A preparation course for the GCSE & University entrance - L Xun H

A preparation course for the GCSE & University entrance - L Xun H

Chuyn . : TENSES AND ADVERB CLAUSES OF TIME

16/. By next June, Kevin ________ for this company for seven years.
A. will work B. will have been working C. is working D. has worked
17/. Jane usually _______ for dinner, but today Steven _______ the
cooking because she is so sick.
A. cooks / had done
B. is cooking / does
C. has cooked / does
D. cooks / is doing
18/.- This is the second time I ______ in an expensive restaurant like this.
A. have eaten
B. ate
C. had eaten
D. eat
19/.- _Where is John? _ He ________ in the garden.
A. works
B. had worked C. is working
D. worked
20/.- People ______ much higher living standards over the last five years.
A. got
B. were getting
C. have been getting D. had got
21/.- _ Oh, no. The last bus has left. _ Ok. Dont worry. I ______ you
home then.
A. am driving B. will drive C. am going to drive D. have driven
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EXERCISE 1:
1/. Jimmy ________ the piano in his room at the moment.
A. played
B. had played
C. has played
D. is playing
2/. They ________ to European cities many times.
A. traveled
B. are traveling
C. were traveling D. have traveled
3/. The Greens ________ Vietnam again last month.
A. visit
B. are visiting
C. visited
D. have visited
4/. He _______ famous for his books on the adventures to the South in the
early 20th century.
A. becomes B. has become
C. will become
D. became
5/. My brother ________ you since yesterday.
A. looked for B. was looking for C. looks for D. has been looking for
6/. Listen! Someone _______ in the next room.
A. sang
B. is singing
C. sings
D. was singing
7/. He first _______ his wife in London ten years ago.
A. was meeting
B. has met
C. meets
D. met
8/. They _______ New Hampshire yesterday afternoon.
A. leave for B. have left for
C. left for
D. are leaving for
9/. Their family _______ to live in Nottingham in 1999.
A. move
B. moved
C. will move D. have moved
10/. Jeff ________ as a truck driver for more than three years.
A. worked
B. has been working C. works
D. will work
11/. They _______back to Vietnam next summer vacation.
A. are not going to get
B. havent got
C. will not get
D. A and C are correct
12/. That energetic author ________ more than twenty novels up to now.
A. is writing B. will write C. has written
D. wrote
13/. Korean lifestyles________ well-known all around the world recently.
A. have become B. will become C. were becoming D. had become
14/. I _______ writing the report yet.
A. am not finishing B. havent finished C. didnt finish D. wont finish
15/. At 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon we ________ in the school library.
A. were studying B. will be studying C. have studied D. had studied
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C. have been walking

D. are walking
7/. All his classmates _______ by the time he came to the party.
A. will have left
B. have left C. were leaving
D. had left
8/. After he had graduated from university, he ______ in the army.
A. was joining
B. joined
C. had joined D. has joined
9/. He _______ the phone down than his boss called back.
A. has no sooner put
B. was no sooner putting
C. no sooner put
D. had no sooner put
10/. Scarcely _______ their car when the police arrived and gave them a
ticket.
A. they parked
B. had they parked
C. did they park
D. they had parked
11/. I wont go home until I _______ writing the report.
A. will finish B. have finished C. had finished D. will have finished
12/. They will call you as soon as they ______ in New York.
A. will arrive B. will be arriving C. arrive
D. arrived
13/. By the time they come back, we ______ cooking for the meal.
A. finish B. will have finished C. have finished D. had finished

EXERCISE 2:
1/. Jimmy has learnt how to play the guitar since he ______ five years old.
A. was
B. has been
C. is
D. had been
2/. They have been working on that project ______.
A. for a long time
B. a long time ago
C. since a long time
D. for a long time ago
3/. John began working for this travel agency ______.
A. for three years
B. since three years
C. three years ago
D. for three years ago
4/. While Peter _______ the report, he heard a big explosion from the
house next door.
A. had written B. has written
C. is writing D. was writing
5/. I was walking along the street when I ______ Kathy and Tony.
A. met
B. was meeting
C. had met
D. have met
6/. We ______ along the path for more than two hours when we came
across a stray baby lion.
A. walked
B. had been walking

14/. I havent heard of Judy _______ we graduated from university seven

years ago.
A. when
B. while
C. until
D. since
15/. He was reading a book in his room ________ the fire started in the
kitchen.
A. when
B. by the time C. after
D. as soon as
16/. We are waiting for Kevin. We are not going to leave ________ he has
come here with us.
A. until
B. while
C. since
D. as
17/. He was working on the computer ______ his sister was watching TV.
A. until
B. before
C. while
D. no sooner
18/. Little Jimmy went to bed _______ he had done all his maths
exercises.
A. when
B. before
C. while
D. after
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(to be continued)

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