Mastering Advanced English Tenses and Sentence Structure

Tense Selection: Choose the Best Option (A, B, C)

Select the correct option (A, B, or C) to complete each sentence.

1. I have been to Paris many times, but this trip is the most exciting.
2. Tim couldn’t do the homework because he had lost his books the day before.
3. They had read the book before they saw the film.
4. By the time you read this letter, I will have left the country.
5. He hadn’t studied cooking before he got the job.

Verb Tense Practice: Selecting the Correct Form

Choose the correct verb tense from the options provided in bold.

1. So you’re finally here! I have been waiting / waited / had waited for you since ten o’clock.
2. Why won’t you have come / didn’t you come / haven’t you come to Sam’s party last night?
3. I’m not hungry. I will have had / have had / have been having dinner.
4. Dan left the football team because he has been suffering / had been suffering / has suffered from poor health.
   He’s feeling better now and may return.
5. By this time next year, they will have travelled / have travelled / have been travelling to India.

Indirect Speech and Reporting Verbs

Select the appropriate verb form or structure for reported speech.

1. Dan asked me what I think / thought / am thinking of Timothy’s work experience.
2. Peter suggested going / went / to go to the cinema.
3. His sister wanted to know whether he is going / he was going / was he going to the lecture.
4. Jennifer complained that she will have to work / has to work / had to work extra hours the following day.
5. Andrea said that they wouldn’t finish / won’t finish / can’t finish their report that day.
6. The boys reported that it began / had begun / will begin snowing two hours before.

Relative Clauses: Defining and Non-Defining

Choose the correct relative pronoun or adverb (where, who, when, whose).

1. In Switzerland, where / that / which it often snows, you need warm clothing.
2. James is my friend whose / who / when went on a tour of Thailand.
3. I can still remember the day whose / when / who I flew for the first time.
4. That woman, whose / who / that description of China was so interesting, is a professional tour guide.

Modal Verbs and Perfect Infinitives

Select the correct modal structure to express necessity or unrealized past action.

1. I’ve got a costume. You needn’t have bought / must buy / will have bought one for me.
2. Susan would go / would have gone / must have gone to the beach, but it started to rain.