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Test 23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (present or future). When you (1)(take) a holiday with the Big Bus Company, you (2)(have) the time of your life. As soon as you (3)(arrive), you (4)(feel) as if you (5)(be) in a different world. While you (6)(stay) with us, we (7)(do) our best to ensure that your holiday (8)(run) smoothly and you (9)(not get) bored. The Big Bus Company (10)(have) something to offer for all ages and tastes. If you (11)(want) to play golf, ride or fish, our staff (12)(be) happy to make the necessary arrangements, or if you simply (13)(want) to relax and enjoy the breathtaking scenery we (14)(be) delighted to organise some guided walks. Before your holiday is over, you (15)(already/plan) your next visit. Simple/Continuous/Perfect Test 24. Mixed tenses: write the verbs in brackets in the correct form. 1. He (spend) last summer in the country. 2. What your brother (do) now? 3. He (not write) а composition by next Monday. 4. My sister (wash) the dishes every morning. 5. You (go) to the south next summer? 6. When I (ring) Mike up yesterday, he still (learn) а poem. 7. If you (not help) me, I (not do) this work by 5 o’clock tomorrow. 8. Yesterday he (go) for а walk only when he (do) his homework. 9. I (not go) to the cinema tomorrow, I (watch) TV the whole evening. 10. When I came to the station, the train already (leave). 11. We (not grow) tomatoes next summer. 12. You ever (be) to Piccadilly Circus? 13. What you (buy) at the shop yesterday? 14. If it (not rain) tomorrow, we (not stay) at home. 15. When he (come) tomorrow, I still (do) my homework. 16. Look! My friends (play) football. 17. He (not read) Turgenev since he was а pupil. 18. You (write) this letter by the time she (come) tomorrow? 19. ‘Lena usually (do) her homework at school?’ ‘No, she _______.’ 20. What you (do) at 6 o’clock yesterday? Test 25. Mixed tenses: write the verbs in brackets in the correct form. 1. I (not play) chess tomorrow. 2. He ever (be) to London? 3. Where you (go) now? 4. We (travel) around Europe last year. 5. If he (not see) her tomorrow, he (leave) her а note. 6. She usually (read) in the evening. 7. What you (do) at 6 o’clock tomorrow? 8. Yesterday I (find) the book which I (lose) in summer. 9. What your brother (do) every day? 10. When he (arrive) tomorrow, I still (sleep). 11. Listen! Somebody (play) the piano in the next room. 12. Where you (go) last summer? 13. He (not meet) Peter since they were pupils. 14. How many pages you (read) by 5 o’clock tomorrow? 15. When I left home, the snow already (stop). 16. What Nick (do) when you (ring) him up yesterday? 17. If he (not help) me, I (not write) а composition by next Monday. 18. I (not go) to the cinema yesterday, I (watch) TV the whole evening. 19. He (not do) his homework yet. 20. What you (buy) at the shop tomorrow? Test 26. Mixed tenses. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. А funny thing happened to me the other day. I (1)(be) in а hurry to get to work and I found that my car wasn’t working. I (2)(have) to rush out of the house to catch the bus. While I (3)(walk) along the street, I (4)(notice) а woman of about my age on the opposite side of the road. I looked at her again and I (5)(realize) that we (6)(meet) before. She arrived at the bus stop а couple of seconds after me. ‘She must be catching the bus, too,’ I thought. We (7)(just miss) the previous bus and we had fifteen minutes to wait before the next one. I looked at the woman behind me again and I was sure that I (8)(know) her. ‘Excuse me, have we met before? I’m sure that I (9)(recognize) you,’ I said. She looked а bit surprised, but she (10)(tell) me that her name was Angela Barker. ‘You (11)(study) history at Liverpool University from 1985 to 1988!’ I shouted. ‘That’s right!" she replied, ‘And you’re Claire….?’ ‘Lewis. Well, my name was Lewis but I (12)(be) married now. What you (13)(do) nowadays?’ I asked. ‘Well, I (14)(work) in the Central Museum in town and I (15)(live) in this area, in George Street, for about three years,’ she replied. ‘You’re joking! I (16) (not believe) you. I live round the corner from there. We (17)(be) neighbours for three years and we (18)(never see) each other!’ I said. ‘I know, it’s incredible!’ she (19)(agree), ‘And I’m glad that you spoke to me because I wondered why you (20)(look) at me all the time!’ Perfect Simple/Perfect Continuous  Test 27. Present Perfect Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct verb form. 1. John is reading a book now. He has (read/been reading) it for two hours. He has (read/been reading) 53 pages so far. 2. Ann’s clothes are covered in paint. She has (painted/ been painting) the ceiling. She has not finished it yet. 3. Jane is still doing her homework. She has (done/been doing) it all day long. 4. Have you ever (played/been playing) tennis? 5. Look! Somebody has (broken/been breaking) that window! 6. ‘Sorry I’m late.’ ‘That’s all right. I have not (waited/ been waiting) long.’ 7. ‘Is it still raining?’ ‘No, it has (stopped/been stopping) raining.’ 8. I have (lost/been losing) my address book. Have you (seen/been seeing) it anywhere? 9. My hands are very dirty. I have (repaired/been repairing) the car for two hours. 10. Mary has (written/been writing) ten letters today. 11. Have you (seen/been seeing) my bag anywhere? I have (looked/been looking) for it for ages. 12. How long have you (written/been writing) this composition? 13. They have (played/been playing) chess since 2 o’clock. 14. I have (known/been knowing) about it for a long time. 15. John has always (lived/been living) in London. 16. I haven’t (seen/been seeing) Tom since Monday. 17. Where have you been? Have you (played/been playing) football? 18. You have (driven/been driving) all day. Let me drive now. 19. Where is Tom? I haven’t (seen/been seeing) him today. 20. The British have (drunk/been drinking) tea since 1650. Test 28. Present Perfect Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct verb form. 1. I have (broken/been breaking) your pen. I am very sorry. 2. ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘I have (read/been reading) in my room for hours, and I have got a headache.’ 3. I am very tired! I have (worked/been working) all day, but I have not (finished/been finishing) yet. 4. I have (smoked/been smoking) since I was sixteen. 5. I have (smoked/been smoking) too many cigarettes today. 6. ‘Why are you out of breath?’ ‘I have (run/been running).’ 7. I have (lost/been loosing) my note-book. Have you (seen/been seeing) it anywhere? 8. Someone has (eaten/been eating) my sweets. They are nearly all gone. 9. I have (waited/been waiting) for you for ages! Where have you been? 10. How many exercises have you (done/been doing) today? 11. This is the best book I have ever (read/been reading). 12. How long have you (known/been knowing) Jane? 13. How long have you (learnt/been learning) to drive? 14. I don’t know what Tom and Jack are doing. They have (argued/been arguing) all day. 15. You are so dirty! What have you (done/been doing)? 16. I have (painted/been painting) the living room for a week. It’ll be finished soon. 17. I have (painted/been painting) the living room. I finished it last night. 18. ‘Why is your hair wet?’ ‘ I have (swum/been swimming).’ 19. I have (shopped/been shopping) all morning, but I have not (bought/been buying) anything. 20. The streets are all wet. It has (rained/been raining) all day long. Test 29. Put the verbs in brackets into either the Past Simple, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous. Ever since the day I (1)(decide) to move to London, I (2)(worry) whether the decision I (3)(take) was the right one. As I (4)(already sell) my house and (5)(arrange) а new job, it is too late to change my mind. However, since then I (6)(hear) а lot of negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of them (7)(begin) to bother me. I (8)(grow up) in а fairly small town and I (9)(spend) all of my life there. I (10)(always want) to live in а big city and so when my company (11)(offer) me а job in their London office, I (12)(grab) at the chance. But according to а programme I (13)(just hear) on the radio, more and more реор1е (14)(stop) working in London recently, and а lot of large companies (15)(choose) to move away from the centre. Of course I (16)(tell) my parents that I’m moving and they (17)(accept) my decision, but when I (18)(tell) my friends they (19)(seem) rather shocked. Since then I (20)(hope) secretly that the company would tell me that the move was off! Test 30. Past Perfect Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct verb form. 1. I knew the facts of the case because I had (read/been reading) the report. 2. My eyes ached because I had (read/been reading) for three hours. 3. The children were dirty. They had (played/been playing) in the garden, and they were covered in mud. 4. I was very nervous at the beginning of the match. I had never (played/been playing) before. 5. Donald was very angry. He had (worked/been working) in the kitchen all morning, and no one had offered to help him. 6. The roads were wet because it had (rained/been raining) all night. 7. He was broke. He had (spent/been spending) all his money. 8. His hands were covered in oil because he had (tried/ been trying) to fix the car all morning. Unfortunately, he had not (managed/been managing) to make it start. 9. I got to the meeting very late and everyone was waiting for me to start; the chairman told me they had (waited/ been waiting) for a whole hour. 10. When I arrived at the party, Mary had already (left/ been leaving). 11. We were good friends. We had (known/been knowing) each other for a long time. 12. They had (climbed/been climbing) for five hours before they reached the top of the mountain. 13. I had (felt/been feeling) sleepy all day so I went to bed early. 14. Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He had (smoked/ been smoking) for 30 years. 15. Ann had just (got/been getting) home when I phoned. 16. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We had (travelled/been travelling) for more than 24 hours. 17. I was sad when I sold my car. I had (had/been having) it for a very long time. 18. Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She had (run/been running). 19. In the evening I was very tired because I had (cleaned/ been cleaning) my house since morning. 20. The house was dirty. They had not (cleaned/been cleaning) it for weeks. Test 31. Future Perfect Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct verb form. 1. We are late. The film will already have (started/been starting) by the time we get to the cinema. 2. We will have (flied/been flying) non-stop for seven hours before we get to New York. 3. By the end of this year he will have (acted/been acting) for thirty years. 4. Next year John and Ann will have (been/been being) married for 25 years. 5. Mr. Jacobs will have (worked/been working) on this project for 3 years next month. 6. Yes, I make jam every week. I’ll have (made/been making) about 200 kilos by the end of the summer. 7. Ann always leaves for work at 8.30 in the morning. So she won’t be at home at 9 o’clock. She will have (gone/ been going) to work. 8. I hope they will have (repaired/been repairing) this road by the time we come back next summer. 9. His telephone is out of order. He is still repairing it. Tomorrow he will have (repaired/been repairing) his telephone for a week. 10. He spends all his time planting trees. He says that by the end of next year he will have (planted/been planting) 2,000. 11. We’d better wait till 14 December. David will have (had/been having) his exam by then, so he’ll be able to join us. 12. I am expecting an important letter and I think it will have (arrived/been arriving) by Thursday. 13. Jane will have (learnt/been learning) English for 5 years this summer. 14. By the end of the month he will have (climbed/been climbing) mountains for twenty years. 15. By the end of the month he will have (climbed/been climbing) 50 mountains. 16. Today is Tuesday. Rosie says she will have (finished/ been finishing) her composition by Saturday. 17. When Frank comes home, his mother will have already (cooked/been cooking) dinner. 18. By 6 o’clock Ted will have (played/been playing) football for 5 hours! 19. Wake me up by 9 o’clock! I’ll have (slept/been sleeping) long enough by then. 20. At the end of this term I will have (taught/been teaching) for six years. Simple/Continuous/Perfect/Perfect Continuous Test 32. Sequence of Tenses: choose the correct verb form. 1. The teacher asked who (is/was) present that day. 2. He realized that they (lost/had lost) their way. 3. She says she (will come/would come) in time. 4. He says he (has/had) a good camera now. 5. John said he (will leave/would leave) soon. 6. Ann said that she (is going/was going) to learn to drive. 7. He explained that he (stayed/had stayed) at home the day before. 8. My friend says he (has just returned/had just returned) from London. 9. He said that he (lived/had lived) in Moscow the year before. 10. I think the weather (will be/would be) fine next week. 11. He said he (was born/had been born) in 1955. 12. Bill asked if she (came/would come) the next day. 13. She said that she (can’t/couldn’t) come to the party. 14. I knew that he (is/was) a very clever man. 15. He said that they (were/had been) friends at school some years before. 16. I asked my sister what she (has bought/had bought) for my birthday. 17. He said he (is staying/was staying) at the ‘Rossiya’ hotel then. 18. I am sure you (must/had to) go to the meeting tomorrow. 19. The teacher promised that the pupils (read/would read) the text the next day. 20. I don’t know whether he (will come/would come) or not. Test 33. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 1. ‘What you (do)?’ ‘I (read). I (read) for already two hours. I already (read) 100 pages.’ 2. When I (leave) home yesterday, the snow already (stop), but a strong wind (blow). 3. How long you (wait) for me? I am really very sorry. 4. He said he (work) for a long time without achieving good results. 5. If he (ring) me up tomorrow, I (tell) him all about it. 6. ‘You ever (be) to the new stadium?’ ‘Yes, I (be) there last Saturday.’ 7. At last the reply from my grandmother came, and my mother (tell) me she (come) soon. 8. He (help) his mother every day? 9. At this time tomorrow we (discuss) your report. 10. What you (do) when I came in? 11. He (teach) at school for five years when the war broke out. 12. Hi! What you (do) here since morning? 13. By the end of this year he (read) about two hundred pages. 14. When you (see) him last? 15. Don’t ring me up at 11 o’clock, I (sleep). 16. ‘You (find) your note-book?’ ‘No! I still (look) for it. I already (look) for it for two hours, but (not yet find) it.’ 17. They (sail) down the river for many hours before they come to the village. 18. At last the librarian gave me the book which I (wait) for during two months. 19. He (write) the composition for three hours and he said he (finish) it soon. 20. On entering the drawing-room he (find) that his two friends (get) up and (wait) for him. Test 34. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 1. Yesterday by 8 o’clock he (finish) all his work, and when I (come) at 9, he (read). 2. ‘When he usually (get up)?’ ‘He (get) up at seven o’clock.’ 3. Come along, Henry, what you (do) now? I (wait) for you since morning. 4. The students (not write) a test tomorrow at 3 o’clock, as they already (write) it by then. 5. ‘What you (do) now?’ ‘I (prepare) for my report.’ ‘How long you (prepare) for it?’ ‘For two hours already.’ 6. Yesterday he (wait) for half an hour when at last he (see) her at the end of the platform. 7. The teacher said that the pupils (read) the text the next day. 8. When I (come) home yesterday, my sister already (return) and (sit) at the fireplace looking through some magazines. 9. When he (come) to her place tomorrow, she still (pack) her suitcases. 10. This man is a writer. He (write) books. He (write) books since he was a young man. He already (write) eight books. 11. He (wait) for you for two hours already and said he (ring) you up later. 12. By the end of next month we (translate) ten articles. 13. ‘You ever (spend) your holidays in the Crimea?’ ‘Yes, I _____. I (be) there last year.’ 14. ‘What he (do) next year?’ ‘After he (finish) school, he (enter) the University.’ 15. ‘When you (see) Mary?’ – ‘I (see) her last week.’ 16. At last I (do) all my homework: now I’ll go out. 17. They (work) hard for many hours before they are able to finish it. 18. What you (read) when I rang you up? 19. ‘You (learn) this poem?’ ‘No! I still (learn) it. I already (learn) it for two hours, but I (not yet learn) it.’ 20. We could not go out because it (rain) hard since early morning. |