初中英语各种时态练习题

英语综合时态练习 1 .My sister _____ the Youth League last year. She _____ a Youth League member for about a year now. A. joined…has become B. joined…has been C. has joined…has been D. did join…had been 2. Neither of us ______ a doctor. A. were B. am C. is D. are 3. Mr Zhao doesn’t like swimming, _____? A. didn’t he B. did he C. does he D. won’t he 4. I’ll talk to him when he ______. A. come B. will come C. comes D. came 5. They _____ supper when we _____ into the room. A. are having…went B. were having…go C. were having…went D. are having…go 6. We’ll go climbing if it _____ tomorrow. A. won’t rain B. did rain C. isn’t rain D. doesn’t rain 7. I don’t know if it _____ tomorrow. A. will rain B. rains C. rained D. is rain 8. Nathan Hale ____ he ____ his life for his country. A. said…give B. says…will give C. said…gives D. said…would give 9. Most people ____ TV. A. enjoy to watch B. enjoy watch C. enjoy watching D. enjoys watching 10.Father ____ his cap and went out. A. put on B. puts on C. had put D. will put on 11.How long _____ your uncle ____ in the army ? A. has…joined B. has…been C. does…join D. had…joined 12.Peter _____ the work in a week. A. have finished B. finishes C. is finishing D. will finish 13.The students _____ the History Museum if it _____ fine tomorrow. A. will visit….is B. will visit…will be C. would vis it …was D. would visit…would be 14.Joan ____ me whether I _____ the book before. A. asked…had read B. asked…shall read C. asked…would read D. asked…has read 15.By the end of last term, we _____ Book Five. A. have learned B. would learn C. had learned D. were learning 16._____ she _____ her lessons at seven yesterday evening ? A. Was…going over B. Is…go over C. Has…gone over D. Will…go over 1 17.He can’t go to the cinema with me because he ____ a meeting. A. was having B. would have C. is having D. had 18.Both of the two dictionaries ____ very useful. A. are B. is C. was D. am 19. He _____ to me since last month. A. didn’t write B. hadn’t written C. hasn’t written D. won’t write 20. Xu Ping ____ to Japan only once. A. has gone B. had gone C. had been D. has been 21. Nobody ____ the answer. A. have known B. knew C. didn’t know D. are knowing 22.______ you ever ____ to Nanjing ? A. Hav e…gone B. Have…been C. Do…go D. Will …go 23. He ____ he ____ something wrong before. A. says…was B. say….have done C. said…had done D. said…would do 24. He ____ me he ____ an interesting book. A. tell…would borrow B. told …will borrow C. tell…will borrow D. told …had borrowed 25. Thomas Edison ____ already ____ a chemistry lab for himself by the time he ____ ten. A. has…built…was B. had…built…was C. would…build…was D. was…building…is 26. At the age of eleven, my grandfather _____ to work in a factory. A. began B. has begun C. will begin D. begins 27. One day while I ____ along the street, I ____ someone calling. A. walked…was hearing B. was walking…has heard C. was walking…had heard D. was walking…heard 28. Neither I nor he _____. A. can swims well B. are swimming well C. swims well D. have swum well 29. ____ you ____ where your sister has gone ? A. Did …know B. Will…know C. Are…know D. Do …know 30. Betty ____ morning exercises yesterday. A. not did B. don't do C. didn’t do D. won’t do 31. The door of her room _____ every day. A. are not cleaned B. not are cleaned C. is not cleaned D. not is cleaned 32.No rubbish ____ for three weeks. A. collected B. is collected C. has collected D. has been collected 33.By 1980 the bridge ______. A. was completed B. had been completed C. has been completed D. have been completed 34.Another railway bridge ____ there now. A. is building B. is being built C. is built D. has been built 35. ____ the water in the wet clothes ____ vapor now ? A. Are…turned into B. Is…turned into C. Are…being turned into D. Is…being turned into 36. ____ this film ____ last week ? A. Did…show B. Has…been shown C. Was…shown D. Was…be shown 37.He told me that the composition ____ by him. A. was not written B. not was written C. is not written D. not is written 38._____ the play ____ again next week ? A. Will…put on B. Is…put on C. Will be…put on D. Will…be put on 39._____ the exercises ____ tomorrow ? A. May…be handed in B. May be…handed in C. May be handed…in D. May handed…in 40.She ____ to a hospital at once. A. must send B. must be sent C. must to be sent D. had to send 41. Mike usually ____ up at six in the morning. A. get B. gets C. got D. will get 42. The sun _____ us light and heat. A. give B. gives C. will give D. often give 43.Tom looked sad and cried , “ I ____ terrible !” A. am feeling B feels C. will feel D. have felt 44.At that time , things _____ hard for the working people. A. is B. are C. was D. were 45. Long long ago, there ____ a farmer in a small village. A. are B. were C. is D. lived 46. --Could you show me the way to No, 5 Middle School ? -- I’m afraid I couldn’t . I _____ never _____ there. A. do…go B. did…go C. have…been D. had …been 47. We ____ a meeting these days. A. have B. had C. are having D. were having 48. The oldest kind of computer _____ the abacus. A. is B. was C. has been D. have been 49. I ____ the boy in the classroom just now . A. see B. saw C. have seen D. had seen 50. Mr Black was surprised, “ I ______ I lost my wallet. “ A. know B. don’t know C. knew D. didn’t know 51.The guard said, “ I am sorry. I ____ .” A. don’t know it is you B. didn’t know it is you C. don’t know it was you D. didn’t know it was you 52.The fisherman said to the Genie, “ You’re so big and jar is so small. ____ you really in the jar ?” A. Are B. Were C. Was D. Wasn’t 53.He is going to be a doctor when he _____. A. grow up B. grows up C. will grow up D. is going to grow up 54. Grandma said she would tell me a story when she _____. A. has time B. had time C. would have time D. would has time 55. I’ll tell him all about it as soon as he ____. A. come back B. comes back C. will come back D. is going come back 56. ____ we set off right away ? A. Will B. Shall C. Are D. Do 57. It seems it ______. A. will rain B. shall rain C. rains D. is going to rain 58. My little sister ____ six next month. A. will be B. shall be C. can be D. is going to 59. Go down the street and turn right at the first crossing . You _____ our school. A. find B. will find C. shall find D. are going to find 60. It’s nothing serious. Your son ____ all right by supper time. A. will be B. shall be C. is D. is going to be 61. Work hard, and you ____ catch up with the others. A. can be B. Will C. shall D. are going to 62. Where is Jenny ? She ____ in the next room. A. do some reading B. does some reading C. is doing some reading D. will do some reading 63. Look! Tom ____ in the river. A. go swimming B. goes swimming C. going to swimming D. is swimming 64. His sister __ ___ cakes. That’s why her hands are all covered with flour (面粉). A. makes B. made C. will make D. is making 65. Listen carefully ! Can you hear what the professor ____ ? A. talks about B. talked about C. is talking about D. will talk about 66. What ____ you ____ this time yesterday ? A. do…do B. are…doing C. were…doing D. would…do 67. When I got there, the Browns ____ at the lunch table. A. is siting B. are sitting C. was siting D. were sitting 68. It suddenly began to rain while I ______ the bus. A. wait B. waited C. was waiting for D. were waiting for 69. It ____ hard when I was on my way to the cinema. A. rain B. raining C. was raining D. were raining 70. The train will arrive _____. A. after an hour B. in an hour C. an hour later D. for an hour 71. How may English films ____ since last year ? A. do you see B. did you see C. have you seen D. had you seen 72. _____ the film yet ? Yes. I ______ it just now. A. Do you see…see B. Did you see…have seen C. Have you seen…saw D. Have you seen…have seen 73. Mr Smith works in Beijing. He ____ since 1978. A. has come there B. has came there C. has been there D. has gone there 74. Comrade Wang came back last night. Where _____? A. has he gone B. had he gone C. has he been D. had he been 75. Mrs Brown is out. Where _____? A. has she gone B. had she gone C. has she been D. had she been 76. Her grandma ____ for five years. A. dies B. has died C. was dead D. has been dead 77. Have you ____ heard the story about Edison ? A. ever B. never C. even D. once 78. He asked if you ____ to Peter. A. wrote B. had wrote C. have wrote D. had written 79. The lights ____ when I got to the cinema. A. have already gone out B. had already gone out C. have already be out D. had already went out 80. Did you give a ticket to Li Hua yesterday ? No, Because she ____ for herself. A. has bought it B. has bought one C. had bought one D.had bought it 81. Yesterday some foreign friends came to our village. They ____ a long way before they arrived A. traveled B. have traveled C. had traveled D. are travelling 82.By the time I left school I ____ English for six years. A. studied B. has studied C. have studied D. had studied 83. How many concerts ____ by the end of next month. A. does the pianist give B. had the pianist given C. has the pianist given D. is the pianist going to give 84. He ____ for three years. A. has joined the Youth League B. had joined the Youth League C. has been a League member D. had been a League member 85. The day after tomorrow ____ my birthday. A. will be B. should be C. may be D. is going to be 86. The workers said that they would all leave if John _____. A. stay B. stayed C. stays D. was going to stay 87.I _____ a manager when I grow up. A. will to be B. shall be C. am D. am going to be 88. I went out with them after I ____ a meeting. A. have B. had C. have had D. was having 89.I’ve worked in the factory ____. A. since three years B. before three years C. since three years ago D. for three years ago 90.Joan is not here. She _____ in the next room. A. does some washing B. is doing some washing C. will do some washing D. has done some washing 91. I wrote a letter five days ago, but I _____ it in my pocket all these days. A. keep B. kept C. have keeping D. have kept 92. We ____ about you just now. A. are talking B. were talking C. talk D. have talked 93.Liu Ping said she ____ to my house tomorrow. A. will come B. would come C. will go D. would go 94. I have just had my lunch. I _____ it at home. A. have had B. had had C. had D. have 95. The farmers _____ on the farm when suddenly a strange voice was heard. A. were working B. worked C. are working D. work 96. My boss has just rung me up, telling me to shorten my holiday. And I _____ back to my office by Friday. A. expect B. am expecting C. am expected D. will expect 97. My brother ____ in the paper factory since he ____ college three years ago. A. had worked…left B. has worked…left C. had worked…was leaving D. has worked…was leaving 98. Our maths teacher ____ the post office when I _____ him. A. was passing…saw B. passed…was seeing C. passed…had seen D. was passing…was seeing 99. He asked me whether I ____ the play before. A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. was seeing 100. The rain stopped ten minutes _____. A. ago B. before C. after D. since 101. My brother _____ the army for three years. A. has been in B. has joined C. has taken part in D. has got to 102. Mr Black has sold his car. He _____ a new one. A. is going to buy B. is buying C. buys D. was going to buy 103. He went to bed after he ____ his work. A. did B. does C. has done D. have done 104. Your mother _____ you at the gate. A. waits for B. wait for C. is waiting for D. waiting for 105. Where ___ you _____ ? I ______ the library. A. have…been…have been to B. have…been…have gone to C. have…gone…have gone to D. have…gone…have gone to 106. ____ when school was over yesterday ? A. Does it rain B. Did it rain C. Was it raining D. Is it raining 107. I ____ a letter to you last month. _____ you ____ it ? A. have written…Have…received B. had written…Have…received C. wrote…Have…received D. was writing…Did…write 108. How long _____ Jack ? A. have you known B. have you got to know C. did you know D. did you get to know 110. Mr Black isn’t in. But he ____ at home at about seven tonight. He usually ____ back from work at a quarter to seven. A. will be…will come B. is …will come C. will be…comes D. is …comes 111. The train ____ here for ten minutes . A. has stopped B. has come C. has got D. has been 112. I’m looking for my watc h. I ____ it a moment ago. A. lost B. lost C. have lost D. was lost 113. Don’t get off the bus until it ______. A. stopped B. has stopped C. will stop D. would stop 114. When he sees me, he always ____ to me. A. smile B. is smiling C. smiled D. smiles 115. I think he ____ right now. A. reads B. is reading C. read D. would read 116. Whenever I ____ these days, I always carry my umbrella. A. will go out B. shall go out C. go out D. am going out 117. By this time tomorrow, I ____ the book. A. will finish to read B. will have finished reading C. will finish reading D. will have finished to read 118. Is this the first time you _____ Beijing ? A. visit B. visited C.have visited D. have been visiting 119. I _____ to school, only to find out that it was a holiday. A. hurry B. had hurried C. have hurried D. hurried 120. Please tell me why you ____ absent from school last week. A. had been B. have been C. are D. were 121. I ____ along the street when I caught sight of an old friend of mine. A. went B. had gone C. was going D. would go 122. Can you imagine how the game _____? A. won B. had won C. was won D. wins 123. The water was still below my waist, but it ____ all the time. A. rose B. raised C. was rising D. was raising 124. It ____ as the troops made their way to the front. A. was snowed B. had been snowing C. was snowing D. had snowed 125. I knew I could not finish the work _____. A. by he had come B. until he had come C. when he would come D. before he came 126. John was tired out. He ____ all day. A. was working B. had been worked C. worked D. had been working 127. It seemed that the old man ______ for something over there. A. looks B. looked C. was looking D. has looked 128. "I’m afraid you can’t sit here." "Sorry, I ______ know." A. don’t B. can’t C. won’t D. d idn’t 129. He told me that he ______ to see us the next day. A. comes B. came C. will come D. would come 130. The teacher told us that the sun ______ bigger than the earth. A. is B. was C. has been D. will be