PRESENT FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

SUBJECT + WILL + HAVE + VERB III

I will have finished my postgraduate program by the end of January.
By (sebelum)..
Before
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PROBLEMS WITH VERBS

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THE SENTENCES

1. Alberts doctor insists. for a few 8. Would you stop.., please ?

days. (A) to answer the telephone
(A) his resting (B) answering the telephone
(B) him to rest (C) answer the telephone
(C) that he rests (D) to the telephone answering
(D) that he is resting

2. She.. Writing the thesis for a
year by the end of next December
(A) will finish
(B) has finished
(C) will have finished
(D) finished
9. You.. Your seats today if you
want to go to the game.
(A) had better to reserve
(B) had to better reserve
(C) had better reserve
(D) had to reserve better
3. We wish that you. Such a lot of 10. If it .. so late, we could have coffee
work, because we know that you (A) was
would have enjoyed the party (B) isnt
(A) hadnt had (C) werent
(B) didnt have (D) not be
(C) didnt have had
(D) hadnt have

4. The car neededafter it had been 11. Your sister used to.you quite often
used for the championship. (A) visit
(A) to repair (B) visiting
(B) to be repairing (C) visited
(C) repairing (D) to visit
(D) repaired

5. Please.photocopies of the 12. If Bob. with us, he would have

documents. had a good time.
(A) do not submit (A) would have come
(B) not to submit (B) had come
(C) do no submit (C) came
(D) not submit (D) would come
6. I.meat and eggs every morning 13.Frankly,Id rather that you....anything
(A) am used to eat about it for the time being.
(B) used to eating (A) not do
(C) am used to eating (B) didnt do
(D) use to eat (C) not to do
(D) dont do

7. The team really looks good tonight

because the coach had them.
every night this week.
(A) practice
(B) to practice
(C) practiced
(D) the practice

14. Since they arent answering their 21. His English teacher recommends that
telephone, they. he. a regular degree program
(A) must have left (A) begin
(B) should have left (B) begins
(C) need have left (C) will begins
(D) can have left (D) is beginning
1. SHOULD
SUBJECT + HAD BETTER + VERB WORD
OUGHT TO

John should study tonight.

John had better study tonight.
John ought to study tonight.

SHOULD
SUBJECT + HAD BETTER + NOT + VERB WORD
OUGHT TO

John should not study tonight.

John had better not study tonight.
John ought to not study tonight.
SUBJECT + HAD + VERB III THAT SUBJECT + WOULD + VERB I

Unfulfilled Desire in the Past

hoped
15. We were hurrying because we thought 22. Lets have our dinner
that the bell.. (A) to serve
(A) had already rang (B) served
(B) has already rang (C) serving
(C) had already rung (D) be served
(D) have already ringing

16. I hadnt expected James to apologize, 23. Id. the operation unless it
but I had hoped.. is absolutely necessary.
(A) him calling me (A) rather not have
(B) that he would call me (B) not rather had
(C) him to call me (C) rather not to have
(D) that he call me (D) rather not having

17. My husband .. in Bogor before 24. Would you please write on

we were married. (A) dont
(A) have lived (B) not
(B) is living (C) no
(C) lives (D) to not
(D) had lived
18. Does your new secretary ..
a computer ?
(A) know to operate
(B) know how to operate
(C) know how operate
(D) know how operating
25. The old man asked her to move
Because he. in that chair.
(A) use to sit
(B) was used to sit
(C) used to using
(D) was used to sitting

19. Tommy had his brother 26. After he treated you, if I. in

.his shoes for him. Your place, I wouldnt return the call
(A) to tie (A) be
(B) tie (B) am
(C) tied (C) were
(D) tying (D) was

20. I wish that the weather..not so 27. If I.. the flu I would have gone
warm. With you.
(A) was (A) hadnt
(B) be (B) hadnt had
(C) were (C) didnt have
(D) is (D) wouldnt have had
 28. Hes.. his medicine for a week.
(A) take
(B) takes
(C) taken
(D) took

29. Your mother and I are looking forward 36. .your rather sit by the window?
.. You (A) Dont
(A) of seeing (B) Will
(B) to seeing (C) Would
(C) for seeing (D) Wont
(D) to see

30. It is imperative that you.. 37. The government insists that the
there in person. project for the economic
(A) be crisis.
(B) will be (A) cancel
(C) will (B) cancelled
(D) are (C) be cancelled
(D) to be cancelled
 The verb NEED
The Verb NEED is followed by the infinitive only if a living thing is the subject. If
A thing ( an inanimate object) is the subject of this verb, the verb is followed by a
GERUND or the verb BE plus the Past Participle (VIII).

Examples :

1. John and his brother need to paint the house.

Subject ( a living thing )

2. The grass needs cutting.

GERUND

needs to be cut
VIII .

Subject ( an animate thing )

31. The brakes need.. 38. After he had researched and....his
(A) adjustable paper, he found some additional
(B) to adjust material that he should have included
(C) to adjusted (A) wrote
(D) adjusting (B) written
(C) writing
(D) have written

32. I wish that we. with my 39. If it.. Rain, well have the
brother when he flies to England party outside the main buildings.
next week. (A) wouldnt
(A) could go (B) doesnt
(B) had gone (D) didnt
(C) will go
(D) are going

33. Are you sure Miss Smith. use 40. Excuse me, but it is time to have your
the new equipment ? TOEFL test.
(A) knows to (A) ending
(B) knows the (B) ended
(C) knows how to (C) ends
(D) knows how (D) to end
34. Mary and John to the parties at 41. Almost everyone fails.. the
Student Union every Friday.
(A) used to going
(B) used to go
(C) are use to go
(D) were used to go
35. You.. Me, because I didnt
say that.
(A) must misunderstand
(B) must be misunderstand
(C) must have misunderstood
(D) must to misunderstand
Drivers test on the first try.
(A) passing
(B) to have passed
(C) to pass
(D) in passing
42. Mike had hoped.. his
letter soon after her arrival.
(A) her to answer
(B) that she answer
(C) that she would answer
(D) her answer
43. I think that you had better earlier so that you can get class on time.
(A) to start get up
(B) started getting up
(C) start getting up
(D) to get up

44. Asia. by most experts to be the cradle of human civilization.

(A) have always been considered
(B) has always been considered
(C) always has been considered
(D) has been considered always

45. Economic crisis in Asian countriesby next 2010.

(A) will have abated
(B) have abated
(C) abated
(D) will be abated
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46. It is generally believed that Thomas Jefferson was one of the one who had
A
researched and wrote the Declaration of Independence during the months prior
B
to its signing in July 1776.
C D

47. Civil engineers had better planning to use steel supports in concrete structure
A B C
built on unstable geophysical sites.
D

48. Beyond the simple pleasure of flying, kites have been use to lift or tow objects.
A B C D

49. Throughout its history, the John Hopkins University has noted for providing
A B C
innovative programs and for its emphasis on graduate study.
D
50. The desert in Southern Arizona is dominant by cacti and deep-rooted shrubs.
A B C D

51. Angles which lies outside a polygon are calling exterior angles.
A B C D

52. Oyster farming has been practice in most parts of the world for many years.
A B C D

53. If Robert Kennedy would have lived a little longer, he probably would have
A B C
won the election.
D

54. It is extremely important for an engineer to know to use a computer.

A B C D

55. The scientific revolution of the early 1900s affected education by change the
A B C

nature of technology.
D
56. The statue of Liberty was originally proposed in 1865 to commemoration the
A B C
alliance of France with the American colonies during the American
D
Revolution.

57. Reptiles are widely distribution around the world, but are abundant in warm
A B
regions and are virtually absent beyond the tree line in the Arctic.
C D

58. B.J. Habibie was the most prominent scientist in Indonesia when he appointed
A B C D
as a President of Republic of Indonesia in 1998.

59. He will completion this postgraduate program taken for two years by
A B C
next summer.
D
60. Nutritionists urge that food is chewed and masticated thoroughly before
A B C D
being swallowed.