This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lucy ..... her favourite show on TV when her friend came. A) Was watching. B) Has watched. C) Watches. D) Will watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 2. You ..... piano since years but you still can't play a single song A) Have been learning. B) Learned. C) Have been learnt. D) Have learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been learning. 3. Thanh ..... tea when his sister came home from school. A) Was making. B) Makes. C) Is making. D) Has made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 4. John won't be finishing the study by July because he has A B C Dsome health problems. A) Because. B) Has. C) By. D) Won't be finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Won't be finishing. 5. She ..... confidence as she gained more experience. A) Gradually developed. B) Develops. C) Has developed. D) Is developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually developed. 6. He greeted her. She really ..... better than when he ..... her last. Yes, she ..... A) Had looked/ had seen/ had changed. B) Looked/ saw/ had changed. C) Looked/ saw/ changed. D) Looked/ had seen/ had changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looked/ saw/ had changed. 7. She asked him if he ..... her name. A) Knows. B) Knew. C) Has known. D) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 8. By the age of 25, he ..... two famous novels. A) Writes. B) Has written. C) Wrote. D) Had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had written. 9. They always close their curtains ..... in the evening. A) Before they will get home. B) As soon as they had got home. C) Once they get home. D) After they are getting home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Once they get home. 10. When I ..... home last night, I ..... that Jane ..... a beautiful candlelight dinner. A) Arrived / discovered / was preparing. B) Have arrived / was discovering / had prepared. C) Had arrived / discovered / prepared. D) Was arriving / had discovered / was preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived / discovered / was preparing. 11. Copernicus stated that the planets ..... around the sun. A) Were revolving. B) Revolve. C) Are revolving. D) Revolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolve. 12. ..... my lesson by noon, I will come around. A) If I will finish. B) After I have finished. C) Before I had finished. D) As soon as I am finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After I have finished. 13. By the time we arrived, they said they ..... waiting for over an hour. A) Have been. B) Are. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 14. He didn't say how long they ..... (speak) to him. A) Had been speaking. B) Were speaking. C) Had been spoken. D) Had spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been speaking. 15. ..... , I will have worked at this school for 30 years. A) Before I had reached 55 years old. B) Until I will reach 55 years old. C) When I reached 55 years old. D) By the time I reach 55 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the time I reach 55 years old. 16. By the time she ..... you, she had dated with 2 other men. A) Meets. B) Met. C) Had met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 17. She said: "The Earth is round." A) She said the Earth was round. B) She said the Earth is round. C) She said the Earth had been round. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said the Earth is round. 18. What subordinate clauses DO NOT require the use of the rule of the Sequence of Tenses? A) Predicative clauses. B) Subject clauses. C) Clauses of reason. D) Object clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clauses of reason. 19. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she ..... to school. A. has gone B. goes C. is going D. will go A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 20. Detective:I'm afraid I must ask both of you. What ..... at 10.20 p.m yesterday? Mr. X:I ..... chess with my wife. Mr. Y:I ..... to a play on the radio. A) Were you doing; was playing; was listening. B) Were you doing; am playing; am listening. C) Did you do; played; listened. D) Were you doing; am playing; was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you doing; was playing; was listening. 21. After the teacher ..... the concept, the students understood it better. A) Had explained. B) Has explained. C) Was explaining. D) Explains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had explained. 22. Come in, please. I ..... for you long. A) Had been waiting. B) Have been waited. C) Have been waiting. D) Have waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been waiting. 23. We ..... you as soon as we arrive in Paris. A) Will call. B) Call. C) Have called. D) Would call. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will call. 24. I didn't realise that I ..... my umbrella on the bus until it started to rain. A) Had left. B) Have left. C) Was leaving. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 25. By next month, the team ..... a comprehensive strategy. A) Has developed. B) Will have developed. C) Develops. D) Is developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have developed. 26. They ..... a lot of preparation before the match started. A) Had made. B) Will make. C) Are making. D) Has made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made. 27. I will make all the preparations ..... A) Before you came home tonight. B) After you had come home tonight. C) While you were coming home tonight. D) When you come home tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When you come home tonight. 28. He warned us that the situation ..... worse if no action was taken. A) Has become. B) Would become. C) Will become. D) Becomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would become. 29. Before she left her job, She ..... (be) tired and sick. A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 30. The bus ..... late at the terminal last night. A) Arrives. B) Arrive. C) Is arriving. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 31. They said that they ..... unaware of the changes until they were announced. A) Were being. B) Have been. C) Are. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 32. I asked her whether she there with me, but she said no. A) Would go. B) Goes. C) Will go. D) Is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would go. 33. Bill's mother won't let him go out with his friends ..... A) After he had finished his homework. B) Until he has finished his homework. C) When he finished his homework. D) Once he finished his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until he has finished his homework. 34. She ..... for the airport as soon as she finishes packing her suitcase. A) Would leave. B) Will leave. C) Left. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will leave. 35. She won't get married until she ..... 25 years old.A.is B. will be C. had been D.was A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 36. Alice looked much slimmer because she ..... for a few months. A) Diets. B) Was dieting. C) Had been dieting. D) Has been dieting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been dieting. 37. They said, "We haven't been to the art gallery for a long time."They said that they ..... to the art gallery for a long time. A) Will have been. B) Hasn't been. C) Weren't. D) Hadn't been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't been. 38. Choose the best answerThey ..... table tennis when their father comes back home. A) Play. B) Will be playing. C) Would play. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be playing. 39. Choose the best answerAfter I ..... lunch, I looked for my bag. A) Have had. B) Had had. C) Will have had. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 40. The police officer ..... the car. A) Orders to stopped. B) Would order stopping. C) Ordered him to stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ordered him to stop. 41. Choose the Closest sentenceThe last time I saw her was three years ago. A) I have not seen her for three years. B) About three years ago, I used to meet her. C) I have seen her for the last three years. D) I saw her three years ago and will never meet her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have not seen her for three years. 42. Ella siempre me suplica que ..... con ella. A) Baile. B) Bailara. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baile. 43. While the plumber was repairing the dishwasher, I had watched the smartphone. A) Was repairing. B) Plumber. C) Had watched. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 44. By the time I finish the test, all of the other students ..... the class. A) Will have left. B) Will leaving. C) Will leave. D) Are leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have left. 45. Lucy found an interesting article when she ..... the Net. A) Will surf. B) Had surfed. C) Is surfing. D) Was surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was surfing. 46. No creo que Juan (volver) ..... antes de las dos. A) Vuelva. B) Vuelve. C) Volviera. D) Volver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vuelva. 47. She won't get married until she ..... 27 years old. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Will be. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 48. Henry ..... several novels since he moved to London. A) Writes. B) Was writing. C) Is writing. D) Has written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has written. 49. Please be quiet! You ..... me! A) Will have interrupted. B) Will interrupt me. C) Interrupt me. D) Are forever interrupting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are forever interrupting. 50. I ..... along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. A) Am walking. B) Walk. C) Walked. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking. 51. We can go out now. It ..... anymore. A) Rains. B) Has rained. C) Isn't raining. D) Has been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isn't raining. 52. Iulius Caesar est tam arrogans ut senatores eum ..... A) Occiderent. B) Occidissent. C) Occiderint. D) Occiderant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occiderint. 53. By the time you finish cooking, they ..... their homework. A) Will finish. B) Had finished. C) Will have finished. D) Have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have finished. 54. He ..... his Chinese course before he went to China to continue his business. A) Has finished. B) Will have finished. C) Had finished. D) Will finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 55. Up to now, the manager ..... a lot of information about his secretary. A) Learns. B) Learned. C) Has learned. D) Had learned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has learned. 56. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE3. Please ring me up as soon as he ..... (arrive) A) Arriving. B) Arrives. C) Arrived. D) Arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrives. 57. Choose the best answerWhen we see Mr. Minh tomorrow, I ..... him of that. A) Remind. B) Will remind. C) Have reminded. D) Reminded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will remind. 58. He has gone to the UK for further education since he ..... upper secondary school. A) Finished. B) Is finishing. C) Finish. D) Will finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 59. Julia said that she ..... hard for the past few weeks and was very tired. A) Had been working. B) Was working. C) Worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been working. 60. Choose the closest sentenceShe began to play the piano three years ago. A) She doesn't play the piano now. B) She stops playing the piano now. C) She hasn't played the piano for three years. D) She has played the piano for three years. 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