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Sequence Of TensesSet 3

1Using present, past and future tenses together is a skill usually developed in level .....

2Correct variant of Sequence of tensesMy sister promised that she ..... her work in a day.

3Recognize the tense shift: She sings beautifully, but yesterday she sang off-key.

4After Eric ..... breakfast he ..... his friend.

5Only when John ..... wallet to pay ..... it had been stolen

6Read the events:1. The movie started. 2. We bought popcorn. Which sentence best shows that buying popcorn happened *first*?

7At the party, he ..... (to keep) looking at her, wondering where he ..... (to see) her before.

8Read and choose the correct answer.The electricity ..... (go off) while we ..... (bake) a cake.

9Write the verb or the verb phrase of the event that happens second in time order.After we moved away from the ocean, I missed the beach.

10I will have been in Tokyo for three months before you ..... us.

11Before Lisa ..... (choose) a college, she ..... (talk) to my parents.

12Sequence of Tenses: I wondered why he ..... so nervous.

13We were late. When we ..... (arrive), everyone else ..... (finish) their lunch and they ..... (sit) in the garden having coffee.

14Tenses-sequence (Unit X): "He said that he ..... the letter."

15I ..... an interesting book at the moment. I will lend it to you when I ..... it.

16It ..... the fifth floor when it ...... After I ..... stuck for an hour, somone ..... it again.

17..... his homework, he will surf the social networks.

18Choose the correct sequence: She ..... in London while she ..... English but as soon as the course ..... over she ..... back.

19When Iris and Paul ..... the door, my sister and her boyfriend .....

20Cyril (arrive) ..... when his team (win) the game.

21Goerge arrived at 10:30. Susan arrived at 11:00. The class began at 10

22When Peter ....., I ..... him to your new books.

23BY THE TIME the ship ..... some people had been waiting

24After she ..... his homework, she ..... games.

25Since he ..... part in volunteer programmes, he ..... very happy.

26Fill the sentence with the correct verb form:The guests had left before I ..... home.

27I ..... late for my exam and by the time I got to school, the teachers ..... taking in all the exam papers.

28When he (wake up) ....., his mother (already / prepare) ..... breakfast.

29By the time the bell ....., I ..... the test.

30After the guests ....., she ..... back into the living room and ..... off the light.

31When he ..... to the station the train already .....

32Which sentence has a correct sequence of verb tenses?

33Sequence of tenses ..... Which is correct?

34Bonnie was out when we called. Luckily, when we ..... at her home, she .....

35By the time I ....., they will have left.

36The wounded hunter ..... on the ground for almost an hour when, coincidentally, he ..... by another hunter, who must have keen eyes.

37In 2019 I ..... 9 different countries and by the end of the year ..... over 30% of the world

38You hadn't studied for the test, so you ..... very nervous.

39Sequence of Tenses: I ..... (do) my homework when my mother sent me to the chemist's.

40All the bread had gone by the time we ..... at the bakery.

41We ..... our work by the time he ..... from school.A) will have finished / arrives B) will finish / will arrive C) finished / has arrived D) have finished / arrived

42When I ..... (WALK) through Bologna I ..... (THINK) about the wonderful times I ..... (SPEND) there as a student.

43If they have received your application, .....

44Recognize the tense shift in: 'I was reading when the phone rings.'

45Henry ..... in the hotel when we ..... lunch.

46I (help) ..... him to do the task after I had finished my work.

47As soon as dad ..... the van, we ..... to the lakes.

48When I ..... (go out) of the house, the sun ..... (to shine) and the birds ..... (to sing).

49We ..... home to find that someone ..... into the house.

50I was very late. When I ....., the conference .....

51Choose the earlier (first) event or situation.When the program was about to begin, Alexis sat down.

52Fill in the correct tense: She ..... (to buy) a new computer while she ..... (to stay) there.

53My friend (eat) ..... up all the biscuit we (bake) .....

54Before the police ..... (catch) the thief, he ..... (steal) two more watches.

55When I came to the university hall at 13.00 yesterday, everybody has left. That's why I saw no one there.

56Cole and Peter saw the Spirit Bear after they .....

57Mary ..... sad because I ..... her birthday.

58After I ..... my license, I ..... across the U.S. with my sister.

59When I ..... up yesterday, the sun was ......

60Last month a bank Robber ..... while the Police ..... him to prison

61Choose the correct option: By the time we ..... (arrive) at the station, the train ..... (leave).