Question

TEST 1. Come round in the morning, I … in the kitchen. a. will paint b. am painting c. will be painting d. am going to paint 2. Can you send me the results as soon as you … anything? a. hear b. are hearing c. will have heard d. will hear 3. The new computer system … next month. a. is be installed b. is being installed c. is been installed d. is installing 4. The children … to the zoo. a. were enjoyed taken b. enjoyed being taken c. were enjoyed taking d. enjoyed taking 5. Look! How well dry leaves … a. are being burnt b. are burning c. burn d. are burnt 6. Good furniture … more & more expensive. a. become b. is becoming c. becomes d. are becoming 7. No sooner … to marry him … she …to have terrible doubts. a. she had agreed … than … started b. had she agreed … when … started c. had she agreed … than … had started d. had she agreed … than … started 8. Mozart died while he …. the Requiem. a. composed b. is composing c. had composed d. was composing 9. “Why are you crying?” “Granny … me.” a. hit b. has hit c. had hit d. hitted 10. It was the third time he … in love that year. a. has been b. was c. had been d. is 11. “You look hot.” “Yes, I …” a. ran b. have run c. have been running d. had been running 12. At that time we … in the caravan for about six months. a. have been living b. had been living c. had lived d. had being lived 13. “He … always b’s instead of d’s!” the teacher said with indignation. a. writes b. is writing c. wrote d. was writing 14. On Saturday, we … in this house for a year. a. will live b. will have lived c. will have been living d. will have been lived 15. Whenever you … to go to town, I … you a lift. a. will have, give b. have, will give c. will have, will give d. have, give 16. Mary said that she … her boyfriend since they … a. hadn’t met, parted b. hadn’t met, had parted c. hasn’t met, parted d. didn’t meet, parted 17. He said that when he … her she … a. had called on…, had being washing b. called on…, was washing c. had called …, she was washing d. called on…, washed 18. Smith … to Devaney, Devaney to Barnes, Barnes to Lucas – and Harris …. Harris to Simms, nice ball – and Simms …! a. is passing, is intercepting, is shooting b. passes, intercepts, shoots c. is passing, intercepts, shoots d. passed, intercepted, shot 19. It … very noisy in the library since I … here. a. has been, sat b. has been, have sat c. has been, had been sitting d. has been, have been sitting 20. At the beginning I couldn’t understand Bob because I … to his accent. a. didn’t use b. wasn’t used c. used d. I’m not used 21. Bill … before having his photo taken. a. cut his hair b. got cut his hair c. got his hair cut d. got hair cut 22. … broken into while we were away on holiday. a. We had our house b. Thieves had our house c. It was our house d. They have 23. The road had been blocked … a tree. a. through b. from c. with d. by 24. The message was written in the sand … a stick. a. through b. from c. with d. by 25. She looks very pale. I think she … . a. will faint b. is fainting c. is going to faint d. will be fainting

Answer 1

1 c

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 b

6 b

7 d

8 d

9 b

10 c

11 c

12 b

13 b

14 c

15 b

16 a

17 b

18 b

19  a

20 b

21 c

22 a

23 d

24 c

25 c

Answer 2

1 C 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 b 7 d 8 d 9 b 10 C 11 C 12 b 13 b 14 c 15 b 16 a 17 b 18 b 19 a 20 b 21 C 22 a 23 d 24 C 25 c

Answer 3

1. c. will be painting
2. d. will hear
3. b. is being installed
4. d. enjoyed taking
5. b. are burning
6. b. is becoming
7. c. had she agreed … than … had started
8. d. was composing
9. a. hit
10. c. had been
11. c. have been running
12. b. had been living
13. a. writes
14. c. will have been living
15. a. will have, give
16. b. hadn’t met, had parted
17. c. had called …, she was washing
18. b. passes, intercepts, shoots
19. d. has been, have been sitting
20. b. wasn’t used
21. c. got his hair cut
22. a. We had our house
23. d. by
24. c. with
25. c. is going to faint