3. Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.
1. By Christmas, I ______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
2. I will come and see you before I ______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
3. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
4. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
5. I have never played football before. This is the first time I ______ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
6. Since Tom ______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left
7. After I ______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had
8. By the end of next year, George ______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
9. These were the highest words of praise they ______ from the old man.
A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard
10. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
11. She ______ the children to her, and ______ the words she ____ to the others.
A. drew/ said/ had said B. was drawing/ said/ said
C. had drawn/ had said/ said D. draws/ is saying/ has said
12. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
13. Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she ______
A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making
14. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
15. Before she went to bed, she ______ her homework already.
A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing
16. 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
17. There ______ something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember where I ______ her before.
A. is/ have met B. was/ had met C. will see/ meet D. was/ met
18. Another million people ______ unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
19. She told me that her family ______ long in that town.
A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living
20. By the time he ______ out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function in the real world.
A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting
21. I have been saving money because I ______ buy a computer.
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
22. By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship ______ 20 hours around the earth.
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
3. Choose the best answer to complete each following sentence.
1. By Christmas, I ______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. will have been working B. will work
C. have been working D. will be working
2. I will come and see you before I ______ for the States.
A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave
3. By the age of 25, he ______ two famous novels.
A. wrote B. writes C. has written D. had written
4. When her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week
A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written
5. I have never played football before. This is the first time I ______ to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
6. Since Tom ______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. was left
7. After I ______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had B. had had C. will have had D. have had
8. By the end of next year, George ______ English for two years.
A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn
9. These were the highest words of praise they ______ from the old man.
A. ever heard B. have ever had C. had ever had D. will have ever heard
10. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.
A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. finishing
11. She ______ the children to her, and ______ the words she ____ to the others.
A. drew/ said/ had said B. was drawing/ said/ said
C. had drawn/ had said/ said D. draws/ is saying/ has said
12. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run
13. Within a week she knew the fearful mistake she ______
A. made B. has made C. had made D. was making
14. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play B. will be playing C. play D. would play
15. Before she went to bed, she ______ her homework already.
A. finished B. is finishing C. had finished D. was finishing
16. 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
17. There ______ something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn't remember where I ______ her before.
A. is/ have met B. was/ had met C. will see/ meet D. was/ met
18. Another million people ______ unemployed by the time next year.
A. will have become B. will become C. will be become D. will be becoming
19. She told me that her family ______ long in that town.
A. has lived B. had lived C. lived D. was living
20. By the time he ______ out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function in the real world.
A. got B. will get C. gets D. is getting
21. I have been saving money because I ______ buy a computer.
A. shall B. will C. am going to D. would
22. By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship ______ 20 hours around the earth.
A. will travel B. has been traveling
C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling
