This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. That pipe ..... for ages-we must get it mended. A) Has been leaking. B) Had been leaking. C) Had been leaked. D) Has been leaked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been leaking. 3. 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. 4. I was angry when you saw me because I ..... with my sister. A) Have been arguing. B) Had been arguing. C) Would argue. D) Argued. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been arguing. 5. That Hoa ..... in class affects other students around. A) Always talk. B) Always talking. C) Is always talking. D) Always talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is always talking. 6. Indirect statements are rendered by means of ..... A) Object clauses. B) Subject clauses. C) Gerundial phrases. D) Infinitive phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object clauses. 7. Mr. Pike ..... English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year. A) Has been teaching. B) Had been teaching. C) Is teaching. D) Was teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been teaching. 8. Jones will speak ..... A) While everyone was eating up. B) After everyone had eaten up. C) As soon as everyone has eaten up. D) Before everyone ate up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soon as everyone has eaten up. 9. 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. 10. She was playing games while he ..... a football match. A) Watching. B) Was watching. C) Watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 11. I ..... in Paris since 2010. A) Have lived. B) Live. C) Am living. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have lived. 12. I will call you ..... A) After I had got off the plane. B) Until I got off the plane. C) When I get off the plane. D) As soon as I got off the plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I get off the plane. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. I ..... your brother at Green Street yesterday afternoon. A) Meet. B) Met. C) Have met. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 16. Please send us a postcard as soon as you ..... in LondonA. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 17. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. I ..... from him since he ..... two years ago. A) Will not hear; disappears. B) Hadn't heard; disappeared. C) Didn't hear; has disappeared. D) Haven't heard; disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haven't heard; disappeared. 18. 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) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 19. I was told that you ..... (present) a nice puppy for birthday. A) Had been presented. B) Were presented. C) Was being presented. D) Was presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been presented. 20. We ..... our quality time when the unexpected guess ..... A) Had been having-came. B) Had-came. C) Have had-would have come. D) Were having-came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having-came. 21. 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. 22. After the race ..... , the celebration began. A) Will be won. B) Had been won. C) Is won. D) Has been won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been won. 23. The children were afraid of making any noise-Mom (sleep).answer choices A) Has been sleeping. B) Slept. C) Was sleeping. D) Had slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 24. 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. 25. We decided that John ..... the front door. A) Watches. B) Will watch. C) Watched. D) Would watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would watch. 26. Alia will write to you when she ..... your reply. A) Received. B) Receives. C) Receive. D) Had received. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receives. 27. He told me that he ..... working on the project at that moment. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Will be. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 28. 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) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 29. We always have an ice cream ..... A) After we had gotten to the beach. B) As soon as we get to the beach. C) Until we are getting to the beach. D) Before we got to the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as we get to the beach. 30. Jane ..... her house all the morning before the guest arrived. A. is cleaning B.was cleaning C. has been cleaning D. had been cleaning A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 31. Coming into the room, he Mary where he her. A) Had seen; left. B) Saw; was leaving. C) See; left. D) Saw; had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw; had left. 32. Don't go anywhere until I ..... back. A) Have come. B) Will come. C) Come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Come. 33. It is necessary that he ..... the books. A) Don't find. B) Doesn't find. C) Find. D) Did not find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Find. 34. Peter said he ..... a test the following day A. had had B. will have C.has had D. would have A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 35. Ellos permitieron que el visitante ..... por el rancho. A) Camine. B) Caminara. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caminara. 36. Jim ..... off the light when the doorbell rang. A) Just turns. B) Has just turned. C) Had just turned. D) Just turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just turned. 37. We ..... the risks before committing to the investment. A) Have evaluated. B) Had evaluated. C) Evaluate. D) Were evaluating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had evaluated. 38. Choose the best answer ..... , I will give him the report. A) When he had returned. B) When he has returned. C) When he returns. D) Until he returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he returns. 39. I haven't met him again since we ..... school ten years ago. A) Left. B) Have left. C) Leave. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 40. They were listening to her story attentively when her phone ..... A) Is ringing. B) Rang. C) Has rung. D) Rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 41. The car ..... ready for him by the time he comes tomorrow. A) Will be. B) Are going to be. C) Will being. D) Will have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have been. 42. He claimed that the system ..... properly after the update. A) Is working. B) Has worked. C) Worked. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 43. By the time I travel back to the 21st century, I will have seen the dinosaurs and I was amazed by their size when I ..... (first, encounter) them. A) Will first encounter. B) Was first encountering. C) Had first encountered. D) First encountered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First encountered. 44. Choose the best answerHenry ..... into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner. A) Go. B) Was going. C) Has gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 45. After I ..... lunch, I looked for my bag. A) Had had. B) Had. C) Will have had. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had had. 46. They ..... a lot of preparation before the match started A. has made B. had C.will be made D. are making A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 47. Henry was packing the suitcases while his wife ..... the room. A) Was tidying. B) Tidies. C) Had tidied. D) Has been tidying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was tidying. 48. She ..... high standards for herself in every project she undertakes. A) Has set. B) Set. C) Sets. D) Is setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sets. 49. Es verdad que Lidia no ..... leer. A) Sepa. B) Sabe. C) Supiera. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sabe. 50. I will give John your letter as soon as I ..... him at school tomorrow. A) Met. B) Meet. C) Will meet. D) Am going to meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meet. 51. When I was ten I already ..... I wanted to be a scientist. A) Had known. B) Knew. C) Know. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 52. While I ..... TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watch. D) Am watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 53. She said that it ..... her an hour to finish the report. A) Took. B) Take. C) Has taken. D) Takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took. 54. She ..... the floor when Helen phoned. A) Mops. B) Have mopped. C) Was mopping. D) Mopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was mopping. 55. You ..... a lot since the last time I saw you. A) Have changed. B) Changed. C) Are changing. D) Has changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have changed. 56. After we ..... our work, we ..... for lunch. A. having finish/went B. have finished/went C. had finished/ went D. having finish/going A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 57. After she ..... at the hospital for 2 years, she ..... to give up the job yesterday. A. had been working/ decides B.had been working/ decided C. working/had decided D. is working/will decide A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 58. By the time we reach the airport, the plane ..... (already, leave). A) Has already left. B) Had already left. C) Will have already left. D) Already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have already left. 59. 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) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 60. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSequence Of Tenses Quiz 1Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 3Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 4Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 5Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 7Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 8Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books