Variant 3

1. By the time the train finally _____ in Santa Maria, I had come to several conclusions.

a) had arrived c) has arrived

b) was arriving d) arrived

2. I _____ in a hotel until I find a flat.

a) stay c) stayed

b) am staying d) have stayed

3. I _____ bananas since I was a child.

a) have disliked c) disliked

b) dislike d) will dislike

4. You’d met Max before, _____ you?

a) had c) didn’t

b) hadn’t d) wouldn’t

5. When I lived in London, I _____ through the park every day.

a) walked c) have walked

b) was walking d) have been walking

6. – Listen! Somebody is driving into the driveway.

– I _____ anything.

a) don’t listen c) am not listening

b) don’t hear d) am not hearing

7. Who _____?

a) did you speak c) did you speak to

b) you spoke d) to did you speak

8. I _____ you’ll come to the party.

a) hoped c) will hope

b) hope d) am hoping

9. Nobody likes to be cheated, _____ he?

a) doesn’t c) is

b) does d) isn’t

10. John _____ in the same house since 1962 and is going to live there.

a) has lived c) was living

b) lived d) is living

11. While they _____ for Gretchen, Rudolph _____ over the phone.

a) had waited; talked c) have been waiting; is talking

b) waited; talked d) were waiting; was talking

12. Scarcely ____ for dinner when the telephone rang.

a) they sat down c) they were sitting

b) they had sat down d) had they sat down

13. Take some money in case you _____ to do some shopping.

a) will want c) are going to want

b) wanted d) want

14. This shoe _____ to Mr. Brown, I think.

a) belonged c) is belonging

b) belongs d) has belong

15. Greta ______ three letters so far.

a) wrote c) has written

b) have written d) had written

16. Patrick _____ in High Street since he returned from Spain.

a) has been living c) is living

b) lives d) lived

Variant 4

1. Who _____ ?

a) at you laughs c) did you laugh

b) laughed at you d) you laughed

2. Open the door, _____ you?

a) will c) don’t

b) won’t d) shall

3. Look at the time. I think I _____ the school bus.

a) am listening c) hear to

b) hear d) am hearing

4. The life of Dorothy and Patrick _____ immeasurably since they both got new jobs.

a) had improved c) has improved

b) improved d) have improved

5. I’m so stupid, _____ I?

a) amn’t c) am not

b) won’t d) aren’t

6. I must go to the doctor. My toothache _____ worse.

a) had got c) is getting

b) was getting d) gets

7. By the time I saw her again, she _____ Tom.

a) marries c) had already married

b) married d) was marring

8. _____ a car when they were living in Cheltenham?

a) Have they c) Were they having

b) Did they have d) Have they had

9. Nobody _____ , so the little boy took the packet of sweet from the shelf and put it in his pocket.

a) watched c) was watching

b) watches d) had watched

10. Peter usually phones me on Sundays but he _____ last Sunday.

a) doesn’t phone c) not phoned

b) was not phoning d) didn’t phone

11. Since she went to live in France, we _____ anything from her.

a) didn’t hear c) hadn’t heard

b) haven’t heard d) don’t hear

12. Let’s wait for Jane to come back and then we ____ dinner.

a) will have c) are having

b) will have had d) have

13. We’re late. The film _____ by the time we get to the cinema.

a) already starts c) will already start

b) will have already started d) has already started

14. Look! The baby _____ the dog’s food!

a) will eat c) is going to eat

b) shall eat d) eats

15. How many times ______ to Rome?

a) were you c) were you being

b) had you been d) have you been

16. When I met him he _____ there for 10 years.

a) was working c) had been working

b) has been working d) worked