动词的时态基础练习70题:
1. ----Where ______ the recorder? I can’t see it anywhere.
----I _____ it right here, but now it is gone.
A. did you put, have put
B. have you put, put
C. had you put, have put
D. were you putting, have put
2. ----When ____ again?
----When he _____, I’ll let you know.
A. he comes, come
B. will he know, will come
C. he come, will come
D. will he come, comes
3. Hello, I _____ you _____ in London, how long have you been here?
A. don’t know, were
B. hadn’t known, are
C. haven’t known, are
D. didn’t know, were
4. They asked me to have a drink with them. I said that it was at least ten years since I ____ a good drink.
A. had enjoyed
B. was enjoying
C. enjoyed
D. had been enjoying
5. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ____ when he ____ at the party.
A. left, had arrived
B. had left, had arrived
C. left, arrived
D. had left, arrived
6. My brother ____ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell, was riding
B. fell, were riding
C. had fallen, rode
D. had fallen, were riding
7. The new secretary is supposed to report to the manager as soon as she ____.
A. will arrive
B. arrives
C. is arriving
D. is going to arrive
8. ----Come in, Peter, I want to show you something.
----Oh, how nice of you! I ____ you _____ to bring me a gift.
A. never think, are going
B. never thought, were going
C. didn’t think, are going
D. hadn’t thought, were going
9. When I was at college I _____ three foreign language, but I _____ all except for
a few words of each.
A. spoke, had forgotten
B. spoke, have forgotten
C. had spoken, had forgotten
D. had spoken, have forgotten
10. The volleyball match will be put off if it ______.
A. will rain
B. rains
C. rained
D. is raining
11. Mary ______ a dress when she cut her finger.
A. made
B. is making
C. was making
D. makes
12. The students ____ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ____ in the office.
A. had written, left
B. were writing, left
C. had written, had left
D. were writing, had left
13. ----We haven’t heard from Jane for a long time.
----What do you suppose ____ to her?
A. was happening
B. to happen
C. has happened
D. having happened
14. ----Do you know our town at all?
----No, this is the first time I ____ here.
A. was
B. have been
C. came
D. am coming
15. Tom ___ into the house when no one ____.
A. slipped, was looking
B. had slipped, looked
C. slipped, had looked
D. was slipped, looked
16. The last time I ____ Jane she ____ cotton in the fields.
A. had seen, was picking
B. saw, picked
C. has seen, picked
D. saw, was picking
17. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.
A. leaves
B. would leave
C. left
D. had left
18. The pen I ____ I _____ is on my desk, right under my nose.
A. think, lost
B. thought, had lost
C. think, had lost
D. thought, have lost
19. ----How long ____ each other before they ____ married?
----For about a year.
A. have they known, get
B. did they know, were going to get
C. do they know, are going to get
D. had they known, got
20. My dictionary ____, I have looked for it everywhere but still _____ it.
A. has lost, don’t find
B. is missing, don’t mind
C. has lost, haven’t found
D. is missing, haven’t found
21. ----Can I join the club, Dad?
----You can when you ____ a bit older.
A. get
B. will get
C. are getting
D. will have got
22. ----I’m sorry to keep you waiting.
----Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few minutes.
A. have been
B. had been
C. was
D. will be
23. I don’t really work here. I _____ until the new secretary arrives.
A. just help out
B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out
D. will just help out
24. ----Your phone number again? I _____ quite catch it.
----It’s 9568442.
A. didn’t
B. couldn’t
C. don’t
D. can’t
25. As she ____ the newspaper, Granny ____ asleep.
A. read, was falling
B. was reading, fell
C. was reading, was falling
D. read, fell
26. You don’t need to describe her. I ____ her several times.
A. had met
B. have met
C. met
D. meet
27. I don’t think Jim saw me, he ____ into space.
A. just started
B. was just starting
C. has just starting
D. had just started
28. No matter how fast you ____, you _____ able to catch the last bus.
A. have run, will not be
B. will run , are not
C. will be running, will be
D. run, will not be
29. Keep quiet! I am trying to hear what the man____.
A. says
B. is saying
C. has said
D. has been saying
30. The driver of the red car ______ when a black one came up very quickly.
A. was just starting
B. has just started
C. would just start out
D. is just starting out
31. If you really want yourself to be in good health, you must ____ always ____ so much.
A. not, be smoking
B. not, have smoked
C. not, to smoke
D. be not, smoke
32. ----I _____ here three days ago.
----What ______ these days?
A. got, did you do
B. have got, have you done
C. had got, will you do
D. got, have you been doing
33. ----Was the driving pleasant when you spent your holidays in Mexico last summer? ----No, it ____ for four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy.
A. was raining
B. would be raining
C. had been raining
D. have rained
34. You should not go anywhere. The train_____.
A. will leave
B. is leaving
C. leaves
D. is to leave
35. According to the time table, the plane for Shanghai ____ at seven.
A. leaves
B. has left
C. left
D. will leave
36. ----Why didn’t you go to the cinema yesterday?
----I _____, but my wife returned home from New York the moment I was leaving.
A. was going
B. was going to
C. went
D. had gone
37. ----Has Toms finished his homework yet?
----Yes, he ____ it by lunch time.
A. finished
B. will finish
C. had finished
D. has finished
38. No sooner had the thief seen the policeman than he ____ to his heels(逃走).
A. was taking
B. took
C. has taken
D. had taken
39. Don’t worry. If he said he ____ help you, he will.
A. shall
B. will
C. would
D. ought
40. There ____ a lot of changes here in the last twenty years.
A. have been
B. have had
C. had been
D. will have
41. The teacher stepped into the classroom and ____ the students to open the window at once.
A. to ask
B. asking
C. asked
D. has asked
42. it is expected that the bridge _+___ completed by next April.
A. would be
B. is being
C. had been
D. will have been
43. ----Jane has just arrived.
----I didn’t know she ____ till this morning.
A. was coming
B. has come
C. is coming
D. would have come
44. When Jacked arrived, he learned Mary ____ for almost an hour.
A. had gone
B. had set off
C. had been away
D. had left
45. ----Oh, it’s you! I _____ you.
----I’ve just had my hair cut and I am wearing new glasses.
A. didn’t recognize
B. hadn’t recognized
C. haven’t recognized
D. don’t recognize
46. ----I haven’t seen Miss Lucy for days.
----Where do you think she ____?
A. has been
B. went
C. is going
D. has gone
47. ----____ the books ____ well?
----Yes, they have all been sold out.
A. Are, sold
B. Were, sold
C. Are, selling
D. Have, sold
48. ----Let’s hurry. Listen! There _____.
----Oh, yes, has the teacher come yet?
----Look! Here _____.
A. goes the bell, she comes
B. goes the bell, comes she
C. the bell is going, she is coming
D. the bell goes, she is coming
49. ----I have bought you the dictionary you need.
----Oh, good, I was afraid you ____ it.
A. have forgotten
B. forget
C. had forgotten
D. must forget
50. ----What will you do during summer holiday?
----I don’t know but it’s about time ____ something.
A. I’m deciding
B. I’ll decide
C. I’d decided
D. I decided
51. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.
A. leaves
B. would leave
C. left
D. had left
52. The pen I _____ I ____ in on my desk, right under my nose.
A. think, lost
B. thought, had lost B. thought, had lost
C. think, had lost
D. thought, have lost
53. ----Do you like the material?
----Yes, it _____ very soft.
A. is feeling
B. felt
C. feels
D. is felt
54. ----I hear that you ____ a new house.
----Yes, but I _____ in it now.
A. have bought, won’t live
B. have bought, am not living
C. will buy, have lived
D. will have bought, am not living
55. It was not until then that I came to know knowledge _____ only from practice.
A. had come
B. came
C. would come
D. comes
56. According to the time table, the train for Beijing _____at seven o’clock in the evening.
A. leaves
B. has left
C. was left
D. will leave
57. Our team ____ every match so far this year, but we still have three more games to play.
A. was winning
B. has won
C. had won
D. wins
58. He _____home for nearly three weeks.
A. has gone away
B. has left
C. has been away from
D. went away from
59. It’s the third time you _____ late this week.
A. had arrived
B. arrived
C. have arrived
D. arrive
60. He is too careless and he _____ keys.
A. always lost
B. always loses
C. is always losing
D. will always lose
61. He _____ out when somebody called at his office.
A. had just gone
B. has just gone
C. just went
D. just now went
62. She didn’t go to the cinema because she ____ the film before.
A. had seen
B. has seen
C. saw
D. was going to see
63. “Is John going away?”“I think so. He ____ for a better job, but he didn’t get it.”
A. had hoped
B. was hoped
C. was hoping
D. would hope
64. He ____ articles for our wall-newspaper these years, and he ____ about thirty articles.
A. has written, has written
B. has been writing, wrote
C. is writing, has been writing
D. has been writing, has written
65. It _____ a long time since I _____ Tom at my uncle’s and I don’t know where he _____ these months.
A. is, saw, has been
B. was, saw, has been
C. was, had seen, was
D. is, had seen, has gone
66. By the time he was twelve, Edison ____ to make a living by himself.
A. would begin
B. has began
C. had begun
D. was begu
67. I’ll go with you as soon as I _____ my work.
A. will finish
B. shall finish
C. finish
D. finished
68. This is a photo of the power station that _____ in my hometown.
A. has set up
B. has been set up
C. was set up
D. is set up
69. Great changes ______ in the city, and a lot of factories ______.
A. have been taken place, have been set up
B. have taken place, have been set up
C. have taken place, have set up
D. have taken place, were set up
70. He _____ his leg when he ____ in a football match against another school.
A. broke, played
B. was breaking, was playing
C. broke, was playing
D. was breaking, played
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