This document provides a summary of verb tenses and sequence of tenses rules in 3 sentences:
The document reviews basic verb tenses like simple present and past, present and past perfect, and future tenses. It also covers sequence of tenses rules for using different verb forms depending on time clauses and conjunctions. Examples are provided testing understanding of tense usage and including answers. The purpose is to help learners practice and identify correct verb tense usage.
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3. - S + have + Ved
3
+ S + Ved
2
- + S + Ved
2
.. / S+ had + Ved
3
- S+ had + Ved
3
+ + S + Ved
2
- S + Ved
2.. + S+ had + Ved
3
- + had + S + Ved
3 +
- Don’t use future tenses in clauses of time.
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
since
Before
by the time
after
No sooner than
Hardly when
11. Question 3
C.
B. discovering /
had used
3. Before cars ____, people ____
horses and bicycles.
D. were discovered /
had used
A. discovered /
had used
C. had discovered /
used
32. Question 10
C.
B. When he
returns
10. __________, I will give him
the report.
D. No sooner he
returns
A. When he
will return
C. Until he
will return
38. Question 12
C.
B. While having
dinner
12. ______, Peter came to see me.
D. When I am
having dinner
A. While I was
having dinner
C. When having
dinner
44. Question 14
C.
B. Before he
leaves
14. _______ the dance, Jerry said
good-bye to his girlfriend.
D. Before he
will leave
A. Before left
C. Before leaving
47. Question 15
C.
B. has spoken/
will have eaten
15. Jones _______ after everyone
__________.
D. will speak /
has eaten
A. speaks /
will eat
C. is speaking /
eats
50. Question 16
C.
B. Whenever it
rains
16. _______, Joe stays in bed and
reads magazines.
D. As it will be
raining
A. Whenever
raining
C. When it will
rain
53. Question 17
C.
B. No sooner
had he arrived
17. ________in Rome than he was
kidnapped
D. No sooner
he had arrived
A. No sooner he
arrived
C. Had he no
sooner arrived
59. Question 19
C.
B. was finishing /
would take
19. After Mariana ____her exam, I
_________ her out to eat.
D. will finish /
have taken
A. has finished /
will take
C. finished /
had taken
62. Question 20
C.
B. until her boss
will return
20. Mary will have finished all her
work __________.
D. by the time
her boss returns
A. as soon as her
boss retuned
C. when her boss
will return
65. Task: Find and correct one mistake in each sentence
FURTHER PRACTICE
1. She learns German for two years.
A B C D
(for + duration of time present perfect)
2. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I am ironing my clothes.
A B C D
(at + time + yesterday past continuous)
B. has learned
D. was ironing
66. 3. No sooner she had entered the room than she left
A B C
the presence of somebody else.
D
(No sooner + had + S + Ved3) A. had she
4. It’s obvious that neither the teacher nor the
A B C
students is responsible for it.
D
D. are
(neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V : V depends on S2)
5. The last time I see him was in 2006.
A B C D
B. saw
(Changing tense: The last time + S + Ved2 . + was + )
67. 6. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house
A B
from work, she was cooking dinner.
C D
(S + Ved2 after + S+ had + Ved3)
7. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once
A B C
since she buys it.
D
(since + S + Ved2)
8. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she
A
stopped moving and listens intently.
B C D
( 2 verbs are combined with conjunction “and”)
D. cooked
D. bought
C. listened
68. 9. The police arrested the man while he is having
A B C
dinner in a restaurant.
D
C. was having
(Sequence of tense)
10. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are
A B C
married for three years now.
D
C. have been
(for + duration of time present perfect)