Complete the diagnostic test below. Choose the correct words in italics.
1. The city museum is having /has a new wing - it opened last month
2 Gary had / had got a powerful motorbike when he was younger, but his wife persuaded him to sell it.
3 'Sorry I haven't phoned. I lost your number.' *Oh, you always lose / you're always losing my number. Why don't you put it in your mobile?
4' It gets / is getting easter to find people to do part-time work these days.
5 By the middle of 2008 many parts of Europe experienced / were experiencing the worse economic recession for decades:
6. The victim came /was coming home from work when she was attacked
7 Jim caught / was catching the early flight the next morning so he left the party before midnight.
8 Things have certainly changed - there would / used to be loads of small shops around here when I was young.
9. By the third month of the war rebel forces took/ had taken most of the province.
10 At the time of the takeover the company's shares had declined / had been declining in value for several months.
11 The cat was shaking when she ran into the house: a fox was / had been chasing her.
12 Luckily, all the boring speeches finished / had finished by the time we arrived as the ceremony.
13 The nurses strike increased/ has increased the waiting time tor minor surgery. We now have to wait at least a month.
14 He's really much more handsome in the flesh than I thought/ have thought
15 Street crime figures have risen / been rising by five percent in the last
16 The weather has been awful. It's rained / been raining for five days already this week.
17 The part-time philosophy course consists / is consisting of twenty evening lectures and five full-day seminars.
18 You can't leave a ten-year-old child on her own. What on earth do you think/ are you thinking of?
Ответы
Ответ:
1. The city museum *has* a new wing - it opened last month.
2. Gary *had* a powerful motorbike when he was younger, but his wife persuaded him to sell it.
3. 'Sorry I haven't phoned. I *always lose* your number.' *Oh, you always lose* my number. Why don't you put it in your mobile?
4. 'It *is getting* easier to find people to do part-time work these days.
5. By the middle of 2008, many parts of Europe *were experiencing* the worst economic recession for decades.
6. The victim *was coming* home from work when she was attacked.
7. Jim *caught* the early flight the next morning, so he left the party before midnight.
8. Things have certainly changed - there *used to be* loads of small shops around here when I was young.
9. By the third month of the war, rebel forces *had taken* most of the province.
10. At the time of the takeover, the company's shares *had declined* in value for several months.
11. The cat was shaking when she ran into the house: a fox *had been chasing* her.
12. Luckily, all the boring speeches *had finished* by the time we arrived at the ceremony.
13. The nurses' strike *has increased* the waiting time for minor surgery. We now have to wait at least a month.
14. He's really much more handsome in the flesh than *I thought.*
15. Street crime figures *have risen* by five percent in the last.
16. The weather *has been* awful. It's rained for five days already this week.
17. The part-time philosophy course *consists* of twenty evening lectures and five full-day seminars.
18. You can't leave a ten-year-old child on her own. What on earth *are you thinking* of?