Tenses fight - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

My family ______ some land in southern France recently. They _______ a summer house there at the moment

bought/build

have bought/have built

had bought/build

have bought/are building

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Andy and Mary _____ to a concert tomorrow night. They _____ it the whole week.

will go/looked forward to

are going/have been looking forward to

are going to go/had looked forward to

go/look forward to

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

They _____ in the queue for over an hour when the manager ____ them that there were no more tickets.

had been standing/told

have been standing/told

are standing/tell

stood/told

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Mrs Smith said that one day she ____ from teaching. She said that she _____ her new free time learning about computers.

retired/spent

will retire/ is going to spend

retire/spend

would retire/would spend

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

I ____ to ski when I was at university but I ____ a leg five years ago and since then I _____ any more.

use/have broken/didn't ski

used/had broken/have not skied

used/broke/have not skied

used/have broken/have not skied

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

He _____ the accident if he _____ more careful.

might have avoided/ had been

would avoid/were

avoided/were

might have avoided/have been

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Nobody knows what ___ at this meeting but she ___ to him

since.

is being said / doesn’t speak

was said/hasn't spoken

is said / hasn’t spoken

has said / hasn’t spoken

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

I don’t know when she ___ but when she ___ I’ll give her your

book.

will come/will come

will come/come

will come/comes

comes/will come

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

I'm afraid he's in a meeting. Could you call back in half an hour. They ____________ by then.

will finish

will have finished

are going to finish

are going to be finished

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The men were to ______ but the manager decided to give them a

second change.

dismiss

being dismissed

dismissed

have been dismissed

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A: Why are you crying?

B: Well, I ______ up onions for the last five minutes.

will have cut

have been cutting

will be cutting

am cutting

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

By the end of this century most of the world’s oil supplies ______.

have been used up

have used up

will have used up

will have been used up

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The children ___ in the open air if the weather ___ better last

Sunday.

would have played / had been

would play / were

had played / was

played / was

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

"Do you fancy going for a drink this evening?"

''I would like to but I _____ my English homework."

will do

am going to do

am doing

do

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

It _____ all day and it _____ yet

rains/doesn't stop

rained/didn't stop

has been raining/hasn't stopped

has rained/hasn't been stopping

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