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