884 English Tenses Advanced Level Mcqs Test With Answers 1

English Tenses Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 1
1. Last Saturday, my father ____ that his dinner suit was 7. About a month ago, I ____ a brochure about your
too small, so now he ____ a strict diet. hotel, but I ____ it yet.
A) has discovered / followed A) request / didn't receiv

B) discovers / was following B) have requested / am not receiving
C) discovered / is following C) was requesting / wasn't receiving
D) was discovering / has followed D) requested / haven't received
E) has been discovering / will follow E) have been requested / don't receive
2. Helen ____ her driving test five times so far without 8. The conditions in our office ____ more and more
success, but she ____ yet. unbearable, so quite often recently I ____ quitting it
and looking for a new job.
A) takes / isn't giving up
B) has taken / hasn't given up A) have got / was considering
C) was taking / didn't give up B) was getting / am considering
D) is taking / doesn't give up C) are getting / have considered
E) took / wasn't giving up D) have been getting / consider
E) get / considere
3. Most of the time, John and his friends ____ football
matches at their local coffee, but this Saturday, they 9. Because I ____ a long way from my work, I ____ lots of
____ to the stadium, and so they're all very excited. time going to and from work.
A) watch / are going A) live / waste

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B) have been watching / go B) lived / have wasted

C) are watching / have gone C) have been living / wasted
D) were watching / went D) am living / have been wasting
E) have watched / were going E) was living / am wasting
4. Kate ____ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she 10. In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper chains ____
____ meat at all during this time. for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend
that ____ in the 1970s.
A) is / isn't eating
B) has been / wasn't eating A) account / started
C) is / doesn't eat B) were accounting / start
D) has been / hasn't eaten C) has accounted / was starting
E) was / didn't eat D) accounted / is starting
E) accounts / has started
5. Last year, Richard ____ his bicycle to work every day,
but he ____ the bus since the accident. 11. Clean snow ____ as much as 87 per cent of the
sunlight that ____ on it.
A) rides / takes
B) has ridden / is taking A) is reflecting / shone
C) rode / has been taking B) has reflected / was shining
D) was riding / took C) reflected / is shining
E) is riding / has taken D) was reflected / has shone
E) reflects / shines
6. I ____ glasses when I was younger, but now I ____
contact lenses. 12. More than two hundred people ____ the tower when
the bomb ____ in one of the dustbins.
A) was wearing / have had
B) have worn / am having A) have visited / was exploding
C) have been wearing / had B) were visiting / exploded
D) wear / was having C) visited / has exploded
E) wore / have D) are visiting / is exploding
E) visit / has exploded
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13. Because you ____ half of the ingredients as I ____ 19. I ____ my French lately; consequently, I ____ more and
dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now. more of it.
A) were eating / have prepared A) am not practising / forget

B) have eaten / prepared B) haven't been practising / am forgetting
C) have been eating / prepare C) don't practice / have forgotten
D) ate / was preparing D) wasn't practising / forgot
E) eat / have been preparing E) didn't practice / was forgetting
14. She ____ strictly since Christmas and so far she ____ 20. The old lady's health ____ day by day until she ____
eight kilos. smoking.
A) was dieting / was losing A) was deteriorating / gave up

B) dieted / loses B) is deteriorating / gives up
C) diets / is losing C) deteriorated / has given up
D) is dieting / lost D) deteriorates / is giving up
E) has been dieting / has lost E) has deteriorated / was giving up
15. Cindy's family ____ chains in this area for over three 21. The managing director ____ Sid to sales manager and
centuries and now her father ____ this traditional craft ever since then, he ____ everybody around.
at the county museum twice a day as well.
A) promoted / has been bossing
A) are making / is demonstrating B) promotes / bosses
B) have made / has demonstrated C) has promoted / is bossing

C) made / was demonstrating D) is promoting / was bossing
D) were making / demonstrated E) was promoting / has bossed
E) have been making / demonstrates
22. Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful
16. He ______ to unlock the door to his flat because the weather, ____ our holiday miserable, so we ____
telephone ________. before the scheduled time.
A) was hurrying / rang A) have made / have left

B) hurries / has been ringing B) were making / leave
C) hurried / was ringing C) make / left
D) is hurrying / rings D) are making / are leaving
E) has hurried / has rung E) made / were leaving
17. There ____ economies since the dawn of civilisation, 23. The fact that more people ____ ozone-friendly
but as a field of study, economics ____ only recently. products nowadays ____ that the media can positively
increase public awareness.
A) were / was developing
B) have been / has developed A) have used / was showing
C) are / has been developing B) used / has shown
D) were / is developing C) use / has been showing
E) have been / develops D) were using / showed
E) are using / shows
18. John Deere ____ his farm machinery business, which
____ tractors today, in the 19th century. 24. My sister ____ from severe backaches lately and I
think it's because, last month, she ____ to work in a
A) founds / still produced shop where she has to pick up heavy things.
B) has founded / is still producing
A) is suffering / has started
C) was founding / was still producing
B) suffers / was starting
D) founded / still produces
C) has been suffering / started
E) is founding / is still produced
D) suffered / is starting
E) was suffering / start
25. Though she ____ dancing, Sonia ____ to the disco with 31. Bob ____ with us tonight as he ____ an appointment
her friends the previous night just in order to be with with the dentist.
them in a different atmosphere.
A) won't have trained / is making
A) hasn't like / has gone B) hasn't trained / was making
B) doesn't like / went C) hadn't trained / made
C) didn't like / is going D) doesn't train / makes
D) doesn't like / goes E) isn't going to train / has made
E) didn't like / is going
32. We ____ football for two hours and ____ to a
26. Somebody ____ three times this morning asking for restaurant for a meal, afterwards.
Pete, but nobody called Pete ____ here.
A) are playing / go
A) has phoned / has ever lived B) play / are going
B) is phoning / was ever living C) played / went
C) phones / ever lived D) have played / were going
D) phoned / is ever living E) have been playing / had gone
E) has been phoning / ever lived
33. Environmental pollution ____ ever since people ____ to
27. Joey ____ just ____stubborn when he refused to go to congregate in towns and cities.
the cinema today and he only did so because we ____
to go bowling yesterday. A) will have existed / are beginning
B) exist / have begun
A) is / being / haven't wanted

C) had existed / were beginning
B) has / been / didn't want
D) has existed / began
C) is / being / don't want
E) will exist / begin
D) was / being / haven't been wanting
34. I heard that you ____ about the boys all day, so I just
E) was / being / didn't want
rang to tell you that Matthew ____ from a payphone a
28. My mother ____ her optician tomorrow because her couple of hours ago and they are both fine. The
eyesight ____ worse since she got this computing job. weather is fine and they will be home on Sunday
evening.
A) has visited / is becoming A) had been worrying / will phone

B) visited / was becoming B) have been worrying / phoned
C) visits / becomes C) will be worrying / had phoned
D) is visiting / has become D) are worrying / is going to phone
E) was visiting / became E) were worrying / phones
29. As the President ____the hall, all the guests ____ to 35. Although he ____ the first round in record time, he
their feet to welcome him. ____ in the second, and so finished tenth overall.
A) was entering / have risen A) finishes / is slipping

B) entered / rose B) had been finishing / was slipping
C) is entering / rise C) will have finished / slips
D) enters / have been rising D) had finished / slipped
E) has entered / were rising E) was finishing / has slipped
30. She ____ interested in health ever since she was a 36. The petrol warning light ____ for half an hour before
young girl and now that the medical college ____ her we ____ a petrol station.
as a student, it seems that she will be able to work in
the medical field. A) had been flashing / reached
B) is going to flash / will reach
A) was / accepted
C) flashed / have reached
B) has been / has accepted
D) flashes / will be reaching
C) is / is accepting
E) was flashing / were reaching
D) is being / accepts
E) was / was accepting
37. Up until the tap water ____ back on yesterday 43. Freedom of the press ____ an issue between people
evening, we ____ water back and forth for three days. and their governments since the time individuals ____
newspapers independent of government control for
the first time.
A) came / had been carrying
B) has come / have been carrying A) is / are publishing
C) had come / were carrying B) will have been / publish
D) was coming / will have carried C) had been / were publishing
E) is coming / will have carried D) has been / published
E) was / have published
38. The neighbours ____ so loudly last night that they
____ us all awake until after midnight. 44. The hikers ____ so tired by the time they ____ the top
of the hill that I'm sure they'll first want to sit down
A) are shouting / are keeping for a rest.
B) have been shouting / were keeping
A) will have got / reach
C) shouted / have been keeping
B) are getting / will have reached
D) have shouted / had kept
C) had got / reached
E) were shouting / kept
D) have got / are reaching
39. Man's use of pictures to tell stories and to record
E) were getting / had reached
experiences ____ prehistoric times, when he ____ the
walls of caves. 45. When the young scouts ____ the top of the hill, they
____ for more than an hour.
A) was beginning / has drawn

B) began / drew A) reached / have been walking
C) begins / will have drawn B) reach / will have been walking
D) has begun / was drawing C) will have reached / are walking
E) had begun / draw D) had reached / were walking
E) have reached / will be walking
40. My team ____ a match for a month, so currently the
manager ____ resigning if they lose one more match. 46. Modern exploration of the undersea world had its
beginning in June 1943, when Jacques Cousteau ____
A) doesn't win / considered his first dive with a revolutionary breathing device
which he ____ with Emile Gagnan, a French engineer.
B) isn't winning / was considering
C) hasn't won / is considering A) was making / has developed
D) hadn't won / will have considered B) had made / will have developed
E) wasn't winning / will consider C) has made / was developing
41. My brother ____ past the post office every morning D) will have made / develops
and I ____ him all week to post a letter for me, but he
E) made / had developed
keeps forgetting, so I'm going to post it myself
tomorrow. 47. She says that she ____ the eight o'clock train
tomorrow, but I'm sure she ____ it, as usual.
A) will be going / ask
B) will go / am asking A) is catching / is missing
C) goes / have been asking B) has caught / misses
D) is going / will ask C) will have caught / has missed
E) has been going / had ask D) is going to catch / will miss
E) was catching / missed
42. The football team that ____ last year's championship
____ little chance of winning it again this year. 48. The fisherman ____ more fish in one night than ever
before, so when they anchored in the harbour, they
A) was winning / stood ____ with joy at the thought of their reward.
B) was going to win / stand
A) had been catching / will sing
C) has won / has stood
B) will have caught / sang
D) had won / was standing
C) had caught / were singing
E) won / stands
D) caught / have been singing
E) have caught / will be singing
49. On my friend's farm, they ____ an alarm clock 50. The Continental Congress ____ the US Postal Service
because the cockerel ____ at five o'clock every in 1775 and the first federal government ____ the
morning without fail. service in the Constitution.
A) don't need / crows A) was founding / has included

B) haven't needed / was crowing B) had founded / includes
C) won't have needed / has crowed C) has founded / is including
D) wont need / is crowing D) was going to found / will include
E) didn't need / will crow E) founded / included
Answer Key:
1: C 26: A
2: B 27: E
3: A 28: D
4: D 29: B
5: C 30: B
6: E 31: E
7: D 32: C
8: C 33: D
9: A 34: B
10: A 35: D
11: E 36: A
12: B 37: A
13: D 38: E
14: E 39: B
15: E 40: C
16: C 41: C
17: B 42: E
18: D 43: D
19: B 44: A
20: A 45: B
21: A 46: E
22: D 47: D
23: E 48: C
24: C 49: A
25: B 50: E

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A) has discovered / followed A) request / didn't receiv

A) watch / are going A) live / waste

B) have been watching / go B) lived / have wasted

A) were eating / have prepared A) am not practising / forget

A) was dieting / was losing A) was deteriorating / gave up

B) have made / has demonstrated C) has promoted / is bossing

A) was hurrying / rang A) have made / have left

A) is / being / haven't wanted

A) has visited / is becoming A) had been worrying / will phone

A) was entering / have risen A) finishes / is slipping

A) was beginning / has drawn

A) don't need / crows A) was founding / has included

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