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C name: group: ontrol grammar test on tenses

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I. Insert a, an or the if necessary.

1 There was . . . knock on ... door. I opened it and found . . . small dark man in ... blue overcoat and . . . woollen cap.

2 He said he was . . . employee of ... gas company and had come to read . . . meter.

3 But I had . . . suspicion that he wasn't speaking . . . truth because . . . meter readers usually wear . . . peaked caps.

4 However, I took him to ... meter, which is in ... dark corner under . . . stairs (. . . meters are usually in ... dark corners under . . . stairs).

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1. Ann (make) a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) all her own clothes.

2. Hardly anyone (wear) a hat nowadays.

3. I'm afraid I've broken one of your coffee cups.  Don't worry. I (not like) that set anyway.

4. I (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.

5. Tom can't have the newspaper now because his aunt (read) it.

6. I'm busy at the moment. I (redecorate) the sitting room.

7. The kettle (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?

III. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Ваша дочь ходит в школу? — Да, она в пятом классе. — Вы помогаете ей по математике? — Постоянно. 2. Мой отец хорошо знает английский язык. Он читает английские книги без словаря. 3. Послушай. Звонит телефон. 4. Мой сын плохо успевает в школе. Он тратит слишком много времени на спорт и слишком мало времени на уроки. 5. Где ты обычно проводишь отпуск? — В Белоруссии. Мои родители живут там. — Там есть река или озеро? — Там есть большое и красивое озеро. Я хорошо провожу там время. 6. Мой брат живет далеко от меня. Я не часто его вижу. 7. Куда ты торопишься? — В кино.

IV. Open the brackets, using verbs in Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. Helen speaks French so well because she (to live) in France. 2. She (to live) there last year. 3. The rain (to stop) and the sun is shining in the sky again. 4. The rain (to stop) half an hour ago. 5. Mary (to buy) a new hat. 6. I (to buy) a pair of gloves yesterday. 7. The wind (to blow) off the man's hat, and he cannot catch it. 8. The weather (to change), and we can go for a walk. 9. The wind (to change) in the morning. 10. We (to travel) around Europe last year. 11. My father knows so much because he (to travel) a lot. 12. I (to see) Pete today. 13. She (to see) this film last Sunday. 14. Alex (to meet) his friend two hours ago. 15. I just (to meet) our teacher.

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous tense.

1. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.00. 2. When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor (write) on the overhead projector. 3. I (make) a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark. 4. I didn't want to meet Paul so when he entered the room I (leave). 5. Unfortunately when I arrived Ann just (leave), so we only had time for a few words. 6. He (watch) TV when the phone rang. Very unwillingly he (turn) down the sound and (go) to answer it. 7. He was very polite. Whenever his wife entered the room he (stand) up.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous tense.

1. I (make) cakes. That is why my hands are all covered with flour. 2. Her phone (ring) for ten minutes. I wonder why she doesn't answer it. 3. He (overwork). That is why he looks so tired. 4. There is sawdust in your hair. ~ I'm not surprised. I (cut) down a tree. 5. Have you seen my bag anywhere? I (look) for it for ages. 6. What you (do)? ~ I (work) in the laboratory. 7. He (study) Russian for two years and doesn't even know the alphabet yet.

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