Soal Tenses
Soal Tenses
Soal Tenses
Tenses
1. The team _____ along the river when they accidently found a big cave.
A. were walking C. walked E. are walking
B. walk D. will walk
2. Dewi : What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?
Tono : She ________ in the kitchen.
A. cooks C. has cooked E. was cooking
B. is cooking D. has been cooking
6. X : Can I have your report on the last week's study tour to Lampung?
Y: I'm still working on it. But I _______ it by the time you're back
from the meeting.
A. am going to C. will have finished E. am finishing
B. have finished D. will finish
7. Mr. Dedet leaves Surabaya for Medan by GIA 707 at 9 a.m. he ____
there.
A. arrive C. will have arrived E. arrived
B. was arriving D. will arrive
12. The book that I ______ in the classroom was found by Ali.
A. had left C. was leaving E. have left
B. would have left D. had been leaving
15. Naryo and I will wait at the corner until you ____ with a car.
A are coming D. will be coming
B. will come E. came
C. come
17. 'Anwar was promoted president of your company last week, wasn't he?'
'I'm glad he was; he ____ in this company for years.'
A. had worked C. has been working E. was working
B. would work D. worked
19. 'Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?'
'No, they _____ their teacher in Priok.'
A. visited C. would have visited E. were visiting
B. had visited D. to visit
24. 'The anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years.'
means 'he ________ tribe.'
A. has finished studying
B. studied
C. was studying
D. had studied
E. is still studying
28. The bus came after I _______ for about forty minutes.
A. have been waiting D. had been waiting
B. have waited E. was waiting
C. am waiting
30. '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 today
D. there was no mathematics class that day
E. the teacher asked the students to leave the class
32. She ________ the shoes for five minutes when one of the heels
came off.
A. am only wearing
B. was only wearing
C. had only been wearing
D. have only been wearing
E. only wore
34. I didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I _______
soundly.
A. have been sleeping C. am sleeping E. had slept
B. have slept D. was sleeping
35. Indri has bought a cassette player last week and she ________ to
music ever since.