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Grammar Exercises: (Tenses)

1. The stationer has not yet delivered the yellow paper, but when ____ I will give you some.

A. they do

B. they will

C. he does

D. he will

2. I think I’ll wait until the mail ____.

A. should come

B. is coming

C. comes

D. will come

3. I am reading an article which ____ hunting.

A.

concerns to

B. is concerning

C. it concerns

D. concerns

4. Powder when mixed with water ____.

A. dissolving

B. dissolves

C. it dissolve

D. dissolved

5. If ____ enough interest, the proposed flexible work schedule will be implemented.

A. there be

B. there will be

C. there are

D. there is

6. The teaching assistant’s explanations to the class will be more understandable if he ____ more clearly next time.

A. speaks

B. spoke

C. will speak

D. has spoken

7. If it ____ rain, the band’s members will have to cover their instruments.

A. will start

B. starts to

C. started

D. had started

8. San Diego ____ the oldest permanent settlement for Europeans in the United States.

A. is

B. being

C. being for

D. where

9. If Mary ____, tell her I will call her back as soon as I return.

A. calls

B. called

C. will call

D. is going to call

10. Some doctors involved in brain research ____ that violence has its roots in certain sections of the brain.

A. are believing

B. believe

C. believing

D. believes

11. Every fall wild geese ____ over the house located directly on the day.

A. fly

B. flies

C. have flown

D. flown

12. If the superintendent does not ____ his mind, there is nothing more to be done.

A. changes

B. have changed

C. change

D. to change

13. Highly motivated, ambitious people often ____ more hours in a day.

A. needing

B. need

C. needed

D. are needing

14. “It’s very difficult.” “ If no one ____ able to do this, then we have to find someone

else.”

A. were

B. was

C. is

D. would

15. We visit the drama club all the ____.

A. evening

B. day

C. morning

D. time

16. “Is this the last exam we have to take?” “Yes, but there ____ another test three months from now.”

A. will have been

B. will be

C. is

D. was

17. “Let’s go to the country tomorrow.” “ All right, if it ____ rain.”

A. won’t

B. isn’t

C. doesn’t

D. isn’t being

18. “Will you pay me now?” “I’ll pay for the apples on the day you ____ them.”

A. will deliver

B. would deliver

C. delivered

D. deliver

19. I turn to you as my last hope. If you fail me, then my honor as well as my position ____ forever lost.

A. be

B. are

C. is

D. were

20. The Dutch settled Holland, Michigan. They have given the town the character it ____ today.

A. has been having

B. does have

C. is having

D. has

21. Lightning rarely ____ twice in the same place.

A. a is striking

B. strikes

C. does it strike

D. it strikes

22. “Bob must be very wealthy.” “Yes, he ____ more in one day than I do in a week.”

A. has been earned

B. had earned

C. earns

D. has earnings

23. Vince Lombardi, a renowned football coach, always told his players that winning ____ everything.

A. is

B. will be

C. were

D. would be

24. “____ to have tea in the afternoon?”

A. Would you like

B. Won’t you like

C. Shall you like

D. Will you like

25. What can you do? We can do nothing until she ____ here tomorrow.

A. is

B. shall be

C. is being

D. will be

26. If it ____ next Saturday, I shall stay at home.

A. rains

B. will rain

C. would rain

D. rained

27. “ I wish that your sister would come to visit me.” “Well, I’ll tell her when I ____ her.”

A. see

B. saw

C. will see

D. would see

28. “What can you do?” “We can do nothing unless she ____ next week.”

A. will consent

B. consents

C. shall consent

D. is consenting

29. “She is going to buy a hat after she ____ a check.” “This is only a guess, sir.”

A. cashes

B. should cash

C. will cash

D. would cash

30. He will go to America next month, if he ____ ready then.

A. is

B. will be

C. shall be

D. is going to be

31. I shall go to Las Vegas before you ____ back next week.

A. will come

B. came

C. would come

D. come

32. “Do you plan to go on a picnic with them next Saturday, Ed?” “I don’t, unless they ____

me.”

A. invite

B. may invite

C. will invite

D. would invite

33. “How long will Arnold’s trip to California take?” “I don’t know, but he said he’d let us know as soon as ____.”

A. he finds out

B. he’ll find out

C. he should find out

D. he’d find out

34. Jean could be a very attractive girl, but she ____ to her clothes.

A. pays no attention

B. paid no attention

C. paying no attention

D. had paid attention

35. However much ____ it will be worth it.

A. the trip cost

B. does the trip cost

C. costs the trip

D. the trip costs

36. Today atomic energy ____ in medicine and industry.

A. applying

B. does it have application

C. being applied

D. has applications

37. Most universities ____ only people entering the freshman class.

A. will be accepted

B. accept

C. although it accepts

D. accepting

38. Juggling(

变戏法

) ____ at least 5,000 years to the early Egyptians.

A. dating back

B. is dating back

C. which dates back

D. dates back

39. As a general rule, snakes ____ unless offended.

A. have not bitten

B. will not be biting

C. do not bite

D. are not biting

40. By the time you get to San Francisco tomorrow, I ____ for Southeast Asia.

A. shall have left

B. will leave

C. am leaving

D. have already left

41. Thurgood Marshall ____ practicing law in 1933.

A. began

B. was begun

C. beginning

D. he began

42. “It is good to see you again.” “This has been our first chance to visit since ____ from Iran.”

A. you return

B. you returned

C. you have returned

D. returning

43. The song had a melody that ____ like this.

A. was gone

B. went

C. is to go

D. had went

44. Mary Lyon, who ____ from 1797 to 1849, founded Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

A. she lived

B. living

C. did she live

D. lived

45. David Bushnell, of Yale, ____ a submarine in 1775.

A. has built

B. built

C. he built

D. was built

46. In 1958 Marian Anderson ____ her country as a United Nations delegate.

A. served

B. was served

C. to serve

D. serving

47. I wonder how long ago this school ____.

A. has begun

B. begins

C. began

D. has started

48. “Did you wait for him very long?” “Yes, I ____ to bed until five in the morning.”

A. did go

B. didn’t go

C. had gone

D. went

49. “Do you mean John?” “Yes, he ____

a note to me yesterday.”

A. had written

B. wrote

C. was written

D. writes

50. “When did you go to work?” “As soon as they came, we ____ to work.”

A. went

B. were going

C. had gone

D. go

51. Last night ____ you several times.

A. I had called

B. I kept calling

C. I have had called

D. I called

52. “What happened to her teeth?” “She ____ the apple more than she could chew.”

A. has bitten

B. had been biting

C. bit

D. bite

53. I had scarcely locked the door when the key ____.

A. breaks

B. was breaking

C. broke

D. had broken

54. “What did Mr. Tate do before he retired?” “He ____ a city bus for over twenty

-five y

ears.”

A. is driving

B. drove

C. has driven

D. drives

55. “Did you finish your work?” “No, I wasn’t able to; ____ you?”

A. were

B. don’t

C. are

D. was

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