Variant IV

1 It often ______ in Britain during the winter.

A has been snowed

B snowed

C snows

2 Technology ___________ so fast now.

A change

B has changed

C is changing

3 After dinner Brian usually __________, but tonight he is sleeping.

A studies

B is studying

C had studied

4 He ________________ in 1981.

A is working

B was working

C worked

5 We ______ television from 6 till 8 p.m. yesterday.

A watch

B were watch

C were watching

6 While she _________ a popular magazine a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway.

A is reading

B was reading

C had read

7 Where will you go on holidays? I __________________________yet.

A decide

B has not decide

C have not decided

8 When we came to the circus our uncle _________________the tickets

A has already bought

B already bought

C had already bought

9 How long _________ the wall?

A have you been painting

B was you painting

C did you painted

10 They ______________this text by 3 o'clock yesterday.

A had translated

B translate

C were translating

11 Mrs. Smith ________________ dinner next week.

A will cooked

B are cooking

C will cook

12 We ____________________ lunch with these people tomorrow.

A are having

B had

C has

13 They_______________ going to a supermarket

A are

B being

C were

14 ___________ the letter now?

A they are writing

B are they writing

C do they write

15 Bees _____________ honey.

A make

B maked

C are making

16 She _________________ the door a moment ago

A opened

B had opened

C opens

17 Jim and Terry finished their breakfast, they took their bags and______________ to the river to fish

A went

B go

C goes

18 I ________________ in Sumy since childhood

A lived

B have lived

C is living

19 The police found my little sister when she _______________ to get into the lion’s cage.

A was trying

B try

C will try

20 Developments in biotechnology ___________ to improved medicines

A have led

B leaded

C are ledding

IV Variant

Mark the modal verb that best completes the sentences

1 You will ____________ speak Spanish in another few months.

a) can b) ought c) be able to d) have

2 Jane left before the end of the movie. She __________go home early.

a)had to b)must c)could d)might

3 You _______________give the children long exercises to write. They`ll get tired very soon.

a)must b)should not c)should d) have to

4 He was very strong; he ____________ ski all day and dance all night.

a)can b) could c)were able to d)won`t be able to

5 I _____________ look up a lot of words in the dictionary as it was a very easy text.

a) mustn`t b) didn`t have to c)had to d) should

6 The plane__________ to take off at eleven o’clock, after the fog had lifted.

a) could b)was able c)couldn’t d)didn’t could

Mark the variant that best completes the sentences

1 You look tired. If I were you, I ____________a holiday.

a) would take b) took c)take d)will take

2 If we had a big house, ____________ invite friends.

a) we`ll b)we`ll be able to c) we`d be able to d)we can

3 If I __________tired, I`ll go to bed early tonight.

a) am b) shall be c)were d)will be

4 What _______________ if you found some buried treasure?

a)did you do b) had you done c)will you do d) would you do

5 If I had known that you were coming, I _______________ you at the airport.

a) will meet b) would have met c)met d)would meet