Tenses and passive - Quiz 1

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1. I wish I ............... a car like yours.
   1.   have
   2.   had been
   3.   were
   4.   had
2. It would be better if you .......... there yourself.
   1.   go
   2.   went
   3.   gone
   4.   will go
3. I ............ be thirty next year.
   1.   would
   2.   should
   3.   could
   4.   shall
4. I think it ...................tomorrow.
   1.   will rain
   2.   is going to rain
   3.   is raining
   4.   might be rain
5. While the woman .............. vegetables, the thief stole her mobile phone.
   1.   bought
   2.   buying
   3.   was being bought
   4.   was buying
6. As I was reading the newspaper, my little sister ............... TV.
   1.   watching
   2.   was watching
   3.   would watch
   4.   watches
7. He said that he .............. all day on Monday.
   1.   is working
   2.   will be working
   3.   was working
   4.   has been working
8. I ............... my friends tonight and we will go to the club together.
   1.   will be met
   2.   will have met
   3.   will be meeting
   4.   would meet
9. He .............. the Nobel Prize in 2000.
   1.   awarded
   2.   was awarding
   3.   had awarded
   4.   was awarded
10. The children ................. for after she had gone away.
    1.   were caring
    2.   were cared
    3.   had cared
    4.   had been cared
11. She was cooking when the phone ............... .
    1.   rung
    2.   ring
    3.   had rung
    4.   rang
12. When I last talked to him, he ................ English.
    1.   studies
    2.   study
    3.   was studying
    4.   studied
13. I met her at yesterday's party, but I .............. her by sight for years before that.
    1.   had known
    2.   have known
    3.   will have known
    4.   had been known
14. By 2020, scientists surely .................... a cure for cancer.
    1.   are discovering
    2.   have been discovered
    3.   will have discovered
    4.   had discovered
15. Since the day he ............. ill, he has done a lot of reading.
    1.   was
    2.   is
    3.   has been
    4.   had
16. A: What's the time? B: I'm sorry I don't know. My watch ............... working.
    1.   is stopping
    2.   will stop
    3.   had stopped
    4.   has stopped
17. He ............... in the library every night for the last two month.
    1.   would be studying
    2.   has been studying
    3.   will have studied
    4.   has been studied
18. Last Sunday we moved out of the house where we .............. for five years.
    1.   have lived
    2.   live
    3.   had lived
    4.   had been lived
19. We spent hours talking about what we ................ since we left school.
    1.   were doing
    2.   had been doing
    3.   have done
    4.   have been doing
20. They .................. married, but in the end they changed their mind.
    1.   are going to get
    2.   were going to get
    3.   will have been
    4.   had been
21. A: Would you like to give Mike a message for you?
    B: Oh, I don't want to trouble you.
    A: It's no trouble, really. I ................ Mike tomorrow anyway.
    1.   am seeing
    2.   would see
    3.   saw
    4.   have seen
22. When I counted my change, I realized they ............... me $ 3 too much.
    1.   had been given
    2.   gave
    3.   have given
    4.   had given
23. When he'd counted his change, he ............. it in his pocket.
    1.   had put
    2.   has put
    3.   put
    4.   was put
24. As soon as she ............... out of bed, she got dressed.
    1.   had got
    2.   gets
    3.   has got
    4.   would get
25. In a fortnight's time, they ............... their exams.
    1.   have taken
    2.   will have been taken
    3.   will have taken
    4.   had taken
26. They were very rude to us. We ............. there again.
    1.   hadn't gone
    2.   won't go
    3.   wouldn't go
    4.   didn't go
27. In about forty year's time, we'll probably ............... on pills.
    1.   have been living
    2.   be living
    3.   have been lived
    4.   have lived
28. A: Why have you set your alarm clock to go off at 5.30?
    B: Because I ................ then. I have to catch the early train.
    1.   get up
    2.   was going to get up
    3.   have got up
    4.   am going to get up
29. A: I've planned my future for the next five years.
    B: That's very clever of you. What .............. when you retire?
    1.   will you do
    2.   do you do
    3.   are you going to do
    4.   have you done
30. You'll feel a lot better after you .............. a rest.
    1.   had
    2.   have had
    3.   will have
    4.   had had
31. Next August, while you are preparing for your exam, I ............. on the Mediterranean beach.
    1.   was
    2.   would be
    3.   will be
    4.   have been
32. He ................ my name, so I reminded him.
    1.   forgets
    2.   has forgotten
    3.   had forgotten
    4.   forgot
33. By 5.30 this afternoon, Tom .................. at work for eight hours.
    1.   will have been
    2.   had been
    3.   would have been
    4.   has been
34. During this year, we ............... many advances in computer science.
    1.   are seen
    2.   saw
    3.   had seen
    4.   have seen
35. Our maths teacher gave us a lot of homework last week, but he ............... us very much so far this week.
    1.   didn't give
    2.   hasn't given
    3.   has given
    4.   wasn't given
36. It's expected that man .................. on several planets by the end of this century.
    1.   will be landing
    2.   would have landed
    3.   will have landed
    4.   will have been landed
37. A: I'm going to the pop concert. ................. with me?
    B: Thank you very much. I'd love to.
    1.   Will you come
    2.   Do you come
    3.   Were you coming
    4.   Are you going to come
38. It rained! I didn't think it ..................... .
    1.   was raining
    2.   is going to rain
    3.   was going to rain
    4.   had rained
39. He found everything rather strange as he ............ never............. abroad before.
    1.   had / been
    2.   has / been
    3.   hasn't / been
    4.   will / be
40. I ............... you know as soon as the telegram arrives.
    1.   would let
    2.   let
    3.   have let
    4.   will let
41. Please ................ until the plane has taken off.
    1.   don't smoke
    2.   didn't smoke
    3.   not smoke
    4.   won't smoke
42. It's the first time I ................. of anything like that.
    1.   had heard
    2.   hear
    3.   have heard
    4.   am hearing
43. You're always late. This is the third time you ................. late this week.
    1.   had been
    2.   were
    3.   will be
    4.   have been
44. It was the first time she ................ ever .............. a prize.
    1.   is / won
    2.   would / win
    3.   had / won
    4.   has / won
45. He ............. about to give up his job when they offered him a rise.
    1.   was
    2.   is
    3.   had been
    4.   has been
46. Yesterday while I was sitting in class, I ........... the hiccups. The boy next to me told me to hold my breath.
    1.   was got
    2.   got
    3.   would get
    4.   had got
47. Hello! I ............... to phone you all week. Where .................?
    1.   am trying / were you
    2.   have tried / did you go
    3.   tried / were you
    4.   have been trying / have you been
48. I think you should apologize when you ............. her.
    1.   will see
    2.   see
    3.   saw
    4.   are seen
49. His clothes are in a mess because he ............. the house all the morning.
    1.   has been painting
    2.   will be painting
    3.   had been painting
    4.   will have painted
50. Since I last met him he ................ .
    1.   will get married
    2.   gets married
    3.   had got married
    4.   has got married