时态练习
I.Multiple Choices
1.I___________them in the past few years.
A.has met
B.met
C.haven’t met
D.haven’t been met
2.The operator pressed the switch and the lights________on.
A.would come
B.came
C.were coming
D.had come
3.My wife____________me.
A.has forever criticized
B.forever criticized
C.does criticize
D.is forever criticizing
4.I’m getting tired—it’s time we_________home.
A.go
B.went
C.will go
D.are going
5.The eight o’clock news________it’s going to rain tomorrow.
A.said
B.says
C.will say
D.would say
6.He usually_________coffee but today he_________some tea.
A.drank,drinks
B.is drinking,drank
C.drinks,drank
D.drinks,drinks
7.I won’t tell you my secret unless you________not to tell anyone.
A.promising
B.promised
C.are promising
D.are going to promise
8.I feel as if my head_________on fire.
A.is
B.were
C.has been
D.are
9.He said that he_________________since five o’clock.
A.has been working
B.was working
C.had been working
D.could have been working
10.The German Chancellor__________China next week.
A.visited
B.is to visit
C.has visited
D.will have visited
11.He has been to London,and he_________there last year.
A.has been
B.has gone
C.went
D.had been
12.He asked me if these islands__________to Japan.
A.belonged
B.belong
C.are belonged
D.have belonged
13.She__________the soup to see if it needs more salt.
A.tasted
B.tastes
C.is tasting
D.has tasted
14.I_____________something unpleasant now.Something must be on fire.
A.am smelling
B.smells
C.has smelt
D.was smelling
15.Will you please lend me the novel when you__________it?
A.will finish
B.have finished
C.will have finished
D.finishing
16.By the time he arrives in Beijing,I_______________for Shanghai.
A.will leave
B.will have left
C.has left
D.was leaving
17.We__________each other for ten years.
A.had known
B.have known
C.have been knowing
D.know
18.It__________almost every day so far this month.
A.is raining
B.rained
C.rains
D.has been raining
II.Blank Filling
1.He said he________(live)there since1970.
2.The old man_________(fall)as he_________(get)off the bus.
3.My purse is missing.I____________(just lose)it.
4.We____(take)our little brother to hospital because he_________(swallow)a coin.
5.How much does the car_________(cost)?
6.The children_________(talk)merrily in the classroom when the teacher stepped in.
7.By the time next year you_________(learn)much more English.
8.The music__________(sound)sweet.
9.While Mary and I___________(wash)up,she________(ask)me to be quiet as our neighbors
________(sleep).
10.They had eaten their supper when we_____(arrive).
11.I hate him,for he___________(always joke)with me.
12.John usually____________(drink)coffee after lunch but he________(have)tea today.
13.That taxi_________(stand)outside for hours._________anybody________(see)the driver?
14.The eggs_________(fall)on to the floor and_________(make)a mess on the carpet.
15.Someone________(hide)his football boots and now he_________(try)to find them.
16.When John________(come)home,his family_____________(often watch)TV.
17.They__________(serve)coffee in a few minutes.__________you_________(have)some,too?
18.This TV serial_________(begin)six months ago and I__________(not miss)it even once.
19.It is while I____________(stand)up that my legs________(begin)to ache.
20.The Browns__________(leave)our village last month and they________(not live)here.