CLAUSES OF TIME

1. Lan has learnt English since she________ a small girl.
A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
2. Don’t go anywhere until I________ back.
A. come B. came C. will come D. am coming
3. Before cars ________, people ________horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered/ had used B. discovering / had used
C. had discovered/ used D. discovered/ had used
4. I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.
A. will end B. ends C. is ending D. would end
5. When we________ him tomorrow, we will remind him of that.
A. will see B. see C. am seeing D. saw
6. When he comes, I________ her the news.
A. tell B. will tell C. would tell D. would have told
7. When the police came, they________.
A. are fighting B. fought C. would be fighting D. were fighting
8. Before she came to England, she ________English.
A. studied B. will study C. had studied D was studying
9. I have lost touch with him ________He left for London.
A. as soon as B. after C. before D. since
10. My mother is washing the dishes ________ my father is watching television.
A. when B. while C. as D. since
11. _______, I will give him the report.
A. When he will return B. When he returns
C. Until he will return D. No sooner he returns
12. _______ the firemen arrived to help, we had already put out the fire.
A. Until B. No sooner C. By the time D. After
13. I have earned my own living _______ I was seven.
A. since B. when C. while D. as soon as
14. We saw many beautiful birds _______ in the lake.
A when we are fishing B. while fishing C. while fished D. fishing
15. _______, Peter came to see me.
A. While having dinner B. While I was having dinner
C. When having dinner D. When lam having dinner
16. _______ my homework, I went to bed.
A. After I had finished B. After finished
C. Finished D. After had finished
17. _______ the dance, Jerry said good-bye to his girlfriend.
A. Before left B. Before he leaves
C. Before leaving D. Before he will leave
18. Jones _______ after everyone _______.
A. speaks / will eat B. will speak / has eaten
C. is speaking / eats D. has spoken / will have eaten
19. _______, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines.
A. Whenever raining B. As it will be raining
C. When it will rain D. Whenever it rains
20. _______ in Rome than he was kidnapped.
A. No sooner he arrived B. Had he no sooner arrived
C. No sooner had he arrived D. No sooner he had arrived
21. _______ Peter gets here, we will congratulate him.
A. As soon as B. After C. No sooner D. Since
22. Mrs. Pike _______ the door before the customers arrived.
A. had opened B. will open C. would open D. has open
23. After Mariana _______ her exam, I _______ her out to eat.
A. was finishing / would take B. finished / had taken
C. will finish / have taken D. has finished / will take
24. Mary will have finished all her work _______.
A. as soon as her boss returned B. until her boss will return
C. by the time her boss returns D. when he-r boss will return
25. She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _____ the pillow was wet through.
A. before B. after C. until D. while
26. As soon as I arrive in New York, I ________you.
A. phone B. to phone C. will phone D. phoned
27. I will close the door before I ________ out.
A. will go B. to go C. are going out D. go

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B