This tenses quiz tests your knowledge of a mix of tenses related to the past, present, and future. Read the sentence then decide which word or phrase fits correctly in the gap. You can do this quiz online or print it on paper.
1. Why __________ you go to the plant? I __________ no time.
A) do/had
B) will/have
C) did/hadn’t
D) didn’t/hadn’t
E) didn’t/had
2. His father __________ a doctor and he __________ to make his son a doctor, too.
A) was/wants
B) were/wanted
C) will be/would want
D) was/wanted
E) were/wanted
3. We __________ English, so I know it a little.
A) am learning
B) learned
C) learns
D) shall learn
E) were learning
4. She __________ in Tashkent five years ago.
A) lives
B) lived
C) has lived
D) live
E) have lived
5. She never __________ to eat soup.
A) doesn’t like
B) like
C) has liked
D) will not like
E) liked
6. Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said “How __________ you __________ here?”
A) do/get
B) did/get
C) does/get
D) are/getting
E) has/been getting
7. Who __________ on a hike yesterday?
A) did go
B) will go
C) goes
D) went
E) would go
8. Long ago people __________ little about those minerals.
A) know
B) knows
C) will know
D) knew
E) have known
9. They __________ breakfast at 7 and __________ home at eight.
A) have/left
B) had/left
C) had/leave
D) have/leaves
E) had/had left
10. When he __________ home I __________ him the book.
A) came /shall show
B) comes/showed
C) has come/has shown
D) came/showed
E) is coming/shall show
11. He __________ the box yesterday, because he had to do it.
A) will open
B) is opening
C) have opened
D) opens
E) opened
12. During his school years Cronin __________ great interest in literature.
A) take
B) took
C) has taken
D) had taken
E) would take
13. We were at the theatre 2 days ago. The performance was excellent. Who __________ the leading part?
A) did play
B) play
C) played
D) will play
E) plays
14. So, the invisible man __________ into the shop and __________ down it.
A) comes/walked
B) didn’t come/walk
C) came/walked
D) will come/walks
E) comes/will walk
15. A policeman __________ me crossing the street yesterday.
A) sees
B) saw
C) has seen
D) will see
E) had seen
16. The dentist __________ two of his teeth. One of them __________ quite good.
A) pulls out/are
B) pull out/was
C) pulled out/was
D) pull out/is
E) pulled out/were
17. Last summer we __________ a trip to Aktash.
A) made
B) has made
C) are making
D) shall make
E) will be making
18. He __________ nobody about his secret that day.
A) don’t tell
B) tell
C) didn’t tell
D) told
E) doesn’t tell
19. Who __________ him yesterday?
A) has seen
B) did see
C) saw
D) have seen
E) sees
20. The moon __________ and it __________ surprisingly light at night yesterday.
A) is rising / is
B) rose / was
C) had risen / was
D) was rising / were
E) rose / had been
21. The train __________ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it __________ at 8.00 p.m. sharp.
A) has left / starts
B) left / started
C) left / has started
D) has left / has started
E) have left / starts
22. Children didn’t __________ to school because it __________ Sunday.
A) went/was
B) go/were
C) have gone/was
D) gone/was
E) go/was
23. They didn’t believe him and __________ to laugh.
A) begin
B) begins
C) began
D) had begun
E) have begun
24. Who __________ to see me last week?
A) comes
B) will come
C) came
D) has come
E) have come
25. She __________ you a letter three weeks ago.
A) had sent
B) has sent
C) sent
D) send
E) was sending
26. I __________ to do it but I __________ no time. I was very busy.
A) wants/has
B) want/had have
C) wanted/had
D) would want/have
E) have wanted/shall have
27. Uzbekistan __________ its sovereignty in 1991.
A) has acquired
B) had acquired
C) should have acquired
D) acquired
E) will acquire
28. When she __________ they __________ and he left the house.
A) had come/quarreled
B) came/quarreled
C) has come/quarreled
D) comes/will quarrel
E) came/had quarreled
29. Did you __________ or __________ the potatoes?
A) mince/peeled
B) minced/peeled
C) mincing/peeling
D) peels/minces
E) mince/peel
30. Why __________ he go to Great Britain last month?
A) did
B) was
C) will
D) does
E) is
31. Who __________ at the meeting yesterday?
A) speak
B) speaks
C) spoke
D) had spoken
E) will speak
32. Before answering the telephone he __________ down the book.
A) laid
B) was lying
C) had laid
D) lay
E) has laid
33. In the summer of 1868, Melville Bell __________ on a lecture tour in the USA and Canada.
A) goes
B) had gone
C) went
D) have gone
E) has gone
34. What a luck. I haven’t seen you for ages. When __________ we __________ last time?
A) did / meet
B) have / met
C) had / met
D) did / met
E) will / meet
35. Neither your parents nor I __________ very glad of the fact then.
A) has been
B) have been
C) were
D) was
E) are
36. Why __________ he go to London last week?
A) was
B) is
C) did
D) does
E) will
37. Mark Twain __________ “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
A) writes
B) is writing
C) wrote
D) had written
E) have written
38. Until the 18th century, people __________ that there was a single correct way to spell a certain word.
A) aren’t believed
B) don’t believe
C) didn’t believe
D) were believing
E) were believed
39. He __________ do it willingly. His parents must have forced him to.
A) shouldn’t
B) needn’t
C) didn’t
D) was to
E) can’t
40. We __________ used to run in the morning throughout the whole summer, when we were in New Jersey..
A) were
B) got
C) –
D) were getting
E) did not get
41. Few students who __________ playing football missed the class.
A) would be
B) could be
C) had
D) were
E) was
42. Neither the man nor his son __________ convinced of the idea.
A) had
B) has
C) was
D) have
E) were
43. The wallet which I __________ last week was found yesterday.
A) lost
B) have lost
C) was losing
D) lose
E) has lost
44. I __________ him at a party __________ .
A) have met / yesterday
B) met / tomorrow
C) met / yesterday
D) meet / every day
E) was meeting / this weekend
45. Johnny __________ to the boss after lunch yesterday.
A) had spoken
B) spoke
C) spoken
D) was spoken
E) speaks
46. I __________ study English when I was in summer school. Now I do not go to summer school any more.
A) went
B) made
C) had
D) used to
E) had to
47. He __________ many sets of plans during the last month.
A) has been drawing
B) has drawn
C) drew
D) had drawn
E) had been drawing
48. Last week some of my friends __________ to New York.
A) went
B) gone
C) have been going
D) have gone
E) were gone
49. I __________ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.
A) didn’t go
B) was going
C) don’t go
D) doesn’t go
E) will not go
50. Usually my working day __________ at 8.30 sharp.
A) start
B) starts
C) would be
D) won’t start
E) has started
51. It __________ him 20 minutes to get to the work usually.
A) take
B) is taking
C) have taken
D) is not taking
E) takes
52. These engineers always __________ in the office and __________ English.
A) stayed/learn
B) stay/learn
C) stays/learns
D) have stayed/learned
E) stay/learned
53. I miss her very much, almost every minute of the day I think of her, or I think I __________ her.
A) am hearing
B) hear
C) heard
D) have heard
E) will hear
54. I think __________ .
A) if he is about fifty
B) he is about fifty
C) her about fifty
D) him about fifty
E) be about fifty
55. __________ this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade?
A) do
B) does
C) has
D) had
E) shall
56. You don’t like horror films, do you? __________ . They are so terrifying.
A) Yes, I can.
B) No, I can’t.
C) No, I don’t.
D) Yes, I do.
E) No, we didn’t.
57. Who usually answers these letters in your office?
A) My friend can.
B) That man will.
C) I do, of course.
D) Mary is.
E) Those engineers did.
58. “This thief __________ usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock Holmes.
A) won’t
B) didn’t
C) isn’t
D) doesn’t
E) don’t
59. Who often has dinner at the canteen?
A) I did
B) we do
C) he had
D) they have
E) she will
60. Tourists __________ a lot of different information when they travel.
A) get
B) gets
C) has got
D) would get
E) were getting
61. I usually __________ a blouse and jeans at home, but today I __________ on a new dress.
A) wear/have put
B) have worn/have put
C) wore/has put
D) wears/has put
E) will wear/put
62. Who goes sightseeing?
A) Nina does.
B) We shall.
C) We did.
D) I did.
E) She has.
63. “Nobody __________ in that country,” said Pinocchio to his friend.
A) don’t learn
B) are learning
C) learns
D) doesn’t learn
E) learn
64. What place __________ the youth of our country occupy in all branches now?
A) did
B) shall
C) is
D) does
E) will
65. It is 2 o’clock. I __________ afraid I __________ late.
A) was/am
B) shall be/am
C) am/am
D) was/was
E) am/wasn’t
66. She __________ a journalist nowadays.
A) are
B) was
C) is
D) were
E) am
67. The sea __________ to those who __________ to listen to it.
A) speaks/likes
B) speak/like
C) speaks/like
D) speak/likes
E) speak/will like
68. Hamid says he’s 25 years old, but nobody __________ him.
A) is believing
B) believes
C) had believed
D) don’t believe
E) doesn’t believe
69. Paul __________ a student of Cambridge University.
A) were
B) are
C) am
D) be
E) is
70. I __________ this man at all.
A) don’t know
B) know
C) knew
D) have known
E) doesn’t know
71. .. life __________ on Mars? No, it __________ .
A) Does/exist/doesn’t
B) Did/existed/didn’t
C) Has/existed/had
D) Had/existed/had
E) Will/exist/will
72. Max __________ to be good at interpreting, __________ he?
A) doesn’t seem/does
B) seems/does
C) seemed/did
D) seems/does
E) didn’t seem/doesn’t
73. Who __________ French in your family? I __________ .
A) speaks/do
B) speak/does
C) spoke/do
D) speaking/did
E) are speaking/did
74. __________ to school we always __________ a bus.
A) going/take
B) went/take
C) shall go/will take
D) had gone/took
E) goes/takes
75. Although Mary has been cooking for many years, she __________ still __________ how to prepare Uzbek traditional foods.
A) did not know
B) know
C) don’t know
D) doesn’t know
E) hadn’t known
76. He __________ to school at 7:30 and __________ at 2 o’clock.
A) goes/comes back
B) went/is coming back
C) go/come back
D) was going/has come back
E) is going/came back
77. He __________ his English in the morning, he __________ it in the evening.
A) doesn’t have/is having
B) don’t have/had
C) doesn’t have/has
D) didn’t have/have
E) hadn’t/will have
78. The sun __________ in the East and __________ in the West.
A) sets/rises
B) sets/goes
C) rises/sets
D) goes/rises
E) set/rise
79. We don’t like him because he always __________ lies.
A) tell
B) was telling
C) tells
D) are telling
E) has told
80. __________ your father __________ at the Medical College? Yes, he does.
A) do/work
B) did/work
C) has/worked
D) does/work
E) shall/work
81. The aims of the course __________ me willing to begin.
A) makes
B) is making
C) were made
D) make
E) making
82. Nothing will make him __________ back to her.
A) to come
B) come
C) came
D) coming
E) would come
83. She __________ false impressions on those who __________ you both.
A) will produce / hadn’t known
B) produces / don’t know
C) produces / doesn’t know
D) has produced / will not know
E) would produce / have not known
84. Excuse me, sir, __________ this train stop at the next station?
A) can
B) is
C) do
D) must
E) does
85. “How old do you think Paul is?” “I’ve just seen his driver’s license. He __________ 27.”
A) must be
B) is
C) can be
D) could be
E) may be
86. The weight of the apples __________ .
A) were varied
B) vary
C) varying
D) varies
E) might have varied
87. One man among the crew __________ into the water.
A) can diving
B) dive
C) have dived
D) diving
E) dives
88. The men of the community __________ not support the leader.
A) does
B) have
C) has
D) do
E) is
89. Although every student in my class __________ the schedule, one of my students always __________ late to the class.
A) know / come
B) knows / comes
C) know / comes
D) knows / come
E) knows / came
90. All the furniture I bought __________ at my home now.
A) are
B) was
C) is
D) were
E) have been
91. Cheese and olive __________ all he ever has for breakfast.
A) is
B) was
C) are
D) has been
E) have been
92. He __________ to be alone. He is the least sociable person in the class.
A) preferred
B) have been preferring
C) prefers
D) has preferred
E) is preferring
93. Some people think that the Sun __________ round the Earth.
A) went
B) goes
C) has gone
D) is going
E) had been going
94. Generally speaking, I __________ film reviews because I like to be open-minded when I go to the cinema.
A) am not reading
B) don’t read
C) haven’t read
D) haven’t been reading
E) didn’t read
95. Neither my sister nor my brother __________ a sports car.
A) have
B) are having
C) is having
D) has
E) were having
96. We __________ your size at the moment, but we can order it for you.
A) haven’t had
B) didn’t have
C) aren’t having
D) don’t have
E) won’t have
97. Zilola is really a good friend and she __________ to send me a letter each month.
A) never failed
B) never fails
C) is never failing
D) has never failed
E) was never failing
98. When Harris __________ her she __________ Paris.
A) is meeting/was leaving
B) met/was leaving
C) had met / left
D) meets/left
E) met / will leave
99. It __________ since morning when we __________ .
A) has rained/went out
B) had been raining/went out
C) was raining/go out
D) rained/will go out
E) rained/went out
100. We __________ have our supper when our mother __________ from work.
A) shall/comes
B) -/comes
C) -/will come
D) shan’t/come
E) shall/come
101. Yesterday when I __________ her she __________ me about you.
A) have met/told
B) was meeting/told
C) have met/would tell
D) have met/tell
E) met/had told
102. When I came in my mother __________ dinner.
A) cooked
B) were cooking
C) will cook
D) have cooked
E) was cooking
103. A ship __________ near the Kuril Islands when the men on board __________ a dolphin in the water.
A) was fishing/noticed
B) fished/noticed
C) was fishing/will notice
D) is fishing/noticed
E) fished/notices
104. We __________ ready when you __________ home.
A) are/will come
B) shall/come
C) shall be/will come
D) shall be/come
E) will be/came
105. When I __________ that morning the sun __________ high in the sky.
A) will wake up/had shone
B) have waken up/shines
C) shall wake up/was shining
D) woke up/was shining
E) woke up/will be shining
106. I __________ to know when you __________ .
A) don’t want/will come
B) shall want/come
C) want/had come
D) didn’t want/come
E) didn’t want/are coming
107. I __________ still, when you __________ .
A) am working/will return
B) shall be working/return
C) was working/are returning
D) shall have been working/have returned
E) was working/are returned
108. __________ you tell him about it when you __________ him?
A) did/see
B) does/saw
C) will/see
D) would/see
E) do/will see
109. When I __________ him up they said that he __________ an hour before.
A) call/left
B) called/has left
C) should call/has left
D) call/leaves
E) called/had left
110. When you __________ me up yesterday it __________ hard.
A) rings/will rain
B) rang/was raining
C) will rang/will rain
D) ring/rains
E) had rung/had rained
111. When the lesson __________ we __________ home.
A) are over/go
B) is over/goes
C) is over/shall go
D) will be over/go
E) will be over/shall go
112. When he __________ in London, it __________ heavily.
A) arrive/rains
B) arrives/rained
C) arrived/was raining
D) will arrive/rains
E) arrived/is raining
113. What __________ you __________ when your father returned?
A) will/do
B) were/doing
C) was/do
D) will/be doing
E) were/do
114. I hope it __________ when you __________ to London.
A) doesn’t rain/will get
B) is raining/get
C) won’t be raining/get
D) will rain/will get
E) rained/have got
115. When we __________ the island two hours later all the party __________ already __________ there.
A) reach/are
B) reached/was
C) had reached/were
D) were reaching/had been
E) reached/had been
116. When the woman was out a postman __________ a letter for her.
A) brings
B) bring
C) brought
D) had brought
E) has brought
117. What __________ you __________ when I __________ ?
A) did/do/returned
B) are/doing/shall return
C) will/be doing/return
D) do/do/return
E) have done/am returning
118. It __________ when we __________ home.
A) rained/came
B) rained/was coming
C) was raining/came
D) will rain/came
E) rained/shall come
119. When we __________ in Khiva we __________ sightseeing.
A) are/went
B) were/went
C) shall be/go
D) are/go
E) had been/go
120. When I __________ the letter I wondered what __________ .
A) got/had happened
B) get/happens
C) got/happened
D) had got/had happened
E) got/has happened
121. When my sister __________ at the college 2 years ago she __________ to learn several foreign languages.
A) was studying/tried
B) studies/tries
C) studied/was trying
D) was studying/was trying
E) studies/trying
122. Tomorrow when you __________ the sun __________ .
A) woke up / shines
B) have woken up / was shining
C) wake up / will be shining
D) will wake up / will shine
E) woke up / shined
123. When I __________ home, I __________ a friend of mine.
A) was going/met
B) go/meet
C) was going/was meeting
D) are going/meet
E) were going/met
124. When we __________ the beach the rain __________ already __________ .
A) leave/has/started
B) will leave/have/started
C) left/had/started
D) left/have/started
E) are leaving/was/starting
125. Two hours ago when the children __________ in the yard a terrible storm __________ .
A) were playing / began
B) played / began
C) were playing / were beginning
D) played / were beginning
E) play / begins
126. I __________ my hand when I __________ the dinner.
A) was burning/cooked
B) had burnt/am cooking
C) shall burn/shall cook
D) burnt/was cooking
E) have burnt/ cooked
127. How fast __________ you __________ when the accident __________?
A) were driving/happened
B) did drive/was happening
C) will drive/had happened
D) are driving/will happen
E) drive/happens
128. Lane __________ through the morning papers when the telephone __________ .
A) was looking/rang
B) were looking/rang
C) are looking/rung
D) have looked/ring
E) looked/is ringing
129. When they __________ about it there __________ much trouble.
A) finds out/be
B) found out/were
C) is finding out/is
D) find out/will be
E) found out/had been
130. I __________ terrible when I __________ that morning.
A) felt/wake up
B) feels/wake up
C) felt/woke up
D) feel/woke up
E) felt/had woken up
131. __________ while he was painting the ceiling.
A) He found his passport
B) He burnt his hand
C) He bought a new car
D) He wrote a letter
E) He fell off the ladder
132. It __________ for three hours when we __________ home.
A) will have been raining/came
B) is raining/come
C) rained/came
D) rains/came
E) had been raining/came
133. The passengers __________ for the train for 20 minutes when it __________ into the station.
A) waited/pulls
B) had waited/pulled
C) had been waiting/pulled
D) will wait/had pulled
E) are waiting/was pulled
134. I visited my sister when she __________ in Moscow.
A) lived
B) lives
C) were lived
D) is living
E) were living
135. When I __________ school I __________ the university.
A) shall finish/shall enter
B) finish/enter
C) shall finish/enter
D) finish/shall enter
E) finish/entered
136. When I __________ younger I __________ an idea of a wife who __________ with me in my thoughts as well as aims.
A) was / had / will be
B) was / had / would be
C) had been / had / is
D) have been / have / will be
E) was / had had / had been
137. When I __________ back to the table, six soldiers __________ there.
A) came / were sitting
B) comes / were sitting
C) has come / sit
D) came / are sitting
E) came / will sit
138. When I __________ home my mother __________ me that my friend __________ me an hour before.
A) had come / told / had called
B) came / told / called
C) came / told / had called
D) was coming / told / called
E) came / was telling / had called
139. When I was a child, I __________ used to playing with toys.
A) was
B) could
C) got
D) was getting
E) had been
140. The detective inquired about __________ the diamond was stolen.
A) when
B) how long
C) what kind of
D) whom
E) how many
141. The admiral __________ a great shock when he __________ the news of the invasion.
A) has / receive
B) had / received
C) has / received
D) had / receives
E) has / receiving
142. Mr. Erdem looks younger now than he __________ when I __________ him a year ago.
A) has / last saw
B) was / last saw
C) was / have last seen
D) did / have seen
E) did / last saw
143. I __________ him the truth when he __________ .
A) will tell / will come
B) am going to tell / will come
C) tell / will come
D) am telling / comes
E) will tell / comes
144. When I came out of that part of the island, I __________ still for a while, amazed.
A) stand
B) was stood
C) am standing
D) stood
E) am being stood
145. Things never went well __________ .
A) although I have been very careful
B) when my father drove the car
C) as I’m a very good person
D) so she had been trying to recover from her illness
E) how hard we have tried
146. __________, he had to leave the school.
A) When his father died
B) He was very lazy in co-operations
C) Before I went out
D) As his sister is a doctor
E) He didn’t fail
147. When he __________ the plane, he’ll wait for his luggage.
A) is leaving
B) will leave
C) leave
D) to leave
E) leaves
148. Their little daughter says she __________ a teacher when she __________ up.
A) is / has grown
B) will be / grew
C) has been / is growing
D) is being / will grow
E) is going to be / grows
149. Mary __________ Nick where he __________ after graduating from the University.
A) asked/works
B) ask/would work
C) ask/worked
D) asked/would work
E) asked/has worked
150. Mrs. Black __________ into the room where her husband __________ and began to cry.
A) comes/sits
B) came/was sitting
C) came/sat
D) came/were sitting
E) was coming/sat
151. We __________ into the room where the old man __________ . He was seriously ill.
A) go/lies
B) goes/lie
C) went/is lying
D) went/was lying
E) was going/was lying
152. While we __________ an article mother __________ dinner.
A) were translated/was cooking
B) were translating/cooked
C) have been translating/is cooking
D) translated/had cooked
E) are translating/was cooking
153. While we __________ sightseeing the students __________ the book.
A) went/were reading
B) to go/were reading
C) went/are reading
D) go/were read
E) have gone/have read
154. While you __________ a rest, we __________ the task.
A) were having/did
B) have/do
C) shall have/done
D) have had/did
E) is having/do
155. He looked at the carpet while __________ for her answer.
A) to wait
B) be waiting
C) waiting
D) waited
E) having waited
156. While the woman __________ her children quickly passed her and __________ upstairs.
A) was talking/was going
B) was talking/went
C) talks/went
D) were talking/went
E) talked/went
157. __________ while he was having breakfast.
A) He climbed the fence
B) His pen stopped writing
C) He fell off the ladder
D) He bit his tongue
E) He painted the ceiling
158. While he __________ to school his elder brother __________ from the Institute. His brother is a teacher now.
A) had gone/graduated
B) has been gone/will graduate
C) is going/has been graduating
D) went/graduated
E) goes/graduated
159. I understood that while the student __________ I couldn’t enter the room.
A) would be examined
B) is examining
C) was examined
D) was being examined
E) is examined
160. Did anybody come to see me __________ I was out?
A) since
B) while
C) where
D) for
E) before
161. While Mrs. Robertson __________ the little boy a story, he __________ asleep.
A) was reading / fell
B) read / was falling
C) were reading / fall
D) read / fell
E) reads / was falling
162. Most of the audience __________ the hall __________ I was making a speech.
A) listened / since
B) leaves / as
C) left / while
D) leaving / before
E) were leaving / until
163. While I was doing my homework __________ .
A) my friend called me to play soccer
B) someone had stolen the car
C) the boy had been dying in the garden
D) my brother might want to see me
E) there had been a football match on TV
164. While I was doing my homework __________ .
A) I have been feeling sleepy
B) my friends called me to play a match
C) someone had fired a shot
D) my sisters want to watch TV
E) the telephone has rung for five minutes
165. When Harris __________ her she __________ Paris.
A) is meeting/was leaving
B) met/was leaving
C) had met / left
D) meets/left
E) met / will leave
166. It __________ since morning when we __________ .
A) has rained/went out
B) had been raining/went out
C) was raining/go out
D) rained/will go out
E) rained/went out
167. We __________ have our supper when our mother __________ from work.
A) shall/comes
B) -/comes
C) -/will come
D) shan’t/come
E) shall/come
168. Yesterday when I __________ her she __________ me about you.
A) have met/told
B) was meeting/told
C) have met/would tell
D) have met/tell
E) met/had told
169. When I came in my mother __________ dinner.
A) cooked
B) were cooking
C) will cook
D) have cooked
E) was cooking
170. A ship __________ near the Kuril Islands when the men on board __________ a dolphin in the water.
A) was fishing/noticed
B) fished/noticed
C) was fishing/will notice
D) is fishing/noticed
E) fished/notices
171. We __________ ready when you __________ home.
A) are/will come
B) shall/come
C) shall be/will come
D) shall be/come
E) will be/came
172. When I __________ that morning the sun __________ high in the sky.
A) will wake up/had shone
B) have waken up/shines
C) shall wake up/was shining
D) woke up/was shining
E) woke up/will be shining
173. I __________ to know when you __________ .
A) don’t want/will come
B) shall want/come
C) want/had come
D) didn’t want/come
E) didn’t want/are coming
174. I __________ still, when you __________ .
A) am working/will return
B) shall be working/return
C) was working/are returning
D) shall have been working/have returned
E) was working/are returned
175. __________ you tell him about it when you __________ him?
A) did/see
B) does/saw
C) will/see
D) would/see
E) do/will see
176. When I __________ him up they said that he __________ an hour before.
A) call/left
B) called/has left
C) should call/has left
D) call/leaves
E) called/had left
177. When you __________ me up yesterday it __________ hard.
A) rings/will rain
B) rang/was raining
C) will rang/will rain
D) ring/rains
E) had rung/had rained
178. When the lesson __________ we __________ home.
A) are over/go
B) is over/goes
C) is over/shall go
D) will be over/go
E) will be over/shall go
179. When he __________ in London, it __________ heavily.
A) arrive/rains
B) arrives/rained
C) arrived/was raining
D) will arrive/rains
E) arrived/is raining
180. What __________ you __________ when your father returned?
A) will/do
B) were/doing
C) was/do
D) will/be doing
E) were/do
181. I hope it __________ when you __________ to London.
A) doesn’t rain/will get
B) is raining/get
C) won’t be raining/get
D) will rain/will get
E) rained/have got
182. When we __________ the island two hours later all the party __________ already __________ there.
A) reach/are
B) reached/was
C) had reached/were
D) were reaching/had been
E) reached/had been
183. When the woman was out a postman __________ a letter for her.
A) brings
B) bring
C) brought
D) had brought
E) has brought
184. What __________ you __________ when I __________ ?
A) did/do/returned
B) are/doing/shall return
C) will/be doing/return
D) do/do/return
E) have done/am returning
185. It __________ when we __________ home.
A) rained/came
B) rained/was coming
C) was raining/came
D) will rain/came
E) rained/shall come
186. When we __________ in Khiva we __________ sightseeing.
A) are/went
B) were/went
C) shall be/go
D) are/go
E) had been/go
187. When I __________ the letter I wondered what __________ .
A) got/had happened
B) get/happens
C) got/happened
D) had got/had happened
E) got/has happened
188. When my sister __________ at the college 2 years ago she __________ to learn several foreign languages.
A) was studying/tried
B) studies/tries
C) studied/was trying
D) was studying/was trying
E) studies/trying
189. Tomorrow when you __________ the sun __________ .
A) woke up / shines
B) have woken up / was shining
C) wake up / will be shining
D) will wake up / will shine
E) woke up / shined
190. When I __________ home, I __________ a friend of mine.
A) was going/met
B) go/meet
C) was going/was meeting
D) are going/meet
E) were going/met
191. When we __________ the beach the rain __________ already __________ .
A) leave/has/started
B) will leave/have/started
C) left/had/started
D) left/have/started
E) are leaving/was/starting
192. Two hours ago when the children __________ in the yard a terrible storm __________ .
A) were playing / began
B) played / began
C) were playing / were beginning
D) played / were beginning
E) play / begins
193. I ____________ my hand when I ____________ the dinner.
A) was burning/cooked
B) had burnt/am cooking
C) shall burn/shall cook
D) burnt/was cooking
E) have burnt/ cooked
194. How fast ____________ you ____________ when the accident ____________?
A) were driving/happened
B) did drive/was happening
C) will drive/had happened
D) are driving/will happen
E) drive/happens
195. Lane ____________ through the morning papers when the telephone ____________.
A) was looking/rang
B) were looking/rang
C) are looking/rung
D) have looked/ring
E) looked/is ringing
196. When they ____________ about it there ____________ much trouble.
A) finds out/be
B) found out/were
C) is finding out/is
D) find out/will be
E) found out/had been
197. I ____________ terrible when I ____________ that morning.
A) felt/wake up
B) feels/wake up
C) felt/woke up
D) feel/woke up
E) felt/had woken up
198. ____________ while he was painting the ceiling.
A) He found his passport
B) He burnt his hand
C) He bought a new car
D) He wrote a letter
E) He fell off the ladder
199. It ____________ for three hours when we ____________ home.
A) will have been raining/came
B) is raining/come
C) rained/came
D) rains/came
E) had been raining/came
200. The passengers ____________ for the train for 20 minutes when it ____________ into the station.
A) waited/pulls
B) had waited/pulled
C) had been waiting/pulled
D) will wait/had pulled
E) are waiting/was pulled
201. I visited my sister when she ____________ in Moscow.
A) lived
B) lives
C) were lived
D) is living
E) were living
202. When I ____________ school I ____________ the university.
A) shall finish/shall enter
B) finish/enter
C) shall finish/enter
D) finish/shall enter
E) finish/entered
203. When I ____________ younger I ____________ an idea of a wife who ____________ with me in my thoughts as well as aims.
A) was / had / will be
B) was / had / would be
C) had been / had / is
D) have been / have / will be
E) was / had had / had been
204. When I ____________ back to the table, six soldiers ____________ there.
A) came / were sitting
B) comes / were sitting
C) has come / sit
D) came / are sitting
E) came / will sit
205. When I ____________ home my mother ____________ me that my friend ____________ me an hour before.
A) had come / told / had called
B) came / told / called
C) came / told / had called
D) was coming / told / called
E) came / was telling / had called
206. When I was a child, I ____________ used to playing with toys.
A) was
B) could
C) got
D) was getting
E) had been
207. The detective inquired about ____________ the diamond was stolen.
A) when
B) how long
C) what kind of
D) whom
E) how many
208. The admiral ____________ a great shock when he ____________ the news of the invasion.
A) has / receive
B) had / received
C) has / received
D) had / receives
E) has / receiving
209. Mr. Erdem looks younger now than he ____________ when I ____________ him a year ago.
A) has / last saw
B) was / last saw
C) was / have last seen
D) did / have seen
E) did / last saw
210. I ____________ him the truth when he ____________.
A) will tell / will come
B) am going to tell / will come
C) tell / will come
D) am telling / comes
E) will tell / comes
211. When I came out of that part of the island, I ____________ still for a while, amazed.
A) stand
B) was stood
C) am standing
D) stood
E) am being stood
212. Things never went well ____________.
A) although I have been very careful
B) when my father drove the car
C) as I’m a very good person
D) so she had been trying to recover from her illness
E) how hard we have tried
213. ____________, he had to leave the school.
A) When his father died
B) He was very lazy in co-operations
C) Before I went out
D) As his sister is a doctor
E) He didn’t fail
214. When he ____________ the plane, he’ll wait for his luggage.
A) is leaving
B) will leave
C) leave
D) to leave
E) leaves
215. Their little daughter says she ____________ a teacher when she ____________ up.
A) is / has grown
B) will be / grew
C) has been / is growing
D) is being / will grow
E) is going to be / grows
216. While we ____________ an article mother ____________ dinner.
A) were translated/was cooking
B) were translating/cooked
C) have been translating/is cooking
D) translated/had cooked
E) are translating/was cooking
217. While we ____________ sightseeing the students ____________ the book.
A) went/were reading
B) to go/were reading
C) went/are reading
D) go/were read
E) have gone/have read
218. While you ____________ a rest, we ____________ the task.
A) were having/did
B) have/do
C) shall have/done
D) have had/did
E) is having/do
219. He looked at the carpet while ____________ for her answer.
A) to wait
B) be waiting
C) waiting
D) waited
E) having waited
220. While the woman ____________ her children quickly passed her and ____________ upstairs.
A) was talking/was going
B) was talking/went
C) talks/went
D) were talking/went
E) talked/went
221. __________ while he was having breakfast.
A) He climbed the fence
B) His pen stopped writing
C) He fell off the ladder
D) He bit his tongue
E) He painted the ceiling
222. While he ____________ to school his elder brother ____________ from the Institute. His brother is a teacher now.
A) had gone/graduated
B) has been gone/will graduate
C) is going/has been graduating
D) went/graduated
E) goes/graduated
223. I understood that while the student ____________ I couldn’t enter the room.
A) would be examined
B) is examining
C) was examined
D) was being examined
E) is examined
224. Did anybody come to see me ____________ I was out?
A) since
B) while
C) where
D) for
E) before
225. While Mrs. Robertson ____________ the little boy a story, he ____________ asleep.
A) was reading / fell
B) read / was falling
C) were reading / fall
D) read / fell
E) reads / was falling
226. Most of the audience ____________ the hall ____________ I was making a speech.
A) listened / since
B) leaves / as
C) left / while
D) leaving / before
E) were leaving / until
227. While I was doing my homework ____________.
A) my friend called me to play soccer
B) someone had stolen the car
C) the boy had been dying in the garden
D) my brother might want to see me
E) there had been a football match on TV
228. While I was doing my homework ____________.
A) I have been feeling sleepy
B) my friends called me to play a match
C) someone had fired a shot
D) my sisters want to watch TV
E) the telephone has rung for five minutes
229. As soon as the guests ____________ we ____________ our party.
A) will come/began
B) comes/begin
C) will come/begin
D) come/shall begin
E) come / begin
230. As soon as we ____________ the house we ____________ to it.
A) shall build/move
B) build/shall move
C) will build/shall move
D) built/shall move
E) build/move
231. I was in the supermarket. As soon as I ____________ for the goods somebody ____________ me.
A) paid/would push
B) had paid/pushed
C) have paid/pushed
D) pay/will push
E) have paid/is pushing
232. As soon as I ____________ the result I ____________ you know.
A) hear/shall let
B) will hear/will let
C) hear/let
D) heard/let
E) have heard/let
233. As soon as he ____________ to see me, we ____________ chess.
A) will come/shall play
B) comes/shall play
C) will come/play
D) comes/play
E) came/play
234. I ____________ you as soon as we ____________ the contract.
A) shall call/sign
B) call/sign
C) called/sign
D) would call/sign
E) is calling/are signing
235. As soon as he ____________ to Samarkand he ____________ us a letter.
A) get/send
B) gets/sends
C) gets/will send
D) got/should send
E) got/has sent
236. As soon as the train arrived ____________.
A) they preferred to go by plane
B) he collected his luggage to get on
C) she prefers going by train
D) he would like to go to Brussels
E) we are not interested in a taxi
237. Call me ____________.
A) if you were at home
B) when you got home
C) as soon as you get home
D) until you will get home
E) even it can be late
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