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Grammar Exercises: (Tenses)
1. The stationer has not yet delivered the yellow paper, but when ____ I will give you some.
A. they do
B. they will
C. he does
D. he will
2. I think I’ll wait until the mail ____.
A. should come
B. is coming
C. comes
D. will come
3. I am reading an article which ____ hunting.
A. concerns to
B. is concerning
C. it concerns
D. concerns
4. Powder when mixed with water ____.
A. dissolving
B. dissolves
C. it dissolve
D. dissolved
5. If ____ enough interest, the proposed flexible work schedule will be implemented.
A. there be
B. there will be
C. there are
D. there is
6. The teaching assistant’s explanations to the class will be more understandable if he ____ more clearly next time.
A. speaks
B. spoke
C. will speak
D. has spoken
7. If it ____ rain, the band’s members will have to cover their instruments.
A. will start
B. starts to
C. started
D. had started
8. San Diego ____ the oldest permanent settlement for Europeans in the United States.
A. is
B. being
C. being for
D. where
9. If Mary ____, tell her I will call her back as soon as I return.
A. calls
B. called
C. will call
D. is going to call
10. Some doctors involved in brain research ____ that violence has its roots in certain sections of the brain.
A. are believing
B. believe
C. believing
D. believes
11. Every fall wild geese ____ over the house located directly on the day.
A. fly
B. flies
C. have flown
D. flown
12. If the superintendent does not ____ his mind, there is nothing more to be done.
A. changes
B. have changed
C. change
D. to change
13. Highly motivated, ambitious people often ____ more hours in a day.
A. needing
B. need
C. needed
D. are needing
14. “It’s very difficult.” “ If no one ____ able to do this, then we have to find someone else.”
A. were
B. was
C. is
D. would
15. We visit the drama club all the ____. A. evening B. day C. morning D. time
16. “Is this the last exam we have to take?” “Yes, but there ____ another test three months from now.”
A. will have been
B. will be
C. is
D. was
17. “Let’s go to the country tomorrow.” “ All right, if it ____ rain.”
A. won’t
B. isn’t
C. doesn’t
D. isn’t being
18. “Will you pay me now?” “I’ll pay for the apples on the day you ____ them.”
A. will deliver
B. would deliver
C. delivered
D. deliver
19. I turn to you as my last hope. If you fail me, then my honor as well as my position ____ forever lost.
A. be
B. are
C. is
understandable
D. were
20. The Dutch settled Holland, Michigan. They have given the town the character it ____ today.
A. has been having
B. does have
C. is having
D. has
21. Lightning rarely ____ twice in the same place.
A. a is striking
B. strikes
C. does it strike
D. it strikes
22. “Bob must be very wealthy.” “Yes, he ____ more in one day than I do in a week.”
A. has been earned
B. had earned
C. earns
D. has earnings
23. Vince Lombardi, a renowned football coach, always told his players that winning ____ everything.
A. is
B. will be
C. were
D. would be
24. “____ to have tea in the afternoon?”
A. Would you like
B. Won’t you like
C. Shall you like
D. Will you like
25. What can you do? We can do nothing until she ____ here tomorrow.
A. is
B. shall be
C. is being
D. will be
26. If it ____ next Saturday, I shall stay at home.
A. rains
B. will rain
C. would rain
D. rained
27. “ I wish that your sister would come to visit me.” “Well, I’ll tell her when I ____ her.”