This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nosotros te aconsejamos ahora que ..... inmediatamente. A) Vayas. B) Fueras. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vayas. 2. Ben asked him whether he ..... a motorcycle. A) Can ride. B) Could ride. C) Will ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could ride. 3. We ..... for going home when it began to rain. A) Are preparing. B) Were preparing. C) Will be preparing. D) Have prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were preparing. 4. We ..... an interesting movie on TV when the light went out. A) Have watched. B) Were watching. C) Are watching. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 5. Only after she ..... from a severe illness did she realize the importance of good health. A) Would recover. B) Was recovering. C) Had recovered. D) Has recovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had recovered. 6. My parents decided that we (celebrate) my birthday on Saturday.answer choices A) Had celebrated. B) Would celebrate. C) Have celebrated. D) Will celebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would celebrate. 7. Why have they demolished that old building?-They ..... a new supermarket there A. had built B. were building C. are going to build D.would be built A) D. B) C. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 8. Before Jack leaves Ho Chi Minh City, he ..... several new plays. A) See. B) Had seen. C) Saw. D) Has seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has seen. 9. John will look for a job ..... A) After he had passed his exams. B) As soon as he passes his exams. C) Before he passed his exams. D) While he was passing his exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as he passes his exams. 10. My sister, together with her two children, ..... to Hawaii at the moment. A) Fly. B) Are flying. C) Is flying. D) Flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is flying. 11. When we ..... there people ..... calmly.A. got/ are waiting B. got/were waiting C. got/waited D.get/ wait A) C. B) B. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 12. By the time you get a promotion, I ..... for 10 years. A) 'm going to work. B) Will have been working. C) Will have worked. D) Will work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have been working. 13. Tom said everything ..... ready when the match ..... A.will be/ starts B.would be/started C. is/ started D. will be/ started A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 14. The librarian didn't think the students ..... their books to the library by the following week yet. A) Would have taken. B) Would take. C) Took. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have taken. 15. Multi reges Romam venerunt ut Augusto ..... A) Honorarent. B) Honoraverint. C) Honorent. D) Honoraverunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honorarent. 16. She said that she ..... the report as soon as she had more data. A) Will finish. B) Finishes. C) Has finished. D) Would finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would finish. 17. It's time we all ..... now. A) Leave. B) Left. C) To leave. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 18. She said that she announced the police as soon as she ..... there was an accident near the market. A) Would realize. B) Will realize. C) Realizes. D) Realized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realized. 19. The child kept the present that she ..... A) Had been given. B) Had given. C) Has been given. D) Has given. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been given. 20. Which verb tense should be used in the subordinate clause when the main verb is in the future perfect tense? A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) Future perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future tense. 21. She stated that she ..... the project once all the resources were available. A) Has started. B) Would start. C) Starts. D) Will start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would start. 22. "You have just missed the last train." . "Never mind. I ..... " A) Will walk. B) Am going to walk. C) Am walking. D) Will be walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will walk. 23. Transform to indirect speech:'He said, "I am studying for the exam."' A) He said that he is studying for the exam. B) He said that he was studying for exams. C) He said, 'I am studying for the exam.'. D) He said that he was studying for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He said that he was studying for the exam. 24. Me sorprende de que la clase no ..... (hacer) la tarea. A) Hacer. B) Hiciera. C) Hace. D) Haga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haga. 25. He will take a gap year abroad ..... A) When he graduated from high school. B) When he was graduating from high school. C) When he graduates from high school. D) When he had graduated from high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he graduates from high school. 26. Tim complained that he ..... at four o'clock in the morning. A) Is working. B) Will be working. C) Was working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working. 27. George ..... (fall)off the ladder while he ..... (paint)the ceiling. A) Fall, is painting. B) Falling, was painting. C) Fell, was painting. D) Fell, is painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell, was painting. 28. Don't go anywhere until I ..... back.A. come B. will come C.havecom D. came A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 29. Tantus princeps fuit Augustus ut Eutropius in Breviario suo magnopere eum ..... A) Laudat. B) Laudaret. C) Laudet. D) Laudavit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laudaret. 30. Augustus Parthis persuasit ut signa Romana ..... A) Reddant. B) Reddiderint. C) Redderent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redderent. 31. The manager explained that the meeting ..... postponed until Friday. A) Is. B) Has been. C) Will be. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 32. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.When we came to the stadium, the match ..... A) Have already begun. B) Already began. C) Already begins. D) Had already begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already begun. 33. No sooner did he return from a long journey than he was A B C Dordered to pack his bags. A) Long. B) Did he return. C) Was ordered. D) Than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did he return. 34. He said that If I ..... Kathrin, she ..... me. A) Ask / will help. B) Have asked / would help. C) Asked / would help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked / would help. 35. The rule of the Sequence of Tenses is NOT followed if the subordinate clause contains a general truth A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. He ..... his concerns openly instead of remaining silent. A) Voiced. B) Voices. C) Is voicing. D) Has voiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voiced. 37. I'll marry her as soon as she ..... all her problems. A. solves B. has solved C.had solved D. solve A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 38. The lift won't start ..... A) When you pressed that button. B) . until you press that button. C) After you had pressed that button. D) Before you will press that button. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . until you press that button. 39. He recalled that he ..... her advice but chose to ignore it. A) Has received. B) Had received. C) Was receiving. D) Receives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had received. 40. Mr Jones said that Ron ..... a bright student. A) Has been. B) Was. C) Will be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 41. Give me one of the bags, I ..... it for you.(present tense) A) Will be carrying. B) Will carry. C) Would be carrying. D) Would carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will carry. 42. When I opened the door, the cat ..... out. A) Was jumping. B) Jumped. C) Jump. D) Had jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumped. 43. By the time he ..... out of jail, he will have forgotten how to functionin the real world. A) Is getting. B) Got. C) Will get. D) Gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gets. 44. Although they ..... defeated, they did not lose heart. A) Are. B) Were. C) Has been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 45. Cum Augustus mortuus ..... , senatus eum Divum appellavit A) Est. B) Esset. C) Sit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Esset. 46. I ..... the book by the time you come tonight, A. will be finishing B. finished C. have finishing D. will have finished A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 47. At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, we ..... our final test. A) Will take. B) Would be taking. C) Will be taking. D) Has been taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be taking. 48. So far we ..... more than 150 gifts of all kinds. A) Collected. B) Have collected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have collected. 49. The less beer he drinks, ..... he feels. A) Healthiest. B) The healthier. C) Healthier. D) The healthiest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The healthier. 50. Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she ..... A) Made. B) Has made. C) Had made. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had made. 51. Every morning, I often sit in my garden and ..... to my nightingale sing. A) Listens. B) Listen. C) Listened. D) Listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen. 52. The children ..... to bed before their parents came home from work. A) Were all going. B) Had all gone. C) Had all been going. D) Have all gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had all gone. 53. When their dad got home, the boys has been watching TV for three hours. A) For. B) When. C) Has been watching. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been watching. 54. Only after the bus ..... for a few miles did Jane realize she was on the wrong route. A) Runs. B) Was running. C) Had run. D) Has run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had run. 55. They ..... serious concerns about the long-term impact of the policy. A) Have raised. B) Are raising. C) Raise. D) Raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have raised. 56. The boy fell while he ..... down the stairs. A) Runs. B) Was running. C) Running. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was running. 57. After she ..... her work, she went home. A) Had finished. B) Finishes. C) Was finishing. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 58. ..... badminton together before they went to Canada? A) Did they play. B) Have they played. C) Had they played. D) Were they playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had they played. 59. His health has improved since he ..... the city. A) Leaves. B) Left. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 60. When we got home last night. We found that somebody A B C broke into the flat. D A) Broke. B) Got. C) Found. D) Somebody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. ← 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 6Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 7Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books