初中英语动词时态易错题试题

时态

1.We _____ the missing boy in the forest for two hours, but we ______ yet.

A.Have been searching for, didn’t find

B. have searched for, hadn’t find;

C. had searched for, haven’t found;

D. have been searching for, haven’t found

2.By the time you arrive in London, we ______ in Europe for two weeks.

A.had stayed;

B.shall stay;

C. will have stayed; D has been staying

3.You ______ television. Why not do something more active?

A.Always watch;

B. are always watching

C. have always watched

D. have always been watching

4.Why weren’t you at the meeting? I _____ an important visitor from the UK. in my office.

A. Expected;

B. had been expecting;

C. was expecting

D. had expected

5.I have no idea what ______ while I was asleep.

A. Has happened;

B. was happened;

C. had happened;

D. happened

6.Oh, dear! I forgot the air tickets. You _____ something.

A. Have left;

B. are always leaving ;

C. are leaving;

D. always left

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

A. Had worn;

B. wore;

C. was wearing;

D. are wearing

8.The traffic in our city is already good, and it _______ even better.

A. Gets;

B. got;

C. has gotten;

D. is getting

9.Where is your mother? She isn’t in ; she ________ shopping. (go)

10.In his letter, he said that he ________ us very much. (miss)

11.He told the boys not to make any noise because he _________something important. (write)

12.While he_________ along the street, he heard someone call his name. (walk)

13.Mr. Chem. has saved some money. He __________a TV set. (buy)

14.When I met Albert, he __________that he would be our new headmaster. (not learn)

15.I decided to go to the library as soon as I _______.

A.Finish what I did;

B. finished what I did;

C. would finish what I was doing;

D. finished what I was doing

16.Hurry up! Alice and sue are waiting for you at the school gate. Oh, I thought they ______

without me.

A. Went;

B. are going;

C. have gone;

17.the conference _______ a full week by the time it ends.

A. Must have lasted;

B. will have lasted

C. would last;

D. has lasted

18.When the old man _____ to walk back to his house, the sun ______ itself behind the

mountain.

A.Stared , had already hidden

B. had started, had already hidden;

C. had started, was hiding;

D. was starting, hid

19.I arrive late; I ______ the road to be so icy.

A. Wouldn’t expected;

B. haven’t expected;

C. hadn’t expected

D. wasn’t expecting

20.While they __________ (swim) in the river, it _______(rain).

21.The door ______, as soon as I ______ on the sofa.

A.Opened, sat down

B. was opening, sat down;

C. was opening, sitting down;

D. opened, sitting down