This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He asked again whether supper ..... ready. A) Is. B) Was. C) Will be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 2. Lucy ..... her favourite show on TV when her friend came. A) Was watching. B) Watches. C) Will watch. D) Has watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 3. You ..... piano since years but you still can't play a single song A) Learned. B) Have learnt. C) Have been learning. D) Have been learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been learning. 4. Thanh ..... tea when his sister came home from school. A) Makes. B) Was making. C) Is making. D) Has made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 5. John won't be finishing the study by July because he has A B C Dsome health problems. A) Won't be finishing. B) By. C) Because. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won't be finishing. 6. She ..... confidence as she gained more experience. A) Gradually developed. B) Develops. C) Has developed. D) Is developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually developed. 7. He greeted her. She really ..... better than when he ..... her last. Yes, she ..... A) Looked/ saw/ had changed. B) Looked/ saw/ changed. C) Looked/ had seen/ had changed. D) Had looked/ had seen/ had changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looked/ saw/ had changed. 8. She asked him if he ..... her name. A) Has known. B) Knows. C) Know. D) Knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knew. 9. By the age of 25, he ..... two famous novels. A) Wrote. B) Writes. C) Has written. D) Had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had written. 10. They always close their curtains ..... in the evening. A) As soon as they had got home. B) Once they get home. C) After they are getting home. D) Before they will get home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Once they get home. 11. When I ..... home last night, I ..... that Jane ..... a beautiful candlelight dinner. A) Had arrived / discovered / prepared. B) Was arriving / had discovered / was preparing. C) Have arrived / was discovering / had prepared. D) Arrived / discovered / was preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived / discovered / was preparing. 12. Copernicus stated that the planets ..... around the sun. A) Revolved. B) Are revolving. C) Revolve. D) Were revolving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolve. 13. ..... my lesson by noon, I will come around. A) As soon as I am finishing. B) After I have finished. C) Before I had finished. D) If I will finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After I have finished. 14. By the time we arrived, they said they ..... waiting for over an hour. A) Had been. B) Were. C) Have been. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 15. He didn't say how long they ..... (speak) to him. A) Were speaking. B) Had been spoken. C) Had spoken. D) Had been speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been speaking. 16. ..... , I will have worked at this school for 30 years. A) When I reached 55 years old. B) By the time I reach 55 years old. C) Until I will reach 55 years old. D) Before I had reached 55 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time I reach 55 years old. 17. By the time she ..... you, she had dated with 2 other men. A) Meets. B) Met. C) Had met. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 18. She said: "The Earth is round." A) She said the Earth was round. B) She said the Earth is round. C) She said the Earth had been round. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She said the Earth is round. 19. What subordinate clauses DO NOT require the use of the rule of the Sequence of Tenses? A) Clauses of reason. B) Object clauses. C) Predicative clauses. D) Subject clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clauses of reason. 20. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she ..... to school. A. has gone B. goes C. is going D. will go A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 21. Detective:I'm afraid I must ask both of you. What ..... at 10.20 p.m yesterday? Mr. X:I ..... chess with my wife. Mr. Y:I ..... to a play on the radio. A) Were you doing; am playing; was listening. B) Did you do; played; listened. C) Were you doing; am playing; am listening. D) Were you doing; was playing; was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing; was playing; was listening. 22. After the teacher ..... the concept, the students understood it better. A) Has explained. B) Had explained. C) Explains. D) Was explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had explained. 23. Come in, please. I ..... for you long. A) Have waited. B) Have been waiting. C) Had been waiting. D) Have been waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been waiting. 24. We ..... you as soon as we arrive in Paris. A) Will call. B) Call. C) Have called. D) Would call. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will call. 25. I didn't realise that I ..... my umbrella on the bus until it started to rain. A) Left. B) Have left. C) Had left. D) Was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 26. By next month, the team ..... a comprehensive strategy. A) Will have developed. B) Develops. C) Is developing. D) Has developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have developed. 27. They ..... a lot of preparation before the match started. A) Has made. B) Had made. C) Will make. D) Are making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had made. 28. I will make all the preparations ..... A) When you come home tonight. B) Before you came home tonight. C) After you had come home tonight. D) While you were coming home tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you come home tonight. 29. He warned us that the situation ..... worse if no action was taken. A) Would become. B) Will become. C) Becomes. D) Has become. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would become. 30. Before she left her job, She ..... (be) tired and sick. A) Had been. B) Has been. C) Have been. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSequence Of Tenses Quiz 1Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 4Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 5Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 6Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 7Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 8Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books