英语时态考题精编带用法讲解

1. —Your phone number again? I _______ quite catch it.

—It’s 9568442.

A. didn’t               B. couldn’t               C. don’t                  D. can’t

2. —Can I help you, sir?

—Yes. I bought this radio here yesterday, but it _______.

A. didn’t work       B. won’t work         C. can’t work          D. doesn’t work

3. Helen _______ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband _______ home.

A. has left; comes                                 B. left; had come

C. had left; came                                  D. had left; would come

4. —_______ my glasses?

—Yes, I saw them on your bed a minute ago.

A. Do you see                                       B. Had you see

C. Would you see                                  D. Have you seen

5. I first met Lisa three years ago. She _______ at a radio shop at that time.

A. has worked                                      B. was working

C. had been working                             D. had worked

6. —Is this raincoat yours?

—No, mine _______ there behind the door.

A. is hanging            B. has hung           C. hangs                    D. hung

7. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?

—I _______, but I had an unexpected visitor.

A. had                     B. would               C. was going to         D. did

8. —Who is Jerry Cooper?

—_______? I saw you shaking hands with him at the meeting.

A. Don’t you meet him yet                    B. Hadn’t you met him yet

C. Didn’t you meet him yet                   D. Haven’t you met him yet

9. —Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

—I am tired. I _______ the living room all day.

A. painted                                           B. had painted

C. have been painting                           D. have painted

10. —Nancy is not coming tonight.

—But she _______!

A. promises              B. promised           C. will promise         D. had promised

11. Shirley _______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.

A. has written           B. wrote                C. had written          D. was writing

12. —Hey, look where you are going!

—Oh, I’m terribly sorry. _______.

A. I’m not noticing                               B. I wasn’t noticing

C. I haven’t noticed                              D. I don’t notice

 

 

13. The price _______ but I doubt whether it will remain so.

A. went down                                      B. will go down

C. has gone down                                 D. was going down

14. The reporter said that the UFO _______ east to west when he saw it.

A. was traveling                                    B. traveled

C. had been traveling                             D. was to travel

15. —You’ve left the light on.

—Oh, so I have. _______ and turn it off.

A. I’ll go               B. I’ve gone             C. I go              D. I’m going

16. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _______ so rapidly.

A. is changing                                      B. has changed

C. will have changed                             D. will change