Mixed Tenses Test 2
Question 1 |
It ___ dark and it ___.
A | is / are raining |
B | was / was raining |
C | are / was |
D | were / were |
E | were / was |
Question 2 |
The pupils ___ the sentences yet, the teacher ___ the blackboard.
A | has not written / will clean |
B | had not written / cleaned |
C | did not write / cleans |
D | are not writing / clean |
E | had not written / had cleaned |
Question 3 |
Henry ___ Puerto Rico before he ___ to St. Thomas.
A | visited / had gone |
B | had visited / went |
C | was visiting / went |
D | would visit / goes |
E | visited / went |
Question 4 |
The company ___ some new equipment before the strike ___.
A | have ordered / begin |
B | had ordered / began |
C | ordered / begins |
D | is ordering / began |
E | will order / had begun |
Question 5 |
I ___ he ___ it interesting.
A | hoped / find |
B | hoped / finds |
C | hopes / would find |
D | hoped / would find |
E | will find / find |
Question 6 |
Mark Twain ___ that they ___ about him.
A | understand / speaks |
B | understands / speaks |
C | will understand / spoke |
D | understood / are speaking |
E | understood / were speaking |
Question 7 |
On our way home we ___ the problem if we could ___ the fine celebration of our mother’s birthday.
A | discussed / organized |
B | were discussing / organize |
C | had discussed / organize |
D | have discussed / were organizing |
E | discuss / organizes |
Question 8 |
The greater part of London ___ of wood, but after the great fire wider streets and brick houses ___.
A | had been / were built |
B | was / were built
|
C | is / have been built |
D | are / are built |
E | has been / is built |
Question 9 |
After my parents ___ home my life ___ better.
A | had returned / became |
B | will return / become |
C | return / have become |
D | return / have become |
E | return / would become |
Question 10 |
Why ___ you come yesterday? We ___ a good time.
A | don’t / can have |
B | didn’t / could have had |
C | will / might have |
D | doesn’t / will have |
E | did not / shall have |
Question 11 |
He ___ even before I ___ a finger on him.
A | screams / was laid |
B | screamed / had laid |
C | would scream / am laying |
D | screams / laid |
E | screamed / would lay |
Question 12 |
I___ never___ to Cambridge, but I once ___ Oxford.
A | did / go / visit |
B | have / been / visited |
C | have / been / had visited |
D | was / visiting / had been visiting |
E | will / have gone / don’t visit |
Question 13 |
We ___ to wait because the man ___.
A | told / was questioned
|
B | were told / questioned |
C | were told / is questioned |
D | told / was being questioned |
E | were told / was being questioned |
Question 14 |
They didn’t know that he ___ from the University in 1990 and then ___ abroad.
A | had graduated / is working |
B | graduated / works |
C | graduated / was working |
D | was graduating / worked |
E | had graduated / had worked |
Question 15 |
We learned that he ___ the office 5 minutes before he ___.
A | left / returned |
B | had left / returned |
C | would leave / returned |
D | would have left / came |
E | had left / had returned |
Question 16 |
- ___ you ___ him this week?
- Yes, I ___ him on Sunday.
A | did / see / saw |
B | did / see / have seen |
C | have / seen / see |
D | do / see / saw |
E | have / seen / saw |
Question 17 |
I ___ my interview with the vice-president when my daughter ___ me.
A | had / were calling |
B | was having / had called |
C | have had / called |
D | had / called |
E | was having / called |
Question 18 |
Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he ___.
A | had been / has retired |
B | had been / had retired |
C | was / had retired |
D | had been / retired |
E | was / retired |
Question 19 |
I went out of the house. It ___. It ___ for two weeks.
A | rained / was raining |
B | had rained / was raining |
C | was raining / had been raining |
D | had been raining / was raining |
E | was raining / rained |
Question 20 |
After long consideration, we ___ to the conclusion that our behaviour ___.
A | came / had been justified |
B | came / will be justified |
C | will come / would be justified |
D | are coming / will justify |
E | has come / are being justified |
⇦ |
List |
⇨ |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
End |