Test 1 - Tenses Questions 1: Use the correct tense of verbs in brackets: 1. Hurry ! The bus (come)………… …… I ( not want)……… ……. to miss it. 2. Listen! Somebody (sing)………………………. 3. How often……… …(you/ read) a newspaper ? 4. The Sun always (rise)……… …in the east. Look ! It ( rise)……… ………now. 5. Cuckoos (not build)……… … nests. They (use) …… …… the nests of other birds. 6. The concert ( start)………… … at 7.30 this evening. 7. Mrs. baker and her daughter ( prepare) …………… …….dinner at the moment. 8. She ( have)…………… …… coffee for breakfast every morning. 9. She always (go)…………………………home late. 10. She sometimes (buy)………… …vegetable at this market. 11. I (try)……………… …….to learn English for years. 12. I (not meet)………………… Lan since she (leave)………………… school. 13. Jack (be)……………………….to Paris for holiday for two days. He (never go)……………… there. 14. I (see)…………… …that film several times because I like it. 15. I (meet)………… …… my old teacher for 2 months. 16. Up to the present, we ( write)…… ………almost every lesson in the book. 17. We often (have)…………… ……6 days at school to learn my lessons. 18. How long ( he/live )…… … here? 19. When he came, they (already/ cook) dinner. 20. Ann (make) ……… … a dress for herself at the moment. She (make) …… … all her own clothes. 21.I have a car but I (not use) ……… ………it very often. 22. My mother ( work)…………………… …in this factory for nearly twenty years. 23. ( your daughter/ write)……… ……to you every week ? 24. I’m busy at the moment. I (redecorate) … ……… the sitting room. 25. Barbara (read)…………… …a lot of books recently. 26. Since when ( you/ live)……… ………….here? 27. Sorry, I (break)……… ……one of your glasses. 28. They ( give)………… …… a birthday party next Sunday. 29. I ( learn)………… ……English for three years. 30. They (live)…………………… here since they were small. 31. I ( read)………………… …a book about astrology this month. 32. We (go) …………… …….to a wedding reception next Saturday. 33. We ( watch)…………… ……an interesting film this month. 34. If you (have)………… ….time, please call me. 35. I (believe)…………………… …you in any cases. 36. She’s tired. She (want)……… …………….to go home now. 37. He (not drive)……………… ………….to work very often. 38. Nurses (look after)……………………… patients in hospital. 39. I (see)…………………… him ten days ago. 40. What (he /do)……… to his car now? - I (think)……… he (polish)… ……… it. 41. The film ( start)………… … at 6 p.m every day. 42. Vegetarians (not eat)…… …………… meat. 43. Bad driving ( cause)……… ………accidents. 44. He ( write)………… ….another book this year. 45. You (like) ………………………… documentary films ? 46. I (not hear) ………………………… about that actor yet. 47. I (go) ………………………… to the cinema twice a week. 48. The director (work) ………………………… in the studio at the moment. 49. We (see) ……………… …………that film before 1995. 50. Yesterday actors and actresses (work) ………………………… in the rain the whole afternoon. 51. Roberto (live) …………………… in Hollywood for 8 years and (appear) …………………… in three films. 52. Movies (develop) …………………………since the early 1950s ? 53. The children (watch) ………………… a Disney cartoon when I (get) ……………… back yesterday evening. 54. When I (come) ………………… in the room last night, the film (begin) …………………… a quarter before. 55. Videos (compete) …………………………bitterly with the motion pictures nowadays. 56. Young people often (imitate) ………………………… the dress fashions of movie stars. 57. Among the films I (see) ……………………… for 2 months (be) …………………… “Gone with the wind”. 58. Ronald (be) …………………………a Hollywood actors before he (become) …………………… a politician. 59. What he (do) ………………………… when you (see) …………………… him last Sunday? 60. When he (return) ………………………… next month, the house already (build)…………………………. 61. He (suffer) ………………………… from the heart disease for years. 62. I (feel) ………………………… a little better after I (take) …………………… the medicine. 63. Was Tom at the party when you (arrive) …………………………? 64. She sometimes (help) ………………………… her mother in the kitchen. 65. He was reading a novel when I (call) ………………………… him. 66. Please be quiet. I (try) ………………………… to concentrate. 67. When I (finish) ………………… ……… the book, I’ll lend it to you. 68. This time next week, I (sit) …………… …………… on a beach in Paris. 69. Unless they turn the radio off, I (go) …… …………………… mad. 70. I don’t know her husband, I never (meet) ………………………… him. 71. Why he (not come) ………………… ……… to my party last night ? 72. How many cigarettes (you /smoke) ……… ………………… a day ? 73. (you ever /see) ………………… ……… a ghost ? 74. Up to now, teacher (give) ………………………… our class five tests. 75. Anna never (see) ………………………… snow until last winter. 76. I (not hear) ……………… the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep) …………………… then. 77. Yesterday the boy (lose) …… ……his way while he (seek) …………………………his uncle’s house because he never (be) ………………… ……… to the city before. 78. I’m sure they (complete) ……………… …………the new road by June. 79. In my country we (not have) …………… …………… lessons on Sundays. Questions 2. Choose the best answer. 80. Columbus _____________American more than 400 years ago. A. discovered B. has discovered C. had discovered D. discovers 81. He fell down when he _____________ towards the church. A. run B. runs C. was running D. had run 82. I’ll come and see you before I _____________ for America. A. leave B. will leave C. have left D. shall leave 83. John _____________ a book when I saw him. A. is reading B. read C. was reading D. reading 84. My sister _____________ for you since yesterday. A. is looking B. was looking C. has been looking D. looked 85. Jack _____________ the windows by the end of this month. A. has just painted B. paint C. will have painted D. painting 86. The train _____________ half an hour ago. A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left 87. After I _____________ lunch, I looked for my bag. A. had B. had had C. have had D. have has 88. By the end of this year, George _____________ English for two years. A. will have learned B. will learn C. has learned D. would learn 89. The man got out of the car, _____________ round to the back and opened the boot. A. walking B. walked C. walks D. walk 90. Henry _____________ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner. A. was going B. went C. has gone D. did go 91. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he _____________dinner. A. finish B. finishes C. will finish D. shall have finished 92. While her husband was in the army, Janet _____________to him twice a week. A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written 93. I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____________ to play. A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying 94. Since _____________, I have heard nothing from him. A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left 95. We _____________that film before we came here A. had seen B. saw C. have seen D. has seen 96. Each month, he_____________ a lot of money. A. earns B. to earn C. earning D. earned 97 “What did you do last night?” - “I watched T.V, practiced the violin, and___________ my homework.” A. made B. do C. did D. done 98. Pasteur _____________ in the 19 th century. A. was living B. lived C. had lived D. has lived 99. At present, they _____________ with the medicines to cure this terrible disease. A. have experimented B. will experiment C. are experimenting D. experiment 100. She is tired now. She _____________ for a long time. A. has been learning B. has learned C. learns D. learned . with the motion pictures nowadays. 56. Young people often (imitate) ………………………… the dress fashions of movie stars. 57. Among the films I (see) ……………………… for 2 months (be) …………………… “Gone with the. old teacher for 2 months. 16. Up to the present, we ( write)…… ………almost every lesson in the book. 17. We often (have)…………… ……6 days at school to learn my lessons. 18. How long ( he/live )…… …. read)………………… …a book about astrology this month. 32. We (go) …………… …….to a wedding reception next Saturday. 33. We ( watch)…………… ……an interesting film this month. 34. If you (have)………… ….time, please