Test 1 I/ Fill in the blanks with the correct form of “ BE, or DO ”. A. Who……………… (1) Mary talking to? B. I can’t see Mary. A. You…………….(2) looking in the right place. She……………(3) over there. B. Oh, that…………… (4) Peter. He …………………(5) new here. A. Really? Where…………… (6) he live? …………………(7) you know? B. No, I …………… (8). A. What…………… (9) they talking about? B. Well, he………… (10) look very interested. He seems to be very bored. And he isn’t saying anything. II/ Put the correct tense of verbs in parentheses. a) M: Mary G: George L. Hello, George. What (1)…………………………(you, do) these days? G. Hi, Mary. I (2)………………… (learn) French at college. What about you? L. Me? Oh, I ………………………(work) at a Travel Agency until August. G. (4)…………………….(you, like) it? L. Yes, they (5)………………(give) me a good training. I (6)………………… (work) in the shop most mornings, and three afternoons a week the manager(7)……………………(tell) me about the travel business. I (8)…………………….(work) quite long hours. I (9) ……………… (not, get) home until six, but I (10)……………………(prefer) that to not having enough to do. G. Yes, I (11)……………… (work) hard too at the moment. It (12)…………………(become) difficult to get a suitable job. They (13)…………………(ask) for higher and higher exam grades all the time. L. You can do it, George. You (14)………………(be) clever. G. Thanks, Mary. b) Kim. I hear the lights (1)……………… (go) last night. Charles. Yes, I (2)……………… (watch) T.V at the time. The program(3)…………….(get) interesting. But the electricity (4)………………….(come) on again after about ten minutes. I (5)……………….(not, miss) very much of it. Angela. Sarah (6)……………(come) down the stairs when the lights went out. She almost (7)………………(fall) over. Jessica. Tom and I (8)………………(play) table tennis at the time. Peter. I (9)…………………(work) at the computer. When it (10)………………(happen), I (11)………………(stop) work and (12)………………(go) to bed. c) I thought you would like to know some of my news. I (1) ……………(arrive) in New York two weeks ago and I (2)…………… (stay) with a family called the Browns. Mrs Brown (3) ……………(work) in a bank, but at the moment Mr Brown (4)…………… (not, have) a job. He (5)…………… (do) a course in business management which starts next month. I (6) …………(have) a good time here, but the work is boring. I would like to find another job. I (7)…………… (tavel) on the underground the other day when I met Tom. Do you remember him? When we last (8)……………(see) him, he (9)……………… (work) for his father’s shop. Now he (10)……………. (learn) English at a school here. We (11)…………… (see) an art exhibition together tonight. I’m really looking forward to it. I like New York very much, but I (12)…………….(think) it’s very expensive. Could you do me a favour? I need some more money. Of course I will pay you back when I see you. (2) d) I’m sorry I (1)………………(not, write) to you for so long, but I (2)……………….(be) very busy lately. All last month I (3)……………… (have) exams, and I (4)……………(not, do) anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I (5)……………(stop) studying now, and I (6) ……………….(wait) for my exam results. As you can see from the letter, I (7)………………….(change) my address and (8)………… (live) in Croydon now. I (9)………………….(decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10)…………….(become) so expensive. A friend of mine (11)……………. (tell) me about this flat, and I (12)………………….(move) here about two months ago. When you (13) …………… (come) to London this summer, please visit me. I (14) …………… (stay) here until the middle of October. Then I (15)……………….(go) on holiday to Scotland. Please write soon. e) Before I (1)…………… (visit) Australia, an Australian friend in London (2)……………… (tell) me I’d learn “ the Australian salute”. “What’s that?” I (3)………………(ask). “You’ll find out when you get there,” he (4)…………… (say). I (5)…………………(arrive) in Perth last week. Since then, I (6)…………….(stay) at a nice hotel near a beautiful beach. I (7) ……………( never visit) Australia before and I am enjoying my stay. I (8)………………… (swim) everyday from the time I (9)…………………(arrive). Yesterday, an Australian friend (10)……………….( suggest) a tour into “ the bush”. I (11) ………………(agree) at once. The first thing I (12)……………… ( notice) when we (13) ……………(be) in the bush (14)…………… (be) the flies. After a while I (15)…………. (remember) the talk I had had in London before I (16)…………………(come) here. “What’s the Australian salute?” I (17)………………….( ask) suddenly, as I waved my right arm to keep the flies away. That’s it!” my friend said as he (18)………………….(wave) back! f) 1. Last week I (drive)…………… to the office every day. 2. How long (be)…………… it before he reached the station? 3. How many lessons………………(you, have) before you passed your tests? 4. How…………………( you, manage) to stop in time when that car shot out in front of you? 5. He ran over the cat as it………………….(run) across the road. 6. The front tyre burst just as he……………………(turn) the corner. 7. The car was stolen because he………………….(forget) to lock it. 8. I waited at the traffic lights for ten minutes before they ………………… (change) green. 9. The breakdown service arrived five minutes after he ……………………(phone). 10. The car stopped for the children who………………… (wait) to cross the road. III/ Find the mistakes in these sentences then Correct them. 1. I have been in Mexico during the summer of 1998. …………………………. 2. Three years ago he had been a student at a university in New York. ………………… 3. We took the bus downtown, did a few errands, and had gone to lunch. ……………… 4. The doctor had seen ten patients since eight o’clock this morning. …………………. 5. He is studying English for the last five years. ………………. 6. I am studying here since August. ……………………. 7. We have met several fascinating people at the conference last week. ………………… 8. Once upon a time a beautiful princess has lived in a castle. ……………… 9. I’ve been owning this answer phone for three years. ………………… 10. They haven’t been selling all the tickets for the Cup Final yet. ………………… (3) IV. Rewrite sentences beginning with the words in parenthese 1. I haven’t been to an Indian restaurants for ages. ( It’s ages) ………………………………………………………………… 2. How long have Helen and Robert been married? ( When ) ………………………………………………………………… 3. When you phoned me, it was my lunch time. ( When) …………………………………………………………………. 4. I haven’t had a Chinese meal for ages. ( It’s ages) …………………………………………………………………. 5. David went home before we arrived. ( When) …………………………………………………………………. 6. I’ve only recently started wearing glasses. ( I didn’t) ………………………………………………………………… 7. Jack left the office before I arrived there. ( When) …………………………………………………………………. 8. During my dinner, the phone rang. ( While ) ………………………………………………………………… 9. I haven’t been to the cinema for two months. ( The last time ) ………………………………………………………………… 10. Steve started learning the piano a month ago. ( Steve has ) ………………………………………………………………… 11. Whe she heard the results, Mary began to feel more confident. ( Since ) ………………………………………………………………………………. 12. The last time Nancy came here was in 1996. ( Nancy hasn’t ) ……………………………………………………………………………. 13. This is my first visit to Japan. ( This is the first time ) ……………………………………………………………………………. 14. It’s a long time since our last conversation. ( We haven’t ) ……………………………………………………………………………. 15. Thanks, but I had something to eat earlier. ( Thanks, but I’ve ) …………………………………………………………………………… 16. This is my first game of water-polo. ( I haven’t ) ……………………………………………………………………… 17. I started working for this company three years ago. ( I’ve ) ………………………………………………………………………… 18. Oh no ! My wallet is missing. ( Oh no ! I have ) V/ Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 1. While I had a bath, someone knocked on my door. ……………………… 2. Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before. ………………………… 3. Dick tried to repair the car, but he didn’t really know what he was doing. ………………… 4. What did you wear to Tom’s party? ……………………… 5. Were you waiting spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy? …………………… 6. I didn’t know oyou had bought a new car. ……………………… 7. They all wanted to believe her, but suspected she was lying. ……………… 8. As Mary walked home, she tried to remember what happened. …………………… 9. “ What a terrible day!” thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong! ………………… 10. Although it rained a lot, I was enjoying my holiday last year. ………………………… . (8)………… (live) in Croydon now. I (9)………………….(decide) that I wanted a change from central London because it (10)…………….(become) so expensive. A friend of mine (11) ……………. (tell) me about this flat, and. Scotland. Please write soon. e) Before I (1)…………… (visit) Australia, an Australian friend in London (2)……………… (tell) me I’d learn “ the Australian salute”. “What’s that?” I (3)………………(ask). “You’ll find. Australia before and I am enjoying my stay. I (8)………………… (swim) everyday from the time I (9)…………………(arrive). Yesterday, an Australian friend (10)……………….( suggest) a tour into “ the bush”. I (11) ………………(agree)