OOPT Verb Forms and Tenses 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: She _____ for three hours by the time the movie ends.
- will have been waiting (Correct answer)
- will wait
- has been waiting
- would wait
Correct answer: will have been waiting
Future perfect continuous is used for an ongoing action that will be completed by a future point in time.
Question 2: I wish I _____ harder when I was in school.
- study
- studied
- had studied (Correct answer)
- would study
Correct answer: had studied
'Wish' about past regrets uses the past perfect (had + past participle).
Question 3: The package _____ by the time you get home tomorrow.
- will arrive
- will have arrived (Correct answer)
- arrives
- is arriving
Correct answer: will have arrived
Future perfect 'will have arrived' shows the action will be completed before a future reference point.
Question 4: He denied _____ the money from the office.
- to take
- take
- taking (Correct answer)
- having taken
Correct answer: taking
'Deny' is followed by a gerund (-ing form), not an infinitive.
Question 5: If only they _____ us sooner, we could have helped.
- tell
- told
- had told (Correct answer)
- would tell
Correct answer: had told
'If only' expressing regret about a past situation requires the past perfect.
Question 6: The children were told _____ in the hallway.
- not running
- not run
- not to run (Correct answer)
- to not running
Correct answer: not to run
Negative infinitives are formed with 'not to + base verb'.
Question 7: By next June, she _____ at the company for ten years.
- will work
- will be working
- will have worked (Correct answer)
- has worked
Correct answer: will have worked
Future perfect 'will have worked' is used for actions completed by a specific future time.
OOPT Verb Forms and Tenses 4
She _____ for three hours by the time the movie ends.