This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She said that she ..... already finished the report. A) Will have. B) Has. C) Is having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 2. Jane will go to sleep ..... A) When she finishes her homework. B) After she had finished her homework. C) While she was finishing her homework. D) As soon as she finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When she finishes her homework. 3. This is the first time I ..... to New York A) Am. B) Was. C) Had been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been. 4. We ..... attention to detail when working under tight deadlines. A) Are paying. B) Paid. C) Pay. D) Have paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pay. 5. Tom ..... before we arrive there. A. has left B.had left C.will leave D. leaves A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. Charles said that he ..... me the following day. A) Would have called. B) Will call. C) Would call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would call. 7. Yesterday, Mikael visited the doctor because he ..... not feeling well. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 8. ..... , I will give you a call. A) When I was arriving in Ha Noi. B) When I arrived in Ha Noi. C) When I had arrived in Ha Noi. D) When I arrive in Ha Noi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I arrive in Ha Noi. 9. By the end of next year, George ..... English for two years. A) Has learned. B) Would learn. C) Will have learned. D) Will learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have learned. 10. The government has announced that taxes ..... A) Will raise. B) Will be raised. C) Would be raised. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be raised. 11. They ..... table tennis when their father comes back home. A) Will play. B) Will be playing. C) Play. D) Would play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be playing. 12. Another million people ..... unemployed by the time next year. A) Will be become. B) Will have become. C) Will become. D) Will be becoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have become. 13. Fred said: "I have invented a new computer program" . A) Fred said he had invented a new computer program. B) Fred said he has invented a new computer program. C) Fred said had he invented a new computer program. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fred said he had invented a new computer program. 14. After she ..... for help, she ..... off her shoes and ..... in to save him. A) Had shouted; had taken; jumped. B) Had shouted; took; jumped. C) Shouted; took; jumped. D) Shouted; had taken; jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had shouted; took; jumped. 15. When I ..... for my sister in front of the supermarket, a strange man came to talk with me. A) Had waited. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 16. This time yesterday I ..... tennis with my classmates. A) Would play. B) Had played. C) Was playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 17. He acts as if he ..... English perfectly. A) Had known. B) Knew. C) Know. D) Have known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 18. When the mail carrier came to the door, I ..... a bath. A) Took. B) Was taking. C) Have taken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 19. Correct the verb form:'If he was here, he will help us.' A) If he is here, he will help us. B) If he was here, he would help us. C) If he were here, he helps us. D) If he were here, he would help us. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If he were here, he would help us. 20. ..... I was working in the garden, John was repairing the washing machine A. As soon as B.Because of C. While D.Until A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 21. Newton discovered that the force of gravity (make) apples fall. A) Didn't make. B) Has made. C) Makes. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makes. 22. She imagined she ( can) do that. A) Could. B) Can. C) Will do. D) Will can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 23. The teacher asked the boys whether they ..... the problems. A) Solved. B) Have solved. C) Had solved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had solved. 24. When I came to visit her last night, she ..... a bath. A) Was having. B) Had had. C) Has had. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was having. 25. He suddenly ..... (realize) that he ..... (travel)in the wrong direction. A) Realize, was travelling. B) Realizing, was travelling. C) Realized, was travelling. D) Realized, has being travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realized, was travelling. 26. I will pick you up ..... A) As soon as you arrived at the station. B) After you had arrived at the station. C) When you arrive at the station. D) Until you will arrive at the station. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you arrive at the station. 27. The teacher told the students: "Don't talk during the test." A) The teacher warned the students not to talk during the test. B) The teacher wondered the students not to talk during the test. C) The teacher argued the students not to talk during the test. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher warned the students not to talk during the test. 28. He for London 2 years ago and since then I him. A) Have left; didn't see. B) Had left; have't seen. C) Left; haven't seen. D) . left; hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left; haven't seen. 29. He told me that he would visit them when he from Spain. A) Has returned. B) Would return. C) Returned. D) Will return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returned. 30. It is the first time I ..... The Editors play live. A) Have been heard. B) Hear. C) Have heard. D) Hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have heard. 31. Jenny went shopping after she ..... (have) her money back. A) Have had. B) Had have. C) Had had. D) Has have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had had. 32. I ..... in the US for one year, but I still find it difficult to communicate with theAmericanA. am B. was C. have been D. had been A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 33. There was nowhere to park, so I just drove round in my car ..... A) The moment Tim has been in the bank. B) While Tim was in the bank. C) When Tim is in the bank. D) Once Tim was being in the bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While Tim was in the bank. 34. Sequence of Tenses is dependence of the tense of the verb in the principal clause on that of the verb in the subordinate clause A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. By the time you went to office, I ..... for you some snacks you like. A) Will prepare. B) Had prepared. C) Prepared. D) Have prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had prepared. 36. Someone knocked the door when Bob ..... a shower. A) Was taking. B) Has taken. C) Takes. D) Is taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 37. She didn't confess where she ..... (be) last Sunday. A) Was. B) Were. C) Had been. D) Would be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 38. Call Jack as soon as you ..... in town. A) Got. B) Has gotten. C) Had gotten. D) Get. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get. 39. Raymond ..... two new shirts when he was downtown this morning. A) Bought. B) Has bought. C) Had bought. D) Buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 40. Alia will ..... to you once she ..... your reply. A) Written, received. B) Write, receives. C) Wrote, receives. D) Writes, receives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write, receives. 41. By the time we ..... to the train station, Susan ..... for us for more than two hours. A) Got / had been waiting. B) Get / will wait. C) Will get / has been waiting. D) Got / was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got / had been waiting. 42. Choose the best answerHe will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ..... dinner. A) Finish. B) Will finish. C) Finishes. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finishes. 43. As soon as the next lesson has finished, we leave A B C D A) Leave. B) As. C) Has finished. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave. 44. By the end of last year, the company ..... a solid reputation in the industry. A) Had built. B) Builds. C) Has built. D) Was building. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had built. 45. How many English books (read/she) ..... before she (go) ..... to London? A) Have you read / went. B) Had she read / went. C) Had she read / /had gone. D) Had she been reading / went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had she read / went. 46. I didn't know anything about computer animation until I ..... a class. A) Took. B) Take. C) Will take. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took. 47. The patient ..... in the emergency room for almost an hour before a doctor finally treated her. A) Has waited. B) Is waiting. C) Had waited. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had waited. 48. How long ..... here since we ..... school?A. are you/left B. will you be/ left C. have you been/ had left D. have you been/left A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 49. When I first saw him, he a cigarette and ..... toward my window. A) Was lighting; was waking. B) Lighted; walked. C) Had lighted; had walking. D) Were lighting; were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was lighting; was waking. 50. Who you ..... to the cinema with last night? A) Had gone. B) Went. C) Did you go. D) Did you went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you go. 51. My family loves this house. It ..... the family home ever since my grandfather built it 60 years ago. A) Was. B) Is. C) Has been. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been. 52. She told me that her family ..... long in that town. A) Had lived. B) Has lived. C) Was living. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 53. Susana necesitaba que su amigo ..... temprano. A) Llegue. B) Llegara. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Llegara. 54. "Kate has not seen Tom since he ..... school" A) Left. B) Leaves. C) Has left. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 55. After ..... Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade. A. leave B. leaves C.left D.leaving A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 56. Before I ..... him, I ..... a lot about his story. ( meet/ know) A) Met-knew. B) Was meeting-had known. C) Had met-knew. D) Met-had known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met-had known. 57. My mom ..... for two days by the time I see her. A) Will have been travelling. B) Has been travelling. C) Will has been travelling. D) Has been travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have been travelling. 58. I have never played football before. This is the first time I ..... to play. A) Am trying. B) Try. C) Tried. D) Have tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have tried. 59. - "Your face ..... dirty, Tom."- "All right I ..... it." A) Is/will wash. B) Has been/will wash. C) Has been/am washing. D) Is/am going to wash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is/will wash. 60. Mary has been financially independent since she ..... to work. A) Was going out. B) Will go out. C) Went out. D) Would go out. 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