Question 1 : - “Your face_____dirty, Tom."
- "All right I_____it.”
A. is/am going to wash B. is/will wash
C. has been/am washing D. has been/will wash
Question 2 : They_____the results tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.
A. announce B. will announce
C. will be announcing D. will have announced
Question 3 : I suppose when I_____back in two years' time, they_____down all these old buildings.
A. come/will pull B. come/will be pulled
C. come/will have pulled D. will come/pull
Question 4 : Thousands of people_____this exhibition by the end of next month.
A. will see B. will be seeing C. will have seen D. see
Question 5 : By the time you finish cooking they_____their homework.
A. do B. have done C. will do D. will have done
Question 6 : Come to see me at 5 this afternoon. I_____home until 4:30.
A. don’t arrive B. won’t arrive C. are not arriving D. haven’t arrived
Question 7 : No one_____when he_____tomorrow, or whether he will come at all.
A. knows/will come B. will know/will come
C. knows/is coming D. knows/comes
Question 8 : I_____back as soon as I get through with my business.
A. will come B. come C. would come D. am coming
Question 9 : The police hope they_____the mystery soon.
A. will have solved B. will be solving
C. will solve D. will have been solving
Question 10 : What_____at 10:20 pm tomorrow?
A. were you doing B. will you do C. are you doing D. will you be doing
Question 11 : You haven’t seen my sister for a long time. us tonight?
A. Are you going to visit B. Will you visit
C. Are you visiting D. Can you visit
Question 12 : At this time next, week they_____in the train on their way to Paris.
A. will sit B. will be sitting C. will have sat D. will have been sitting
Question 13 : By 2025, this area_____turned into an industrial centre.
A. will be B. will have been C. will D. has
Question 14 : They_____English from nine to ten in this room. Don't let anyone disturb them then.
A. will have B. will have had C. will be having D. have
Question 15 : The car_____ready for him when he_____tomorrow.
A. will be/comes B. was/came
C. will have been/comes D. will have been/came
Question 16 : I'm going to retire soon. By the first of next July I_____here for 25 years.
A. will have been working B. have been working
C. had been working D. have worked
Question 17 : Don't worry. We_____the report by 11.
A. finish B. have finished C. will finish D. will have finished
Question 18 : Listen! There's someone at the door. I_____the door for you.
A. am going to open B. am opening C. open D. will open
Question 19 : “Look at those dark clouds! “Yes, it_____in some minutes.”
A. will rain B. is going to rain C. are going to rain D. is raining
Question 20 : It’s very hot. the window, please?
A. Are you opening B. Are you going to open
C. Will you open D. Won’t you open
Exercise 20 :
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1 : While they_____to Wyoming, their car ran out of gas.
A. drove B. had been driving C. have driven D. were driving
Question 2 : Alice looked much slimmer because she_____for a few months.
A. had been dieting B. has been dieting C. was dieting D. diets
Question 3 : When she’s done the ironing, she_____the length of the dress for me.
A. is altering B. altered C. will alter D. has altered
Question 4 : You are too slow. I’m sure that by the time you phone them, they_____that car to someone else.
A. will sell B. will have sold C. are going to sell D. are selling
Question 5 : As soon as they_____my last book, I_____you a copy with my autograph.
A. will print - will send B. had printed - will send
C. printed - will be sending D. print - will send
Question 6 : Because the children_____forward to seeing Harry Potter for so long, I took them even though it was really inconvenient for me.
A. had been looking B. were looking
C. have been looking D. looked
Question 7 : When we_____at the airport we_____that we_____our passports at the office.
A. arrived - had noticed - had left B. arrived - noticed - had left
C. have arrived - noticed – left D. had arrived - have noticed - have left
Question 8 : Generally he_____to work by car, but today he_____by bus because his car is in the garage.
A. went – went_____ B. was going - is going
C. goes - is going D. has been going - goes
Question 9 : He_____for over three hours when he finished the report.
A. will have typed B. was typing C. has been typing D. had been typing
Question 10 : Three days ago her boyfriend_____her and she_____continually ever since.
A. left - is crying B. had left - cried
C. left - has been crying D. had left - was crying
Question 11 : This is the first customer we_____something today.
A. have sold B. sold C. had sold D. were selling
Question 12 : Andrew_____the plants in the garden right now but I_____sure
that it will rain this afternoon.
A. is watering - was B. is watering - am C. waters - am D. watered - was
Question 13 : She should have informed the police as soon as she_____that her
purse had been stolen.
A. discovers B. would discover C. had discovered D. has discovered
Question 14 : My father_____to rent a car when one of his friends phoned him to
offer his own car for the trip.
A. had decided B. was deciding C. has decided D. decided
Question 15 : When he_____he_____on a bed in a room with no windows.
A. had woken up - was lying B. woke up - was lying
C. wakes up - is lying D. woke up - lay
Question 16 : The teacher_____to the class before the students_____the problems.
A. will come back - have solved B. had come back - solved
C. came back - have solved D. is coming back - solve
Question 17 : Yesterday on TV they_____a heavy shower for today, but I_____ even a single drop yet.
A. announced - am not seeing B. announced - didn’t see
C. have announced - haven’t seen D. announced - haven’t seen
Question 18 : You don’t have to worry about the children, they_____all about this by the end of the semester.
A. will be forgetting B. will have forgotten
C. will forget D. are going to forget
Question 19 : I’ve just noticed that she_____a haircut. It_____wonderful.
A. will have - has looked B. had had - looked
C. has had - looks D. had - is looking
Question 20 : While she_____for her sister outside the supermarket, someone
_____her handbag.
A. had to wait - had stolen B. waited - had been stealing
C. had waited - was stealing D. was waiting - stole
Question 21 : The spokesperson_____her speech yet when an angry audience member_____shouting at her.
A. won’t finish - begins B. didn’t finish - was beginning
C. hadn’t finished - began D. doesn’t finish - is beginning
Question 22 : This is the forty-second composition paper I_____so far, and there _____seventy-five more.
A. will have checked - are going to be B. had checked - were
C. have checked – are D. checked - will be
Question 23 : The carelessness of parents often_____children to be subject to many household accidents.
A. causes B. have caused C. had caused D. is caused
Question 24 : By the end of the term, I_____all eight volumes.
A. will be reading B. read C. have read D. will have read
Question 25 : She says she won’t phone us until she_____the information.
A. has B. is having C. will have D. had
Question 26 : When we_____out, the chest cavity_____smaller.
A. breathe - became B. breathe - becomes
C. will breathe - will become D. will breathe - becomes
Question 27 : Our local grocers said he_____the groceries as soon as he_____my order.
A. had sent - had received B. will have sent - has received
C. has sent – receives D. sent - had received
Question 28 : He_____the mayor of the town for seven years until his death last year.
A. would have been B. has been C. had been D. will have been
Question 29 : My father asked me if I_____an increase in salary the following month.
A. am getting B. was getting C. am going to get D. will get
Question 30 : As we_____tired of waiting, we_____to go without them.
A. are - are deciding B. were - have decided
C. are - decided D. were - decided
Question 31 : That cat_____you if you pull its tail.
A. scratches B. has scratched C. will scratch D. is going to scratch
Question 32 : I see you have a saw in your hands. you_____the dry tree branches?
A. Will - cut off B. Are - going to cut off
C. Do - cut off D. Will - be cutting off
Question 33 : I_____coal into the stove. That’s why my hands are all dirty.
A. had put B. was putting C. had been putting D. have been putting
Question 34 : The committee_____a report when it_____all the available information.
A. will submit - has collected B. submits - collected
C. will submit - will collect D. will submit - collected
Question 35 : The patient_____after he_____ill for a long time.
A. died - has been B. dies - had been C. died - had been D. will die - will be
Question 36 : By the time the security guards _____ what_____, the gang _____already_____inside the bank.
A. realized - was happening - had - been B. will have realized - will be happening - were
C. had realized - happened - are D. have realized - happened - were
Question 37 : Although he_____to listen to the teacher, he_____of the football
match all the time.
A. has pretended - thought B. pretended - was thinking
C. pretended - has thought D. pretends - was thinking
Question 38 : He_____so much money that he_____what to do with it.
A. earned - hadn’t known B. earns - didn’t know
C. earns - doesn’t know D. has earned - didn’t know
Question 39 : “You’ve just missed the last bus.” - “Never mind, I_____.”
A. will walk B. will be walking C. walk D. am walking
Question 40 : Ben and Claire_____to pay us a visit as soon as they_____in their new apartment.
A. promise - settled B. have been promising - were settling
C. promised - are settling D. have promised - have settled
Question 41 : Ford_____his friends, some of whom earn more money than he does.
A. won’t envy B. didn’t envy C. doesn’t envy D. hasn’t envied
Question 42 : They_____it unless they_____there is no other way.
A. aren’t doing - will be thinking B. don’t do - will think
C. haven’t dome - thought D. won’t do - think
Question 43 : In spite of the fact that he_____his cousin, he_____drinking
A. warned - doesn’t stop B. warned - didn’t stop
C. warned - hadn’t stopped D. has warned - didn’t stop
Question 44 : She_____French since she_____to Illinois.
A. had studied - came B. has studied - has come
C. has been studying - came D. studied - came
Question 45 : Henry was packing the suitcases while his wife_____the room.
A. was tidying B. tidies C. has been tidying D. had tidied
Question 46 : Christine_____as a nurse for seven years, then she became a teacher.
A. has worked B. has been working C. was working D. worked
Question 47 : Although she lives in Tokyo, she_____the Royal Palace.
A. didn’t visit B. has never visited C. is not visiting D. hadn’t visited
Question 48 : Before we knew what was happening, the roof_____.
A. has fallen in B. will fall in C. had fallen in D. had been falling in
Question 49 : They_____how deeply the rows between his parents_____the child.
A. didn’t realize - had affected B. didn’t realize - have affected
C. don’t realize - affected D. will never realize - had affected
Question 50 : These statistics_____that life expectancy_____quite significantly
longer in cold climates than that in warm ones.
A. show - was B. show - is C. showed - is D. showed - will be