Question

231. Lisa and Frank ___ married for two years now. a) been b) has been c) was d) have been e) were 232. Do we need any tomatoes? No, I ___ some. a) already buy b) has already bought c) have already bought d) had bought e) has been bought 233. ___ your sister with the washing–up? a) Have you helped b) Has you help c) Has you helped d) Have you help e) Have helped 234. Nick ___ a live football match before. a) has never seen b) hasn't never seen c) have never seen d) has never saw e) not seen 235. Two years ago I ___ my old aunt in a small old town. a) visited b) visit c) visitted d) visiting e) was visited 236. This train ___ at 10.30 every day. a) leaves b) leave c) left d) does left e) does leave 237. Mr. Smith is busy. He ______ on the phone. a) is talk b) is talking c) are talking d) am talking e) talking 238. What _____ today? a) they are wearing b) are they wearing c) are they wear d) they wear e) wearing they 239. We _______ football at 7 o'clock in the evening yesterday. a) was playing b) played c) are playing d) were playing e) were played 240. Bob _____ in class yesterday at ten o'clock. a) has sitting b) is sitting c) were sitting d) was sitting e) sit 241. When Gene ________ at the party, Lisa ________ home. a) had arrived, already went b) arrived, had already gone c) arrived, already went d) went already, had arrived e) was arriving, had already been gone 242. There _____ many apples on the ground. They ____ off the tree. a) were, felled b) had been, fell c) felled, had been d) were, had fallen e) were, had fell 243. She said that she ______ back. a) would be come b) come c) >would come d) will be coming e) were coming 244. I said that Mom _______ late. a) would been b) were c) were being d) would be e) would 245. They hoped that they _______ the tickets. a) buying b) bought c) would be buy d) would buy e) would be buying 246. I ___going to work today. a) was b) were c) is d) am e) are 247. Children____ going to help her yesterday. a) were b) am c) was d) is e) are 248. He___ going to translate this text last weekend. a) is b) was c) were d) are e) am 249. They asked us: "How many concerts have you been to in your life?" a) They asked us how many concerts we had been to in our life. b) They asked us how many concerts had you been to in your life. c) They asked us how many concerts we have been to in our life. d) They asked us how many concerts had they been to in your life. e) They asked us how many concerts you had been in your life. 250. In which of the sentences there is a special question in the reported speech? a) She asked if it was raining. b) She asked what time the train arrived. c) He wanted to know whether I had a computer. d) She asked if I could type. e) He enquired whether I had come by train. 251. In which of the sentences there is a general question in the reported speech? a) She asked me when they could have dinner. b) Peter asked John why he was so late. c) He asked how old her mother was. d) My new neighbor asked me where I parked my car. e) He asked me if I spoke English. 252. Find the imperative sentence in the reported speech. a) My teacher asked me how long I had been living there. b) He asked me if I spoke Spanish. c) Jessie asked her teacher if she might ask something. d) The coach told Jack to get on his feet. e) He asked me if I lived with my family. 253. He's still sleeping, ________ ? a) wasn't he b) does he c) is he d) isn't he e) is not he 254. You go to school, _______ a) isn’t he? b) don't you? c) do you? d) aren't you? e) doesn’t he? 255. Let's go for a walk, ________ a) shall they? b) shall we? c) shan't we? d) will we? e) will they? 256. We won't be late, ________ a) won't we? b) are we? c) will we? d) aren’t we? e) isn’t it? 257. He ______ responsible for the accident. a) was held b) was holding c) is holding d) were held e) held 258. A prize ______ to whoever solves this equation. a) will be given b) will be giving c) gives d) be given e) will gives 259. Whose is the parrot? The parrot is ______ . a) mine b) me c) my d) myself e) of my 260. It’s Ann´s kite. I am sure it’s ______. a) him b) our c) her d) hers e) my

Answer 1

Ответ:

d) have been

c) have already bought

a) Have you helped

a) has never seen

a) visited

a) leaves

b) is talking

b) are they wearing

d) were playing

d) was sitting

b) arrived, had already gone

d) were, had fallen

c) would come

e) would

d) would buy

d) am

a) were

b) was

a) They asked us how many concerts we had been to in our life.

c) He wanted to know whether I had a computer.

e) He asked me if I spoke English.

d) The coach told Jack to get on his feet.

d) isn't he

c) do you?

b) shall we?

a) won't we?

a) was held

a) will be given

c) my

d) hers

Answer 2

Ответ:

231.b

232.c

233.a

234.a

235.a

236.a

237.b

238.b

239.d

240.d

241.b

242.d

243.c

244.d

245.d

246.d

247.e

248.b

249.a

250.b

251.e

252.d

253.d

254.b

255.b

256.c

257.a

258.a

259.a

260.d

Объяснение:

Answer 3

231. The correct answer is d) have been. The sentence is in the present perfect tense and "have been" is the correct form for the subject "Lisa and Frank" to show an action that started in the past and continues up to the present.

232. The correct answer is c) have already bought. The question is asking if the speaker needs tomatoes, and the correct response is to say that they have already bought some.

233. The correct answer is a) have you helped. The question is asking if the sister has helped with the washing-up, and "have you helped" is the correct form for the subject "you" in the present perfect tense.

234. The correct answer is a) has never seen. The sentence is in the present perfect tense and "has never seen" is the correct form to express that Nick has not seen a live football match before.

235. The correct answer is a) visited. The sentence is talking about a past action and "visited" is the correct past tense form for the subject "I" to show that they visited their old aunt.

236. The correct answer is a) leaves. The sentence is talking about a habitual action and "leaves" is the correct present tense form for the subject "this train" to show that it leaves at 10:30 every day.

237. The correct answer is b) is talking. The sentence is talking about a present action and "is talking" is the correct present progressive form for the subject "he" to show that he is currently talking on the phone.

238. The correct answer is b) are they wearing. The question is asking about what the people are currently wearing, and "are they wearing" is the correct form for the subject "they" in the present progressive tense.

239. The correct answer is d) were playing. The sentence is talking about a past action and "were playing" is the correct past continuous form for the subject "we" to show that they were playing football at 7 o'clock in the evening yesterday.

240. The correct answer is d) was sitting. The sentence is talking about a past action and "was sitting" is the correct past continuous form for the subject "Bob" to show that he was sitting in class yesterday at ten o'clock.

241. The correct answer is b) arrived, had already gone. The sentence is talking about two past actions and "arrived, had already gone" is the correct past tense form to show that Gene arrived at the party, but Lisa had already gone home.

242. The correct answer is e) were, had fallen. The sentence is talking about two past actions and "were, had fallen" is the correct past tense form to show that there were many apples on the ground because they had fallen off the tree.

243. The correct answer is c) would come. The sentence is talking about something that someone said in the past, and "would come" is the correct form to express a future action in reported speech.

244. The correct answer is d) would be. The sentence is talking about something that someone said in the past, and "would be" is the correct form to express a future action in reported speech.

245. The correct answer is c) would be buy. The sentence is talking about something that someone hoped for in the past, and "would be buy" is the correct form to express a hypothetical action in the past.

246. The correct answer is a) was. The sentence is talking about a past action, and "was" is the correct past tense form for the subject "I" to show that they were planning on going to work today.

247. The correct answer is a) were. The sentence is talking about a past action, and "were" is the correct past tense form for the subject "children" to show that they were going to help her yesterday.

248. The correct answer is b) was. The sentence is talking about a past action, and "was" is the correct past tense form for the subject "he" to show that he was going to translate the text last weekend.

249. The correct answer is a) they asked us how many concerts we had been to in our life. This is the correct form for reported speech to express what they asked about the number of concerts attended in the past.

250. The correct answer is b) she asked what time the train arrived. This is a special question in the reported speech, as the original question was about the specific time the train arrived.

251. The correct answer is d) my new neighbor asked me where I parked my car. This is a general question in the reported speech, as the original question was asking about the location where the car was parked.