Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3

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This third gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of mixed verb tenses (present-past-future) of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English tenses.

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Question 1

1. Marissa Pestle’s first novel was_____ published in America a fortnight ago, and has _____ to come out at all in Britain let alone be translated.

A	never / already
B	only / yet
C	currently / always
D	nearly / hardly
E	recently/just

Question 2

2. It was only after she _____ English that she _____ to make some foreign friends.

A	learnt / had started
B	had learnt / started
C	learnt / would start
D	was learning / started
E	learns / has started

Question 3

3. For decades researchers _____ to wrest predictions from string theory, the leading candidate for a more fundamental understanding of the universe.

A	tried
B	were trying
C	have tried
D	try
E	had tried

Question 4

4. We _____ that this picture______ worth at least 500 dolars.

A	have estimated / was
B	have estimated / is
C	will estimate / will be
D	are estimating / is
E	estimated / was

Question 5

5. Next weekend, I _____my proficiency exam, so I _____ more or less 300 questions so far.

A	am going to have / finished
B	am having / will have finished
C	am to have / finish
D	am having / will finish
E	will have / have finished

Question 6

6. Jack______with his parents this evening when his girlfriend from New York telephoned to let him know that she_____ with someone else.

A	was talking / had engaged
B	had been talking / engaged
C	talked / engaged
D	had talked / had engaged
E	was talking / had been engaging

Question 7

7. When Sakura _____ at the theatre, Shannon was really angry because he _____ for her for more than an hour.

A	had arrived / was waiting
B	arrived / was waiting
C	had been arriving / was waiting
D	was arriving / waited
E	arrived / had been waiting

Question 8

8. He _____ his boss that he ______back after his vacation.

A	doesn't tell / hasn't come
B	won't tell / won't have come
C	isn't telling / doesn't come
D	hasn't told / won't be coming
E	didn't tell / hadn't come

Question 9

9. By the time Richard ____ from the army, he _____ involved in three separate riots.

A	retires / would be
B	retired / had been
C	hâs retired / was
D	retired / will be
E	had retired / had been

Question 10

10. Scientists _____ that some artificial photosynthesis______ possible.

A	will hope / is
B	are hoping / will have been
C	hoped/was
D	hoped / had been
E	hope / will be

Question 11

11. In Asia, for many centuries physicians _____ foot massage as an aid to the treatment of major health problems.

A	have used
B	are using
C	were using
D	had been using
E	used

Question 12

12. By the time we ____ our preparations for the congress, most of the participants_____ at the hall.

A	have finished / had arrived
B	will have finished / arrive
C	finished / have arrived
D	finished / had arrived
E	finish / would arrive

Question 13

13. I ____ Jerusalem Peace Forest so as to escape from the fear and loathing of the soldiers many times ever since I _____ to Israel a year ago.

A	visited / had moved
B	will be visiting / move
C	have been visiting / will move
D	had visited / have moved
E	have visited / moved

Question 14

14. The Bastille Prison, where many important people_____ at one time imprisoned, _____ today visited by tourists.

A	have been / is
B	had been / have been
C	were / is
D	are / was
E	will be / has been

Question 15

15. Tony is a wonderful singer; His mother tells me that he _____ professionally since she was four.

A	has sung
B	was singing
C	is singing
D	has been singing
E	sings

Question 16

16. The full impact of the strike____ till next week, by which time present stocks_____ .

A	hasn’t been felt / will be exhausted
B	won't be felt / will have been exhausted
C	isn't to be felt / have been exhausted
D	won’t be felt / is exhausted
E	isn’t felt / exhausted

Question 17

17. We moved to Myerson in 1995. At the time of our arrival, the city _____ through a period of expansion.

A	went
B	will go
C	was going
D	has gone
E	had been going

Question 18

18. Although he ____ not having the talent necessary to become a violinist, he _____ practising with great determination.

A	had admitted / would be continuing
B	will have admitted / was continuing
C	would admit / has continued
D	admitted / had continued
E	has admitted / continues

Question 19

19. By the time the English team____ at the summit, both the Japanese and Dutch teams_____ up to Himalayas.

A	arrived I had climbed
B	were arriving / climbed
C	have been arriving / have climbed
D	had arrived / climbed
E	arrive / would have climbed

Question 20

20. The Cambrian _____ an important moment in the history of life on earth and a time of radical evolutionary experimentation when many animals first_____ in the fossil record.

A	was / had appeared
B	has been / will appear
C	has been / appears
D	is / appeared
E	had been / appeared

Question 21

21. Although aspirin _____ primarily regarded as a simple pain killer, it _____ to prevent heart attacks, too.

A	is / helps
B	was / will have helped
C	has been / would have helped
D	is / was helped
E	will be / had helped

Question 22

22. Until recently, the first European who ____ to the New World______to be Christopher Columbus, who was a famous Italian navigator.

A	had sailed / was believed
B	has sailed / is believed
C	has sailed / had been believed
D	would sail / has been believed
E	sailed / had been believed

Question 23

23. The committee is determined not to leave _____ they have finished the project.

A	until
B	by the time
C	just as
D	since
E	when

Question 24

24. Shelly ____ her mid-term mark because she_____ to her instructor.

A	won’t learn / hasn't listened
B	hadn't learnt / wouldn't be listening
C	can’t learn / didn’t listen
D	couldn’t learn I wasn’t listening
E	wouldn't learn / hadn't listened

Question 25

25. Unfortunately, the new earthquake regulations ;_____ any difference to the people who _____ under the buildings.

A	don't make / had been dying
B	hadn't made / died
C	haven't made / will die
D	weren't making / have died
E	won't make / have died

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Cristian

April 15, 2020 at 8:51 pm

Hi can you explain question 8 and 24? Thanks

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