英语语法经典例题800例：时态（测试题及详解）

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1. Look at that little boy wandering about perhaps he _____ his mother.

A. will lose B. is losing

C. had lost D. has lost

2. Its good that we _____ to the park because its started to rain.

A. dont go B. hadnt gone

C. didnt go D. wasnt going

3. I _____ for five minutes; why dont they come?

A. am calling B. called

C. was calling D. have been calling

4. You _____ your turn so youll have to wait.

A. will miss B. have missed

C. are missing D. had missed

5. We _____ to move but are still considering where to go to.

A. are deciding B. decided

C. have decided D. had decided

6. I left my pen on the desk and now its gone; who _____ it?

A. took B. has taken

C. will take D. had taken

7. They wont buy any new clothes because they _____ money to buy a new car.

A. save B. were saving

C. have saved D. are saving

8. I _____ your last point could you say it again?

A. didnt quite catch B. dont quite catch

C. hadnt quite catch D. cant quite catch

9. Youll never guess who I met today my old teacher! We _____ for 20 years.

A. dont meet B. havent met

C. hadnt met D. couldnt meet

10. I feel sure I _____ her before somewhere.

A. was to meet B. have met

C. had met D. would meet

11. They havent arrived yet but we _____ them at any moment.

A. are expected B. have expected

C. are expecting D. will expect

12. I think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; Im sure he _____ abroad all week.

A. is B. was

C. has been D. had been

13. The students _______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she _______ in the office.

A. had written, left B. were writing, has left

C. had written, had left D. were writing, had left

14. I tried to phone her, but even as I _____ she was leaving the building.

A. phoned B. would phone

C. had phoned D. was phoning

15. I suppose you _____ that report yet? I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.

A. didnt finish B. havent finished

C. hadnt finished D. wasnt finishing

16. Didnt the guard see him breaking into the bank?

No, he _______ in the other direction.

A. was looking B. had looked

C. looked D. is looking

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

A. has been B. had been

C. was D. will be

18. I thought you might have got drunk. Yes, I ______.

A. almost have B. almost had

C. almost did D. might have

19. You ______ television. Why not do something more active?

A. always watch B. are always watching

C. have always watched D. have always been watching

20. I took part in the TOEFL. It was really hard. Did you ______ a lot?

A. Have you studied B. Did you study

C. Had you studied D. Do you study

21. Whats your opinion on the matter, please? Oh, sorry, I _______.

A. wasnt to listen B. havent listened

C. wasnt listening D. hadnt listened

22. Aha, youre a chain smoker! Only at home. Nobody _______ that but you.

A. discovered B. had discovered

C. discovers D. is discovering

23. The telephone _______ three times in the last hour, and each time it ________ for my father.

A. had rang; was B. has rung; was

C. rang; has been D. has been ringing; is

24. The thief tried to break away from the policeman who ______ him, but failed.

A. has held B. had held

C. was holding D. would hold

25. When I arrived at the company, the manager ______, so we had only time for a few words.

A. just went away B. had gone away

C. was just going away D. has just gone away

26. John took a photograph of you just now. Oh, really? I ______.

A. didnt know B. wasnt knowing

C. dont know D. havent known

27. Mike is not coming to the football game this afternoon. Its a shame! He _______!

A. promises B. promised

C. will promise D. had promised

28. Please call again. Jim _______ a bath just now.

A. has had B. was having

C. is having D. has

29. Was Andrew there when you arrived? Yes, but he ______ home soon afterwards.

A. had gone B. has gone

C. is going D. went

30. Where is Mother. She is in the kitchen. She _______ the housework all morning.

A. is doing B. was doing

C. has done D. has been doing

31. The books, ________ the dictionaries, must be put back where they ________.

A. included; were B. to include; are

C. including; were D. including; are

31. 选 C。第一空including不填 included，因为其后带有宾语;第二填 were，是因为它是指原来放的地方。

【答案与解析】

1. 选D。根据那个小男孩徘徊的现象，推知他可能是找不到妈妈了。用现在完成时表示结果。

2. 选C。句意为好在我们(刚才)没有去公园，因为天(现在)已经开始下雨了。

3. 选D。用现在完成进行时表示持续到现在的一段时间。

4. 选B，用现在完成时表示结果，即你已经错过了机会，其结果是：你只能等。

5. 选C。用现在完成时表示影响。

6. 选B。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即现在笔不见了，是由于某人已经把它拿走了的结果。

7. 选D。用现在进行时表示现在正在进行的动作。

8. 选A。从下文的语境看，既然现在叫对方重复一遍，说明没听清对方的最后一点应发生在过去(即说此话之前)。

9. 选B。用现在完成时表示从过去持续到现在的一段时间。

10. 选B。before 用作副词时不与具体时间连用，泛指以前，通常与一般过去时或现在完成时连用。

11. 选C。用现在进行时表示目前的一种状态。

12. 选C。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即他整个星期都在国外，所以你说你在剧院见过他，你一定是搞错了。

13. 选D。把书忘在办公室发生在去取书这一过去的动作之前，因此忘了书这一动作发生在过去的过去，用过去完成时。句中when表示的是时间的一点，表示在同学们正忙于这一背景下，when所引导的动作发生。因此前一句应用过去进行时。

14. 选D。注意even as 的意思，它表示正当的时候或恰当的时候。

15. 选B。注意下文语境事实上，我昨天就做完了。从该回答的语气上推测，填空处应填现在完成时态。

16. 选A。表示当时正在进行的动作。

17. 选A。表示目前一种持续的状态。

18. 选C。句中的 might have got drunk是对过去情况的推测，故答句所指的情况也应在过去，故选C。

19. 选B。always 与进行时态连用，可以表示高兴、满意、抱怨、厌恶等感情色彩。

20. 选C。根据took的时态可知，参加托福考试发生在过去;而对方问是否努力学习过?这肯定问的是参加考试以前的事，故用过去完成时。

21. 选C。没听肯定是刚才的事，所以应用过去时态。

22. 选C。答句陈述的是客观事实，故用一般现在时态。

23. 选B。按英语语法，in the last [past]+一段时间通常与现在完成时连用。

24. 选C。用过去进行时表示当时在持续的一种状态。

25. 选C。由于下文说we had only time for a few words，说明经理正准备离开。

26. 选A。不知道是对方告诉自己之前的事，故用一般过去时。

27. 选B。根据语境，他答应发生在过去，故用一般过去时。

28. 选C。just now 有两个意思：一是表示刚才，此时just now 为习语;二是表示现在、眼前、就在此时，此时 just 意为正好、恰好，用以修饰副词now。根据句子语境，句中的 just now 应取上面的第二个意思。

29. 选D。Andrew回家发生在你见到他(发生在过去)之后不久。

30. 选 D。现在完成进行时表示从过去至今一直在持续的动作。