會考英語時態專項練習試題

會考英語時態專項練習(1)

21. —What were you doing when I phoned you last night?

—I _____my painting and was starting to take a bath.

A. have already finished B. was finishing

C. had just finished D. was going to finish

22. You _____television. Why not do something more active?

A. always watch B. are always watching

C. have always watched D. have always been watching

23. I have been studying computer for several years and I still _____.

A. have B. do C. have been D. am

24. Jane was disappointed that most of the guests________ when she ________at the party.

A. left; had arrived B. left; arrived

C. had left; had arrived D. had left; arrived

25. The pen I ________ I ________ is on my desk, right under my nose.

A. think; lost B. thought; had lost

C. think; had lost D. thought; have lost

會考英語時態專項練習(2)

1. She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ________ 50 million.

A. have reached B. has reached

C. are reaching D. had reached

2. He kept looking at her, wondering whether he ________ her somewhere.

A. saw B. has seen

C. sees D. had seen

3. The crazy fans ________ patiently for two hours and they would wait till the movie star arrived.

A. were waiting B. had been waiting

C. had waited D. would wait

4. She ________ her hairstyle in her hometown before she came to Chongqing for a better job.

A. would change B. has changed

C. changed D. was changing

5. The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945, and their power ________ increased enormously ever since.

A. is B. was

C. has been D. had been

會考英語時態專項練習(3)

1. Because the shop ________ , all the T-shirts are sold at half price.

A. has closed down B. closed down

C. is closing down D. had closed down

2. Let’s keep to the point or we ________ any decisions.

A. will never reach B. have never reached

C. never reach D. never reached

3. My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I ________ half of it.

A. was missing B. had missed

C. will miss D. missed

4. It is said in the book that Thomas Edison (1847—1931) ________ the world-leading inventor for sixty years.

A. would be B. has been

C. had been D. was

5. —You were out when I dropped in at your house.

—Oh, I ________ for a friend from England at the airport.

A. was waiting B. had waited

C. am waiting D. has waited

會考英語時態專項練習(4)

1. —Has Sam finished his homework today?

—I have no idea. He ________ it this morning.

A. did B. has done

C. was doing D. had done

2. —What’s that terrible noise?

—The neighbors ________ for a party.

A. have prepared B. are preparing

C. prepare D. will prepare

3. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

A. had considered B. has been considering

C. considered D. is going to consider

4. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ________ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.

A. was B. were

C. had been D. would be

5. The discussion ________ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.

A. was coming B. had come

C. has come D. came

會考英語時態專項練習(5)

1. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ________ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.

A. begin B. began

C. have begun D. had begun

2. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ________ advertisements showing happy families.

A. will often see B. often see

C. are often seeing D. have often seen

3. —I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

—Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ________?

A. was leaving B. had left

C. has left D. left

4. —What were you doing when Tony phoned you?

—I had just finished my work and________ to take a shower.

A. had started B. started

C. have started D. was starting

5. I ________ you not to move my dictionary—now I can’t find it.

A. asked B. ask

C. was asking D. had asked

會考英語時態專項練習(6)

1. 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

2. I _______ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.

A. will play B. have played C. played D. play

3. I wonder why Jenny _______ us recently. We should have heard from her by now.

A. hasn’t written B. doesn’t write

C. won’t write D. hadn’t written

4. —You haven’t said a word about my new coat, Brenda. Do you like it?

—I’m sorry I _______ anything about it sooner. I certainly think it’s pretty on you.

A. wasn’t saying B. don’t say C. won’t say D. didn’t say

5. All morning as she waited for the medical report from the doctor, her nervousness _______.

A. has grown B. is growing C. grew D. had grown

1. A。選擇移動電話不容易，因為科學技術正在迅速發展。

2. D。“我的乒乓球是打得相當好的，但自新年以來還一直沒有時間去打。”球打得好是現在已有的`技能，故用一般現在時。

3. A。由 recently 和 by now 可知用現在完成時。

4. D。用一般過去時是指“我剛才沒急於説”。

5. C。緊張伴隨等的過程而產生，應同時發生，waited 是一般過去時，grow 也用一般過去時。