英语四级语法之时态练习题

1) After searching for half an hour, she realized that her glasses ____ on the table all the time.

A) were lain B) had been lain

C) are lying D)had been lying

2) By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I ____ for Shanghai.

A) shall have left B) will leave

C) am leaving D)have already left

3) I bought a new house last year, but I ____ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.

A) didn't sell B) have not sold

C) had not sold D) don't sell

4) Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ____ better health.

A) could have enjoyed B) have enjoyed

C) have been enjoyed D)are enjoying

5) I decided to go to the library as soon as I ____ .

A) finish what I did B) finished what I did

C) finished what I was doing D) would finish what I was doing

6) Julia hadn't reached the restaurant when Jim ____ there.

A)got B) has got C) had got D) had been

7) Even though they ____ for twenty years, the two neighbors are not on good terms.

A) have been lived side by side B) had been living side by side

C) have been side by side living D) have been living side by side

8) When the final grades were posted, Max ____ that he had passed the physics exam after all.

A) discovers B) discovered

C) had discovered D) has discovered

9) I ____ you the book as soon as possible, I promise you.

A) would send B) will send

C) sent D) send

10) We ____ down when she ____ plates of food for us.

A) had hardly sat, had bought B) hardly sat, bought

C) hardly sat, had bought D) had hardly sat, bought

11) When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. ____ ?

A) where have you been B) where have you been to

C) where did you go D) where were you

12) As my mother ____ here before, I went to meet her at the railway station.

A) had never been B) has never been

C) had been never D) never was

13) Our team ____ every match so far this year, but we still have three more games to play.

A) was winning B) has won

C) had won D) wins

14) He ____ for three years.

A) has joined the arm B) has been in the army

C) has been serving in the army D) joined the army

15) The growth of part time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, ____ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.

A) have allowed B) allow

C) allowing D) allows

16) The car ____ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about ten o'clock tonight.

A) would go B) went

C) will be going D) goes

17) The company ____ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A) is promised B) is promising

C) has been promising D) promised

18) No sooner had he sat down than the telephone ____ .

A) rings B) was ringing

C) rang D) hand rung

19) I hope the time is not far off that they shall ____ for the betterment of the working class.

A) make to fight B) be made to fight

C) be fought D) fought

20) Mr. James ____ a city bus for over twenty-five years before retirement.

A) is driving B) drove