时态综合练习

1. The bank robbery __________ (happen) last night.

2. Water __________ (boil) at the temperature of 100°C.

3. This kind of TV __________ (make) in Shanghai.

4. In the past, there __________ (be) only single-decker buses.

5. Matter __________ (change) form one state to another.

6. The electric light __________ (invent) by Edison.

7. __________ (raise) your hand if you __________ (know) the answer.

8. Tom __________ (drop) the vase and __________ (break) it a moment ago.

9. Yesterday he __________ (not realize) what a serious mistake he __________ (make).

10. The First World War __________ (take) place in 1914. Old John __________ (fight) in it.

11. Don’t make any noise. The teachers __________ (have) a meeting.

12. Betty __________ (make) a telephone call to her pen pal at that time yesterday.

13. I __________ (not do) anything at the moment.

14. He told me that my mother __________ (wait) for me outside.

15. Spring is here. It __________ (get) warmer and warmer.

16. What __________ you __________ (do) when I called you yesterday evening?

17. All those wastes __________ (pollute) the river these years.

18. My mother __________ (cook) in the kitchen when my father returned home.

19. I __________ (see) him when I __________ (walk) in the past.

20. It __________ (rain) at the moment, so we __________ (stay) indoors yesterday afternoon.

21. I wonder if he __________ (be) able to finish his work in two days.

22. You __________ (fail) in physics unless you work harder.

23. She was told that a report about the matter __________ (make) the next afternoon.

24. The foreigners __________ (visit) the Oriental Pearl TV Tower unless it rains tomorrow.

25. Another new bridge __________ (built) over the Huangpu River next year.

26. After my brother __________ (graduate) from high school he will go abroad to further his study.

27. Some guests __________ (welcome) at the airport when they __________ (arrive) tomorrow.

28. Mr Wang __________ (tell) that he __________ (send) to work in Tibet the next year.

29. She said there __________ (be) a maths contest the next month and asked us who __________

(enter) for it.

30. Paul told me why he __________ (make) so many mistakes in his maths test. He said that he

__________ (study) harder later on.

31. George __________ (be) in business since he graduated from college.

32. We __________ (learn) three thousand English words by the end of last term.

33. The sheep __________ (disappear) one after another since last month.

34. Don’t worry. The work __________ (finish) already.

35. Mr Li didn’t go to the cinema because he __________ (see) the film before.

36. The Olympic Games __________ (take) place twenty-nine times since 1896.

37. I __________ (read) the Adventures of Tom Sawyer these days.

38. The government __________ (make) traffic laws to reduce accidents recently.

39. The room is dirty. I __________ (not clean) it for weeks.

40. Peter’s mother __________ (tell) that her son __________ (apologize) to Mr Brown already for

breaking his window.