This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Sequence Of Tenses – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... , 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. The bus ..... late at the terminal last night. A) Arrive. B) Arrives. C) Arrived. D) Is arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived. 17. They said that they ..... unaware of the changes until they were announced. A) Had been. B) Have been. C) Are. D) Were being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 18. I asked her whether she there with me, but she said no. A) Goes. B) Is going. C) Will go. D) Would go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would go. 19. Bill's mother won't let him go out with his friends ..... A) When he finished his homework. B) After he had finished his homework. C) Once he finished his homework. D) Until he has finished his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Until he has finished his homework. 20. She ..... for the airport as soon as she finishes packing her suitcase. A) Will leave. B) Had left. C) Left. D) Would leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will leave. 21. She won't get married until she ..... 25 years old.A.is B. will be C. had been D.was A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 22. Alice looked much slimmer because she ..... for a few months. A) Had been dieting. B) Has been dieting. C) Was dieting. D) Diets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been dieting. 23. They said, "We haven't been to the art gallery for a long time."They said that they ..... to the art gallery for a long time. A) Hasn't been. B) Hadn't been. C) Will have been. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been. 24. Choose the best answerThey ..... table tennis when their father comes back home. A) Will play. B) Will be playing. C) Play. D) Would play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be playing. 25. Choose the best answerAfter I ..... lunch, I looked for my bag. A) Had. B) Had had. C) Will have had. D) Have had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesSequence Of Tenses Quiz 1Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 2Sequence Of Tenses Quiz 3Sequence 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