英语时态练习题精选

英语时态练习题精选

1. --- Oh, dear. I forgot the air tickets.

--- You ______ something.

A. have left

B. are always leaving

C. are leaving

D. always left

2. --- I ______ so busily recently that I ______ no time to help you with your math.

--- That’s OK. I can manage it by myself.

A. have been working; have

B. have worked; had

C. am working; will have

D. had been working; had had

3. Remember to send me a photo of us next time you ______ to me.

A. are writing

B. will write

C. has written

D. write

4. He ______ at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him.

A. will speak

B. is going to speak

C. had to speak

D. was going to speak

5. --- I beg your pardon, but I didn’t quite catch you.

--- Oh, I ______ myself.

A. am talking to

B. talked about

C. have talked to

D. was talking to

6. I ______ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the New Year.

A. will play

B. have played

C. played

D. play

7. I first met Tom 10 years ago. He ______ in a radio factory at that time.

A. had worked

B. has worked

C. was working

D. has been working

8. --- What ______ when I phoned you

--- I ______ my work, and I wanted to go out.

A. have you done; finished

B. were you doing; have finished

C. did you do; had just finished

D. were you doing; had just finished

9. --- Have you finished the report

--- No. I ______ it all this week.

A. will do

B. had done

C. have done

D. have been doing

10. I can guess you were in a hurry. You ______ your sweater inside out.

A. had worn

B. wore

C. were wearing

D. are wearing

11. --- We ______ that you would fix the TV set this week.

--- I’m sorry. I ______ to fix it this week, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected; had intended

B. are expecting; had intended

C. expect; intend

D. expected; intend

12. --- Why Tom, your shirt is so dirty!

--- Mum, I ______ my storeroom downstairs.

A. cleaned

B. have cleaned

C. was cleaning

D. have been cleaning

13. They won’t buy new clothes because they ______ money to buy a new hous e.

A. save

B. are saving

C. have saved

D. were saving

14. The traffic in our city is already good and it ______ even better.

A. gets

B. got

C. has got

D. is getting

15. --- I will come to attend your lecture at 10:00 tomorrow.

--- I’m sorry, by th en my lecture will have ended and I ______ my guests in my office.

A. is being met

B. will meet

C. will be meeting

D. will have met

16. --- Alice came back home the day before yesterday.

--- Really Where ______

A. has she been

B. had she been

C. has she gone

D. had she gone

17. I know Mr. Brown; we ______ to each other at an international conference.

A. are introduced

B. are been introduced

C. were introduced

D. had been introduced

18. --- Where do you think ______ he ______ the computer

--- Sorry. I have no idea.