4 Вариант

1. I am sorry Ann can’t come to the phone right now because she ..... a shower.

is taking

has taken

takes

has been taking

2. As far as I know Mike ..... Italian for quite some time, but he still doesn’t understand very much.

is learning

has been learning

has learnt

learns

3. Linda’s apartment looks nice and tidy because she ..... it every two years.

redecorates

is redecorating

has redecorated

has been redecorating

4. I have just applied for a job in the local hospital, now I ... for an answer from them.

wait

have been waiting

have waited

am waiting

5. Be careful with paint. It ..... a certain amount of lead.

contains

is containing

has contained

contained

6. What ..... with yourself? There is mud all over you!

has you been doing

are you doing

did you do

have you been doing

7. Excuse me I ..... a public telephone. Is there one near here?

have been looking for

have looked for

look for

am looking for

8. - Hello! May I speak to John, please? - Sorry, he is out. He has gone to the library. He ..... for his History exam there.

has been reading

is reading

reads

has read

9. Jake is a good footballer. Do you know since when ..... football?

he has been playing

he plays

has he been playing

is he playing

10. I have found a good job. It's in Brazil. I ..... to go to Brazil. I don't like living in cold climates.

have always wanted

always wanted

want

is wanting

11. Jeremy ..... basketball this season; he wants to concentrate on his studies.

doesn’t play

hasn’t been playing

isn’t playing

hasn’t played

12. Jack Strom has been a postman all his life; he ..... mail to homes and offices to the people of the town.

is delivering

has delivered

has been delivering

delivers

13. Sara, my next door neighbor, has a car, but she ..... it very often.

doesn’t use

isn’t using

hasn’t used

hasn’t been using

14. Willy ..... from his Uncle Alex since the latter immigrated to Canada.

does not hear

have not heard

has not heard

is not hearing

15. How long ..... Jerry? - But I don’t know him at all. I have never met him.

do you know

have you known

has you known

did you know

Тест по теме «Past Tenses»

К каждому вопросу даны несколько вариантов ответа. Выберите тот, который считаете правильным. Если Вы затрудняетесь с ответом, просто пропустите вопрос.

1 Вариант

1. When I was young, I ..... that people over forty were very old. Now that I am forty myself I don’t think so.

thought

used to think

was thinking

had thought

2. Mrs. Robson died in her sleep. Her doctor told me she ..... from a weak heart for some time.

was suffering

had been suffering

suffered

had suffered

3. I had a cup of tea for breakfast because I ..... of coffee.

had run out

ran out

was running out

had been running out

4. Mrs. Smith was busy last weekend because her grandchildren ..... with her.

had been staying

were staying

stayed

had stayed

5. When I first ..... to England in 1938, I thought I knew English fairly well.

came

had come

was coming

had been coming

6. He had been away for many years and when he visited his native town, he saw that it ..... greatly.

changed

was changing

had been changing

had changed

7. The trouble started when Mrs. Leslie Cady ..... control of her car on a narrow mountain road.

was losing

lost

had lost

had been losing

8. While the kids ..... in the garden, their mother was hurriedly cooking dinner.

were playing

played

had been playing

had played

9. Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ..... .

cried

was crying

had been crying

had cried

10. Alan ..... out almost every day last year, but now he can’t afford it.

used to eat

ate

was eating

had eaten

11. I didn’t see Linda last month because she ..... around Europe at that time.

travelled

was travelling

had travelled

had been travelling

12. Robert didn’t answer the phone when Mary called. He ..... a shower and didn’t hear the phone ring.

had been taking

was taking

had taken

took

13. Our neighbors called the police when they found out that somebody ..... into their house.

broke

was breaking

had broken

had been breaking

14. Before Adam got married, he ..... hiking to the mountains every summer. Now he goes to the seaside with his wife.

went

would go

had gone

had been going

15. We ..... TV for ten minutes when the electricity went off.

watched

were watching

had watched

had been watching