SEQUENCE OF TENSE

Multiple Choice

My sister _______ when the phone rang.

• A. is cooking

• B. are cooking

• C. was cooking

• D. were cooking

Multiple Choice

By the time I finish the test, all of the other students _______ the class.

• will leave

• are leaving

• will have left

Multiple Choice

In 2020, Collin ________ in politics for 30 years.

• worked

• will worked

• will have been working

Multiple Choice

When the mail carrier came to the door, I ________ a bath.

• took

• was taking

• have taken

Multiple Choice

[...] 
Tony: We got here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people______________here waiting for tickets when we arrived.
[...] 

• already standed
• were already standing
• had already standed
• had already been standing

Multiple Choice

He was in Japan last month. He___________Japan before.

• never visited
• was never visiting
• had never visited
• had never been visiting

Multiple Choice

Up to now, I____________any opportunity to check this information.

• didn't have
• wasn't having
• haven't had
• haven't been having

Multiple Choice

By the time you get a promotion, I ____________ for 10 years.

• will work
• 'm going to work
• will have worked
• will have been working

Multiple Choice

I ____, ____ and ____ here since 2005 and have a happy family

• have moved - built - lived

• have moved - have built - have lived

• has moved - build - lived

• had moved - built - lived

Multiple Choice

I haven’t met my cousin for ages.

• I last met my cousin one year ago.

• It has been ages since I last met my cousin.

• I’ve met my cousin for ages.

• I met my cousin for ages.

Multiple Choice

By the time you will get home, we will have already been in bed.

• A. By the time

• B. will get

• C. have already been

• D. in

Multiple Choice

He started to practise swimming when he was a kid, and he still practises swimming.

• A. Thanh practiced swimming when he was a kid.

• B. Thanh has practised swimming since he was a kid.

• C. Thanh was a swimmer when he was a kid.

• D. Thanh was a swimmer as a kid.

Multiple Choice

He bought the house a few years ago. He still owns it.

• A. He has bought the house for a few years.

• B. He has had the house for a few years.

• C. He is living in the house in a few years.

• D. He lived in the house a year ago.

Multiple Choice

At the same time last month, my family ______ my grandpa’s 80^th birthday.

• A. celebrate

• B. were celebrating

• C. had celebrated

• D. celebrated

Multiple Choice

Peter started learning to play the piano two months ago. He is still learning the piano.

• A. Peter has learned to play the piano for two months.

• B. Peter is learning to play the piano at the moment.

• C. Peter stopped learning to play the piano two months ago.

• D. Peter has never learned to play the piano.

Multiple Choice

By the time I finish the test, all of the other students _______ the class.

• will leave

• are leaving

• will have left

Multiple Choice

By the end of next year, Geoge_____English for 2 years.

• will have learned

• will learn

• has learned

• would learn

Multiple Choice

My mom_____for two days by the time I see her.

• will have been travelling

• has been travelling

• will has been travelling

• has been travelled

Multiple Choice

- What are your plans for the holiday?

- I_____my grandparents and then go trekking in Sapa.

• am going to visit

• shall go

• will go to visit

• will go

Multiple Choice

At this time next week, they_____in the train on their way to Paris.

• will sit

• will be sitting

• will have sat

• will have been sitting

Multiple Choice

Listen! There's someone at the door. I_____the door for you.

• am going to open

• am opening

• open

• will open

Multiple Choice

Alice looked much slimmer because she_____for a few months.

• had been dieting

• has been dieting

• was dieting

• diets

Multiple Choice

By the time he______out of jail, he will have forgotten how to function

in the real world.

• got

• will get

• gets

• is getting

Multiple Choice

By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship______20 hours around the earth

• will travel

• has been traveling

• had been traveling

• will have been traveling

Multiple Choice

He fell down when he______towards the church.

• run

• runs

• was running

• had run

Multiple Choice

Since Tom______, I have heard nothing from him.

• had left

• left

• has left

• was left

Multiple Choice

When Zali ______ (hang) the clothes, it _______ (rain) heavily.

• hung, rained

• was hanging, was raining

• hung, were raining

• hung, was raining

Multiple Choice

Sandy ______ (drive) the car when a boy _______ (run) across the road suddenly.

• drove, ran

• were driving, was running

• were driving, ran

• was driving, ran

Multiple Choice

When Emily __________ (prepare) the dinner, the cat _________ (steal) the fish.

• was preparing, was stealing

• was preparing, stole

• prepared, was stealing

• were preparing, stole

Multiple Choice

Peter has decorated the Christmas tree while his wife was preparing dinner.

• A. has decorated

• B. the Christmas tree

• C. his wife

• D. dinner

Multiple Choice

As soon as it _________ raining, we will leave.

A. stops               B. stop             C. had stopped               D. stopped

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Right now the tide is low, but when the tide comes in, the ship ______ the harbor.

A. left                B. will leave                C. will have left               D. leave

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

I will never speak to him again so long as I _______.

A. lives               B. will live                 C. am living                D. live

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

By the time Bill ____ to bed tomorrow, he will have had a full day and will be ready for sleep.

A. had gone                   B. will go                 C. goes                   D. went

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

By the time I return to my country, I _________ away from home for more than three years.

A. would be              B. will have been          C. will be             D. am

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

As soon as he finishes dinner, he _______ the children for a work to a nearby playground.

A. will take                B. takes             C. will be taking            D. took

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

After he _______ breakfast tomorrow, he will get ready to go to work.

A. will have had B. has C. will be having D. have

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

He will work at his      desk until he ______ to another meeting in the middle of the afternoon.

A. went           B. go               C. will go                D. goes

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Quyen _______ in the supermarket when she saw her old friend.

• was shopping

• shops

• is shopping

• has shopped

Multiple Choice

_______, I will give you a call.

• When I had arrived in Ha Noi

• When I arrive in Ha Noi

• When I arrived in Ha Noi

• When I was arriving in Ha Noi

Multiple Choice

She will take management training course _______

• right after the epidemic has been controlled

• as soon as the epidemic was controlled

• when the epidemic had been controlled

• until the epidemic will be controlled

Multiple Choice

     He will take the dog out for a walk ________________.

• as soon as he finishes

• until I finished dinner

• when I was finishing dinner

• shall have finished

Multiple Choice

I will come and see you before I________for America.

• leave  

• will leave

• have left

• left