This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Augustus multa bella gessit ut ..... pacem per totum orbem. A) Condiderit. B) Condidit. C) Conderet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conderet. 2. I was surfing the Internet while my classmates ..... to each other. A) Have chatted. B) Are chatting. C) Will chat. D) Were chatting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were chatting. 3. While I ..... at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction. A) Were waiting. B) Had waited. C) Waited. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 4. I ..... (want) Mrs Thomas's young son to touch my ornaments because I ..... (just/clean) them. A) Wanted/had just cleaned. B) Want/has just cleaned. C) Didn't want/had just cleaned. D) Don't want/has just been cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't want/had just cleaned. 5. [ ..... ] Tony:We are waiting for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we ..... here for more than five hours. [ ..... ] A) Wait. B) Are waiting. C) Have waited. D) Have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been waiting. 6. Mark replied he didn't think Jane ..... by the following Sunday yet. A) Had arrived. B) Would arrive. C) Would have arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would have arrived. 7. That pipe ..... for ages-we must get it mended. A) Has been leaking. B) Has been leaked. C) Had been leaked. D) Had been leaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been leaking. 8. Suddenly she gave a loud scream and ..... to the ground. A) Fell. B) Has fallen. C) Had fallen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell. 9. I was angry when you saw me because I ..... with my sister. A) Have been arguing. B) Had been arguing. C) Argued. D) Would argue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been arguing. 10. That Hoa ..... in class affects other students around. A) Always talk. B) Is always talking. C) Always talks. D) Always talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is always talking. 11. Indirect statements are rendered by means of ..... A) Object clauses. B) Infinitive phrases. C) Gerundial phrases. D) Subject clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object clauses. 12. Mr. Pike ..... English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year. A) Had been teaching. B) Has been teaching. C) Was teaching. D) Is teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been teaching. 13. Jones will speak ..... A) After everyone had eaten up. B) As soon as everyone has eaten up. C) While everyone was eating up. D) Before everyone ate up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as everyone has eaten up. 14. They would have won if they ..... a bit harder. A) Played. B) Have played. C) Had played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had played. 15. She was playing games while he ..... a football match. A) Watched. B) Watches. C) Was watching. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 16. I ..... in Paris since 2010. A) Live. B) Am living. C) Have lived. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have lived. 17. I will call you ..... A) When I get off the plane. B) As soon as I got off the plane. C) Until I got off the plane. D) After I had got off the plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I get off the plane. 18. La maestra quiere que los alumnos ..... el trabajo. A) Hagan. B) Hicieran. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hagan. 19. He said that if he ..... so quickly, the accident ..... even worse. A) Had acted / would be. B) Had been acting / would be. C) Hadn't acted / would have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't acted / would have been. 20. I ..... your brother at Green Street yesterday afternoon. A) Meet. B) Met. C) Have met. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 21. Please send us a postcard as soon as you ..... in LondonA. will arrive B. is going to arrive C. arrive D. arrived A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 22. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 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. 23. American women may ..... conversations with men or even ..... them to dance.A. to start/ to ask B. start/ ask C. starting/ asking D. started/ asked A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 24. I was told that you ..... (present) a nice puppy for birthday. A) Were presented. B) Had been presented. C) Was being presented. D) Was presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been presented. 25. We ..... our quality time when the unexpected guess ..... A) Had-came. B) Were having-came. C) Had been having-came. D) Have had-would have come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having-came. ← 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