. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could have been avoided. 27. Alice explained to us that the flower shop ..... down the road. A) Had been situated. B) Was situated. C) Situated. D) Is situated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is situated. 28. By the end of next year, Geoge ..... English for 2 years. A) Has learned. B) Will learn. C) Would learn. D) Will have learned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have learned. 29. When I looked round the door, the baby ..... quietly. A. is sleeping B. slept C. was sleeping D. were sleeping A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleeping. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping. 30. My brother ..... at the road when he ..... into a hole. A) Wasn't looking-was falling. B) Didn't look-has fallen. C) Wasn't looking-fell. D) Won't look-fall. 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