Question

Complete the following sentences.

1.    We have not seen Mr and Mrs Baker........a long time.

A.  after                  B. for

C. before               D. since

2.  Don’t leave..........    I arrive.

A.  after                  B. when

C. till                      D. since

3.    We have not received any letter from him  ...........  he left 4 months ago.

A.  after                  B. when

C. before               D. since

 

4.    My grandmother died        ...........          she had been ill for a long time.

A.  after                  B. when

C. before               D. since

5.    Last night I went to bed  ...............                        .

A.  after I have finished my homework

B.  before I had dinner

C. when she came to see me

D. as soon as I turned off the light

6.    We will have a big party  ................                        .

A.  when you go to bed

B.  as soon as went back to Vietnam.

C. after we have dinner

D. before we leave for the USA

7.    They will leave           ....................                         .

A.  as soon as they will finish work

B.  as soon as they had finished work

C. as soon as they finish work

D. as soon as they finished work

8.    He has been working for this company ..............

A.  since he had left school

B.  when he left school

C. since he leaves school

D. since he left school

9.    I slipped on the ice while..................

A.  I am skiing             B. I was skiing

C. I have been skiing D. I went skiing

10.  He had finished all his work

A.  as soon as he went to work.

B.  after he went to work.

C. while he was going to school

D. before he left his office

11.  By the time I left school this morning, .

A.  I had studied five lessons.

B.  I have studied five lessons.

C. I will study five lessons.

D. I studied five lessons.

12.  I have known my neighbours...............                     

A.  since a long time ago

B.  when moved here in 1990

C. since we went to the same school

D. for 2 months ago

13.  We last wrote to each other five years ago

A. We haven’t written to each other for five years.

B. We haven’t written to each other since five years

C. We haven’t written to each other five years ago.

 

D.  It was five years since we wrote to each other.

14.  They last saw each other thirteen years ago.

A.  It was thirteen years since they had seen each other.

B.  They haven’t seen each other for thirteen years ago.

C. They haven’t seen each other since thirteen years.

D.  It is thirteen years since they last saw each other.

15.  The phone rang immediately after I sat down at the table.

A. We had hardly sat down at the table, when the phone rang

B. We had no sooner sat down at the table, when the phone rang

C.  Before we sat down at the table, the phone had rang

D. We sat down at the table, when the phone rang

Answer 1

1.    We have not seen Mr and Mrs Baker........a long time.

A.  after                  B. for

C. before               D. since

2.  Don’t leave..........    I arrive.

A.  after                  B. when

C. till                      D. since

3.    We have not received any letter from him  ...........  he left 4 months ago.

A.  after                  B. when

C. before               D. since

4.    My grandmother died        ...........          she had been ill for a long time.

A.  after                  B. when

C. before               D. since

5.    Last night I went to bed  ...............                        .

A.  after I have finished my homework

B.  before I had dinner

C. when she came to see me

D. as soon as I turned off the light

6.    We will have a big party  ................                        .

A.  when you go to bed

B.  as soon as went back to Vietnam.

C. after we have dinner

D. before we leave for the USA

7.    They will leave           ....................                         .

A.  as soon as they will finish work

B.  as soon as they had finished work

C. as soon as they finish work

D. as soon as they finished work

8.    He has been working for this company ..............

A.  since he had left school

B.  when he left school

C. since he leaves school

D. since he left school

9.    I slipped on the ice while..................

A.  I am skiing             B. I was skiing

C. I have been skiing D. I went skiing

10.  He had finished all his work

A.  as soon as he went to work.

B.  after he went to work.

C. while he was going to school

D. before he left his office

11.  By the time I left school this morning, .

A.  I had studied five lessons.

B.  I have studied five lessons.

C. I will study five lessons.

D. I studied five lessons.

12.  I have known my neighbours...............                     

A.  since a long time ago

B.  when moved here in 1990

C. since we went to the same school

D. for 2 months ago

13.  We last wrote to each other five years ago

A. We haven’t written to each other for five years.

B. We haven’t written to each other since five years

C. We haven’t written to each other five years ago.

D.  It was five years since we wrote to each other.

14.  They last saw each other thirteen years ago.

A.  It was thirteen years since they had seen each other.

B.  They haven’t seen each other for thirteen years ago.

C. They haven’t seen each other since thirteen years.

D.  It is thirteen years since they last saw each other.

15.  The phone rang immediately after I sat down at the table.

A. We had hardly sat down at the table, when the phone rang

B. We had no sooner sat down at the table, when the phone rang

C.  Before we sat down at the table, the phone had rang

D. We sat down at the table, when the phone rang