
- •Simple present
- •Use 4 Scheduled events in the near future
- •Use 5 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
- •Present continuous
- •1) Verbs expressing mental activity:
- •E.G. Do you believe in God?
- •Continuous and non – continuous uses
- •List of verbs that can be used in the continuous form with examples and definitions:
- •Some verbs can be especially confusing:
- •Use 4 Fixed arrangements in the near future
- •Use 5 Repetition and irritation with "Always"
- •The Present Simple versus the Present Continuous
- •Simple past
- •[Id] after t and d: wanted, landed.
- •Use 2 a series of completed actions
- •We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past.
- •Use 4 Habits in the Past
- •Use 5 Past facts or generalizations
- •Used To
- •Would/ would always
- •There are some verbs in English which are considered to be troublesome.
- •Past continuous form
- •Use 1 Specific time
- •Use 2 Interrupted action in the past
- •Use 3 Two or more simultaneous past actions
- •Use 4 Repetition and irritation with "always"
- •Time relation and conjunctions as, when and while
- •The Past Simple versus the Past Continuous
- •Present perfect form
- •Use 2. Personal experience, achievements, changes over time,
- •Use 3 Multiple actions at different times
- •Use 4 Duration from the past until now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
- •The Present Perfect versus the Past Simple
- •Time Expressions with Present Perfect
- •Present perfect continuous form
- •Important
- •The Present Perfect versus the Present Perfect Continuous
- •Past perfect form
- •Past perfect continuous form
- •Past Continuous vs. Past Perfect Continuous
- •Simple future form Shall/Will
- •The Future Simple versus “Be going to”
- •Intention
- •Important
- •Future continuous
- •Future perfect
- •Future perfect continuous
- •Future Continuous vs. Future Perfect Continuous
- •Future in the past
- •Exercises
- •Ex.10 Linda Magee, a television news reporter, was interviewed about her day. Use the underlined sections of the article to write the interviewer’s questions.
- •Ex.16 Be creative! Write four sentences about your life at the moment using the Present Simple.
- •Now write four sentences about your life at the moment using the present continuous.
- •What is the difference between when we use the Present Simple and when we use the Present Continuous?
- •2) Read the text: Facts and Figures About the American Family
- •3) Looking at structures:
- •Housing in America
- •A u.S. Commuter
- •Ex.34. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Simple Present or Present Continuous.
- •The First tv Soap Opera
- •The Old Days
- •A Day in the Life of a Traditional Housewife
- •Ex. 69. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the Simple Past or Past Continuous tenses.
- •Ex. 70. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Simple Past / Past Continuous.
- •Ex.99. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 100. Simple Past / Present Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Growing Old in America
- •Ex. 113. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 114. Present Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 121. Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 121. Present Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 137. Simple Past / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 140. Simple Past / Present Perfect / Past Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •An unusual order
- •The New Fatherhood
- •Leonardo da Vinci
- •Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- •Sor Juana Ines de Ia Cruz
- •Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- •John Stuart Mill
- •Margaret Mead
- •Ex. 149. Present Perfect / Past Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •1. It is already 9:30 pm and I (wait) _______________ here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.
- •Ex. 151. Present Continuous / Simple Past /Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 152. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Present and Past Tenses and Non-Continuous Verbs
- •Ex. 153. Present and Past Tense Review. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •New Directions in Family Life
- •The High Cost of Children
- •Ex. 163. Will / Be Going To. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 164. Will / Be Going To. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 165. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with Will or Be Going To.
- •Ex. 167. Simple Present / Simple Future. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 168. Simple Present / Simple Future. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •I will probably be studying for a test.
- •Ex. 172. Simple Future / Future Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Ex. 173. Simple Present / Simple Future, Present Continuous / Future Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Ex. 182. Simple Future / Future Perfect. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Ex. 185. Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses
- •Future Continuous / Future Perfect Continuous. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.
- •Verb Tense Review. Ex. 190 Complete sentences below with the appropriate tenses.
- •A Little Gossip
- •The Appointment
- •Agatha Christie
- •Ex. 194. The Restaurant
- •90.The bomb experts ________ the people shopping to come out until they found out that the parcel at the market entrance wasn't a bomb
- •Affirmative Simple tenses
- •Progressive tenses
- •Perfect tenses
- •Perfect progressive tenses
- •Negative Simple tenses
- •Progressive tenses
- •Perfect tenses
- •Perfect progressive tenses
90.The bomb experts ________ the people shopping to come out until they found out that the parcel at the market entrance wasn't a bomb
A) haven't allowed
5) didn't allow
C) won't allow
D) hadn't allowed
E) won't have allowed
91. Mr Curtis ___________ in a private language school in England for the past five years and __________ beneficial experience.
A) had been working / acquired
B) had worked / had acquired
C) has worked / acquired
D) was working / has acquired
E) has worked / has acquired
92. He ___________ busy____________ an article on financial world issues when I went in to see him.
A) will be / study
B) was / studying
C) may be / studying
D) could be / to study f
E) is / studying
93. At this time next Friday evening Mrs. Almanac_____________ refreshments for her son's engagement party and her future daughter-in-law ___________ her.
A) will prepare / will be helping
B)will prepare / will have helped
C) will be preparing / will help
D) will be preparing / will be helping
E) will prepare / will have been helped
94. To my surprise, she ________ for three hours on the verandah without speaking to anybody.
A) was sitting
B) has been sitting
C) is sitting
D) had sat
E) will have sat
95. In our country most of the big cities _____________from air pollution.
A) suffer
B) suffers
C) suffering
D) suffered
E) have suffered
96. The corpse of the prisoner who had run away was found in the forest. The police ____________ for him for about two weeks.
A) have searched
B) has been searching
C) had been searching
D) were searching
E) would have searched
97.Computers ___________ used in 1930's for the first time and they very important assistant of mankind in recent years.
A) are / become
B) were / became
C) were / become
D) were / have become
E) was / has become
98. He assured me he_________ again before the evening.
A) will ring
B) ring
C) would ring
D) rang
E) will be ringing
99. In six months' time she__________ from the university.
A) is going to graduate
B) will have graduated
C) will graduate
D) will be graduating
E) will have been graduated
100. On TV at the moment Mrs. Joyous __________her thoughts on visiting the concentration camps in Bosnia when she________________ a journalist.
A) describes / is
B) is describing / was
C) has described / was
D) will have described / will be
E) describes / was
101. My daughter has been accepted to the University of Michigan, so this time next week she'll _______________ courses there. It is a four-year programme, so she will ____________ it in 2008.
A) been attending / have finished
B) be attending / have finished
C) have attended / be finishing
D) be attending / be finishing
E) attend / finish
102. She_______ a video when she ____________ the car crash
A) was watching / heard
B) has watched / heard
C) was watching / had heard
D) had been watching / was hearing
E) watched / was hearing
103. After a tiring day in June, Sam Glen __________ his car downtown when he suddenly ____________ a heart attack and hit Ron, a basketball player.
A) drove / had
B) was driving / had
C) has driven / has
D) has been driving / is having
E) had driven / had
104. I_________her since the time she__________ married
A) couldn't see / got
B) didn't see / would get
C) haven't seen / had got
D) haven't seen / got
E)didn't see / had got
105. By the year 2012, they _________ in this factory for three years
A) will work
B) have worked
C) will have been worked
D) will have worked
E) would be working
106. Britain ___________ for eleven years when she ____________.
A) has governed / resigned
B) had been governing / resigned
C) had governed / has resigned
D) governed / resigned
E) was governed / resigned
107. We _________ working for ten days when they pay our wages tomorrow.
A) would be
B) are going to
C) will be
D) were going to be
E) will have been
108. By the time the police_________ , the bank robbers________________.
A) had arrived / have already gone away
B) had arrived / had already gone away
C) arrived / had already gone away
D) has arrived / had already gone away
E) arrived / have already gone away
109. Before___________ a training camp with him I________ that he_________ an excellent leader, but now he is just an ordinary man in my eyes.
A) joined / thought / was
B) have joined / have thought / was
C) have joined / had thought / was
D) joined / had been thinking / is
E) joined / thought / is
110. By the end of next month, I ________the project to the committee
A) will present
B) will have presented
C) will be presenting
D) will have been presenting
E) am going to present
111. When I last _________him, he ________ a haircut in the barber's.
A) see / have
B) have seen / has been having
C) saw / was having
D) see/had
E) had seen / was having
112. My father had our car checked before we _____________on our journey.
A) start
B) had started
C) are starting
D) have started
E) started
113. When we_________him off at the station this afternoon, he ___________ forward to coming back on the first occasion.
A) see / has looked
B) see / is looking
C) saw / was looking
D) saw / has looked
E) see / was looking
114. There _________ an increase in the number of AIDS events recently.
A) is
B) has been
C) will be
D) had been
E) was
115. When you look through the small window, you ____________ that the safe is its usual place.
A) will discover
B) discovered
C) will be discovering
D) would discover
E) have discovered
116. The President________ to bring the problem before the whole club members so that everybody can express an opinion.
A) has decided
B) had decided
C) decided
D) will decide
E) is deciding
117. Apart from catching cold a few times, I________ fairly healthy this winter.
A) will be
B) am
C) have been
D) had been
E) was
118. Since she is not a very ambitious person by nature, the competition at work _____________her much.
A) had interested
B) interested
C) will interest
D) didn't interest
E) doesn't interest
119. Fiona usually _______ clothes that _______ to my taste.
A) wears / didn't appeal
B) wears / don't appeal
C) wore / don't appeal
D) has worn / haven't appealed
E) wears / appealed
120. Martin ________ to remain in his present position for now in spite of being dissatisfied with the salary.
A) had decided
B) won't decide
C) decided
D) has decided
E) is deciding
121. The author _______ that it _______ necessary for every adolescent to establish his own place in society.
A) believed / is
B) believes / is
C) believed / has been
D) has believed / was
E) has believed / will be
122. When he _______in the car, he ________ the key in the ignition.
A) got / put
B) got / puts
C) gets / put
D) got / has put
E) will get / will put
123. While he ________ for the light to change, he__________ on the car radio.
A) waited / turned
B) is waiting / has turned
C) was waiting / turned
D) has been waiting / had turned
E) was waiting / was turning
124. George ________ in the publishing business since he ____________ college.
A) has been / finished
B) is / finishes
C) was / finished
D) has been / has finished
E) had been / had finished
125. Robert ________up until he ________ his work.
A) will stay / will finish
B) stayed / had finished
C) had stayed / has finished
D) has stayed / has finished
E) is going to stay / will finish
126. Karen _________ hard for the last three days.
A) worked
B) has been working
C) is working
D) was working
E) works
127. She ________ her lessons while I was watching television.
A) has studied
B) is studying
C) was studying
D) studies
E) had been studying
128. Helen ________ in Denver for several years before she moved to Washington.
A) was living
B) has lived
C) had lived
D) has been living
E) will live
129. What a lovely night! The moon __________ brightly.
A) shines
B) is shining
C) shone
D) was shining
E) has shined
130. Tell him I _________ anything with him until I have spoken with my wife.
A) don't discuss
B) haven't discussed
C) won't discuss
D) didn't discuss
E) hadn't discussed
131. Mrs. Fairchild _________ in Paris for five years - from 1986 to 1991.
A) lived
B) has lived
C) was living
D) would live
E) has been living
132. The girls seem to be fully satisfied with their English course. So far, they____________ even a single class.
A) don't miss
B) haven't missed
C) didn't miss
D) won't miss
E) hadn't missed
133. When I finish this course, I _________ to the next level.
A) have gone
B) went
C) will go
D) will have been going
E) would go
134. Sheila is a good girl. She ____________ her room before she leaves for school.
A) is always tidying
B) always tidied
C) always tidies
D) had always tidied
E) would always tidied
135. If you _________ here last week, you would have seen my garden at its best.
A) had been
B) have been
C) are
D) were
E) would be
136. I _________ for sprouts but I________ any.
A) have looked / didn't find
B) have been looking / haven't found
C) had looked / haven't found
D) looked / haven't found
E) have been looking / didn't find
137. Changes in temperature_________ rocks into pieces and the wind __________ pieces away.
A) broke / has blown
B) has broken / blew
C) broke / was blowing
D) breaks / blows
E) breaks / is blowing
138. As soon as the winter was over, the newly-planted trees________________ to put forth new branches.
A) has begun
B) will begin
C) began
D) had begun
E) begins
139. Until education __________a public service, the establishment of schools was left to private sector.
A) would become
B) became
C) will become
D) had become
E) becomes
140. I _________ waiting till everything _________ ready .
A) sat / was
B) sat / is
C) sat / will be
D) will sit / will be
E) have sat / was
141. The police officer showed us the room where the murder_________ place.
A) will take
B) took
C) was taking
D) has taken
E) is taking
142. I ____________that book such a long time before that I was unable to remember what it was about.
A) have read
B) would have read
C) had read
D) was going to read
E) would read
143. She never _________ till she__________ what she wants.
A) gives up / will achieve
B) has given up / achieves
C) gave up / has achieved
D) gives up / achieved
E) gives up / has achieved
144. The crowd waiting in the square____________to grow impatient as the hours ___________ by and the minister________ .
A) began / went / didn't turn up
B) began / have gone / didn't turn up
C) begins / went / doesn't turn up
D) have begun / went / didn't turn up
E) begins / are going / hasn't turned up
145. When I __________ the novel I'll lend it to you.
A) will finish
B) am finishing
C) will have finished
D) finished
E) have finished
146. By the time the vet _________ from the town, half of the cows in the village.
A) arrived / will have died
B) arrives / died
C) arrives / had died
D) arrived / had died
E) arrived / will die
147. In spite of the large sum of money she ____________ from her family, she still __________ about suffering from a lack of money.
A) receives / complains
B) received / complains
C) receives / complained
D) has received / is complaining
E) is receiving / complains
148. I __________a girl whose beauty took everybody's breath away at the moment.
A) have seen
B) had seen
C) would see
D) saw
E) will see
149. They_________ how deeply the rows between his parents _____________ the child.
A) didn't realize / have affected
B) didn't realize /had affected
C) don't realize / affected
D) had realized / have affected
E) will never realize / had affected
150. These statistics _______ that life expectancy ________quite significantly longer in cold climates than that in warm ones.
A) show / was
B) showed / is
C) show / is
D) showed / will be
E) show / had already been
151. She is really worried that she ____________ to the exam because she doesn't have her identity card on her.
A) won't be admitted
B) is not admitting
C) don't admit
D) haven't admitted
E) hadn't been admitted
152. I've just noticed that she _________ a haircut. It_______ wonderful.
A) will have / has looked
B) are having / looked
C) has had / looks
D) had / is looking
E) had had / would look
153. By the end of the term, I _________ all eight volumes.
A) will be reading
B) will have read
C) am reading
D) read
E) have read
154. When we _______ out, the chest cavity _________smaller.
A) breathe / becomes
B) breathe / became
C) will breathe / will become
D) had breathed / had become
E) will breathe / becomes
155. Our local grocer said he ________the groceries as soon as he _________my order.
A) will have sent / has received
B) had sent / was received
C) has sent / receives
D) had sent / had received
E) sent / had received
156. He _________ the mayor of the town for seven years until his death last year.
A) would have been
B) has been
C) is
D) will have been
E) had been
157. A: You've just missed the last bus.... B: Never mind, I_____________.
A) will walk
B) will be walking
C) walk
D) am walking
E) have walked
158. As we__________tired of waiting, we _________ to go without them.
A) are / are deciding
B) were / have decided
C) were / decided
D) are / decided
E) have been / decided
159. That cat __________you if you pull its tail.
A) scratches
B) will scratch
C) is scratching
D) is going to scratch
E) has scratched
160. I see you have a saw in your hands._____________ you__________ the dry-tree branches?
A) Are / going to cut off
B) Will / cut off
C) Did / cut off
D) Will / be cutting off
E) Do / cut off
161. I______ coal into the stove. That's why my hands are all dirty.
A) had put
B) was putting
C) have been putting
D) had been putting
E) will put
162. The committee ________ a report when it _________ all the available information.
A) will submit / collected
B) submits / collected
C) will submit / will collect
D) will submit / has collected
E) has submitted / collected
163. The patient____________ after he __________ ill for a long time.
A) died / had been
B) dies / had been
C) will have died / will be
D) will die / will be
E) died / has been
164. Although he __________ to listen to the teacher, he _________ of the football match all the time.
A) has pretended / thought
B) pretended / has thought
C) was pretending / will have thought
D) pretends / was thinking
E) pretended / was thinking
165. He _________ so much money that he ____________ what to do with it.
A) earned / hadn't known
B) earns / doesn't know
C) earns / didn't know
D) will earn / hasn't known
E) has earned / didn't know
166. My father asked me if I__________an increase in salary the following month.
A) was getting
B) am getting
C) am going to get
D) will get
E) have gotten
167. It ____________for two days now. There will be a flood soon.
A) had been raining
B) had rained
C) has been raining
D) was raining
E) rained
168. By the time the security guards __________what __________ , the gang __________ already inside the bank.
A) will have realized / will be happening / were
B) had realized / was happening / were
C) realized / happened / are
D) had realized / happened / are
E) have realized / happened / were
169. Ford______ his friend, some of whom earn more money than he does.
A) doesn't envy
B) didn't envy
C) won't envy
D) hasn't envied
E) wouldn't envy
170. They ___________it unless they __________ there is no other way.
A) aren't doing / will be thinking
B) don't do / will think
C) haven't done / thought
D) won't do / thought
E) won't do I think
171. In spite of the fact that he_________ his cousin, he ________drinking.
A) warned / doesn't stop
B) warns / isn't stopping
C) warned / didn't stop
D) has warned / didn't stop
E) warned / hadn't stopped
172. She _________ French since she_________to Illinois.
A) had studied / came
B) has been studying / came
C) has studied / has come
D) will be studying / has come
E) studied / came
173. Henry was packing the suitcases while his wife _____________ the room.
A) tidies
B) was tidying
C) has been tidying
D) had tidying
E) had tidied
174. Christine___________ as a nurse for seven years, then she became a teacher.
A) has worked
B) worked
C) works
D) has been working
E) was working
175. Although she lives in Istanbul, she___________ Topkapi Palace.
A) has never visited
B) didn't visit
C) is not visiting
D) hadn't visitrd
E) has visited
176. Before we knew what was happening, the roof.
A) has f lien in
B) wi [all in
C) had been falling in
D) had fallen in
E) will have fallen in
177. She says she won't phone us until she ___________ the information.
A) had
B) is having
C) will have
D) has
E) had had
178. While they _________ to Wyoming, their car ran out of gas.
A) drove
B) had been driving
C) were driving
D) have driven
E) are driving
179. Alice looked much slimmer because she ___________ for a few months.
A) diets
B) has dieted
C) was dieting
D) had been dieting
E) has been dieting
180. When she's done the ironing, she __________ the length of the dress for me.
A) is altering
B) will alter
C) has been altering
D) has altered
E) altered
181. You are too slow. I'm sure that by the time you phone them, they _________ that car to someone else.
A) will have sold
B) will sell
C) are going to sell
D) are selling
E) have sold
182. My father _______to rent a car when one of his friends phoned him to offer his own car for the trip.
A) has decided
B) decides
C) had decided
D) was decided
E) will have decided
183. Because the children _________ forward to seeing Harry Potter for so long, I took them even though it was really inconvenient for me.
A) looked
B) were looking
C) have been looking
D) had been looking
E) are looking
134. When we ________at the airport we _______that we ______ our passports at the office.
A) arrived / noticed / had left
B) arrived / had noticed / had left
C) have arrived / noticed / left
D) had arrived / have noticed / have left
E) had arrived / had noticed / left
185. Generally he _________ to work by car, but today he____________ by bus because his car is in the garage.
A) went / went
B) was going / is going
C) goes / is going
D) had gone / has gone
E) has been going / goes
186. He _______________ for over three hours when he finished the report.
A) is typing
B) was typing
C) has been typing
D) had been typing
E) will have typed
187. Three days ago her boyfriend_________ her and she _______ continually ever since.
A) left / has been crying
B) has left /has cried Q left/ is crying
D) had left / was crying
E) had left / cried
188. Andrew_______the plants in the garden right now but I ____________sure that it will rain this afternoon.
A) is watering / was
B) waters / am
C) is watering / am
D) has been watering / have been
E) watered / was
189. She should have informed the police as soon as she _____________ that her purse was missing.
A) discovers
B) would discover
C) was discovering
D) has discovered
E) had discovered
190. As soon as they_________my last book, I_________ you a copy with my autograph.
A) print / will send
B) had printed / will send
C) printed / will be sending
D) will print / will send
E) are printing / am going to send
191. When he ___________ he ____________ on a bed in a room with no windows.
A) had woken up / was lying
B) wakes up / is lying
C) woke up / was lying
D) will wake up / will be lying
E) woke up / lay
192. The teacher ________ to the class before the students _____________ the problems.
A) has come back / solved
B) will come back / have solved
C) came back / have solved
D) comes back / solved
E) is coming back / solve
193. Yesterday on TV they _____________ a heavy shower for today, but I _____________ even a single drop yet.
A) announced / haven't seen
B) announced / didn’t see
C) have announced / haven't seen
D) announced / am not seeing
E) had announced / hadn't seen
194. You don't have to worry about the children, they _____________ all about this by the end of the semester.
A) forget
B) will forget
C) will have forgotten
D) are going to forget
E) will be forgetting
195. By ten o'clock tomorrow, they _________ in Houston.
A) will arrive
B) will have arrived
C) will be arriving
D) are going to arrive
E) will have been arriving
196. While she _______ for her sister outside the supermarket, someone her handbag.
A) was waiting / stole
B) waited / had been stealing
C) had waited / was stealing
D) had to wait / had stolen
E) has been waiting / would have stolen
197. This time in July we_________ in our new summer house.
A) had to stay
B) will be staying
C) would stay
D) have been staying
E) have stayed
198. This is the first customer we __________ something today.
A) had sold
B) were sold
C) have sold
D) were selling
E) had been selling
199. I came across her at eleven o'clock just after the exam; I______________ her since.
A) will not have seen
B) didn't see
C) haven't seen
D) hadn't seen
E) couldn’t see
200. This is the forty-second composition paper I____________so far, and there ___________ seventy-five more.
A) will have checked / are going to be
B) had checked / were
C) am going to check / have been
D) checked / will be
E) have checked / are
201. They _________ some of the damage to the houses yet.
A) haven't repaired
B) didn't repair
C) aren't repairing
D) won't repair
E) had repaired
202. The carelessness of parents often___________ children to be subject to many household accidents.
A) have caused
B) causes
C) had caused
D) is caused
E) was caused
203. We turned down her invitation because we _____________ already _______
another appointment.
A) have / made
B) are / making
C) had / made
D) will have / made
E) have been / making
204. According to the statistics, the number of women divorced from their husbands ____________ recently.
A) is increasing
B) had increased
C) will increase
D) has increased
E) increased
205. You __________ free from pain soon after you ___________ a couple of these pills.
A) will be / have taken
B) are / take
C) are / took
D) have been / have taken
E) are going to be / took
206. We__________our washing-machine three years ago, and we ____________ still happy with it.
A) bought / have been
B) had bought / are
C) bought / were
D) have bought / are
E) bought / are
207. Since the scandal, the two families___________ hostile to each other.
A) are
B) were
C) have been
D) will be
E) are being
208. When the peasants_________in the field, it ________ to rain.
A) are working / began
B) work / had began
C) worked / will have begun
D) were working / began
E) were working / has begun
209. My mother and sister __________the cleaning until my father and I ___________ back home from shopping.
A) did / have come
B) did / had come
C) had done / come
D) will do / came
E) were doing / have come
210. Her telegram _________ just as we_________ the door.
A) arrived / are locking
B) would arrive / lock
C) arrived / were locking
D) had arrived / have locked
E) was arriving / had locked
211. Media reports of attacks and robberies____________ people much more wary of strangers than were in the past.
A) have made
B) have been made
C) made
D) would make
E) could be made
212. By the time Carlos gets back home, Elvin ___________ the ironing.
A) will finish
B) will have been finishing
C) will have finished
D) is going to finish
E) will be finishing
213. The little bird ___________ a song since this morning.
A) sang
B) sung
C) has been singing
D) is singing
E) had sung
214. Computer ___________a vital role in our every day life by 2011.
A) will have
B) will have had
C) will be having
D) is going to have
E) will be had
15. Hi, Judy. I__________ you for a long time. Where have you __________ ?
A) have seen/gone
B) haven't seen/gone
C) have seen/been
D) haven't seen/been
E) had seen/been
216. I'd rather ________you a salad.
A) make
B) made
C) making
D) to make
E) will make
217. I always hate ______ the cell phone and let it _________ .
A) answer/ring
B) answers/ring
C) answering/to ring
D) answering/ring
E) to answer/ring
218. My landlady made me_________the contract.
A) to sign
B) sign
C) signing
D) signed
E) have signed
219. After Molly __________ out the school, she ___________ to New York.
A) dropped/moves
B) dropped /had moved
C) had dropped/moved
D) drops/moved
E) was dropping/was moving
220. How many times ___________ you__________to open this lock?
A) do/try
B) have/tried
C) are/trying
D) have been/trying
E) had/tried
221. My husband and I _________ married for 10 years. We __________married in 1994.
A) were/got
B) was /got
C) were/had got
D) have been/got
E) have been/have got
222. Mark _________ some important public buildings.
A) has already designed
B) has already been designed
C) is already designed
D) already designs
E) will already design
223. My husband ________ home yet. In fact he ___________ home before 9
o'clock.
A) comes/never gets
B) has come/has never got
C) hasn't come /has never got
D) has come/got E) came/never gets
224. Susan and I_______ tennis since last week.
A) didn't play
B) haven't played
C) hadn't played
E) weren't played
D) won't play
225. My ex-friend ________ from me when I _______ to phone her.
A) hides /tried
B) was hiding/tries
C) was hiding/tried
D) had hidden/tried
E) hides/was trying
226. The orchestra______ that piece of music beautifully for half an hour.
A) has been playing
B) played
C) is playing
D) had played
E) plays
227. By the time his family __________ he ____________ the house.
A) arrives/let
B) arrived/let
C) had arrived /let
D) arrived/had let
E) arrives/lets
228. Nowadays, all the___________ me to go on a strict diet doctors
A) order
B) had ordered
C) have ordered
D) have been ordered
E) had been ordered
229.Why _________ she__________ ? Is she still upset?
A) does/cry
B) is /crying
C) had cried
D) was / crying
E) has/cried
230. A: Why __________ you cold now?
B: Because it _________ a lot two hours ago and I___________ wet.
A) were/rained/got
B) are/rains/get
C) are/rained/got
D) are/rained/get
E) were/was raining/got
231. Don't talk loudly here. He _________ on the chair.
A) overslept
B) has overslept
C) oversleeps
D) will oversleep
E) had overslept
232. Susan ______ a very polite girl. She _________ flowers to all her friends on special occasions.
A) was/send
B) is/sends
C) is /sending
D) is/sent
E) was/sends
233. I ______ at the meeting last Saturday. In fact, I ___________ there nearly every weekend.
A) was/went
B)is/go
C) was/go
D) was/had gone
E) had been/go
234. Tom is a talented boy. He ___________ Spanish over the last five years and he ____________Italian these days.
A) had learned / studied
B) has learned / studies
C) learns/studies
D) learned/is studying
E) has learned/is studying
235. My mother ________me why I_______ with a stupid boy like him.
A) asks/dated
B) asked/date
C) asked/had dated
D) was asking/date
E) asked/will date
236. Sally ______eating junk food since she__________ her job.
A) started / left
B) has started / left
C) has started/has left
D) starts/leaves
E) starts /left
237. John _______ for a travel agency when he first __________ his wife.
A) was working /was meeting
B) was working/met
C) worked/was meeting
D) worked /met
E) works/meets
238. The young couple________ each other only yesterday and they __________ to go on holiday an hour ago.
A) see/decide
B) saw/ decided
C) saw/have decided
D) have seen/decided
E) saw/decide
239.The boy_______ that he his wallet.
A) realizes/loses
B) realized/has lost
C) realized/had lost
D) had realized/had lost
E) had realized/lost
240. Help the little child. He _________ down.
A) falls
B) is going to fall
C) woud fall
D) had fallen
E) fell
241. While Jill __________ in bed, her husband__________all the housework.
A) was lying/did
B) lay/did
C) lay/does
D) lay/was doing
E) had lain/did
242. These three women ___________ in front of the building for over an hour.
A) has been sitting
B) have sat
C) have been sitting
D) sat
E) had sat
243. When I __________ his face, I discovered that I ____________ him before.
A) see /meet
B) saw/met
C) saw/had met
D) had seen/met
E) see /met
244. Nobody believes me but I __________ since yesterday.
A) have slept
B) haven't slept
C) slept
D) didn't sleep
E) hadn't slept
245. The authorities _______ the odd painting of Da Vinci recently.
A) discovered
B) had discovered
C) have discovered
D) are discovering
E) discover
246. By next week I___________ all my duties.
A) will complete
B) will be completing
C) am going to complete
D) will have completed
E) will have been completing
247. Roberto ______Turkish customs before he __________ our country.
A) learned/visited
B) had learned/visited
C) had learned/has visited
D) had learned/had visited
E) learned/had visited
248. A small amount of money____________ at the hotel but the owner of the money_____________ it yet.
A) has been found/has been got
B) has been found/has got
C) has found/has been got
D) has been found /hasn't got
E) has found/hasn't got
249. My thesis___________ about teaching English through visual materials. Hence, I have to collect related data.
A) is
B) has been
C) was
D) would be
E) had been
250. One day Susan and her son_________ down the street when they______ across one of their relatives.
A) walked/came
B) was walking/come
C) were walking/came
D) walked/were coming
E)walked/had come