English Worksheet on Past Tense and Future Tense: For Grades 9-12 (By Million Abebe:2013/21)

 English Worksheet on Past Tense and Future Tense: For Grades 9-12 (2013/21)

Challenge 1

Note: G-10: NE refers to grade 10 National Exam. G-12: NE refers to grade 12 National Exam.
1. He got off the bus first, _______ he turned to the left and walked straight home. (G-10: NE)        

 A. last         B. after     C. before     D. then

2. Samuel __ in London before he moved to Rome. (G-10: NE)

       A. had lived      B. was living     C. lives       D. has lived
3. Ashanafi ______ his career as a dentist before he was thirteen years old. (G-10: NE).
    A. have started B. has started  

    C. was starting   D. had started
4. Addisu ______ home when it ______ to rain.   
   A. left/had begun  B. had just left/ began   

   C. have just/had begun   D. leaves/have begun
5.He was very tired when I saw him because he _______too much.( G-10: NE)     
      A. was studying        B. had been studying  

      C. has been studying   D. will be studying  
 6. It is hard to imagine what life was like ________ there were no computers or mobile phones. (G-12: NE)
    A. while     B. when     C. where     D. during
7. Give me a call ________ back from your trip. (G-12: NE)
     A. while you got     B. while you get     

    C. when you get     D. when you will get
8. Ethiopians have been popular in long distance running ________ Abebe won the Marathon in Rome. (G-12: NE)
    A. when        B. as    C. because    D. since
9. She went to the station and asked at the information desk _______. (G-12: NE)
    A. where was the train going         B. where did the train go
    C. where the train was going         D. where does the train
10. Our grandfather used to visit us _____________. (G-12: NE)
    A. yesterday       B. when we going to school  

    C. since           D. on a Sunday
11. People ____ using clay tablets once they _______ writing on papyrus.
A. stopped/started     B. had stopped/had started
C. stopped/had started     D. had stopped/started
12. After people _______ writing on papyrus, they ____ using clay tablets.
A. had started/had stopped     B. had started/stopped
C. started/stopped                    D. started/had stopped
13. Soon after flags _____ to send signals between ships, the first newspapers _____.
A. were first used/appeared  B. were used first/had appeared
C. first used/appeared          D. used first/had appeared
14. After flags _____ to send signals between ships, the first newspapers _____.
    A. had first used/appeared  

    B. had first been used/had appeared
    C. first used/appeared           

    D. were used first/had appeared
15. The Ancient Persian Emperor _____ send messages across his empire very rapidly long before the first postage stamp ____.
A. had been able to/appeared        B. was able to/appeared
C. was able to/appeared          D. was able to/appeared
16. More or less as soon as the personal computer ____, the development of the Internet ______.
A. invented/started          B. was invented/had started
C. was invented/started          D. had been invented/started
17. The World Wide Web _______ without the Internet.
A. could have been invented      B. could not have invented
C. could have invented          D. could not have been invented
18. While I ______ for the bus, I ___ two of my friends.
    A. was waiting/met    B. waited/met     

    C. was waiting/meeting   D. had been waiting/met
19. Although whistling across valleys ______ an ancient form of sending messages, it ____ in  
       the Canary Islands.
     A. is/is still used      B. was/is still used    

      C. is/ still is used  D. has been/is still used
20. John eventually found a job he _____, although he ______ three years earlier.
         A. wants/had graduated      B. had wanted/graduated
        C. had wanted/had graduated  D. wanted/had graduated

Challenge 2

21. The car I _____ was no longer ____ in front of the house.
A. had just bought/parked      B. bought/had parked
C. had just bought/had parked      D. was buying/had parked
22. Gelgelo _____ with our present. He ______, he wanted a new watch for months.
    A. delighted/had been saying      

    B. was delighting/had been said
    C. was delighted/had been said      

    D. was delighted/had been saying
23. My mother ______ to me about five times how to lock up the house even though I _______ her perfectly the first time.
    A. had explained/had understood      

    B. explained/understood
    C. had explained/was understood    

   D. explained/had understood
24. When I ______, my friends told me they ______ at the bus stop for half an hour.
    A. turned up/had been waited      

    B. had turned up/had been waiting
    C. turned up/had been waiting      

    D. had been turning up/had been waiting
25. By the time our team ______ a goal, the other team ____ three.
    A. had scored/had scored      B. scored/ scored
    C. scored/had scored              D. scored/had already scored
26. When I ____ them, I _______ at the bus stop for half an hour.
    A. had met/had been          B. met/had been     

    C. had been met/was          D. met/was
27. We _____ when the bus ______.
    A. had been chatting/arrived    B. were chatting/had arrived
    C. chatting/had arrived          D. were chatting/arrived
28. We _____ so much that I nearly missed the bus.
    A. were laughing           B. had laughed      

    C. had been laughing   D. laughed
29. I _______ to myself for the whole bus journey because I ___ our conversation.
    A. was smiling/had enjoyed          

    B. had been smiling/enjoyed
    C. was smiling/had been enjoyed      

    D. was smiling/was enjoying
30. There _____ a lot of people queuing for oranges. I _____  to buy any oranges.
    A. were/didn’t manage         B. had been/didn’t manage
    C. were/hadn’t managed      D. had been/didn’t managed
31. They say George is selling his new car. I _____ him a call and ask. (G-12: NE)
     A. ought to give     B. am giving     

     C. must give         D. will give
32. Jobs that call for strength and muscle no longer exist in the numbers that they once __________. (G-12: NE)
    A. do         B. did         C. exist     D. were
33. Next year this time, we ____ our first year university courses. (G-12: NE)
    A. will complete         B. have to complete     

   C. have completed     D. will have completed
34. By the year 2020 [future], the cure for HIV/AIDS and Ebola ______. (G-12: NE)
    A. was discovered              B. will be discovered
    C. had been discovered     D. will have been discovered
35. My sister _____ me a parcel two weeks ago, but I received it only yesterday. (G-12: NE)
      A. sent     B. had sent     C. has sent     D. had been sent
36. Bush, you are not allowed to take this car because I ____ it to Hillary as she had asked me before.
    A. am going to give       B. will give      

    C. am giving                    D. will have given
37. There was no food left when I returned. They ____everything. (G-12: NE)
    A. had eaten     B. have eaten         C. ate         D. were eating
38. Kebede and Yeshi are my friends. I think, they _______ soon.
     A. marry                       B. are getting married     

    C. may be marrying     D. will marry
40. According to their schedule, the first plane ____ here on time tomorrow morning at 8:00A.M.
      A. will arrive     B. arrives     

      C. will have arrived         D. is arriving
41. Did you know that Mary and Bedilu ____ married next week? (G-12: NE)
    A. are going to get     B. will be getting     C. will get     D. get
41. Kebede and Yeshi are looking for a house to buy. I think, they _____ soon. (G-12: NE)
     A. marry     B. are getting married     

     C. may be marrying     D. will marry

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English Worksheet on Past Tense and Future Tense for Grades 9-12 (2013/21) by Million Abebe