Сборник тестовых заданий по английскому языку для слушателей факультета очного обучения. Учебное пособие

C)was waiting

D)had been waiting

E)have waited

5.Choose the right variant:

I … never …. him when I lived in London.

A)had met

B)met

C)have met

D)had been meeting

E)was meeting

6.Choose the right variant:

She ….. this exercise yesterday at 8 o’clock.

A)wrote

B)had written

C)has written

D)was writing

E)had been writing

7.Choose the right variant:

He …. me to the party yesterday.

A)had been inviting

B)had invited

C)has invited

D)was inviting

E)invited

8.Choose the right variant:

I … my exam in history today.

A)passed

B)had passed

C)have passed

D)had been passing

E)has passed

9.Choose the right variant:

Ann … two caps while she … last night. =

A)to drop/ to wash up

B)was dropping/ was washing

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C)have been dropping/ washed up

D)dropped/ was washing up

E)has dropped/ washed up

10.Choose the right variant: He …. a book two days ago.

A)was reading

B)had read

C)has read

D)read

E)had been reading

11.Choose the right variant:

We …… for some minutes before I …. that we had lost our way.

A)walked/ realized

B)had been walking/ realized

C)had walked/ realized

D)have walked/ have realized

E)had been walking/have realized

12.Choose the right variant:

When he …… into the office the secretary …… a crosswords puzzle.

A)came/ did

B)had come/ had been doing

C)had come/ had done

D)came/ was doing

E)was coming/ was doing

13.Choose the right variant: They ….. this film last week.

A)had seen

B)saw

C)has seen

D)was seeing

E)have seen

14.Choose the right variant: She … the picture when I … .

A)painted/ came

B)was painting/ was coming

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C)was painting/ came

D)painted/ was coming

E)has painted/ came

15.Choose the right variant:

I … my report when you entered the hall.

A)had made

B)made

C)has made

D)have made

E)had been making

16.Choose the right variant:

They ….. the new words yesterday from three till seven.

A)learnt

B)was learning

C)had learnt

D)were learning

E)have learnt

17.Choose the right variant: It …. this week.

A)rained

B)were raining

C)was raining

D)had rained

E)has rained

18.Choose the right variant:

He …… to get her on the phone for 25 minutes before he heard her voice.

A)have tried

B)has tried

C)had tried

D)had been trying

E)was tried

19.Choose the right variant:

She …. a bath at seven o’clock last night.

A)had

B)was having

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C)had had

D)were having

E)has had

20.Choose the right variant: She ….. already …. dishes.

A)did/ wash

B)was/ washed

C)has/ washed

D)have/ washed

E)had/ been washing

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Variant 3

1.Choose the right variant:

The fire ….. for some time before a fire brigade….. .

A)burnt/ has come

B)has burnt/ came

C)had burnt/was coming

D)burnt/ came

E)had been burning/ came

2.Choose the right variant:

They ….. supper when the telephone rang.

A)was having

B)have had

C)had

D)have having

E)were having

3.Choose the right variant: I ….. you for ages.

A)didn’t met

B)haven’t met

C)wasn’t meeting

D)hadn’t met

E)hasn’t met

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4.Choose the right variant:

Last summer he ….. to the Caucasus.

A)had gone

B)was going

C)has gone

D)went

E)goed

5. Choose the right variant:

She was thoughtfully looking at him while he ….. a newspaper.

A)read

B)had read

C)has read

D)had been reading

E)was reading

6. Choose the right variant:

While I …. the floor, Mrs. Parker began cooking.

A)was sweeping

B)had been sweeping

C)had swept

D)was being swept

E)has swept

7.Choose the right variant:

I … just … a telegram to say that my poor friend is badly ill again.

A)was having

B)had had

C)had been having

D)have had

E)were having

8. Choose the right variant:

By the time I came the shop …. already… .

A)have closed

B)closed

C)had closed

D)was closed

E)were closing

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9. Choose the right variant:

Miss Brown’s telephone …. when she …….=

A)rang/ was dressing

B)was ringing/had been dressed

C)had been ringing/ was dressing

D)had ringing/ has dressed

E)ring/ dressed

10.Choose the right variant:

We ……in a silence for a few minutes.

A)have sat

B)were sitting

C)sat

D)had been sitting

E)had sat

11.Choose the right variant: He …… at last.

A)spoke

B)were speaking

C)has spoken

D)had been speaking

E)was speaking

12.Choose the right variant: When I …. he …… breakfast.

A)came/ was having

B)have come/ has had

C)had come/ was having

D)was coming/ was having

E)came/ had

13.Choose the right variant:

The pianist ……. the passage hour after an hour till he mastered it.

A)had been practicing

B)has practiced

C)had practicing

D)practiced

E)had been practiced

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14.Choose the right variant:

While she …… she heard the doorbell, then voices.

A)has washed up

B)washed up

C)had washed up

D)was washing up

E)were washing up

15.Choose the right variant:

She ….. tea let’s go to the dining room.

A)made

B)has made

C)had made

D)had been making

E)was making

16. Choose the right variant:

Only two stars ….. at the dark blue sky.

A)shined

B)had shined

C)has shined

D)had been shining

E)were shining

17. Choose the right variant:

By 12 o’clock they …… this composition for two hours.

A)wrote

B)have written

C)were writing

D)had been writing

E)had written

18. Choose the right variant:

On glancing at the address, he ….. that it contained no name.

A)was observing

B)had been observing

C)has observed

D)observed

E)had observed

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19. Choose the right variant:

We …. about Jim when he … into the room.

A)talked/ ran

B)had talked/ had ran

C)were talking/ ran

D)have talked/ have run

E)had been talking/ had been running

20.Choose the right variant:

I …. my work by afternoon and sat quietly in my armchair thinking of the days that passed by.

A)has finished

B)had finished

C)finished

D)had been finishing

E)was finishing

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Variant 4

1. Choose the right variant:

He has just left the hall when the stranger …… .

A)has entered

B)entered

C)had entered

D)had been entered

E)was entering

2.Choose the right variant:

I came at 2 o’clock. He …. the work by that time.

A)made

B)has made

C)had made

D)had been making

E)was making

3.Choose the right variant:

Why … you not … to me while I …?

A)did/ listen/ spoke

B)were/listening/was speaking

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C)had/ listened / was speaking

D)have/ listened/ spoke

E)had /been listening/ had been speaking

4.Choose the right variant:

When I left home, it ….. , and it ….. as since morning, the streets were muddy.

A)rained/rained

B)was raining/ had been raining

C)had been raining/ was raining

D)was raining/had rained

E)was raining/ has rained

5.Choose the right variant:

Yes, I know Jim. I …… him for more than ten years.

A)has known

B)have known

C)had known

D)had been known

E)was known

6.Choose the right variant:

She tried to concentrate. She had known John since 1978. No, he couldn’t ….. it.

A)did

B)done

C)have done

D)had done

E)was done

7. Choose the right variant:

We …. there since we …. young.

A)hasn’t been/ were

B)weren’t/ were

C)hadn’t/ are

D)hadn’t been/ were

E)wasn’t/was

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8. Choose the right variant:

Why ….. you ….. the window? It is very noisy in the street.

A)have opened

B)did open

C)had opened

D)had been opening

E)were opening

9. Choose the right variant:

When he arrived, I …….. in London for a week.

A)have lived

B)lived

C)had live

D)had been living

E)were living

10.Choose the right variant: We …… while he was eating.

A)have read

B)were reading

C)had read

D)had been read

E)was reading

11.Choose the right variant:

When my friend came I …… my exercise for an hour.

A)have done

B)did

C)had done

D)had been doing

E)were done

12. Choose the right variant:

The library ……. by the time I …. here.

A)closed/ came

B)has closed/ has come

C)had closed/ came

D)had closing/came

E)were closing/ have come

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