1. Last Saturday, my father that his dinner suit was too small,so now he a strict diet

Tenses test. 01.12.2021

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1.Last Saturday, my father____that his dinner suit was too small,so now he__a strict diet.

A) has discovered/followed

B) discovers/was following

C) discovered/is following

D)was discovering/has followed

2.Helen____her driving test five times so far without success, but she___yet.

A)takes/isn't giving up

B)has taken/hasn't given up

C)was taking/didn't give up

D)is taking/doesn't give up

3.Most of time, John and his friends_____football matches at their local coffee,but this Saturday, they ____to tha stadium,and so they are all very excited.

A)watch/are going to

B) have been watching/go

C)are watching/have gone

D)have watched/were going

4.Kate_____a vegetarian for 11years now,and she ____ meet all during this time

A)is/isn't eating

B)has been/wasn't eating

C)is/doesn't eat

D)has been/hasn't eaten

5.Last year, Richard____his bicycle to work every day,but he___the bus since the accident.

A)rides/takes

B)has ridden/is taking

C)rode/has been taking

D)was riding/took

6.A: Helen is the best person for the job. B: I___so,too but now I'm not sure.

A)am thinking

B) used to think

C) don't think

D) think

7.About a month ago, I____a brochure about your hotel, but I____ it yet.

A) request/didn't receive

B)have requested/am not receiving

C)was requesting/wasn't receiving

D) requested/haven't received

8.The conditions in our office_____more and more unbearable, so quite often recently I___ quitting it and looking for a new job.

A)have got/was considering

B)was getting/am considering

C)are getting/have considered

D)have been getting/consider

9. Because I____a long way from my work, I___ lost of time going to and from work.

A)live/waste

B) lived/have wasted

C)was living/am wasting

D)have been living/wasted

10. In the USE,the twenty largest newspaper chains_____for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend that____in the 1970s.

A) account/started

B)were accounting/start

C)has accounted/was starting

D)accounted/is starting

11.Clean snow___as much as 87percent of the sunlight that___on it

A)has reflected/was shining

B) reflected/is shining

C)was reflecting/has shone

D) reflects/shines

12.More than 2 hundred people__the tower when the bomb__in one of dustbin.

A)have visited/wa exploding

B)were visiting/exploded

C) visited/has exploded

D) visit/has exploded

13 Because you___half of the ingredients as I___ dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.

A)were eating/have prepared

B)have eaten/prepared

C)have been eating/prepare

D)ate/was preparing

14.She ___strictly since Christmas and so far she___ eight kilos.

A)has been dieting/lost

B)is dieting/lost

C)dieted/loses

D)was dieting/was losing

15.Cindy's family___ chains in this area for over three centuries and now her father___this traditional craft at the country museum twice a day as well.

A)are making/is demonstrating

B)have made/has demonstrated

C)were making/demonstrated

D)have been making/demonstrates

16. He ___to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone_____

A)was hurrying/rang

B)hurries/has been ringing

C) hurried/was ringing

D)has hurried/has rung

17. There____ economies since the dawn of civilization,but as a field of study, economics____only recently.

A)were/was developing

B)have been/has developed

C)are /has been developing

D)were/is developing

18. John Deere__his farm machinery business, which___tractors today,in the 19th century.

A)founds/still produces

B)has founded/is still producing

C)was founding/was still producing

D) founded/still produces

19. I___ my French lately, consequently, I___ more and more of it.

A)am not practicing/forget

B) haven't been practicing/am forgetting

C) don't practice/have forgotten

D) wasn't practicing/forgot

20. The ol lady's health___day by day until she__smoking.

A)was deteriorating/gave up

B)is deteriorating/give up

C) deteriorated/has given up

D) deteriorates/is giving up

21. The managing director___ Sid to sales manager ams since, he___ everyone around.

A) promoted/has been bossing

B)promotes/bosses

C)has promoted/is bossing

D)is promoting/was bossing

22 . Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful weather,____ our holiday miserable, so we___ before schedule time.

A)have made/ have left

B)were making/leave

C)make/left

D)made/were leaving

23. The fact that more people___ozone-friendly products nowadays___ that the media can positively increase public awareness.

A)are using/shows

B)used/has shown

C)were using/showed

D)use/has been showing

24. My sister__from severe back aches lately and I think it is because,last month,she ___to work in a shop where she has to up heavy things.

A)is suffering/has started

B)suffers/was starting

C)has been suffering/started

D) suffered/is starting

25. Though she___dancing, Sonia___ to the disco with her friends the previous night just in order to be with in a different atmosphere.

A) hasn't like/has gone

B) doesn't like/went

C) didn't like/ is going

D) didn't like/goes

26.Somebody ____ three times this morning asking for Peter,but nobody called Peter_____here.

A) has phoned/has ever lived

B)is phoning/was ever living

C)phones/ever lived

D)phoned/is ever living

27. Joey____ just___ stubborn when he refused to go to the cinema today and he only did so because we____ to go bowling yesterday.

A)is/being/haven't wanted

B)has/been/didn't want

C)is/being/don't want

D)was/being/didn't want

28.My mother___ her optician tomoi because her eyesight__ worse since she got this computing job.

A) has visited/is becoming

B) visited/was becoming

C)visits/becomes

D)is visiting/has become

29. When the President___ th hall, all the guests___ to their feet to welcome him

A)was entering/have risen

B)entered/rose

C)is entering/rise

D)has entered/were rising

30. She ___interested in health ever since she was a young girl and now that the medical college__ her as a student,it seems that she will be able to work in the medical field.

A)was/accepted

B)has been/has accepted

C)is/is accepting

D)is being/accepts

31. Bob___with us tonight as he ___an appointment with the dentist.

A) isn't going to train/has made

B) doesn't train/makes

C) hadn't trained/made

D)will not have trained/is making

32. We___ football for two hours and ___ to a restaurant for a meal, afterwards.

A)are playing/go

B) play/are going

C)played/went

D)have played/were going

33. Environmental pollution ___ever since people____ to congregate in towns and cities.

A)will have existed/are beginning

B) exist/have begun

C)had existed/were beginning

D)has existed/began

34. I heard that you ____about the boys all day, so I just rang to tell you that Matthew___ from a pay phone a couple of hours ago and they are both fine. The weather is fine and they will be home on Sunday evening.

A)had been worrying/will phone

B)have been worrying/phoned

C) will be worrying/had phoned

D)were worrying/phones

35. Although he__ the first round in record time, he___ in second, and so finished tenth overall

A) finishes/is slipping

B)had been finishing/was slipping

C)will have finished/slipped

D)had finished/slipped

36. The petrol warning light___ for half an hour before we___ a petrol station.

A)had been flashing/reached

B)is going to flash/will reach

C)flashed/have reached

D)flashes/will be reaching

37. Up till the tap water ___ back on yesterday evening, we ____ water back and forth for three days.

A)came/had been carrying

B)has come/have been carrying

C)had come/were carrying

D)is coming/will have carried

38. The neighbours ___ so loudly last night that they___ us all awake until after midnight.

A)are shouting/are keeping

B)have been shouting/ were keeping

C)have shouted/jad kept

D)were shouting/kept

39. Man's use of pictures to tell stories and to record experience____ prehistoric times,when he drew the walls of caves.

A)was beginning

B)began

C)begins

D)has begun

40. My team____ a match for a month, so currently the manager is considering resigning if they lose one more match.

A) doesn't win

B) isn't winning

C) hasn't won

D) hadn't won

41. My brother ___ past the post office every morning and I ____ him all week to post a letter for me, but he keeps forgetting ,so I'm going to post it myself tomorrow.

A)will be going/ask

B)will go/am asking

C)goes/have been asking

D)is going/will ask

42. The last time we ___dinner with them, they __for a new house.

A)have had/looked

B)have been having/look

C)were having/have been looking

D)had/were looking

43. The whole family was busy. While the children ____ decorations, their father___ up the Christmas tree

A)are making/is setting

B)made/has been setting

C)have been making/has set

D) were making/was setting

44. A: What's on tv tonight?

B: Match of the day, Manchester United____ South Melbourne

A)had played

B)were playing

C)are playing

D)have played

45. Isn't is strange that you___ for Mark's surprise party all week, but you__ him a birthday present yet?

A)are preparing/ haven't buy

B)have been preparing/haven't bought

C) prepared/don't buy

D) have prepared/aren't buying

46. While my parents___ in the shopping centre,a thief ___into their car for the radio.

A) shopped/ has broken

B)were shopping/broke

C)have shopped/breaks

D)are shopping/was breaking

47. When we___ her,she ____ in the wardrobe.

A) were finding/hides

B)find/has hidden

C)are finding/is hiding

D) found/was hiding

48. I ____ a brace on my teeth as a child ,but I didn't like it.

A)was wearing

B)am wearing

C)have worn

D) wore

49. Even though it___ heavy at the time yesterday,they ___home.

A)has snowed/were driving

B)snows/have been driving

C)was snowing/drove

D)has been snowing/drive

50.As my son ___ down by river, I ____his room thoroughly.

A)fishes/have cleaned

B)is fishing/cleaned

C)fished/have been cleaning

D)was fishing/cleaned