Grammar Quiz: Mixed Tenses 12

We were late. When we got there, the soccer game __________.
1. has started
2. have started
3. would start
4. had started
--- Are you going to Emma's party.
--- I don't know. It __________.
1. all depend
2. will all depend
3. all depends
4. is all depended
When you go by train, make sure you __________ an express, not a train that stops at all the stations.
1. gets
2. get
3. would get
4. should get
More middle-aged people suffer from heart trouble than __________.
1. general belief
2. believing generally
3. generally believed
4. to believe generally
He gave us warning to stay away from the machine while it __________.
1. had worked
2. was working
3. would work
4. would be working
I ______ the book on the reading list before I attended the lecture.
1. have read
2. had read
3. would have read
4. read
My uncle __________ until he was forty-five.
1. married
2. didn't get married
3. was not marrying
4. hadn't married
--- Do you know our city?
--- No, this is the first time I __________ here.
1. was
2. came
3. am coming
4. have been
If a book is __________, it will surely __________ the reader.
1. interested ------ interest
2. interesting ------ interested
3. interesting ------ interest
4. interested ------ interested
Because of the shortage of coal, attempts __________ to use natural gas.
1. have made
2. are being made
3. having made
4. will be making

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