Test on Tenses - Multiple Choice Questions

1	I _____ come if I had time.	have	have	would have	did
2	This time tomorrow you _____ sitting in a deck chair on the beach.	are	were	will	will be
3	Before you telephoned, I _____ watching television.	was	will be	am	have
4	After the storm _____ finished, many people were found lying in the street.	has	had	were	did
5	Tomorrow we _____ taking the day off.	will	have	were	are
6	Where did you _____ for your holiday in the end?	went	gone	go	going
7	I must admit you _____ tried but I'm afraid the answer is still no.	did	will	do	have
8	Sometimes I wonder if I _____ ever succeed.	do	shall	am	were
9	How many times _____ you been there?	has	will	have	did
10	She's _____ working there since she left school.	had	done	have	been
11	It’s time we _____	go	went	are going	going
12	I honestly couldn't follow a word you _____	are saying	will say	were saying	did say
13	He asked me what I _____ doing there.	am	did	will be	was
14	I've just _____ that the price has gone up again.	am told	have told	been told	was told
15	She was annoyed that she _____ spoken to like that.	had been	has been	was been	will have been
16	I've just been _____ here that man has been released.	reads	reading	read	have read
17	If you were stopped by the police for speeding, what _____ you do?	will	shall	do	would
18	Long _____ the King!	live	lives	living	lived
19	If I get there early enough, I _____ you a seat.	did save	do save	am saving	shall save
20	When I'm in town, I _____ listening to the birds.	missing	miss	misses	missed
21	Ah there you _____! I wondered where you were.	be	were	are	have been
22	She said she'd help him if she ______	could	can	can’t	have been able
23	He told them he _____ starting work the next day.	will be	will have been	would be	would have been
24	I had instructions that I _____ to leave the door unlocked when I came home.	will being	were	am	was
25	He refused to go until he ______ seen all the paintings.	had	was	is	has
26	Don't worry even if you make a mistake because if you ______, it doesn't matter.	were doing	had done	do	will do
27	He _____ silly things like this. Take no notice now.	always did	will always do	had always done	is always doing
28	The man who _____ walking down the road just then, lives next door.	is	will be	was	has been
29	It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he _____ at you last night.	had shouted	is shouting	would shouted	shouted
30	Come on tell me honestly what you _____ to do now.	wanted	want	are wanting	will want

 

Answers:

1	I _____ come if I had time.	have	have	would have	did	C
2	This time tomorrow you _____ sitting in a deck chair on the beach.	are	were	will	will be	D
3	Before you telephoned, I _____ watching television.	was	will be	am	have	A
4	After the storm _____ finished, many people were found lying in the street.	has	had	were	did	B
5	Tomorrow we _____ taking the day off.	will	have	were	are	D
6	Where did you _____ for your holiday in the end?	went	gone	go	going	C
7	I must admit you _____ tried but I'm afraid the answer is still no.	did	will	do	have	D
8	Sometimes I wonder if I _____ ever succeed.	do	shall	am	were	B
9	How many times _____ you been there?	has	will	have	did	C
10	She's _____ working there since she left school.	had	done	have	been	D
11	It’s time we _____	go	went	are going	going	B
12	I honestly couldn't follow a word you _____	are saying	will say	were saying	did say	C
13	He asked me what I _____ doing there.	am	did	will be	was	D
14	I've just _____ that the price has gone up again.	am told	have told	been told	was told	C
15	She was annoyed that she _____ spoken to like that.	had been	has been	was been	will have been	A
16	I've just been _____ here that man has been released.	reads	reading	read	have read	B
17	If you were stopped by the police for speeding, what _____ you do?	will	shall	do	would	D
18	Long _____ the King!	live	lives	living	lived	A
19	If I get there early enough, I _____ you a seat.	did save	do save	am saving	shall save	D
20	When I'm in town, I _____ listening to the birds.	missing	miss	misses	missed	B
21	Ah there you _____! I wondered where you were.	be	were	are	have been	C
22	She said she'd help him if she ______	could	can	can’t	have been able	A
23	He told them he _____ starting work the next day.	will be	will have been	would be	would have been	C
24	I had instructions that I _____ to leave the door unlocked when I came home.	will being	were	am	was	D
25	He refused to go until he ______ seen all the paintings.	had	was	is	has	A
26	Don't worry even if you make a mistake because if you ______, it doesn't matter.	were doing	had done	do	will do	C
27	He _____ silly things like this. Take no notice now.	always did	will always do	had always done	is always doing	D
28	The man who _____ walking down the road just then, lives next door.	is	will be	was	has been	C
29	It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he _____ at you last night.	had shouted	is shouting	would shouted	shouted	D
30	Come on tell me honestly what you _____ to do now.	wanted	want	are wanting	will want	B