Variant №5

1. The last time I _____ Dick was in 1985.

a) saw c) see

b) have seen d) had seen

2. Who was the gentleman _____ today?

a) whom you spoke c) spoke to you

b) you spoke to d) you spoke

3. Charles _____ just like his father.

a) looks c) was looking

b) is looking d) have looked

4. Let’s have some fresh air, _____ we?

a) let c) let not

b) shan’t d) shall

5. Gary signed the petition, _____ ?

a) did he c) he did

b) he didn’t d) didn’t he

6. Ronald and Jean _____ along a quiet country road in southern England when they saw a bright silver object in the sky.

a) were driving c) had driven

b) drove d) have driven

7. I _____ two pages so far.

a) wrote c) have written

b) was writing d) write

8. When we reduce the amount of TV violence, we _____ to see a decline in violent crime.

a) would begin c) wouldn’t begin

b) will begin d) won’t

9. What’s that music you are _____ ?

a) hearing c) listening to

b) listening d) listen

10. I listened politely for a while, then I excused myself, saying that I_____ breakfast.

a) have already ate c) hadn’t eaten

b) ate d) have no

11. I’m going on holiday on Sunday. Just imagine, this time next week I _____ in the sea.

a) ‘ll swim c) ‘ll be swimming

b) ‘ll be going to swim d) ‘m going to swim

12. It was the best holiday I ____ .

a) ever had c) have ever had

b) had ever had d) ever have

13. By 2010, he _____ for twelve years.

a) will have worked c) will work

b) works d) will be working

14. _____ you fail the test, you won’t be able to drive.

a) When c) Unless

b) Until d) If

15. How long ______ this medicine before you got well?

a) had you been taking c) did you take

b) have you been taking d) were you taking

16. I’ll go out as soon as it _____ raining.

a) will stop c) will have stopped

b) is stopping d) has stopped

Variant №6

1. Mark and Luis _____ about their anthropology teacher’s demanding reputation before they began the course.

a) have heard c) had heard

b) heard d) have listened

2. We’ve heard a lot about the violence on TV although we could say the same thing about movies, _____ we?

a) could c) didn’t

b) have d) couldn’t

3. Bill and Sue are very close. They _____ all their thoughts.

a) share c) are sharing

b) haven’t shared d) don’t share

4. _____ anything special this weekend?

a) Are you doing c) Did you

b) Do you do d) Had you done

5. It’s only a short trip. I _____ back in a week.

a) will c) have been

b) was d) will be

6. Brandon had to have the car’s engine completely replaced, _____ he?

a) hadn’t c) didn’t

b) had d) did

7. Whose jokes _____ ?

a) he keeps laugh at c) did he keep laughing at

b) did he keep to laugh at d) does he keep laughing

8. I _____ that you are wrong.

a) am feeling c) felt

b) feel d) have felt

9. Thomas Edison _____ work on the railway when he was twelve.

a) started c) has started

b) was starting d) had started

10. I _____ in Moscow before I moved to St. Petersburg.

a) lived c) had lived

b) live d) has been living

11. Phone me after 8 o’clock, we _____ dinner by then.

a) will have c) will have had

b) will be having d) will had

12. This time next week I ____ in the sea.

a) will be swimming c) am swimming

b) will swim d) am going to swim

13. I _____ to him since I returned from my trip.

a) don’t speak c) didn’t speak

b) amn’t speaking d) haven’t spoken

14. Margaret has lost her credit card again. It’s the second time this _____.

a) happens c) is happening

b) happened d) has happened

15. He was only 28 in 1998, but he ______ at Princeton University for five years.

a) already has taught c) has already taught

b) had already taught d) taught already

16. Hugh is working hard these days because he _____ a car.

a) is going to buy c) would buy

b) will buy d) buys