Tense Review
Gerund & Infinitive
Conditionals
100

The two leaders ____ to meet, even though earlier talks ______ to reach an agreement.

  • had agreed, failed
  • agreed, failed
  • agreed, had failed
  • agreed, had failed
100
  1. She quit  to complain/ complaining  about be/  being unemployed and decided  to create/ creating her own job.

complaining, being, to create

100
  1. If I  pass/will pass my entrance exams, I will be/would be the happiest man in the world.

pass,will be

200

By the time we _____ next Friday, we _____ this piece hundreds of times.

  • perform, will have practised
  • will perform, will have practised
  • perform, will practise
  • perform, will have practised
200
  1. The police chief ordered his officers  keep/ to keep   to look/ looking for the escaped prisoner. 

keep looking

200
  1. If you  mix/will mix  water and electricity, you  get/would get a shock.

mix,get

300

A: I cannot read this. B: You _____ about my handwriting!

  • always complain
  • are always complaining
  • have always complained
  • are always complaining
300

I would love  ___(be) lying on a beach in Tahiti right now

to be

300

If you asked/had asked him yesterday, he would have told/would tell you everything.

had asked, would have told

400

A: I think I _____(stay) here after all. B: You _____ (change) your mind three times already!


  • will stay, have changed
400

Do you remember ___ (stand)  at the top of the Eiffel Tower

standing

400
  1. I am sure Mike will lend you some money. I would be surprised if he ___(refuse) .

refused

500

Where _____ (spend)your vacation? – I don't know yet. Maybe we ____ (go) to Italy next summer.


  • are you going to spend, will go
500
  1. You had better  ___(devote) some time to learning English instead of  ___ (waste)your time!

devote, wasting

500
  1. If he  __(be) in Tokyo last July, he ___(visit) us.

had been, would have visited