Tense (1) Multiple Choice Questions

According to the art dealer, the painting______ to go for at least a million dollars.

• is expected
• expects
• expected
• is expecting

--- Thank goodness, you're here! What______ you? --- Traffic jam.

• keeps
• is keeping
• had kept
• kept

How can you possibly miss the news? It _____ on TV all day long.

• has been
• will be
• had been
• was

－ Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.<br />－ Where was I? <br />－ You ______ you didn't like your father's job.

• had said
• said
• were saying
• had been saying

I arrived late; I _____ the road to be so icy.

• wouldn’t expect
• haven’t expected
• hadn’t expected
• wasn’t expecting

I ______ while reading the English textbook. Luckily, my roommate woke me up in time!

• had fallen asleep
• have fallen asleep
• fell asleep
• fall asleep

Although he has lived with us for years, he __ us much impression.

• hadn't left
• didn't leave
• doesn't leave
• hasn't left

He _________ more that 5,000 English words when he entered the university at the age of 15.

• has learned
• would have learned
• learned
• had learned

Scientists think that the continents __________ always where they _________ today.

• aren’t; are
• aren’t; were
• weren’t; are
• weren’t; were

As soon as he comes back, I'll tell him when __________ and see him.

• you will come
• will you come
• you come
• do you come