Question

Choose the appropriate form to complete the sentence.
1. When I saw her, she … reading.
a) was
b) is
c) will be
d) were
2. He … his work before you came.
a) finished
b) finishes
c) has finished
d) had finished
3. We … breakfast in bed.
a) were have
b) has
c) was having
d) had
4. Please go away, I … to finish my I work.
a) try
b) am trying
c) was trying
d) have tried
5. I hope I … it.
a) found
b) will find
c) am finding
d) finding
6. I watched TV last night but my sister … .
a) hasn’t
b) didn’t
c) isn’t
d) doesn’t
7. He … in the library every night for the last two months.
a) would be studying
b) will have studied
c) has been studied
d) has been studying
8. He began to realize that he … mistake.
a) is making
b) has made
c) had made
d) will make
9. English is … here.
a) speak
b) spoke
c) is speaking
d) spoken
10. This time tomorrow I … on a beach in Antalya.
a) lie
b) am lying
c) will be lying
d) have been lain
11. I didn’t answer the call because I … a shower.
a) was taking
b) take
c) am taking
d) took
12. His clothes are in a mess because he … the house all morning.
a) has been painting
b) will be painting
c) had been painting
d) will have painted
13. She’s going to be late because her plane … .
a) has been delayed
b) has delayed
c) delayed
d) was delayed
14. Peter has a pocket calculator. He … it almost every day.
a) use
b) uses
c) using
d) is using
15. Robert de Niro began acting in the 1970s. He has been … for about 35 years.
a) acted
b) acting
c) acts
d) to act
16. I won’t … to class tomorrow.
a) come
b) came
c) comes
d) coming
17. Lots of trees … blown down by the wind.
a) were
b) has
c) did
d) is
18. He found everything rather strange as he … never … abroad before.
a) has been
b) will be
c) hasn’t been
d) had been
19. Where … Mary and Julia going?
a) is
b) are
c) do
d) does
20. I wanted to know why no one … .
a) had come
b) hadn’t come
c) has come
d) hasn’t come
21. Mary never … the washing up.
a) does
b) has
c) did
d) is
22. Hello! I … to phone you all week. Where have you been?
a) am trying
b) have tried
c) tried
d) have been trying
23. When she … her room, she broke her reading lamp.
a) was cleaning
b) is cleaning
c) cleaned
d) were cleaning
24. If I … taller, I could be a policeman, but I’m too short.
a) be
b) had
c) were
d) am
25. I… to learn a lot of new words.
a) am going
b) will
c) will be
d) going
26. Our kitchen … decorated at the moment.
a) is
b) is being
c) being
d) was being
27. While the gentlemen were discussing the recent events, the ladies … about the weather.
a) talk
b) were talking
c) being talked
d) talking
28. Anna likes ice-cream but John … .
a) haven’t
b) hasn’t
c) isn’t
d) doesn’t

Answer 1

Ответ:

1.a

2.d

3.d

4.b

5.b

6.b

7.d.

8c.

9d

10c

11a

12a

13b

14a

15b

16a

17a

18d

19b

20a

21a

22a

23a

24c

25a

26b

27b

28d

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