This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We'll be able to leave for the airport as soon as the taxi ..... A) Arrived. B) Was arriving. C) Will arrive. D) Arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrives. 2. What strategies do ..... to ensure that we increase the profit percentage A) We employ. B) We employed. C) Shall we employ. D) We employing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We employ. 3. When I came into the room, two boys ..... a picture book together. A) Read. B) Were reading. C) Have read. D) Are reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were reading. 4. Quyen ..... in the supermarket when she saw her old friend. A) Was shopping. B) Shops. C) Has shopped. D) Is shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was shopping. 5. Rogant quid faciat. A) Primary (Present + Present). B) Primary (Present + Future). C) Historic (Imperfect + Perfect). D) Historic (Perfect and Pluperfect). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary (Present + Present). 6. He said the bus ..... a little late that day. A) Will be. B) Might be. C) Can be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might be. 7. ..... he does the work, the betterresult he will get. A) More carefully. B) The more carefully. C) The most carefully. D) Most carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The more carefully. 8. Please send us a postcard as soon as you ..... in London. A) Arrive. B) Is going to arrive. C) Will arrive. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrive. 9. He ..... to the theatre tonight. He has got a free ticket. A) Is going. B) Will go. C) Went. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is going. 10. Before she went to bed, she ..... her homework already. A) Is finishing. B) Finished. C) Had finished. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 11. Listen! There's someone at the door. I ..... the door for you. A) Am going to open. B) Open. C) Will open. D) Am opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will open. 12. I suggest that he ..... harder A) Studied. B) Should study/ study. C) Study. D) Should study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should study/ study. 13. The teacher warned us she ..... (present) at the exam. A) Will be present. B) Would not present. C) Would not be present. D) Would not be presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would not be present. 14. Choose the correct sentence that maintains proper sequence of tenses: A) If I knew you were coming, I would have baked a cake, but I will not see you again. B) They knew that she is preparing for the exam before she would leave for vacation. C) She said that she will go to the store if she had time. D) He mentioned that he would start his new job when he had finished his current project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He mentioned that he would start his new job when he had finished his current project. 15. Ellos dudaban que yo ..... a la escuela. A) Ande. B) Anduviera. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anduviera. 16. When I entered the room, everyone ..... A) Danced. B) Had danced. C) Has been dancing. D) Was dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was dancing. 17. The developer explained that the application ..... tested thoroughly before release. A) Will be. B) Has been. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 18. He fell down when he ..... towards the church. A) Had run. B) Was running. C) Run. D) Runs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was running. 19. We are going to stay in his flat while ..... A) We were in Scotland. B) We will be in Scotland. C) We had been in Scotland. D) We are in Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We will be in Scotland. 20. Lan has learnt English since she ..... a small girlA has been B. had been C.was D. would be A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 21. Didn't you know that Sharon ..... for the USA? A) Had left. B) Has left. C) Had been left. D) Has been left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 22. I will take the dog out for a walk ..... A) Until I finished my homework. B) When I was finishing my homework. C) As soon as I have finished my homework. D) After I had finished my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soon as I have finished my homework. 23. By the time he arrives here tomorrow, they ..... for London. A) Are leaving. B) Will left. C) Would have left. D) Will have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have left. 24. I knew that my brother (to have) a problem A) Had. B) Have. C) Has. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 25. This was the first time I ..... to NY! A) Had been. B) Was. C) Have been. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 26. Choose the best answerBy the end of next year, George ..... English for two years. A) Has learned. B) Will have learned. C) Would learn. D) Will learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have learned. 27. As soon as she ..... the door, she ..... there was someone in the room. A) Opens/ will realize. B) Was opening/was realizing. C) Opened/realized. D) Were opening/were realizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened/realized. 28. She ..... to say that she disagreed. A) Heard. B) Was heard. C) Has heard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was heard. 29. When I ..... to the airport, I realized that I ..... my passport at home. A) Had got/had left. B) Got/had left. C) Got/was left. D) Got/left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/had left. 30. She promised that she ..... more careful in the future. A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Has been. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 31. Ella encantaba que su madre ..... un regalo para ella A) Han comprado. B) Haya comprado. C) Compre. D) Comprara. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comprara. 32. You can ask me for help ..... A) As soon as you had problems. B) Until you had had any problems. C) If you have any problems. D) When you had any problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If you have any problems. 33. Call me as soon as you ..... your test results. A) Will have got. B) Get. C) Will get. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get. 34. Choose the most appropriate answer:I knew that she ..... Madrid before, so I asked her to recommend a good hotel. A) Had visited. B) Visited. C) Has visited. D) Has been visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. 35. My mother said that she ( to wash) the dishes. A) Will wash. B) Is washing. C) Washed. D) Had washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had washed. 36. Choose the best answerWhen I was young, I ..... to be a singer. A) Want. B) Had wanted. C) Wanted. D) Was wanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted. 37. She won't eat nothing until they ..... her the reason why they told lies to her. A) Give. B) Will give. C) Gives. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give. 38. I went to see if she ..... up yet. A) Has woken. B) Had woken. C) Woke. D) Was waking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had woken. 39. They ..... responsibility for the delay and issued an apology. A) Have accepted. B) Accept. C) Are accepting. D) Accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accepted. 40. He told her: "I am going to the fish market tonight." A) He told her he was going to the fish market that night. B) He told her she was going to the fish market that night. C) He told her he was going to the fish market that day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He told her he was going to the fish market that night. 41. We saw that she ..... the text. A) Was translating. B) Translates. C) Has translated. D) Is translating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was translating. 42. When I got home I found that water ..... down the kitchen walls. A) Had been running. B) Was running. C) Has run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was running. 43. "You ..... here before?" - "Yes, I ..... my holidays here last year." A) Have you been; spended. B) Had you been; spent. C) Have you been; spent. D) Were you; spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you been; spent. 44. The observance of the rule of the Sequense of Tenses is compulsory ..... A) If the reference is made to the actual present. B) If the action is viewed from the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If the action is viewed from the past. 45. He ..... unrealistic expectations, which led to disappointment. A) Has set. B) Is setting. C) Sets. D) Had set. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had set. 46. They (cycle) ..... this morning so their legs were sore in the evening. A) Had been cycled. B) Had been cycle. C) Had been cycling. D) Had cycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had cycled. 47. Choose the correct backshifted form:He said, "I am going to the park." A) He said that he will go to the park. B) He said that he would go to the park. C) He said that he is going to the park. D) He said that he was going to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he was going to the park. 48. Anna explained to me that the hairdresser's ..... down the road. A) Is located. B) Was located. C) Locates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was located. 49. She ..... under pressure much better than she used to. A) Handles. B) Is handling. C) Handled. D) Has handled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Handles. 50. ..... while the teacher was explaining the activity. A) They were taking. B) They will be talking. C) They would talk. D) They are talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were taking. 51. After the guests ..... , she back into the living-room and off the light. A) Have leftt; will got; turned. B) Had left; went; turned. C) Left; went; turned. D) Had left; had gone; turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left; went; turned. 52. Do it now so that tomorrow you ..... free. A) Should be. B) Will be. C) Would be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be. 53. Last night, they ..... until the restaurant ..... A) Has talked/is closed. B) Talk/is closed. C) Talked/was closed. D) Had talked/was closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talked/was closed. 54. We saw several old friends while we ..... in Ho chi Minh City. A) Were being. B) Were. C) Are being. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 55. We ..... our housework by tomorrow evening. A) Will finish. B) Will be finishing. C) Will have finished. D) Are going to finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have finished. 56. The performance at 7 o'clock and for 3 hours. We all it very much. A) Started; had lasted; enjoyed. B) Had started; had lasted; enjoyed. C) Had started; lasted; enjoyed. D) Started; lasted; enjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started; had lasted; enjoyed. 57. I can't go with you because I my homework yet. A) Had finished. B) Finished. C) Finish. D) Haven't finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't finished. 58. By September next year I ..... here for ten years. A) Work. B) Will be working. C) Will have been working. D) Have been working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been working. 59. They ..... a temporary solution while working on a long-term plan. A) Implemented. B) Have implemented. C) Are implementing. D) Implement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implemented. 60. Ann is very tired. She ..... tennis for three hours. A) Plays. B) Has been playing. C) Is playing. D) Will play. 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