QUESTION BANK TENSES

1. The team ..................along the river bank when they accidentally found a big cave.
    A. were walking.
    B. are walking.
    C. will walk.
    D. walked.
    E. walk.

2. My younger brother thinks that everybody can become an astronaut.
    He often asks himself. "What ......if I were an astronaut?"
    A. do I do.
    B. will I do.
    C. would I do.
    D. am I doing.
    E. am I going to do.

3.The package for my parents ............by the courier a few days ago.
   A. was sent.
   B. will be sent.
   C. is being sent.
   D. is sent.
   E. were sent.

4. We decided to stay home because Sita was not very keen on ...........out in the rain.
    A. go.
    B. goes.
    C. went.
    D. to go.
    E. going.

5. Cathy      : May I borrow your new magazine?
    Sukma    : Yes, but next Monday. I ....... reading it by then.
    A. would a finish.
    B. am finishing.
    C. have finished.
    D. will be finishing.
    E. will have finished.

6. A. : This is a very old building.
    B. : I wasn't even born yet, when it ..........
    A. is built.
    B. is being built.
    C. was built.
    D. has been built.
    E. had build.

7. A hundred people have died of starvation already. By the end of the week hundred unless we make
    an immediate concrete action to help them.
    Meaning of that sentence is ......
    A. die.
    B. died.
    C. will have died.
    D. had died.
    E. have been dying.

8. Uke    : Don't you want to apply for a job advertised in the Jakarta Post?
    Prima : If I ............... the qualification. I .........for the job.
    A. had - applied.
    B. had - would apply.
    C. would have - applied.
    D. have - would apply.
    E. have - will apply.

9. Damar : Why are you so late today?
    Deta    : Sorry, my car ....
    Damar : So you came here on foot.
    Deta    : Yes, I did.
    A. is repairing
    B. has just repaired.
    C. will be repaired.
    D. is being repaired.
    E. will have been repaired.

10. Tutut    :  Were you sleeping when i called you last night?
      Indra    : No, I went to cinema.
      From the dialogue we know that Tutut wanted to know if Indra ........ when she called him.
      A. sleeps.
      B. slept.
      C. was sleeping.
      D. has been sleeping.
      E. had been sleeping.

11. Nindi     : When did you get this cassette?
      Indra     : Yesterday, when I .........home, a boy asked me to give it to you.
      A. walk.
      B. walked.
      C. walking.
      D. was walking.
      E. has been walking.




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