SYLLABUS/TOPIC: When â While â Where â As soon as
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 20 questions, the answers are provided.
1. ___ you tell him about it when you ___ him?
A) did / see
B) does / saw
C) will / see
D) would / see
E) do / will see
2. Tomorrow when you ___ the sun ___ .
A) woke up / shines
B) have woken up / was shining
C) wake up / will be shining
D) will wake up / will shine
E) woke up / shined
3. When my sister ___ at the college 2 years ago she ___ to learn
several foreign languages.
A) was studying / tried
B) studies / tries
C) studied / was trying
D) was studying / was trying
E) studies / trying
4. When I ___ that morning the sun ___ high in the sky.
A) will wake up / had shone
B) have waken up / shines
C) shall wake up / was shining
D) woke up / was shining
E) woke up / will be shining
5. When I ___ the letter I wondered what ___ .
A) got / had happened
B) get / happens
C) got / happened
D) had got / had happened
E) got / has happened
6. I ___ to know when you ___ .
A) donât want / will come
B) shall want / come
C) want / had come
D) didnât want / come
E) didnât want / are coming
7. When I ___ home my mother ___ me that my friend ___ me an
hour before.
A) had come / told / had called
B) came / told / called
C) came / told / had called
D) was coming / told / called
E) came / was telling / had called
8. I ___ still, when you ___ .
A) am working / will return
B) shall be working / return
C) was working / are returning
D) shall have been working / have returned
E) was working / are returned
9. When Harris ___ her she ___ Paris.
A) is meeting / was leaving
B) met / was leaving
C) had met / left
D) meets / left
E) met / will leave
10. When he ___ in London, it ___ heavily.
A) arrive / rains
B) arrives / rained
C) arrived / was raining
D) will arrive / rains
E) arrived / is raining
11. It ___ when we ___ home.
A) rained / came
B) rained / was coming
C) was raining / came
D) will rain / came
E) rained / shall come
12. When we ___ the beach the rain ___ already ___ .
A) leave / has / started
B) will leave / have / started
C) left / had / started
D) left / have / started
E) are leaving / was / starting
13. What ___ you ___ when I ___ ?
A) did / do / returned
B) are / doing / shall return
C) will / be doing / return
D) do / do / return
E) have done / am returning
14. When I ___ him up they said that he ___ an hour ago.
A) call / left
B) called / has left
C) should call / has left
D) call / leaves
E) called / had left
15. When you ___ me up yesterday it ___ hard.
A) rings / will rain
B) rang / was raining
C) will rang / will rain
D) ring / rains
E) had rung / had rained
16. When the woman was out a postman ___ a letter.
A) brings
B) bring
C) brought
D) had brought
E) has brought
17. I hope it ___ when you ___ to London.
A) doesnât rain / will get
B) is raining / get
C) wonât be raining / get
D) will rain / will get
E) rained / have got
18. When the lesson ___ we ___ home.
A) are over / go
B) is over / goes
C) is over / shall go
D) will be over / go
E) will be over / shall go
19. What ___ you ___ when your father returned?
A) will / do
B) were / doing
C) was / do
D) will / be doing
E) were / do
20. When we ___ in Seville we ___ sightseeing.
A) are / went
B) were / went
C) shall be / go
D) are / go
E) had been / go
ANSWERS:
1-C
2-C
3-A
4-D
5-A
6-A
7-C
8-B
9-B
10-C
11-C
12-C
13-C
14-E
15-B
16-C
17-C
18-C
19-B
20-B
21. ___ when he was painting the ceiling.
A) He found his passport
B) He burnt his hand
C) He bought a new car
D) He wrote a letter
E) He fell off the ladder
22. It ___ since morning when we ___ .
A) has rained / went out
B) had been raining / went out
C) was raining / go out
D) rained / will go out
E) rained / went out
23. When I ___ back to the table, six soldiers ___ there.
A) came / were sitting
B) comes / were sitting
C) has come / sit
D) came / are sitting
E) came / will sit
24. When I ___ younger I ___ an idea of a wife who ___ with me in
my thoughts as well as aims.
A) was / had / will be
B) was / had / would be
C) had been / had / is
D) have been / have / will be
E) was / had had / had been
25. When I ___ school I ___ the university.
A) shall finish / shall enter
B) finish / enter
C) shall finish / enter
D) finish / shall enter
E) finish/entered
26. I visited my sister when she ___ in Moscow.
A) lived
B) lives
C) were lived
D) is living
E) were living
27. We ___ have our supper when our mother ___ from the market.
A) shall / comes
B) - / comes
C) - / will come
D) shanât / come
E) shall / come
28. The passengers ___ for the train for 20 minutes when it ___ into
the station.
A) waited / pulls
B) had waited / pulled
C) had been waiting / pulled
D) will wait / had pulled
E) are waiting / was pulled
29. Yesterday when I ___ her she ___ me about you.
A) have met / told
B) was meeting / told
C) have met / would tell
D) have met / tell
E) met / had told
30. When I came in my mother ___ dinner.
A) cooked
B) were cooking
C) will cook
D) have cooked
E) was cooking
31. When I ___ home, I ___ a friend of mine.
A) was going / met
B) go / meet
C) was going / was meeting
D) are going / meet
E) were going / met
32. I ___ terrible when I ___ that morning.
A) felt / wake up
B) feels / wake up
C) felt / woke up
D) feel / woke up
E) felt / had woken up
33. When they ___ about it there ___ much trouble.
A) finds out / be
B) found out / were
C) is finding out / is
D) find out / will be
E) found out / had been
34. Lane ___ through the morning papers when the telephone ___ .
A) was looking / rang
B) were looking / rang
C) are looking / rung
D) have looked / ring
E) looked / is ringing
35. A ship ___ near the Malta Islands when the men on board ___ a
dolphin in the water.
A) was fishing / noticed
B) fished / noticed
C) was fishing / will notice
D) is fishing / noticed
E) fished / notices
36. How fast ___ you ___ when the accident ___?
A) were / driving / happened
B) did / drive / was happening
C) will / drive / had happened
D) are / driving / will happen
E) - / drive / happens
37. I ___ my hand when I ___ the dinner.
A) was burning / cooked
B) had burnt / am cooking
C) shall burn / shall cook
D) burnt / was cooking
E) have burnt / cooked
38. We ___ ready when you ___ home.
A) are / will come
B) shall / come
C) shall be / will come
D) shall be / come
E) will be / came
39. Two hours ago when the children ___ in the yard a terrible storm
___ .
A) were playing / began
B) played / began
C) were playing / were beginning
D) played / were beginning
E) play / begins
40. It ___ for three hours when we ___ home.
A) will have been raining / came
B) is raining / come
C) rained / came
D) rains / came
E) had been raining / came
ANSWERS:
21-E
22-B
23-A
24-B
25-D
26-A
27-A
28-C
29-B
30-E
31-A
32-C
33-D
34-A
35-A
36-A
37-D
38-D
39-A
40-E
41. While we ___ an article mother ___ dinner.
A) were translated / was cooking
B) were translating / cooked
C) have been translating / is cooking
D) translated / had cooked
E) are translating / was cooking
42. He looked at the carpet while ___ for her answer.
A) to wait
B) be waiting
C) waiting
D) waited
E) having waited
43. While the woman ___ her children quickly passed her and ___
upstairs.
A) was talking / was going
B) was talking / went
C) talks / went
D) were talking / went
E) talked / went
44. I understood that while the student ___ I couldnât enter the
room.
A) would be examined
B) is examining
C) was examined
D) was being examined
E) is examined
45. While we ___ sightseeing the students ___ the book.
A) went / were reading
B) to go / were reading
C) went / are reading
D) go / were read
E) have gone / have read
46. While you ___ a rest, we ___ the task.
A) were having / did
B) have / do
C) shall have / done
D) have had / did
E) is having / do
47. While he ___ to school his elder brother ___ from the Institute.
His brother is a teacher now.
A) had gone / graduated
B) has been gone / will graduate
C) is going / has been graduating
D) went / graduated
E) goes / graduated
48. ___ while he was having breakfast.
A) He climbed the fence
B) His pen stopped writing
C) He fell off the ladder
D) He bit his tongue
E) He painted the ceiling
49. Mary ___ Nick where he ___ after graduating from the University.
A) asked / works
B) ask / would work
C) ask / worked
D) asked / would work
E) asked / has worked
50. We ___ into the room where the old man ___ . He was seriously
ill.
A) go / lies
B) goes / lie
C) went / is lying
D) went / was lying
E) was going / was lying
51. Mrs. Black ___ into the room where her husband ___ and began
to cry.
A) comes / sits
B) came / was sitting
C) came / sat
D) came / were sitting
E) was coming / sat
52. As soon as he___ to Copenhagen he___ us a letter.
A) get / send
B) gets / sends
C) gets / will send
D) got / should send
E) got / has sent
53. I ___ you as soon as we ___ the contract.
A) shall call / sign
B) call / sign
C) called / sign
D) would call / sign
E) is calling / are signing
54. As soon as I ___ the result I ___ you know.
A) hear / shall let
B) will hear / will let
C) hear / let
D) heard / let
E) have heard / let
55. As soon as the guests ___ we ___ our party.
A) will come / began
B) comes / begin
C) will come / begin
D) come / shall begin
E) come / begin
56. I was in the supermarket. As soon as I ___ for the goods somebody
___ me.
A) paid / would push
B) had paid / pushed
C) have paid / pushed
D) pay / will push
E) have paid / is pushing
57. As soon as we ___ the house we ___ to it.
A) shall build / move
B) build / shall move
C) will build / shall move
D) built / shall move
E) build / move
58. As soon as he ___ to see me, we ___ chess.
A) will come / shall play
B) comes / shall play
C) will come / play
D) comes / play
E) came / play
ANSWERS:
41-B
42-C
43-B
44-D
45-A
46-A
47-D
48-D
49-D
50-D
51-B
52-C
53-A
54-A
55-D
56-B
57-B
58-B
