This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While Mary was cleaning the apartment, her husband ..... TV. A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Would watch. D) Has watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 2. We ..... the annual prom when the lights went out. A) Were celebrating. B) Have celebrated. C) Celebrate. D) Are celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were celebrating. 3. While the waiter ..... (pick)up the pieces of glass he ..... (cut) his finger A) Pick, cut. B) Was Picking, cut. C) Is picking, cutter. D) Was picking, cutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was Picking, cut. 4. They are staying at the hotel in London. At this time tomorrow, they ..... in Vietnam. A) Will have travelled. B) Will travel. C) Will be travelling. D) Will be travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be travelling. 5. The rule of the Sequence of Tenses usually works if the verb in the principal clause is ..... A) In the future tense. B) In the past tense. C) In the present tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the past tense. 6. Greg said that ..... a new job. A) He will need. B) He needed. C) Would he need. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He needed. 7. They believe that the police ..... the thief. A) Capture. B) Will capture. C) Captured. D) Would capture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will capture. 8. My teacher arrived after I ..... for him for ten minutes. A) Was waiting. B) Have waited. C) Had waited. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had waited. 9. Omnes sciunt cur populus Romanus Augustum ..... A) Amavisset. B) Amaret. C) Amaverit. D) Amabit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amaverit. 10. A ella le gusta que el partido ..... a las ocho. A) Termine. B) Terminara. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Termine. 11. She will have finished the preparations for the meeting ..... A) By the time her boss arrives. B) As soon as her boss had arrived. C) When her boss arrived. D) After her boss had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the time her boss arrives. 12. The children ..... their kites in the field when it started to rain heavily. A) Are flying. B) Would fly. C) Will fly. D) Were flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were flying. 13. When the candidate will speak at the public meeting A Btonight, his campaign manager will arrange the location C Dfor his next appearance. A) Will speak. B) At. C) His campaign manager. D) Will arrange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will speak. 14. Yesterday she ..... to pay me for my helping her but I didn't accept. A) Will offer. B) Was offering. C) Had offered. D) Offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offered. 15. Linda took great photos of butterflies while she ..... in the forest. A) Had hiked. B) Is hiking. C) Hiked. D) Was hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was hiking. 16. I was hot because I ..... in the sun for a long time. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) Had been walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been walking. 17. What did you do with the money you ..... from me? A) Borrowed. B) Have borrowed. C) Borrow. D) Was borrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borrowed. 18. Sue was angry as she ..... for us for half an hour. A) Would wait. B) Had been waiting. C) Was waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been waiting. 19. My sister ..... when the phone rang. A) Is cooking. B) Are cooking. C) Was cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 20. Ann hasn't been informed that the lecture (not / take place) on Friday.answer choices A) Didn't take place. B) Won't take place. C) Wouldn't take place. D) Isn't taking place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won't take place. 21. Everybody wanted to know why they ..... their relationship. A) Have destroyed. B) Destroyed. C) Are destroying. D) Had destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had destroyed. 22. It is the worst dish that I ever tried in my life. A) Is. B) Worst. C) That. D) Ever tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ever tried. 23. You may come and stay with us whenever you ..... A) Want. B) Wants. C) Wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Want. 24. I ..... in the cafe having a drink when the police arrived. A) Sat. B) Was sat. C) Was sitting. D) Have sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sitting. 25. He claimed that he ..... the issue before it became a serious problem. A) Had addressed. B) Has addressed. C) Addresses. D) Was addressing. 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