高中英语时态练习题

时态练习题（一）

1. I can guess you were in a hurry. You _____ your sweater inside out.

A. had worn

B. wore

C. were wearing

D. are wearing

2. ----- We _____ that you would fix the TV set this week.

----- I’m sorry. I ＿＿to, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected；had intended

B. are expecting；had intended

C. expect；intend

D. expected；intend

3. ----- I’m sorry, but I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.

----- You _____ your temper but that’s OK.

A. have lost

B. had lost

C. did lose

D. were losing

4. ----- Why? Tom, your shirt is so dirty!

----- Mum, I _____ my storeroom downstairs.

A. cleaned

B. have worked

C. was cleaning

D. have been cleaning

5. They won’t buy new clothes because they＿＿money to buy a color TV set.

A. save

B. are saving

C. has saved

D. were saving

6. I’ve finally finished my paper and it _____ me an entire month.

A. takes

B. took

C. was taken

D. had taken

7. The traffic in our city is already good and it _____ even better.

A. gets

B. got

C. has got

D. is getting

8. ----- Has Jack finished his homework yet?

----- I have no idea; he _____ it this morning.

A. was doing

B. had been doing

C. has done

D. did

9. ----- I will come to attend your lecture at 10:00 tomorrow.

----- I’m sorry, by then my lecture will have ended and I ____ my guests in my office.

A. is being met

B. will meet

C. will be meeting

D. will have met

10. ----- Alice came back home the day before yesterday.

----- Really ? Where _____?

A. has she been

B. had she been

C. has she gone

D. had she gone

11. John and I _____ friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _____

each other a couple of times before that.

A. had been；have met

B. have been；have met

C. had been；had met

D. have been；had met

12. I _____ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.

A. will play

B. have played

C. played

D. play

13. I’ve won a holiday for two to Florida. I _____ my mum.

A. take

B. am taking

C. have taken

D. will have taken

14. ----- Did he notice you enter the room?

----- I don’t think so. He _____ to the radio with hi s eyes shut.

A. listened

B. was listening

C. has listened

D. had listened

15. The plane _____ at 7:00 p.m., so I have to be at the airport by 6:40 at the latest.

A. has left

B. is to leave

C. will have left

D. leaves

16. The tra in _____ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about nine o’clock tonight.

A. went

B. is going

C. goes

D. will be going

17. ----- Can you give me the right answer?

----- Sorry, I _____.Would you repeat that question?

A. hadn’t listened

B. haven’t listened

C. don’t listen

D. wasn’t listening

18. I used to drink a lot of tea but these days I _____ coffee.

A. prefer

B. preferred

C. have preferred

D. am preferring

19. ----- Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer?

----- No, it ____ for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.

A. was raining

B. had been raining

C. would be raining

D. rained

20. ----- Thank goodness, you're here! What _______you?

----- Traffic jam.

A. keeps

B. is keeping

C. had kept

D. kept

21. ----- Remember the first time we met, Jim?

----- Of course I do. You ____ in the library.

A. were reading

B. had read

C. have read

D. read

22. ----- What were you up to when your parents came in?

----- I ____ for a while and ____ some reading.

A. was playing; was going to do

B. played; did

C. had played; was going to do

D. had played; did

23. ----- Sorry, I forget to post the letter for you.

----- Never mind, _____ it myself tonight.

A. I’m going to post

B. I’ve decided to post

C. I’ll post

D. I’d rather post

24. ----- Are you a visitor here?

----- That’s right. I ____ round the world and now my dream of comin g to China ____ true.

A. have traveled; has come

B. was traveling; had been come

C. am traveling; has come

D. have traveled; has been come

25. ----- ____ Betty this morning?

----- Not yet, but she is sure to be here before noon.

A. Have you seen

B. Will you see

C. Do you see

D. Did you see

时态练习题（二）

1. Jim talked for about half an hour yesterday. Never ____ him talk so much.

A. I heard

B. did I hear

C. I had heard

D. had I heard

2. ----- Look at the black clouds. It ____ soon.

----- Sure. If only we ____ out.

A. is raining; d idn’t come

B. is to rain; won’t start

C. will rain; haven’t started

D. is going to rain; hadn’t come

3. He _____ articles for our wall-newspaper these three years, and he _____ about forty articles.

A. has been writing; has written

B. has been writing; wrote

C. is writing; has been writing

D. has written; has written

4. She _____ to the office than she got down to writing the report.

A. has no sooner got

B. had hardly got

C. no sooner got

D. had no sooner got

5. When he was alive, the old scientist used to say that knowledge ____ from practice and he gained his

experience by doing a lot of practical work.

A. was coming

B. had come

C. comes

D. would come

6. ----- What’s the matter?

----- T he shoes don’t fit properly. They _____ my feet.

A. are hurting

B. will hurt

C. have hurt

D. are hurt

7. ----- More than 13.7 million Americans were unable to find work in April.

----- Yeah, most _____ jobs for months.

A. are seeking

B. sought

C. have been seeking

D. had been seeking

8. The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant________ in his place but, luckily, everything was going on smoothly.

A. gave

B. gives

C. was giving

D. had given

9. She was surprised to find the fridge empty; the children ________ everything!

A. had been eating

B. had eaten

C. have eaten

D. have been eating

10. When I got on the bus, I ________ I had left my wallet at home.

A. was realizing

B. realized

C. have realized

D. would realize

11. When Alice came to life, she did not know how long she ________ there.

A．had been lying B．has been lying C．was lying D．has lain

12. ----- What a mistake!

----- Yes, I ________ his doing it another way，but without success.

A．was suggesting B．will suggest C．would suggest D．had suggested

13. Look at the pride on Tom's face. He________ to have been praised by the manager just now.

A．seemed B．seems C．had seemed D．is seeming

14. That piece of music sounds quite familiar. Who ________ the piano upstairs?

A．has played B．played C．plays D．is playing

15. As the supermarket _______, all the goods are sold at half price.

A. has closed down

B. is closing down

C. closed down

D. had closed down

16. Please remain seated until the plane _________ to complete landing.

A. has come

B. had come

C. will come

D. comes

17. ----- You should have finished your homework, I gave you much time.

----- Sorry, but I_____ it.

A. had forgotten

B. forgot

C. was forgotten

D. forget

18. ----- I thought I asked you to fix the radio.

----- Oh, I’m sorry. I _______ it right away.

A. would do

B. was about to do

C. will do

D. am going to do

19. Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those who come from the countryside, ________ in the clothing industry.

A．is working B．works C．work D．worked

20. My headache ________ me. I thought it was going away, but now it's getting worse and worse.

A．is killing B．was killing C．kills D．killed

21. ----- Look! What a mistake! Why?

----- Sorry, I ________ on it.

A．don't concentrate B．hadn't concentrated

C．haven't been concentrating D．wasn't concentrating

22. ----- Bob has gone to California, I hear.

----- Oh, I wonder when he ________.

A．has left B．was leaving C．left D．leaves

23. The couple finally bought the house they wanted, for they ________ enough money.

A．had saved B．were saving C．would save D．were to save

24. ----- Have you ever visited the Opera House?

----- Yes. When I was in Sydney, I ________ it twice.

A．have visited B．visited C．had visited D．would visit

25. ----- I wish I had succeeded in the competition.

----- Yeah, I know. But ________ hard?

A．did you work B．do you work C．had you worked D．have you worked

时态练习题（三）

1. ----- Can I use your car?

----- I’m terribly sor ry．It________，and I have been walking to work recently.

A．didn’t work B．hasn’t worked C．doesn’t work D．won’t work

2. Whatever may happen，go on until you succeed，and you ________ what life is all about．

A．will know B．know C．have known D．will have known

3. The first edition was published in1955 and _____ a best-seller ever since.

A. had been

B. will be

C. would be D has been

4. ----- Did you tell Julia about the result?

----- Oh, no, I forgot. I ________ her now.

A. will be calling

B. will call

C. call

D. am to call

5. Listen to the two girls by the window. What language ___________?

A．did they speak B．were they speaking C．are they speaking D．have they been speaking

6. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _____ so rapidly.

A. is changing

B. has changed

C. will have changed

D. will change

7. John and I friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _______ each other a couple of times before that.

A. had been; have seen

B. have been; have seen

C. had been; had seen

D. have been; had seen

8. ----- How are the team playing?

----- They're playing well, but one of them hurt.

A. got

B. gets

C. are

D. were

9. My mind was not on what he was saying so I' m afraid I ______ half of it.

A. was missing

B. had missed

C. will miss

D. missed

10. ----- Hey, look where you are going?

----- Oh, I'm terribly sorry.＿＿＿＿＿．

A. I'm not noticing

B. I wasn't noticing

C. I haven't noticing

D.I don't noticing

11. The crazy fans patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.

A. were waiting

B. had been waiting

C. had waited

D. would wait

12. The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power ______ increased enormously ever since.

A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. had been

13. ----- Nancy is not coming tonight.

----- But she_____!

A. promises

B. promised

C. will promise

D. had promised

14. Shirley _____ a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.

A. has written

B. wrote

C. had written

D. was writing

15. ----- Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

----- I am tired. I _______ the living room all day.

A. painted

B. had painted

C. have been painting

D. have painted

16. I first met Lisa three years ago. She at a radio shop at the time.

A. has worked

B. was working

C. had been working

D. had worked

17. ----- Who is Jerry Cooper?

----- ? I saw you shaking hands with him at the meeting.

A. Don't you meet him yet

B. Hadn't you met him yet

C. Didn't you meet him yet

D. Haven't you met him yet

18. ----- Oh, it's you! I you.

----- I've just had my hair cut, and I'm wearing new glasses.

A. didn't recognize

B. hadn't recognized

C. haven't recognized

D. don't recognize

19. The little girl _______ her heart out because she _______ her toy bear and believed she wasn’t ever going to find it .

A. had cried ;lost

B. cried ;had lost

C. has cried; has lost

D. cries; has lost

20. The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. She before.

A. hasn't flown

B. didn't fly

C. hadn't flown

D. wasn't flying

21. I think it is necessary for my 19-year-old son to have his own mobile phone, for I sometimes want to make sure if he home for dinner.

A. come

B. comes

C. has come

D. will come

22. Send my regards to your lovely wife when you _____ home.

A. wrote

B. will write /

C. have written

D. write

23. Look at the timetable. Hurry up! Flight 4026 _____ off at 18:20.

A. takes

B. took

C. will be taken

D. has taken

24. My cousin went to Carotion two years ago. He ___ there for a few months and then went to America.

A. worked

B. would work

C. would be working

D. has been working

25. Oh, a friend of mine, who got married only last week, spent ＄3,000 more than he ___ for the wedding.

A. will plan

B. has planned

C. would plan

D. had planned

时态练习题（四）

1. Since young I _____ about all the suffering in the world, and wondering why this is so.

A．had thought B．am thinking C．have been thinking D．have thought

2. The telephone _______ four times in the last twenty minutes, and each time it ________ for my roommate. A．rang; has been B．has been ringing; is C．had rung; was D．has rung; was

3. I can’t find my dictionary. ________?

A. Was it borrowed

B. Has it borrowed

C. Did it borrow

D. Has it been borrowed

4. ----- May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?”

----- “I’m sorry, Mr. Williams to a conference before then.”

A．will have gone B．had gone C．would have gone D．has gone

5. To tell you the truth, so far we _______ 10,000 such kind of expensive cars.

A. produced

B. had produced

C. produce

D. have produced

6. John has gone to Shanghai, but I'm wondering why he in such a hurry.

A. left

B. has left

C. leaves

D. was leaving

7. ----- How about the weekend?

----- It was boring. I ________ anything.

A. hadn't done

B. haven't done

C. don't do

D. didn't do

8. They became friends again that day. Until then, they _______ to each other for nearly two years.

A. didn't speak

B. hadn't spoken

C. haven' t spoken

D. haven' t been speaking

9. ----- It was really very kind of you to give me a lift home.

----- Oh, don’t mention it. I _____ past your house anyway.

A. was coming

B. will come

C. had come

D. have come

10. ----- I saw Jane and her boyfriend in the park at eight yesterday evening.

----- Impossible. She TV with me in my home then.

A. watched

B. had watched

C. would watch

D. was watching

11. Danny hard for long to realize his dream and now he is popular.

A. works

B. is working

C. has worked

D. worked

12. Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ________ English for a year.

A. studies

B. studied

C. is studying

D. has been studying

13. ----- I have got a headache.

----- No wonder. You ____ in front of that computer too long.

A. work

B. are working

C. have been working

D. worked

14. I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I ________ there several years ago.

A. are going

B. had been

C. went

D. have been

15. ----- Is there anything wrong. Bob? You look sad.

----- Oh, nothing much. In fact, I ______ of my friends back home.

A. have just thought

B. was just thinking

C. would just think

D. will just be thinking

16. ----- Did you tidy your room?

----- No, I was going to tidy my room but I ______ visitors.

A. had

B. have

C. have had

D. will have

17. ----- Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

----- No, sir. I ________ a newspaper.

A. read

B. was reading

C. would read

D. am reading

18. The play had already been on for quite some time when we _______ at the New Theatre.

A. have arrived

B. arrived

C. had arrived

D. arrive

19. ----- Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

----- Yes, he did. He ________ his old friends for a long time.

A. didn’t see

B. wouldn’t see

C. hasn’t seen

D. hadn’t seen

20. The house looks much bigger now that we ______ the walls in brighter colors

A．are painting B．have painted C．had painted D．have been painting

21. ----- Zhangjiajie is worth visiting. I there with my parents during the holidays.

----- I agree. I have been there twice.

A. went

B. have gone

C. have been

D. am going

22. Jimson 13 films and I think her latest is the best.

A．made B．had made C．has made D．was making

23. His workmates thought highly of him though he didn’t think he anything special.

A．had done B．has done C．would do D．will do

24. ----- Have you visited the museum?

----- No，but________ .

A. I haven’t

B. I’m going

C. I’m going to

D. I have

25. The women’s club ________ Lin, who used to pay little attention to her appearance, to improve her dress style and become more confident and open-minded.

A. enabled

B. had enabled

C. has enabled

D. enables