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Full name: Time: 90 minutes

I Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space: Dear Linda,

I am sorry I to you for so long, because I very busy lately All last month I exams, and I nothing else but study for ages Anyway, I studying now, and I for my exam results

As you can see from the letter, I my address and I in Corydon now I that I wanted a change from central London because it 10 so expensive A friend of mine 11 me about this flat, and I 12 here two months ago When you 13 London this summer, please visit me I 14 here until the middle of August Then I 15 on holiday to Scotland

1 A don’t write B haven’t written C am not writing D wasn’t writing

2 A was being B had been C am D have been

3 A had B was having C had had D have had

4 A haven’t done B don’t C wasn’t doing D am not doing

5 A stop B will have stopped C have stopped D was stopping

6 A wait B am waiting C have waited D was waiting

7 A am changing B had changed C will changed D have changed

8 A will live B have been living C live D have lived

9 A decided B have decided C was deciding D decide

10 A will become B becomes C has become D will have become

11 A tells B told C was telling D will tell

12 A have moved B had moved C was moving D moved

13 A will come B came C come D were coming

14 A am staying B stayed C stay D have stayed

15 A have gone B went C am going D will have gone

II Choose the sentence which has the similar meaning to the original sentence: Do you know how to drive this kind of car ?

A Have you ever driven this kind of car ?

C How many times did you drive this kind of car? B Does this car look familiar to you ?D Do you like to try driving this kind of car? Do you have any plans for Saturday evening ?

A What you on Saturday evening ?

C What did you on Saturday evening? B What are you doing on Saturday evening?D What will you like doing on Saturday evening? I started doing this job five years ago

A I have started doing this job for five years

C It has been five years since I did this job B I have done this job for five yearsD All are correct Is this car yours ?

A Do you own this car ?

C Is this car your belongings? B Does this car belong to you?D All are correct Their twenty-fifth wedding is at the end of next year

A By the end of next year they will have been married for 25 years B They will celebrate their wedding when they are 25 years old C By this time next year they will be celebrating their wedding D At the end of next year they have been married for 25 years I haven’t been to the cinema for two months

A The last time I went to the cinema was two months ago

C It had been two months since I went to the cinema B I hadn’t been to the cinema for a long timeD I haven’t watched films for two months I haven’t had a Chinese meal for ages

A It is ages since I last had a Chinese meal

C I am expecting to eat a Chinese meal for a long time B I didn’t eat a Chinese meal for a long timeD All are correct Hurry up ! We’ll get to the theatre after the beginning of the play

A By the time we get to the theatre, the play will have begun

C By the time the plays begins, we will have got to the theatre B The play will begin as soon as we reach the theatreD When we arrive at the theatre, the play will begin Our meeting is tomorrow

A We are having a meeting tomorrow

C We are meeting tomorrow B Tomorrow is the time for our meetingD All are correct 10 There is a party at Mary’s house next week

A Mary has a party at her house

C Next week is the time Mary.celebrate a party B Mary is holding aparty at her house next weekD Mary’s party will be organised at her house III Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space:

I come from a very large family, and recently my parents decided that they long enough living in a crowded house in Birmingham “ We to the country,” my father announced one evening “ I this house, and we on a farm.” So last week we loaded all our possessions into two hired vans , and for the last few days we to organise ourselves in our new home Yesterday, for example, my three brothers and I painting the downstairs rooms Unfortunately while I the paint, one of my sisters the door Nobody her that we 10 in the room So instead of painting the walls , we 11 the morning cleaning the paint off the floor But worse things 12 since then This morning when I 13 up, water 14 through the ceiling next to my bed We 15 the day so far repairing the roof It’s not all bad news, though The school in the village nearby closed down two years ago, and my parents haven’t found another school for us yet

1 A. spend B have spent C had spent D would spent

2 A would move B are going C have moved D were moving

3 A. am selling B have sold C will sell D will have sold

4 A are going to live B would live C will live D have lived

5 A. try B were trying C had tried D have been trying

6 A start B was starting C started D had started

9 A. tells B had told C told D has told

10 A. are B would be C will be D had been

11 A. spent B had spent C spend D would spend

12 A. happen B have happened C will happen D had happened

13 A. wake B woke C was waking D have waken

14 A. dripped B was dripping C had dripped D would drip

15 A. spend B spent C had spent D have spent

IV Each line in the following paragraph contains an error, find and correct it: Dear Harry,

Do you remember me?

We have met when we were on holiday last year in Brighton I am sorry A B C D

I had not written to you since then I have been working abroad and I A B C D

have just only coming back to England Next week I am planning to be A B C D

in Bristol, and I was thinking that we will meet Do you still remember A B C D

Shirley, the girl we meet in Brighton? We are getting married next month, A B C D

and we want you to come to the wedding I had lost your phone number, A B C D

but when I will get to Bristol I will try to contact you It will be great to see A B C D

you again Are you still studying? And have you found a new job? You A B C D

won’t recognise me when you see me! I have had a haircut last week, and A B C D

now I look very different Shirley doesn’t like men with a long hair, you see! A B C D V Choose the most suitable time expression for each sentence:

1 He daren’t his boss for a rise just now

A asking B be asking C to ask D ask

2 I will hand over my files before I

A am leaving B leave C will leave D shall leave

3 By the time Bernard’s daughter graduates, retired

A he B he has C he’ll be D he will have

4 How long has the property to your family

A belonged B belonging C belongs D been belonging

5 This time next year the chief translator to the French UN

A he is B he will have been C he will be D he has been

6 Let’s get the house cleared up before he

A is arriving B arrives C will arrive D arrived

7 Since 1997 my department’s work built up considerably

A was B have C is D has

8 By December Tim enough to buy a mountain bike

A saves B will have saved C has saved D will be saving

9 By this time next week I in my tax forms

A will be filling B will fill C am filling D will have filled

10 You won’t see this summer He his military service then

A will be doing B will C will have done D has done

11 My fingers are aching – I letters all evening

A had written B have been writing C will have written D wrote

12 They are trying to break the record By six o’clock they non-stop for three days

A will be dancing B will dance C have danced D will have danced

13 She couldn’t help thinking she his face somewhere before

A have seen B will see C saw D had seen

14 Can you give me a hand? I my homework for thirty minutes, but I am stuck on this exercise

A am doing B have been doing C had done D did

15 If you don’t hurry, they before you get there

A have left B will have left C had left D will be leaving

16 I bet Ben the washing up by the time we get back

A hasn’t done B won’t have done C hadn’t done D doesn’t

17 They when we arrived so we didn’t have chance to speak to them

A were leaving B have left C had left D left

18 It was now six and he was tired because he since dawn

A was working B has

been working C had been working D would have worked

19 I the instructions but I don’t understand them

A had read B have read C would have read D will have read

20 I to bed when she reached my house

A was going B had been going C had gone D would have gone

VI Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space:

seabed nearby Last year the government over $50,000,000 to BOC, and the permission for the company to build an oil refinery and other facilities in South Wales

The reaction of the local people to today’s news mixed so far Local MPs the news, pointing out that the oil industry will bring badly needed jobs to the area But local residents are worried about the danger of pollution “Nobody us yet what we want,” said Ann Griffiths, leader of the Keep Out The Oil Campain “Look what 10 when they 11 oil in the 1960s The oil companies 12 rich , not the local people BOC 13 us the truth about what this is going to mean for our people.” A BOC spokesman late 14 to comment Meanwhile local campaigners 15 the government to hold an inquiry

1 A discovers B discovered C has discovered D was discovering A has been drilling B had been drilling C was drilling D will have drilled

3 A find B found C have found D had found

4 A discovers B is discovering C discovered D has dicovered

5 A.lends B lent C had lent D was lent

6 A gives B was given C gave D had given

7 A has been B had been C was D would have been

8 A.already welcomed B have already welcomed C have been welcomed D had already welcomed

9 A asks B asked C has asked D will ask

10 A had happened B was happening C happened D would happen

11 A found B had found C would find D were found

12 A.get B got C have got D will get

13 A has not told B didn’t tell C hadn’t told D doesn’t tell

14 A.refuses B refused C had refused D would refuse

15 A.ask B had asked C will ask D have asked

V Decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space:

When the bus in a small square, Helen her magazine and didn’t realise that she at her destination “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said “You ! I suppose your cousin for us Come on I the bags.” Helen thought, “ All those years when I in New York, I of this moment And now it is real, I can’t believe it! Here I am, I in the square” Santa Teresa was Helen’s birthplace, but she 10 the town at the age of six She had some memories of the town, and some photographs, but 11 here still? She 12 Nobody 13 in the square Perhaps her cousin Maria 14 Helen’s letter “What 15 now?”, asked Martin “There isn’t even a hotel here!”

1 A.has stopped B stops C.stopped D was stopped

2 A.was reading B.read C.had read D.used to read

3 A.arrived B.arrives C.has arrived D.had arrived

4 A.arrive B.are arriving C.have been arriving D.have arrived

5 A.waits B.will be waiting C.has waited D.is going to wait

6 A.will carry B.carry C.have carried D.carried

7 A.live B.have lived C.was living D.am living

8 A.dream B.am dreaming C.used to dream D.will dream

9 A really stand B.was really standing C.had really stood D.am really standing

10 A.was leaving B.had left C.used to leave D.has left

11 A.will she belong B.did she belong C.has she belonged D.does she belong

12 A.wasn’t knowing B.hasn’t known C.hadn’t known D.didn’t know

13 A.was waiting B.is waiting C.waits D.waited

14 A.wasn’t receiving B.didn’t use to receive C.hadn’t received D.hasn’t received