9.7 Quiz 2: Sequence of tenses

He was late for the meeting because his car _______ on his way.

• broke down

• had broke down

• breaks down

• had broken down

They had escaped to America shortly before the war ________ in 1939.

• had been broken out

• broke out

• was breaking out

• would break out

By next year, I _______ by my aunt for 20 years.

• would brought up

• am brought up

• will have been brought up

• will brought up

While the entire staff was going to the office, the boss suddenly _________ the meeting.

• had called off

• would call off

• was calling off

• called off

Sara __________ a shower when the water supplies was cut off yesterday.

• is taking

• will be taking

• was taking

• has been taking

Our class thought we __________ our professor while he was in the hospital.

• had dropped in on

• was going to drop in on

• would drop in on

• will drop in on

James hesitated for a moment and then __________.

• has gone on

• would go on

• goes on

• went on

The yard was totally wet. Perhaps the rain ___________ before the sun rose this morning.

• has been keeping on

• had been keeping on

• was keeping on

• is keeping on

As soon as the government had received lots of complaints from the residents, a working party ____________.

• has been set up to look into the problem

• will have been set up to look into the problem

• was set up to look into the problem

• is being set up to look into the problem

While our elder brother looks exactly like our dad, the rest of us __________ our mother.

• are taking after

• has been taken after

• take after

• were taking