初中英语语法_时态专项练习140题及答案详解

But we _______ each other a couple of times before that.

A. had been; has seen C. had been; had seen

11. It _______ long before we _______ the result of the experiment. A. will not be; will know C. will not be; know

12. —How long _______ David and Vicky _______ married? —For about four years. A. were; being

B. have; got

C. have; been

D. did; get

B. is; will know

D. is; know B. have been; have seen D. have been; had seen

13. How can you possibly miss the news? It _______ on TV all day long. A. has been

B. had been

C. was

D. will be

14.－Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on. －Where was I?

－Yo u ______ you didn't like your father's job. A. had said

B. said

C. were saying

D. had been saying

15. I arrived late; I _____ the road to be so icy. A. wouldn't expect C. hadn't expected

B. haven't expected D. wasn't expecting

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初中英语语法 时态专项练习（6）答案详解

1. A。选择移动电话不容易，因为科学技术正在迅速发展。

2. D。“我的乒乓球是打得相当好的，但自新年以来还一直没有时间去打。”球打得好是现在已有 的技能，故用一般现在时。

3. A。由 recently 和 by now 可知用现在完成时。 4. D。用一般过去时是指“我刚才没急于说”。

5. C。紧张伴随等的过程而产生，应同时发生，waited 是一般过去时，grow 也用一般过去时。 6. C。只描述过去所发生的情况，但没有强调对现在的影响，用一般过去时。

7. C。由 only at home 可知“我”只在家里喝得多，除你之外，没有人看见。谈的是现在一般性 情况，故用一般现在时。

8. A。现在进行时表示按计划或安排将要发生的动作。

9. B。由 believed 知 cry 和 lose 都发生在过去；显然先丢后哭，丢是过去的过去。另外，cried 与 believed 为并列谓语，同为过去式。

10. D。到目前为止成为朋友八年，用现在完成时；在那次晚会相识成为朋友之前已经见过几次 面，用过去完成时。

11. C。句意为：不久之后我们就会知道实验结果。在句型 It is not long before?不久之后就…)中， before 引导的是时间状语从句，用一般现在时表将来。

12. C。由 For about four years 可知，要用现在完成时，排除 A 和 D；与时间段连用，不可用 get married, 要用 be married。

13. A。信息句为一般现在时，根据后句中all day long 判断，这显然是强调播放新闻对现在的影 响，故选现在完成时。

14. C。此处指“我”的话在被打断前正在谈论的情况。表示过去某一特定的时刻在进行的动作用 过去进行时态。

15. C。“迟到”用的是过去时，“没想到路面结冰”应是过去的过去。

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初中英语语法 时态专项练习（7）

1. Dear me! Just _____ at the time! I _____ no idea it was so late. A. look, have C. look, had

2. “What’s his name?” “I _____.” A. forget C. had forgotten

B. forgot

D. am forgetting B. looking, had D. looking, have

3. Your mother _____, however, say that to us that day. A. does

B. did

C. is doing

D. was doing

4. New medicines and instruments ______ every day to extend life. A. develop C. are developing

5. I _____ your last point — could you say it again? A. didn’t quite catch C. hadn’t quite caught

B. don’t quite catch D. can’t quite catch

B. are being developed D. have developed

6. I feel sure I _____ her before somewhere. A. was to meet C. had met

7. They haven’t arrived yet but we _____ them at any moment. A. are expected C. are expecting

B. have expected D. will expect B. have met

D. would meet

8. “I suppose you _____ that report yet?” “I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.” A. didn’t finish C. hadn’t finished

B. haven’t finished D. wasn’t finishing

9. “When he _____ is not known yet.” “But when he ____, he will be warmly welcomed.” A. comes, comes

B. will come, will come

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C. comes, will come D. will come, comes

10. The bridge, which _____ 1688, needs repairing. A. is dated from B. was dated from C. dates from

D. dated from

11. I had hoped to see her off at the station, but I _____ too busy. A. was B. had been C. would be

D. would have been

12. Yo u _____ your turn so you’ll have to wait. A. will miss B. have missed C. are missing

D. had missed

13. I left my pen on the desk and now it’s gone; who _____ it? A. took B. has taken C. will take

D. had taken

14. You’ll never guess who I met today — my old teacher! We _____ for 20 years. A. don’t meet B. haven’t met C. hadn’t met

couldn’t meet

15. I think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; I’m sure he _____ abroad all week. A. is

B. was C. has been

16. —Don’t put the waste on the ground. —Oh, I’m very sorry. I _____the dustbin there. A. don’t see B. isn’t seeing C. didn’t see

D. haven’t see

17. —How is the weather in your country this summer? —It _____as much as it does now for a long time. A. hasn’t rained B. doesn’t rain C. wasn’t raining

D. didn’t rain

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D.

D. had been