This fourth gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of mixed verb tenses (present-past-future) of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English tenses.
Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test 4
Question 1 |
It _____ that, by 2050, world population _____ twice as much as it is now.
A | appeared / would have been rising |
B | appears / will have risen |
C | has appeared / will be rising |
D | would appear / has risen |
E | will appear / would rise |
Question 2 |
After years of cheap credit worldwide, the U.S. Federal Reserve _____ its short-term rates for two years, and now comes new signs that long-term rates, in the end, _____ to rise, too.
A | has been rising / are starting |
B | rose / had started |
C | will have risen / had been starting |
D | was rising / started |
E | had risen / have started |
Question 3 |
Scientists _____ that by 2030, doctors _____ the people suffering from certain illness during their space travel in the health care institutions in space.
A | will have expected / are treating |
B | have expected / would be treating |
C | expected / had treated |
D | will expect / will have been treating |
E | expect / will be treating |
Question 4 |
She had been trying to learn how to use a computer _____ as long as she lived here _____ she gave up because of her illness.
A | for / when |
B | till / before |
C | before / for |
D | so / until |
E | since / once |
Question 5 |
Jane quitted trying for the swimming team after that time she _____ out too far down at Horn Pond.
A | swims |
B | will swim |
C | would swim |
D | was swimming |
E | had swum |
Question 6 |
Stone _____, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them _____ without trace.
A | didn't decay / disappeared |
B | wouldn’t decay / disappear |
C | doesn’t decay / have disappeared |
D | won’t decay / had disappeared |
E | didn’t decay / have disappeared |
Question 7 |
We _____ a play by Oscar Wilde in the class which _____ “The importance of Being Earnest”
A | read / is called |
B | are reading / was called |
C | have read / has been called |
D | had read / was called |
E | are reading / is called |
Question 8 |
No zoologist _____ able to keep a gorilla under close observation in the dark jungles in which he ______.
A | was / lived |
B | will / will live |
C | had been / has lived |
D | is / had been living |
E | has been / lives |
Question 9 |
The practice of working woman _____ so widespread that the working mother _____ now not an unusual factor in the world.
A | becomes / was |
B | became / is |
C | had become / is |
D | has become / is |
E | became / was |
Question 10 |
What ____ almost all Hollywood pictures _____ their inner emptiness.
A | characterized / was |
B | characterizes / had been |
C | has characterized / were |
D | characterized / will be |
E | characterizes / is |
Question 11 |
When I first arrived at State University, I _____ by the size of the campus. Fortunately, I found three helpful people who _____ me from total confusion.
A | had been overwhelmed / saved |
B | was overwhelmed / saved |
C | was overwhelmed / was saving |
D | would be overwhelmed / had saved |
E | was overwhelmed / had saved |
Question 12 |
The peace which Istanbul once _____, ______ away.
A | know / has been swept |
B | knew / had been swept |
C | knew / has been swept |
D | knows / will sweep |
E | has known / swept |
Question 13 |
The young soldier ____ that he _____ in the battle.
A | will fear / would be killed |
B | feared / was killed |
C | fears / is killed |
D | fears / will be killed |
E | has feared / is killed |
Question 14 |
The oldest Mesoamerican calendar inscriptions _____ from the site of San Jose Mogote in the Oaxaca Valley, with day signs that _____ from 600 BC.
A | were / were dated |
B | were / had been dated |
C | are / are dated |
D | have been / will be dated |
E | will be / have been dated |
Question 15 |
William S. Hart ____ the greatest of all Western stars, for he _____ in nothing but Westerns.
A | had been / appeared |
B | has been / appeared |
C | was / appears |
D | is / would appear |
E | is / is appearing |
Question 16 |
One important field in which the laser ______ many applications ________ communication.
A | has / is |
B | was / are |
C | does / are |
D | have / is |
E | is / is |
Question 17 |
Since my roommate ______ yet, Mrs Stanton _____ me all around the dormitory.
A | does not come / showed |
B | has not come / showed |
C | was not coming / showed |
D | hadn’t come / had showed |
E | had not come / showed |
Question 18 |
Whoever ____ the cooking ______ a great deal of work to do.
A | do / has |
B | does / had had |
C | has done / has |
D | is doing / had |
E | does / have |
Question 19 |
By the end of this month, he ______ as one of the assistants of Bill Gates for five years.
A | had worked |
B | will work |
C | is going to work |
D | had been working |
E | will have been working |
Question 20 |
It’s only the second time I ______ a football match in a stadium.
A | saw |
B | see |
C | will see |
D | had seen |
E | have seen |
Question 21 |
He is the man about whom we ______ so much.
A | have heard |
B | heard |
C | would have heard |
D | had heard |
E | have been hearing |
Question 22 |
The experts are now fully convinced that the animal two old women _____ at the pack _____ a puma.
A | had seen / is |
B | saw / was |
C | saw / had been |
D | have seen / were |
E | saw / has been |
Question 23 |
Time _____ over. We ______ fifty applications in all.
A | had been / received |
B | is / have received |
C | is / received |
D | was / had been receiving |
E | was / would receive |
Question 24 |
You _____ for being late to the party.
A | will regret |
B | will be regretting |
C | have been regretting |
D | regret |
E | regretted |
Question 25 |
Previous studies _____ that girls who have earlier puberty _____ tendency to have a higher body mass index.
A | found / have |
B | have found / has |
C | had found / would have |
D | find / is having |
E | are finding / have |
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