高中英语语法精讲精练易错题解析易错题：动词时态陷阱题

1.Look at that little boy wandering about — perhaps he _____ his mother.

A.will lose B.is losing

C.had lost D.has lost

2.It’s good that we _____ to the park because it’s started to rain.

A.don’t go B.hadn’t gone

C.didn’t go D.wasn’t going

3.I _____ for five minutes; why don’t they come?

A.am calling B.called

C.was calling D.have been calling

4.You _____ your turn so you’ll have to wait.

A.will miss B.have missed

C.are missing D.had missed

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5.We _____ to move but are still considering where to go to.

A.are deciding B.decided

C.have decided D.had decided

6.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

7.They won’t buy any new clothes because they _____ money to buy a new car.

A.save B.were saving

C.have saved D.are saving

8.I _____ your last point — could you say it again?

A.didn’t quite catch B.don’t quite catch

C.hadn’t quite catch D.can’t quite catch

9.You’ll never guess who I met today — my old teacher! We _____ for 20

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years.

A.don’t meet B.haven’t met

C.hadn’t met D.couldn’t meet

10.I feel sure I _____ her before somewhere.

A.was to meet B.have met

C.had met D.would meet

11.They haven’t arrived yet but we _____ them at any moment.

A.are expected B.have expected

C.are expecting D.will expect

12.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 D.had been

13.The students _______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she

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_______ in the office.

A.had written, left B.were writing, has left

C.had written, had left D.were writing, had left

14.I tried to phone her, but even as I _____ she was leaving the building.

A.phoned B.would phone

C.had phoned D.was phoning

15.“I suppose you _____ that report yet?” “I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.”

A.didn’t finish B.haven’t finished

C.hadn’t finished D.wasn’t finishing

16.—Didn’t the guard see him breaking into the bank?

—No, he _______ in the other direction.

A.was looking B.had looked

C.looked D.is looking

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17.How can you possibly miss the news? It _______ on TV all day long.

A.has been B.had been

C.was D.will be

18.“I thought you might have got drunk.” “Yes, I ______.”

A.almost have B.almost had

C.almost did D.might have

19.You ______ television.Why not do something more active?

A.always watch B.are always watching

C.have always watched D.have always been watching

20.“I took part in the TOEFL.It was really hard.” “Did you ______ a lot?”

A.Have you studied B.Did you study

C.Had you studied D.Do you study

21.“What’s your opinion on the matter, please?” “Oh, sorry, I _______.”

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A.wasn’t to listen B.haven’t listened

C.wasn’t listening D.hadn’t listened

22.“Aha, you’re a chain smoker!” “Only at home.Nobody _______ that but you.”

A.discovered B.had discovered

C.discovers D.is discovering

23.The telephone _______ three times in the last hour, and each time it ________ for my father.

A.had rang; was B.has rung; was

C.rang; has been D.has been ringing; is

24.The thief tried to break away from the policeman who ______ him, but failed.

A.has held B.had held

C.was holding D.would hold

25.When I arrived at the company, the manager ______, so we had only time

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for a few words.

A.just went away B.had gone away

C.was just going away D.has just gone away

26.“John took a photograph of you just now.” “Oh, really? I ______.”

A.didn’t know B.wasn’t knowing

C.don’t know D.haven’t known

27.“Mike is not coming to the football game this afternoon.” “It’s a shame! He _______!”

A.promises B.promised

C.will promise D.had promised

28.Please call again.Jim _______ a bath just now.

A.has had B.was having

C.is having D.has

29.“Was Andrew there when you arrived?” “Yes, but he ______ home soon

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afterwards.”

A.had gone B.has gone

C.is going D.went

30.“Where is Mother.” “She is in the kitchen.She _______ the housework all morning.”

A.is doing B.was doing

C.has done D.has been doing

31.The books, ________ the dictionaries, must be put back where they ________.

A.included; were B.to include; are

C.including; were D.including; are

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答案与解析

1.选D。根据那个小男孩徘徊的现象,推知他可能是找不到妈妈了。用现在完成时表示结果。

2.选C。句意为“好在我们(刚才)没有去公园,因为天(现在)已经开始下雨了”。

3.选D。用现在完成进行时表示持续到现在的一段时间。

4.选B,用现在完成时表示结果,即你已经错过了机会,其结果是:你只能等。

5.选C。用现在完成时表示影响。

6.选B。用现在完成时表示影响或结果,即现在笔不见了,是由于某人已经把它拿走了的结果。

7.选D。用现在进行时表示现在正在进行的动作。

8.选A。从下文的语境看,既然现在叫对方重复一遍,说明“没听清对方的最后一点”应发生在过去(即说此话之前)。

9.选B。用现在完成时表示从过去持续到现在的一段时间。

10.选B。before 用作副词时不与具体时间连用,泛指“以前”,通常与一般过去时或现在完成时连用。

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11.选C。用现在进行时表示目前的一种状态。

12.选C。用现在完成时表示影响或结果,即他整个星期都在国外,所以你说你在剧院见过他,你一定是搞错了。

13.选D。“把书忘在办公室”发生在“去取书”这一过去的动作之前,因此“忘了书”这一动作发生在过去的过去,用过去完成时。句中when表示的是时间的一点,表示在“同学们正忙于……”这一背景下,when所引导的动作发生。因此前一句应用过去进行时。

14.选D。注意even as 的意思,它表示“正当……的时候”或“恰当……的时候”。

15.选B。注意下文语境——事实上,我昨天就做完了。从该回答的语气上推测,填空处应填现在完成时态。

16.选A。表示当时正在进行的动作。

17.选A。表示目前一种持续的状态。

18.选C。句中的 might have got drunk是对过去情况的推测,故答句所指的情况也应在过去,故选C。

19.选B。always 与进行时态连用,可以表示高兴、满意、抱怨、厌恶等感情色彩。

20.选C。根据took的时态可知,“参加托福考试”发生在过去;而对方问“是否努力学习过?”这肯定问的是参加考试以前的事,故用过去完成时。

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21.选C。“没听”肯定是刚才的事,所以应用过去时态。

22.选C。答句陈述的是客观事实,故用一般现在时态。

23.选B。按英语语法,“in the last [past]+一段时间”通常与现在完成时连用。

24.选C。用过去进行时表示当时在持续的一种状态。

25.选C。由于下文说we had only time for a few words,说明“经理”正准备离开。

26.选A。“不知道”是对方告诉自己之前的事,故用一般过去时。

27.选B。根据语境,他“答应”发生在过去,故用一般过去时。

28.选C。just now 有两个意思:一是表示“刚才”,此时just now 为习语;二是表示“现在”、“眼前”、“就在此时”,此时 just 意为“正好”、“恰好”,用以修饰副词now。根据句子语境,句中的 just now 应取上面的第二个意思。

29.选D。Andrew“回家”发生在你见到他(发生在过去)之后不久。

30.选 D。现在完成进行时表示从过去至今一直在持续的动作。

31.选 C。第一空including不填 included,因为其后带有宾语;第二填 were,是因为它是指“原来放的地方”。

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