This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Over 20 years ..... but I never forgot the time we first met each other. A) Went. B) Have gone up. C) Has gone by. D) Has gone out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has gone by. 2. Indirect suggestions MAY NOT be rendered by ..... A) Infinitive phrase. B) Object clause. C) Gerundial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infinitive phrase. 3. All of the players ..... to have a special meeting. A) Want. B) Wants. C) Was wanting. D) Has wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 4. Run fast lest you (?) miss the train. A) Would. B) Should. C) Could. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should. 5. I'll wait until you ..... cryingA. have stopped B. will stop C. stop D. stopped A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 6. Alan doesn't think they ..... the problem. A) Are still discussing. B) Were still discussing. C) Have discussed. D) Discuss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are still discussing. 7. Betty said: "I found my passport yesterday." A) Betty said they had found their passport the day before. B) Betty said she had found her passport the day before. C) Betty said he had found his passport two days before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Betty said she had found her passport the day before. 8. The President ..... a speech, but in the end he ..... his mind. A) Would deliver-had changed. B) Was going to deliver-changed. C) Delivered-had changed. D) Was delivering-changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to deliver-changed. 9. While Huong ..... the final exam, she had a splitting headache. A) Takes. B) Has taken. C) Was taking. D) Is taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was taking. 10. When the subordinate clause denotes place, reason or comparison, it may be in any tense, even if there is a past tense in the principal clause A) TRUE. B) Cap (false). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. We can't play loud music ..... A) Before everyone will go to bed. B) When everyone went to bed. C) As soon as everyone went to bed. D) After everyone has gone to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After everyone has gone to bed. 12. When I came to visit her last night, she ..... a bath. A. is having B. was having C. has had D. had had A) Is having. B) Was having. C) Has had. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 13. The higher the content of carbon dioxide in the air, ..... A) The most heat it retains. B) Than it retains more heat. C) The more heat it retains. D) It retains more heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The more heat it retains. 14. ..... you study for these exams, the better you will do. A) Harder. B) The harder. C) The hardest. D) Hardest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The harder. 15. When I saw him, he ..... to his boss. A) Was talking. B) Talks. C) Is talking. D) Will talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 16. He admitted that he ..... the instructions properly at the time. A) Hadn't understood. B) Doesn't understand. C) Hasn't understood. D) Wasn't understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't understood. 17. Change the sentence using reported speech:Why didn't Isabel call me?-asked her brother. A) Her brother asked me if I sold biscuits. B) Her brother wondered if Isabel couldn't call him. C) Isabel's brother wanted to know why she hadn't called him. D) Isabel's brother wanted to know why she didn't call him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isabel's brother wanted to know why she hadn't called him. 18. The phone ..... suddenly while Joanna was doing the housework. A) Is ringing. B) Had rung. C) Was ringing. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 19. By next month, my teacher (come) back A) Will have came. B) Will have come. C) Will come. D) Will be coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will have come. 20. He will work at his desk ..... A) Before he went to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon. B) After he had gone to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon. C) Until he goes to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon. D) Till he go to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until he goes to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon. 21. After ..... , he went to bed.A. had done his homework B. have done his homeworkC. being done his homework D. having done his homework A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 22. The pupil explained to the teacher that he couldn't come to school that day because he A) Has been ill. B) Had been ill. C) Was ill. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was ill. 23. While he was watching TV, his brother ..... A) Studies. B) Is studying. C) Was studying. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 24. Mike hoped that his friend (help) him with his car.answer choices A) Helped. B) Should help. C) Will help. D) Would help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would help. 25. He realised he (to be) alone. A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Would be. 26. She acted as though she ..... him before. A) Knew. B) Know. C) Had known. D) Has known. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had known. 27. I ..... from him since he ..... two years ago. A) Hadn't heard; disappeared. B) Haven't heard; disappeared. C) Didn't hear; has disappeared. D) Will not hear; disappears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haven't heard; disappeared. 28. I wish I ..... eat pizza everyday!!! A) Could. B) Can. C) Might. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could. 29. They said if summer was rainy, they ..... (go) to the sea. A) Would go. B) Will go. C) Would be going. D) Would have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would go. 30. I used my calculator; otherwise it ..... longer. A) Will take. B) Would take. C) Took. D) Would have taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would have taken. ← 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