A) is working
B) was working
C) are working
D) were working
E) will be working
234. The children ( to play ) in the garden when you rang me up.
A) will be playing
B) was plating
C) is playing
D) are playing
E) were playing
235. We ( to wait ) for you at five yesterday.
A) were waiting
B) was waiting
C) is waiting
D) are waiting
E) will be waiting
236. They ( to discuss ) this question when we came in.
A) is discussing
B) was discussing
C) were discussing
D) are discussing
E) will be discussing
237. I ( to read ) when you rang me up.
A) read
B) were reading
C) was reading
D) reading
E) is reading
238. I ( to read ) a difficult English book at that time.
A) will be reading
B) is reading
C) are reading
D) was reading
E) were reading
239. What … you ( to talk ) about when I came in?
A) is talking
B) was talking
C) were talking
D) are talking
E) will be talking
240. You ever ( to be ) to the Urals?
A) has been
B) have been
C) is being
D) was been
E) shall have been
241. We ( to send ) them several telegrams lately.
A) has sent
B) was sent
C) were sent
D) be sent
E) have sent
242. She never ( to be ) to any foreign countries.
A) have/ been
B) were been
C) was been
D) will been
E) has been
243. His friend already ( to translate ) two English books into Russian.
A) have translated
B) is being translated
C) has translated
D) was translated
E) were translated
244. Where … your friend ( to be ) lately?
A) has been
B) were been
C) was been
D) havig been
E) is being
245. What … you ( to read ) this month?
A) were read
B) was read
C) has read
D) have read
E) has read
246. How many times … you ( to be ) there?
A) has been
B) have been
C) was been
D) were been
E) is been
247. Hey! Somebody ( to drink ) my coffee. My cup was full.
A) is drinking
B) has drunk
C) was drunk
D) had drunk
E) was drinking
248. Please give me a pencil. I (to lose ) mine.
A) lost
B) losing
C) have lost
D) has lost
E) lose
249. I heard that Mr. Brown ( to leave) Moscow.
A) have left
B) had left
C) leave
D) leaving
E) to leave
250. I ( to give) my friend a book before I met you.
A) give
B) have given
C) had given
D) gave
E) giving
251. My friend ( to wait ) for you since two o’clock.
A) shall have waiting
B) has been waiting
C) is been waiting
D) was waiting
E) were waiting
252. They ( to play ) chess since morning.
A) were been playing
B) have played
C) has been playing
D) was playing
E) have been playing
253. My uncle ( to write ) poems since childhood.
A) was been writing
B) has been writing
C) have been writing
D) were been writing
E) had been written
254. Two reports (to make) in our group last month.
A) are made
B) were make
C) is made
D) were made
E) have been made
255.They told me that a new film (to show) on TV yesterday evening.
A) is shown
B) was shown
C) are shown
D) were shown
E) has been shown
256. Newspapers (to bring) every morning.
A) are brought
B) is brought
C) were brought
D) has been brought
E) are bringing
257. The doctor already (to send) for.
A) is sent
B) was sent
C) has been sent
D) had been sent
E) have been sent
258. They ( to meet ) at the station tomorrow.
A) will be met
B) are met
C) is met
D) shall be met
E) are meeted
259. Many exercises (to do) at the last lesson.
A) are done
B) were done
C) will be done
D) was done
E) have been done
260. You (to invite) to the party last Sunday?
A) Were / invited
B) Was / invited
C) Are / invited
D) Is / invited
E) Have / been invited
261. This car (to make) in Japan.
A) are made
B) is made
C) have make
D) makes
E) is make
262. The letter (to send) by mail two days ago.
A) is sent
B) was sent
C) has been sent
D) had been sent
E) have been sent
263. Мне дают сок каждое утро.
A) I give some juice every morning.
B) Every morning many juice is given to me.
C) I am given some juice every morning.
D) I was given any juice every morning.
E) I was given some juice yesterday.
264. I … to speak to you only the day after tomorrow.
A) can
B) must
C) may
D) could
E) shall be able
265. You … go to the park, but you … go now. It’s snowing hard.
A) can/can
B) could/could
C) can/can’t
D) can’t/can’t
E) must/must
266. Did you watch the news programme yesterday? – No, I …, my TV set was broken.
A) can’t
B) mustn’t
C) may
D) couldn’t
E) can
267. You … follow my advice, if it is not good.
A) needn’t
B) must
C) can
D) may
E) didn’t
268. … I smoke here? – No, you … .
A) do/doesn’t
B) may/mustn’t
C) can/can
D) must/must
E) may/may
269. If it doesn’t rain, we … to go for a walk after dinner.
A) shall be able
B) can
C) may
D) must
E) need
270. He … to take exams in June.
A) must
B) can
C) may
D) was allowed
E) am allowed
271. You … be more careful when crossing the street.
A) ought to
B) need
C) can to
D) must to
E) may to
272. Excuse me, … you tell me the way to the nearest underground?
A) need
B) need to
C) do
D) could
E) does
273. … I go there at once? – No, you … .
A) need/need
B) mustn’t/must
C) must/needn’t
D) can/can
E) may/may
274. They know French very well, they … translate without dictionary.
A) can’t
B) can
C) may not
D) could
E) couldn’t
275. … I take one of your textbooks?
A) need
B) mustn’t
C) may
D) may not
E) can to
276. You … be rude with old people.
A) mustn’t
B) cannot
C) don’t have to
D) are not able
E) couldn’t
277. They said that they (to go) to the theatre.
A) will go
B) shall go
C) would go
D) should go
E) would be go
278. I was sure she (to agree) with me.
A) would agree
B) will agree
C) would agreed
D) will agreed
E) shall agree
279. “I like to go to the shop with my friend” she said.
A) She said that she likes to go to the shop with her friend.
B) She said that she likes to go to the shop with my friend.
C) She said that she liked to go to the shop with her friend.
D) She says that she liked to go to the shop with her friend.
E) She said that she liked to the shop to go with her friend.
280. “Take any book you like!” he said.
A) He told me to take any book I liked.
B) He says to me to take any book I like.
C) He said to me to take any book I like.
D) He said to me to took any book I liked.
E) He said to me to took any book I like.
281. Yesterday I (to find) the book which I (to lose) in summer.
A) found/ had lost
B) find/ lose