Soal-soal Latihan Kompetensi Tenses

1. I did not meet Seanu when I visited him yesterday

Oh, he ______ for Singapore to see his parents
A. Will leave
D. Has left
B. Had left
E. Would leave
C. Is leaving
2. When did you take the academic writing course?
Last year, after ______ composition II
A. Complete
D. Have completed
B. Was completing
E. Had completed
C. To complete
3. As a student, I always had instant noodles for breakfast
This means that I ______ for breakfast.
A. Am having instant noodles.
D. Have instant noodles.
B. Like to have instant noodles.
E. Used to have instant noodles.
C. Am used to having instant noodles.
4. Several hotels in this reion are closing down.
Thats because tourism itself ______ since last year.
A. Is declining
C. Declined
E. Has been declining
B. Had declining
D. Was declining
5. The book that I ______ in the classroom was found by Ali.
A. Had left
C. Had been leaving
E. Would have left
B. Was leaving
D. Have left
6. Where is Tanti?
I dont know. In fact I ______ any of our friends since I arrived.
A. Did not see
C. Have not seen
E. Had not seen
B. Was not seeing
D. Do not see
7. What are you looking for?
My wallet. I dont know where I ______ it.
A. Have been putting
C. Had put
B. Am putting
D. Was putting

E. Have put

8. Anwar was promoted president of ypur company last week, wasnt he?
Im glad he was, he ______ in this company for years.
A. Had worked
C. Was working
E. Worked
B. Has been working
D. Would work
9. Could you please book me on the next flight to Mexico City?
Im sorry, sir. Our airline ______ to Mexico City.
A. Will not fly
C. Did not fly
E. Doesnt fly
B. Has not been flying D. Was not able to fly
10. Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?
No, they ______ their teacher in Priok.

A. Visited
B. Had visited

C. To visit
D. Were visiting

E. Would have visited

11. Could you tell your brother to meet me at the library tomorrow?
Sure, I ______ him.
A. Am telling
C. Be telling him
E. Would have told
B. Will tell
D. Will be telling
12. Where is my dictionary? It was on my desk.
Perhaps somebody ______ it.
A. Takes
C. Is taking
B. Has taken
D. Had taken
13. Since when hasnt she been feeling well?
Since she ______ from Singapore.
A. Returned
C. Was returning
B. Has returned
D. Had returned

E. Would take

E. Has been returning

14. Mr. Bronto leaves Surabaya for Medan by GIA 707 at 9 a.m by 11 a.m he ______ there.
A. Arrive
C. Was arriving
E. Will have arrived
B. Arrived
D. Will arrive
15. X : Was there any trouble at the demonstration?
Y : Yes, about 20 people ______ arrested.
A. Are being
C. Will be
B. Have been
D. Were

E. Are

16. The team ______ along the river when they accidently found a big cave.
A. Were walking
C. Will walk
E. Walk
B. Are walking
D. Walked
17. When do you plan to get married?
After ______ school
A. I finish
C. I am finishing
B. I finished
D. I had finished
18. Do you have to work lae today?
______
A. Yes, I have
C. Yes, I do
B. No, I havent
D. No, I dont have

E. I have finished

E. Yes, I do have

19. Several hotels in this region are closing down.

Thats because tourism itself ______ since last year.
A. Is declining
C. Has been declining
E. Had declined
B. Had declined
D. Was declining
20. Dont you think the bus driver is speeding?
Yes, Im afraid he ______ the lives of the passangers.
A. Endangered
C. Would have endangered E. Would endanger
B. Will endanger
D. Endangers

21. We allowed the children to watch their favorite TV program yesterday, only after they ______
doing their school assignment.
A. Were finishing
C. Finish
E. Had finished
B. Have finished
D. Would finish
22. Every night the watchman turns on the light and ______ around the building every half an hour.
A. Walks
C. To be walking
E. To walk
B. Is walking
D. Walking
23. Narto and I will wait at the corner until you ______ with a car.
A. Are coming
C. Will be coming
E. Will come
B. Come
D. Came
24. Now he ______ how to do the job poperly.
A. Is knowing
C. Knows not
B. Not know
D. Knows
25. Do I hear something?
Yes, somebody ______ at the door.
A. Knocks
C. Is knocking
B. Knocked
D. Has knocked
26. May I borrow your magazine?
I am sorry, my sister ______ it.
A. Is still reading
C. Will still read
B. Has been reading
D. Still read

E. Dont know

E. Was knocking

E. Still reads

27. Have the boys had their breakfast?

Not yet, they ______
A. Have taken a bath
C. Will take a bath
B. Are still taking a bath
D. Were taking a bath
28. Which paintings will be exhibited tomorrow?
We do not know yet, a team ______.
A. Is still selecting them
C. Has been selecting
B. Will still be selecting
D. Still selects
29. I have written three letters means :
A. Im still writing now C. I havent finished writing yet
B. I have to write now D. I am not writing anymore

E. Would still take a bath

E. Were still selecting

E. I hope to finish writing

30. The anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years means he ______ that
tribe.
A. Has finished studying
C. Was studying
E. Is still studying
B. Studied
D. Had studied
31. Iwan the national tennis champion, ______ tennis since he was nine.
A. Played
C. Plays
E. Has played
B. Has been playing
D. Is playing
32. All these years, Iras family ______ in proverty.

A. Lived
B. Has been living

C. Had lived
D. Was living

33. Ten years ago there was statue in front of this building.
Well it ______ there for three years now.
A. Is
C. Is being
B. Has been
D. Was

E. Lives

E. Had been

34. Hadi looks very tired. He ______ for hours now.

A. Drove
C. Was driving
E. Has been driving
B. Had driven
D. Had been driving
35. I know one of my students ______ in your company since he graduated.
A. Work
C. To work
E. Have worked
B. Working
D. Has been working
36. For the last five months he ______ of moving out because the area has become highly polluted.
A. Thinks
C. Thought
E. Has been thinking
B. Is thinking
D. Had thought
37. What is your plan for this weekend?
I ______ my brother.
A. Will have visited
C. Will have been visiting
B. Have visited
D. Visited
38. I forgot to return this book to the library.
Well, I am afraid you ______ a fine when you return it.
A. Had to pay
C. Have had to pay
B. Having to pay
D. Will have to pay

E. Will visit

E. Had had to pay

39. When you arrive on the sixth floor, give this note to the secretary, and she ______ you to my
office.
A. Directs
C. Directing
E. Will direct
B. To direct
D. Directed
40. I wonder what I ______ this time next year.
A. Will be doing
C. Do
B. Am doing
D. Have done

E. Will have done

41. I can lend you the book next week because by that time I ______ reading it.
A. Will be finishing
C. Am finishing
E. Would finish
B. Have finished
D. Will have finished
42. By the time next week she ______ her work.
A. Finishes
C. Will have finished
B. Has finished
D. Has been finishing

E. Would finish

43. I dont have my umbrella with me.

Dont worry. By the time class is over, the rain ______.
A. Had stopped
C. Stops
B. Stopped
D. Has stopped
44. When are you going to tell your sister the good news?

E. Will have stopped

When she ______ from the business trip.

A. Will be returning
C. Returns
B. Is going to return
D. Is returning
45. When did the guests come yesterday?
When she ______ cooking.
A. Had just finished
C. Has just finished
B. Is finishing
D. Has finished
46. You look so unhappy, Anton. Whats the matter?
My father ______ his job.
A. Has just lost
C. Losing
B. Has been losing
D. Is losing
47. I hope that by the time my father retires, I ______ a job.
A. Get
C. Have got
B. Am getting
D. Got
48. When did the farmer find that the ancient tool?
When he ______ his field.
A. Was ploughing
C. Had ploughed
B. Has ploughed
D. Is ploughing

E. Had returned

E. Finishes

E. loses

E. Will have got

E. Has been ploughing

49. I saw Hasan this morning when I ______ for the bus.
A. Wait
C. Had waited
B. Was waiting
D. Is waiting

E. Have waited

50. The engine ______ smoothly when it suddenly stopped.

A. Runs
C. Has run
B. Running
D. Is running

E. Was running

51. I used to study until late at night.

Means : ______ until late at night.
A. It is my habit to study
C. I was not my custom to study
B. I wanted to study
D. Now, I do not study
52. Why were her eyes red?
Because ______.
A. She cries
B. She is crying

C. She had been crying

D. She has been crying

53. Why were you absent from the English class?

Because I ______ my homework.
A. Dont do
C. Havent done
B. Wont do
D. am not doing
54. Why didnt Didi want to go home?
His mother ______ him for causing the car accident.
A. Would blame
C. Is blaming
B. Has blamed
D. Had blamed
55. The bus came after I ______ for about forty minutes.

E. I would like to study

E. She has cried

E. Hadnt done

E. Blames

A. Have been waiting

B. Have waited

C. Am waiting
D. Had been waiting

E. Was waiting

56. The police ______ for the robber for two years before they caught him.
A. Had been looking
C. Were being looked
E. Were looked
B. Have been looking
D. Had to be looked
57. By tomorrow morning, the ship ______ for a week.
A. Will sail
C. Will be sailing
B. Will have been sailing
D. Is sailing

E. Will have sailed

58. We ______ along the road for about forty minutes when a man stopped his car and offered us a
ride.
A. Was walking
C. Are walking
E. Would walk
B. Walked
D. Had been walking
59. I ______ for years before I was able to buy myself a car.
A. Saved up
C. Have saved up
B. Had saved up
D. Have been saving up

E. Would have saved up

60. Tina had just watered the flowers when Ali came.
From this sentence we may conclude that ______
A. Ali didnt see Tina watering the flowers
B. Ali came at the time Tina was watering the flowers
C. Ali was watching Tina watering the flowers
D. Ali would come when Tina finished watering the flowers
E. Ali had come before Tina watered the flowers
61. All students had just left the classroom when the mathematics teacher came in.
From this sentence we may conclude that ______
A. The students came late for the mathematics class
B. The teacher cancelled the mathematics class
C. The mathematics class started late that day
D. There was no mathematics class that day
E. The teacher asked the students to leave the class
62. He put out the light. Then he locked the door.
The above sentences can be joined as follows :
A. When he lock the door, he put out the light
B. He would put out the light if he locked the door
C. He had put out the light before he locked the door
D. He put out the light after he locked the door
E. While he was locking the door, he put out the light
63. Until Kartini opened a school, Indonesian women ______ allowed to go to school.
A. Have not been
C. Would not be
E. Would not have been
B. Are not
D. Had not been
64. She ______ the shoes for five minutes when one of the heels came off.
A. Am only wearing
C. Had only been wearing
E. Only wore
B. Was only wearing
D. Have only been wearing
65. So you have finished typing those letters! When did you do it?

When you ______ the meeting.

A. Were attending
C. Have attended
B. Attend
D. Attended
66. When did you realize you had lost your purse?
When I ______ money to pay the bus fare.
A. Was needing
C. Had needed
B. Needed
D. Have needed

E. Had attended

E. Am needing

67. Indri has bought a cassette player last week and she ______ to music ever since.
A. Has been listening
C. Would have listened
E. Listened
B. Was listening
D. will be listening
68. I didnt hear the thunder during the storm last night because I ______ soundly.
A. Have been sleeping
C. Am sleeping
E. Have slept
B. Had slept
D. Was sleeping
69. We could not get a room at the beach hotel because we ______ reservation.
A. Dont do
C. Havent done
E. Hadnt done
B. Wont do
D. Am not doing
70. He found the front door open although he ______ it before.
A. Be locked
C. Had been locked
B. Had locked
D. Had been locking
71. I wonder why Agus is absent. He might be sick.
He isnt. I saw him when I ______ for the bus.
A. Wait
C. Had waited
B. Was waiting
D. Is waiting

E. Had to lock

E. Have waited

72. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the hospital and then
______ my parents.
A. Call
C. Calling
E. Was calling
B. Called
D. To call
73. How long has he been the principle of our school?
Since I ______ this school.
A. Was entering
C. Had entered
B. Have entered
D. Entered
74. We havent heard from Ratu for such a long time.
We havent either, since she ______ to Bandung.
A. Moves
C. Was moving
B. Moved
D. Has moved

E. Had been entering

E. Had moved

75. My daughter _____ a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last
vacation.
A. Has taken
C. Would take
E. Had taken
B. Has been taking
D. Took
76. Exams will start in a week.

I know, I ______ all next weekend.

A. Will be studying
C. Studied
B. Study
D. Have studied

E. Will have been studying