21. Put the verb in brackets into the proper form.

1. It ___ (to take) me a lot of time to get there last week.

2. Who ___ (to ring) you up an hour ago?

3. He usually___ (to leave) home for school at 8 o’clock.

4. They ___ (to invite) their cousin to stay with them next summer.

5. I ___ (to write) a letter to my friend yesterday.

6. Our football team ___ (to win) many games last year.

7. They ___ (to grow) tomatoes next summer.

8. He always ___ (to do) his homework.

9. Nick ___ (to tell) this story at home after his trip yesterday.

10. She ___ (to wash) the floor in her room every Sunday.

11. Who usually ___ (to help) passengers to pull their luggage to carriages?

12. The scientists ___ (to test) the device tomorrow.

13. A frequent high tone buzzing ___ (to mean) that the telephone line is engaged.

14. Who ___ (to take) the first steps towards the establishment of the atomic theory?

15. Yesterday we ___ (to solve) a number of problems but there remained one more.

16. The discovery of radioactivity in the late 19-th century ___ (to start) the modern era of the study of atoms.

17. An electric generator ___ (to use) the principle of induced voltage and current to supply electric power.

18. The intensity of an X-ray beam ___ (to depend) on the current heating the filament.

19. In future graphene ___ (to change) the size and type of most electronic devices.

20. The hexagonal crystal structure ___ (to make) graphene flexibility, strength and high stability.

Verbs. All Tenses.

22. Choose one of the options to fill in the gaps.

1. I ___ a very interesting TV programme at the moment.

a) watched b) am watching c) watch d) was watching

2. We can’t go for a run. We ___ the right clothes at the moment.

a) aren’t wearing b) don’t wear c) didn’t wear d) not wear

3. My parents always ___ to bed early.

a) are going b) go c) goes d) are go

4. ___ Josie ill yesterday?

a) Did b) Was c) Had d) Is

5. Look. She ___ mother in the kitchen.

a) helps b) helped c) will help d) is helping

6. In the future, there ___ traditional schools.

a) aren’t b) won’t be c) won’t d) is

7. He ___ the poem all the evening yesterday.

a) will be learning b) was learning c) learnt d) learns

8. They always ___ late on Sundays.

a) gets up b) are getting up c) get up d) will have got up

9. ___ see her yesterday?

a) Are you b) Did you c) Will you d) Do you

10. I ___ ice-cream now.

a) was not eating b) will not be eating c) am not eating d) does not eat

11. ___ you ever seen the film Casablanca?

a) Did b) Will c) Have d) Does

12. One day people ___ holidays on the moon.

a) will taking b) are taking c) will take d) will took

13. What ___ you ___ at home the whole evening yesterday?

a) will, be doing b) were, doing c) are, doing d) did, do

14. ___ never spoken to a famous person.

a) I’ve b) I c) I haven’t d) I had

15. Have you ever ___ to California?

a) went b) going c) been d) be

16. He ___ in Italy when he had an accident.

a) is traveling b) was traveling c) will be traveling d) had travelled

17. They ___ tennis all day long tomorrow.

a) will not be playing b) did not play c) will not play d) are not playing

18. He ___ to Paris on a business trip when his mobile-phone rang.

a) flew b) was flying c) will be flying d) was flown

19. What ___ you ___ now?

a) will, be drawing b) were, drawing c) are, drawing d) do, draw

20. This time next week we ___ the mid year test.

a) will be sitting b) are sitting c) were sitting d) will sit

21. Tom ___ at the courses for 3 years by May of the next year.

a) has been studying b) had been studying

c) will have been studying d) will study