When the storm …………this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force.. By the end of this year, he ………English for two years.. I have been working here for five years.. I
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1 When the storm …………this area tomorrow, it will bring with it great destruction force
A is increasing B will reach C reaches D is going to reach
2 Advertisements on television ………… more competitive than before
A is becoming B are becoming C has become D becomes
3 John …………you when he has finished the report
A had called B calls C will call D has called
4 When I returned, I found that my car ………away
A had been pulling B has been pulling C has been pulled D had been pulled
5 Tom is a first – year students By the end of this year, he ………English for two years
A will learn B will be learning C would be learning D will have learnt
6 I’ll see him when he ………….next week
A will arrive B arrives C has arrived D would arrive
7 ……… that house …………two and a half years ago
A Was/ built B Did/ build C Has/ been built D Had/ built
8 Her husband ………unemployed since they ………… the countryside
A was/ moved B was/ have moved C has been/ moved D has been/ have moved
9 By this time next year, she ………….in this company for 20 years
A is working B will work C will be working D will have worked
10 All planes ……….before departure
A will check B will have checked C will be checked D have checked
11 Fortunately, the news …………as bad as we expected
A wasn’t B weren’t C was D were
12 His answers to our question …………everything so far
A changes B change C has changed D have changed
13 The newspapers ………….that it will rain tonight
14 I have been working here for five years When I ……….for 15 years, I’ll be able to get some pension
A work B have worked C had worked D will have worked
15 She ……… away when he came in
A went B was going C had gone D has gone
16 The last tome he ……… in public, he ……….a great suit
A saw/ wore B was seen/ had worn
C saw/ was wearing D was seen/ was wearing
17 Since 1981, scientists in the world ………… a lot of things to fight AIDS
A had done B has done C have done D did
18 When we got home, dinner ………., so we had a drink first
A was prepared B was being prepared
C was preparing D had been prepared
19 I ……… stamps since I was 10 years old
A collected B had collected C have collected D was collecting
20 We had just got out of the car when it ………… to be on fire
A had begun B has begun C was beginning D began
21 He ………….in the U.S at the present
A studies B has studied C is studying D will study
22 I ………… by heart this text for half an hour, but I haven’t succeeded yet
A tried to learn B tried learning C have tried to learn D have tried learning
23 I’ll be a billionaire by the time I ………… forty
A am going to be B will be C am D was
24 Ann lives in London She …………there for 10 years
A has been living B is living C was living D had been living
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A have finished B were finishing C will have finished D had finished
26 Tim ……….in three movies already I think he will be a star someday
A had appeared B has appeared C was appearing D is appearing
27 I was so embarrassed; I was sure that someone ……….at me
A were looking B was looking C has been looking D is looking
28 When you ………….to England this summer, please visit me
A will come B came C come D are coming
29 ……… you …… the Titanic yet?
A Do/ see B Are/ seeing C Have/ seen D Will/ see
30 She ……… thousands of pictures since the 1980s
A took B has taken C has been taking D was taking
31 Prices………….considerably in the past few months
A increased B has increased C have increased D were increased
32 When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories ………… back
A had brought B were brought C brought D had been brought
33 Families in the Western world ……….changed very much in the last 100 years
A changed B has changed C have changed D had changed
34 Our teacher told us that light ……….faster than sound
A has traveled B traveled C travels D is traveling
35 It ………… five years since he ………to study English
A was/ begin B is/ has begun C will be/ begins D is/ began
36 Nokia’s first mobile phone, which ………… in 1982, weighed 9.8 kilos
A produced B was produced C producing D it was produced
37 We ………our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we watched a film on TV
A was having B were taking C had D had taken
38 The students ……….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book
A had written B were writing C has written/ D was writing
39 By the time he is twenty, he ……… the novel
A will have finished B will finish C would finish D finishes
40 We missed the beginning of the play because it ……… when we arrived
A have started B already started C had already started D had started already
41 They were too late The plane ……… off ten minutes earlier
A took B was taking C has taken D had taken
42 My boss is angry with me I didn’t do all the work I ………… last week
A should do B should have done C could do D must have done
43 He came home late, so I asked him where ……… been
A he has B has he C he had D had he
44 The prince ………….into a frog by an evil magician
A turned B was turned C was turning D had been turning
45 The picture of the soldiers …………me of the unhappy memories of the war
A reminds B is reminding C are reminding D remind
46 I ………….to work when I saw the accident
A had driven B am driving C drove D was driving
47 In recent years, more and more people ……….for things with credit cards
A pay B paid C are paying D have been paying
48 Since they aren’t answering their telephone, they ……….left
A must have B should have C had D will have
49 Last week, Dick ……… his right leg
A falls and breaks B fell and breaks C fell and broke D falls and broke
50 I’ll handle over all my files to my assistant before I ………
A am leaving B leave C will leave D shall leave