This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I must have a bath. I ..... all the afternoon A) Was gardening. B) Have gardened. C) Have been gardening. D) Had been gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been gardening. 2. We didn't expect the restaurant ..... so expensive. A) Will be. B) Would have been. C) Would be. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would be. 3. These were the highest words of praise they ..... from the old man. A) Ever heard. B) Have ever had. C) Had ever had. D) Will have ever heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had ever had. 4. Miss Hoa always takes her umbrella when she ..... to school. A) Has gone. B) Goes. C) Is going. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 5. He told me that they ..... to go to the cinema, ..... a 56 bus and ..... at the Norman Street A) Had decided, got, got off. B) Decided, got, got off. C) Had decided, had got, got off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided, got, got off. 6. While my father ..... a film on TV, my mother was cooking dinner. A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Had watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 7. You ..... to our conversation. It was private. A) Haven't been listening. B) Shouldn't have been listening. C) Couldn't have been listening. D) Hadn't been listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouldn't have been listening. 8. Creemos que ellos (llegar) ..... a las nueve. A) Llegar. B) Lleguen. C) Llegaran. D) Llegan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Llegan. 9. Almost everybody ..... by the time we arrived. A) Have been leaving. B) Had left. C) Was leaving. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 10. They explained that the meeting ..... because several members were absent. A) Had been postponed. B) Has been postponed. C) Is postponed. D) Postpones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been postponed. 11. When I was doing my homework, I ..... a strange voice. A) Heard. B) Hear. C) Was hearing. D) Will hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 12. By the time I ..... , they will have left. A) Arrived. B) Was arriving. C) Had arrived. D) Arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrive. 13. I wanted to see her but I didn't know if she in town. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 14. She ..... the children to her, and ..... the words she ..... to the others. A) Drew/ said/ had said. B) Was drawing/ said/ said. C) Had drawn/ had said/ said. D) Draws/ is saying/ has said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drew/ said/ had said. 15. While the woman ..... alone by the fire, she heard a loud noise outside. A) Had sat. B) Is sitting. C) Sat. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sitting. 16. "I ..... the way to the Globe Theater." "OK. I ..... you." A) Don't know; will show. B) Won't know; will show. C) Don't know; am showing. D) Don't know; am going to show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't know; will show. 17. She said she ..... the job offer because it didn't meet her expectations. A) Had rejected. B) Has rejected. C) Rejects. D) Was rejecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had rejected. 18. The computer ..... slowly since we installed the new operating system. A) Was running. B) Has run. C) Will run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has run. 19. She promised to help me if I the answer myself. A) Haven't found. B) Didn't find. C) Won't find. D) Wouldn't find. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't find. 20. They told me: "We were really happy 2 years ago." A) They told me they have been really happy 2 years before. B) They told me they had been really happy 2 years before. C) They told me they had really happy 2 years before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told me they had been really happy 2 years before. 21. In 2020, Collin ..... in politics for 30 years. A) Worked. B) Will worked. C) Will have working. D) Will have worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have worked. 22. By the time you receive this letter, I ..... for the USA A) Have left. B) Will leave. C) Will have left. D) Am leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have left. 23. He insisted that he ..... no knowledge of the incident at the time. A) Had. B) Has. C) Has had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 24. We wanted to know where she ..... her holiday. A) Would be spending. B) Was going to spend. C) Is going to spend. D) Is spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to spend. 25. I was worried if ..... enough space to buy a new TV set to my room. A) I would have. B) Would I have. C) I had. D) None of the above. 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