This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses In English – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses In English Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... before?-Yes, I ..... my holidays here last year. A) Have you ever been / spent. B) Have you ever been / spend. C) Did you ever be / spending. D) Were you ever / spend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you ever been / spent. 2. Phuong started to study English when he was in secondary school, and he still studies English. A) Phuong was studying English when he was in secondary school. B) Phuong studied English in secondary school. C) Phuong has never studied English. D) Phuong has studied English since he was in secondary school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phuong has studied English since he was in secondary school. 3. He said that he ..... a lot of money on advertising to expand his business. A) Spends. B) Has spent. C) Spending. D) Had spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had spent. 4. It's ages since I last saw a Hollywood film. A) I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago. B) I haven't seen a Hollywood film for a long time. C) I haven't seen any Hollywood film before. D) It's ages when I saw a last Hollywood film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I haven't seen a Hollywood film for a long time. 5. I ..... as a teacher since I left university. A) Have worked. B) Has worked. C) Works. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have worked. 6. I ..... to my teacher to ask for his advice on my decision at 2 p.m. yesterday. A) Was talking to. B) Have talked to. C) Had talked. D) Had been talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking to. 7. In 1970, the Canadian scientist George Kelly ..... that warm water ..... more quickly than cold water. A) Prove/freeze. B) Proves / breezed. C) Proving / freezing. D) Proved/freezes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proved/freezes. 8. At the same time last month, my family ..... my grandpa's 80$^{th}$ birthday. A) Celebrate. B) Were celebrating. C) Had celebrated. D) Celebrated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were celebrating. 9. After ..... Tom was apprenticed to learn a trade. A) Leave. B) Leaves. C) Left. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaving. 10. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been working/ decided. 11. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago. A) He had tested his eyes ten months before. B) He had not tested his eyes for ten months then. C) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. D) He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months. 12. I can give you this book ..... A) If you want to read it. B) In case you will want to read it. C) Unless you will want to read it. D) Which will you want to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you want to read it. 13. I have taken piano lessons with the best instructor in the city since two weeks. A) Have taken. B) Lessons. C) In. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 14. My younger daughter learned in class yesterday that the Earth ..... around the Sun. A) Revolves. B) Is revolving. C) Revolved. D) Was revolving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolves. 15. I knew that she ..... Madrid before, so I asked her to recommend a good hotel. A) Has visited. B) Has been visiting. C) Visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had visited. 16. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. A) As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. B) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. C) Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. D) She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss / rang back. 17. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would/ arrived. 18. Look! The boy ..... at the desk is Mary's boyfriend. A) Stand. B) Stands. C) Standing. D) Stood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standing. 19. Alice ..... for Washington as soon as she had finished her exam. A) Will leave. B) Would leave. C) Leaves. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 20. At this time tomorrow, we ..... our final exam. A) Will have taking. B) Will be taking. C) Will be taken. D) Would take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be taking. 21. The train ..... when we got to the station. A) Just left. B) Just leaves. C) Had just left. D) Will leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just left. 22. I'll marry her as soon as she ..... all her problems. A) Solves. B) Has solved. C) Had solved. D) Solve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has solved. 23. He started to practise swimming when he was a kid, and he still practises swimming. A) Thanh practiced swimming when he was a kid. B) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. C) Thanh was a swimmer when he was a kid. D) Thanh was a swimmer as a kid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid. 24. She said that the robber ..... her when she was opening the door to her apartment. A) Attacked. B) Has attacked. C) Was attacking. D) Had attacked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had attacked. 25. Peter said he ..... a test the following day. A) Had had. B) Will have. C) Has had. D) Would have. 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