English Tenses Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 4

In 1619, the first African slaves ____ in Virginia, USA, and by 1790, their numbers ____ nearly 700,000.

We ____ a lovely view of the Bosphorus and the bridges over it while the plane ____ over Istanbul.

When they ____ in Sydney Harbour, they ____ non-stop for three months

According to the new schedule, the whole team have accepted, we ____ every Monday and Wednesday next term, but I’m sure we ____ back to our normal routine of once a week before long.

The prospector ran into town in excitement because, at last, he ____ some gold at the site which he ____ for months.

I expect you ____ bored with working at the Post Office by this time next year and ____ for a more interesting job.

Listen! The coach ____ the strengths of our opponents because our team ____ against them before.

When I ____ the alterations to the company accounts, I was left in no doubt that the accountant ____ money from the firm.

According to the doctor, this time next week, I ____ around as normal and the cut on my foot ____ completely.

Shadow puppets ____ in China and ____ as far as Turkey and Greece today.

Over recent years, many skilled craftsmen and women ____ their jobs in the pottery trade in the UK, but gradually English porcelain ____ its reputation.

After she ____ to turn up for our appointment for the third time, I ____ to meet her again.

Since I took part in my first debating match, I ____ a member of the debating club, which I ____ most weekends.

By the first half of the 19th century, the potato ____ the staple food in Ireland. In 1854, a disease ____, which resulted in widespread starvation.

The origins of domestic poultry ____ uncertain, but experts believe that some breeds are descended from the Indian jungle-fowl, which still ____ in India today.

In 1868, the US government ____ 7000 Navajo Indians to return to their homeland and, since then, they ____ the largest and richest Indian tribe.

In 1960, only 2000 American Indians ____ at university, while in 1970, only a decade later, this number ____ to 12000.

Today we ____ a lot of tangerines at one pound per kilo, unlike yesterday, when we ____ very few customers

A: Isn’t that your daughter playing outside without a coat on? She ____ a chill.

B: She has a thermal vest on under her pullover, but you have a point. I ____ her coat.

The number of orders per week ____ all year and the sales manager is confident that we ____ our target.

As the police ____ the road, we ____ a time-consuming detour around the mountain.

I ____ some shopping during my lunch break, but I couldn’t as I ____ awful because of my cold.

By the time the work on their house is finished, they ____ the painters, decorators and carpenters a total of ₤8000. They ____ a beautiful kitchen, though.

I feel certain that Greg ____ in his new business because he ____ so hard all the time.

Before Petar Preradovic ____ poems in his native Croatian, he ____ all his poems in German.

I ____ some notes earlier and ____ to them during my presentation. In the event, however, I didn’t use them once.

Because of Istanbul’s geographical location, it ____ a place of trade since civilisation ___ .

When Boris Yeltsin ____ on 31st December 1999, he ____ President of Russia for eight years.

The circumference of a circle ____ 3.14159265 times its diameter no matter how small or large it is.

At present, British farmers ____ to the government because since the EC lifted the ban on British beef, the French ____ to buy any.