Test III

1. Choose a suitable verb form for each sentence:

1. The concert ___ just ___.

2. He ___ a letter by that time.

3. I ___ the text before the bell.

4. He ___ his room by five o’clock.

5. The ballet company ___ just ___.

6. They ___ lunch by twelve o’clock.

7. She ___ her lessons by the evening.

8. I ___ never ___ this actress so young.

9. When I call on her, Mary ___ the table.

10. ___ they ___ the telegram by that time?

11. ___ you ever ___ to the British Museum?

12. ___ you ___ your house before the sunset?

13. We ___ a new house by the end of the year.

14. I ___ by this time through all the magazines.

15. When the guests arrive, we ___ the fir-tree.

16. We ___ for a month and it rained only once.

17. The writer ___ often ___ his stories into films.

18. So you ____ stamps since you left the University.

19. She ___ to all the capital cities of Europe this year.

20. When the hands of the clock are close to eleven, our train ___ Vladivostok.

1. Have been; 2. has started; 3. has turned; 4. have imagined; 5. has been; 6. has returned; 7. had translated; 8. had done; 9. had cleaned; 10. Had reached; 11. Had received; 12. had not had; 13. have been living; 14. have been collecting; 15. shall have decorated; 16. will have been laying; 17. will have been approaching; 18. will have written; 19. shall have built; 20. shall have not looked.

II. Choose the correct item:

1. 1. – Have they woken up …?

– No, they are … asleep.

a) already; b) yet; c) still.

2. We haven’t seen your best friend … .

a) already; b) yet; c) still.

3. I … early and … of bed before my friends called me.

a) woke up, got out; b) had woken up, got out; c) have woken up, got out.

4. They … to Chile three times.

a) have been; b) had been; c) will have been.

5. I hope the building work … by the time we get there.

a) has finished; b) had finished; c) will have finished.

6. He … her every night.

a) has been phoning; b) had been phoning; c) has phoned.

7. By the time we came back, the house … by an American.

a) was bought; b) will be bought; c) had been bought.

8. We … Peter this week, but we … him a couple of weeks ago.

a) didn’t see; b) haven’t saw; c) haven’t seen.

a) saw; b) have saw; c) have seen.

9. She … the best actress of the year.

a) will be chosen as; b) will chose; c) will be being chosen.

10. When you get back, I … the front door.

a) have painted; b) had painted; c) will have painted.

11. Bill … to retire at 60, but they persuaded him to stay on a few more years.

a) has hoped; b) had hoped; c) will have hoped.

12. She … from flu when she was interviewed.

a) has been suffering; b) had been suffering; c) will have been suffering.

13. I think by the year 2050 a cure for AIDS … .

a) will have been found; b) will have found; c) will be found.

14. How long … you … here?

a) have been sitting; b) have sit; c) have been sat.

15. The amount of crime … for the last ten years and we can’t stop this process.

a) has increased; b) has been increasing; c) has been increased.

16. I visited Brazil in April. I … at a nice hotel for a fortnight.

a) had stayed; b) had been staying; c) was staying.

17. The musician … the piano for a whole hour when we came in.

a) had played; b) had been playing; c) was playing.

18. That morning she …, … somebody, and went out before it rained.

a) dressed, phoned; b) had dressed, had phoned; c) has dressed, has phoned .

19. I … by the year 2012.

a) will have graduated; b) have graduated; c) had graduated.

20. When we met John and Pat, they …

a) have been driving; b) had been driving; c) will have been driving.