Test 14

Present Perfect / Perfect Continuous. Use either the Present Perfect Simple or Continuous in the following sentences.

A) Present Perfect (have / has done) B) Present Perfect Continuous (have / has been doing)

1. I __ (to try) to open this box for the last forty minutes but in vain.

2. It __ (to snow): the garden is covered with snow.

3. Who __ (to break) the window?

4. Have you __ (to smoke)! I can smell tobacco on your clothes.

5. It's the best book I __ ( ever to read).

6. I __ (to listen) to you for the past half an hour, but I can't understand what you are speaking about.

7. How long has your aunt __ (to be ill)?

8. The school __ (to be closed) for two months.

9. Hey! Somebody __ (to drink) my coffee! My cup was full.

10. I don't think I __ (ever to see) her looking so upset before.

11. I __ (to sit) here hi the park for an hour, and I __ (to meet) three friends of mine. 12. How much money have you __ (to save) for the holidays?

12. __ (to wait for) you since two o'clock. I have something urgent to tell you.

13. She __ ( to take) guitar lessons this year. She is very patient and hard-working.

14. Last season our team didn't win many games, but this season we __ (to lose) only one so far.

Test 15

When (suddenly). Match the sentence on the left and the sentence on the right and make a new one linking with when.

1. Jane was walking home

2. John was painting a picture

3. Mr Drill was driving to the airport

4. She was chopping potatoes

5. Dan was climbing a tree

6. We were having a picnic

7. Jill was sleeping

8. The children were playing football

9. He was painting the bedroom

10. The students were talking

A) he fell off the ladder.

B) she cut her.

C) their ball broke a window.

D) the teacher entered the room.

E) a branch broke.

F) he spilled the paint.

G) the wind blew her hat off.

H) his car broke down.

I) the telephone woke her up.

J) it started raining.

Test 16

Past Continuous / Past Simple. Put the verbs into the correct form. Past Continuous or Past Simple.

A) Past Continuous B) Past Simple

1. __ you __ (to wait) for me at 5 p.m.? - Yes, I.

2. They __ (to finish) their work at 11 o'clock and came home.

3. It __ (to grow) dark, so we __ (to decide) to return.

4. While Jack __ (to sit) biting his nails, we __ (to work) out a plan to cover up our traces.

5. A young man __ (to run) out into the street. He __ (to carry) a strange placard.

6. What __ you __ (to do) when I __ (to phone) you yesterday?

7. John __ (to listen) to the radio when the batteries __ (to run) out.

8. The robbers __ (to steal) the car and they __ (to drive) away.

1. She __ (to go) to buy a dress, but a thief__ (to steal) all her money.

10. She__ (to slip), __ (to fall) over and __ (to break) her ankle.

11. The Royal Carriage __ (to come) round the comer. Everywhere people __ (to wave) and __ (to cheer).

Test 17

Past Perfect / Past Simple. Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Perfect or Past Simple.

A) Past Perfect B) Past Simple

1. Jane__ (to wash) all the test-tubes after she__ (to complete) the experiment.

2. She __ (to do) the cleaning by 6 o'clock yesterday.

3. After the stewardesses __ (to serve) lunch to the passengers, they __ (to calm) down.

4. I __ (not to have) my watch, so I __ (not to know) the exact time.

5. He __ (to feel) sick because he __ (to eat) too much.

6. She __ (to finish) her report, and was feeling rather tired, so she __ (to go) to bed.

7. By two o'clock he __- (to answer) all the letters he __ (to receive).

8. The bus __ (to leave) before I ————— (to reach) the bus station.

9. As soon as they ___ (to finish) breakfast, they __ (to run) out to play.

10. When we __ (to meet) our friends they ———— (already to know) the news.

11. When you __ (to call) me, I __ (not yet to do) the sum.

12. She __ (to intend) to make a cake for you, but she __ (to run) out of time.

13. Hardly we (to go) to bed when somebody————— (to knock) at the door.

14. No sooner she __ (to come) than she,———— (to fall) ill.

Test 18

Past tenses. Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.

A) Past Simple B) Past Continuous C) Past Perfect D) Past Perfect Continuous

1. The workers __ (to be) on a strike for three weeks when the agreement on pay __ (to be reached).

2. When she got the results of her medical tests, she realised that she __ (to be feeling ) ill since she — (to be) on holiday.

3. The door was unlocked. She __ (to wonder) who __ (leave) the door open.

4. He __ (to play) football when the ball __ (to hit) his head.

5. He __ (to drive) to work for half an hour when suddenly his car __ (to break) down.

6. When he arrived at the office he __ (to discover) that he __ (to leave) all the necessary papers at home.

7. Susan __ (to type) some letters when the boss __ (to ask) her into his office.

8. She looked tired. She__(to type) letters all morning.

9. Yesterday afternoon it __ (still to rain) when I __ (to get) home.

10. He __ (to clean) the car when the phone rang, so he ____ (not to answer) it.

11. When I __ (to be) little, my mother­____(to use) to feed me.

12. Jane's clothes were wet. She __ (to wash) her dog.

13. Jerry __ (to be) nervous, for he __ (never to flow) in an airplane before.

14. I __ (never to like) going to the cinema on my own when I was a teenager.

15. Kate __ (to dance), but when she saw a newcomer she __ (to stop).

Test 19

Right / wrong tenses. Find the mistake and correct it. A) right B) wrong

1. We are here since April.

2. Have you been crying? - No, I've been chopping onions.

3. I wonder what will happen if he push this button.

4. How long are you working for this company?

5. It was a lovely day so we decided to stroll in the park for an hour.

6. This is the smallest dog I'd ever seen.

7. I know you are just pretending to read because you've got the book upside down.

8. Can you think of any other songs? We have sang all the ones we know.

9. The recipe was not good, but the soup tasted of sour.

10. I have ever been to Jamaica.

11. I used to walking to school, and I used to thinking that it was very unfair that I couldn't go there by bus.

Test 20

1. While he was washing his new car, Mr. Jones ... a small injury.

1) has discovered 2) was discovering 3) is discovering 4) discovered 5) had discovered

2. - Would you like to go to the concert? - Thanks, but I... it already.

1) had seen 2) have been seeing 3) have seen 4) had been seeing 5) was seeing

3. As soon as Marta saw the fire, she ... the fire department.

1) was telephoning 2) telephoned 3) had telephoned 4) telephones 5) has telephoned

4. I've been feeling better since ...

1) the doctor has come 2) the doctor will come 3) the doctor had come 4) the doctor came 5) the doctor is coming

5. I'm buying all that food because a lot of people ... over for dinner.

1) coming 2) are coming 3) comes 4) is coming 5) have coming

6. - How long have you been with the company? -I,.. there two years by January.

1) will work 2) was working 3) will have 4) will have worked 5) had worked

7. - Where's Mark? - He ... home.

1) was gone 2) has been 3) has gone 4) is gone 5) is being gone

8. It's nice to see you. I hear you ... away.

1) was gone 2) have been 3) had gone 4) is gone 5) had been

9. It's at least a month since ... Ivan.

1) last seeing 2) I have last seen 3) I last saw 4) I last see 5) I last have seen

10. Diana ... since she was four.

1) is dancing 2) has been dancing 3) has been danced 4) was danced 5) was dancing