1. What ___ you ___ at 5 p.m. yesterday?
A) did/do B) have/been doing C) would/do D) were/doing E) will/do
2. She ___ in Tashkent five years ago.
A) had lived B) lived C) has lived D) live E)
have lived
3. This year we ___ a good harvest of cotton.
A) has grown B) have grown C) grown D) were growing E) are grown
4. I ___ never ___ such beautiful flowers before.
A) shall / see B) had / seen C) have / seen D) has / seen E) will / see
5. I ___ all my work. I am free now.
A) do B) am doing C) shall do D) have done E) had done
6. She ___ at school since 1984.
A) teach B) has been teaching C) taught D) was teaching E)
have taught
7. He ___ barely ___ of him until that evening.
A) had/heard B) has/heard C) was/heard D) did/hear E) didn’t/hear
8. We can’t disturb him now. He ___ .
A) operate B) will operate C) has operated D) is operating E) operates
9. He ___ nobody about his secret that day.
A) don’t tell B) tell C) didn’t tell D) told E) doesn’t tell
10. I ___ never ___ him before.
A) - /met B) - /meet C) have/met D) has/met E) -/meets
11. He ___ his work before you came.
A) finished B) finishes C) has finished D) had finished E) finish
12. You ___ always ___ your things.
Put them into their bag
A) are/losing B) -/lost C) have/lost D) shall/have been losing E) had/lust
13. Look! The cat ___ your cutlet.
A) is eating B) was eating C) eats D) has been eating E) had eaten
14. It’s the happiest evening I ever ___ .
A) had B) have had C) has D) has had E) had had
15. A policeman ___ me crossing the street yesterday.
A) seen B) saw C) has seen D) will see E) had seen
16. Arthur ___ all his exams by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A) passed B) passes C) has passed D) has been passed E)
had passed
17. -Why ___ you go to the plant? -I ___ no time.
A) do/had B) will/have C) did/hadn’t D) didn’t/hadn’t E) didn’t/had
18. I ___ this man at all. A) don’t know B) know C) knew D) have known E) doesn’t know
19. When she ___ they ___ and he left the house.
A) had come/quarreled B) came/quarreled C) has come/quarreled D) comes/would quarrel E) came/had quarreled
20.This is the most interesting film I ___ ever ___.
A) didn’t/see B) was/seen C) have /saw D) have/seen E) had/seen
21. I usually ___ a blouse and jeans at home, but today I ___ on a new dress.
A) wear/have put B) have worn/have put C) wore/has put D) wears/has put E) will wear/put
23. I think ___ .
A) if he is about fifty B) he is about fifty C) her about fifty D) him about fifty E)
be about fifty
24. His father ___ a doctor and he ___ to make his son a doctor, too.
A) was/wants B) were/wanted C) will be/would want D) was/wanted E) were/wanted
25. Who ___ at the meeting yesterday?
A) speak B) speaks C) spoke D) had spoken E) will speak
26. Yesterday at this time it ___ .
A) had snowed B) snows C) snowed D) was snowing E)
had been snowing
27. Listen! Somebody ___ in the next room.
A) sing B) sings C) are singing D) is singing E) is sung
28. The boys ___ four English books this year.
A) read B) had read C) reads D) have read E) read
29. The aims of the course ___ me willing to begin.
A) makes B) is making C) were made D) make E) making
30. He ___ to school at 7:30 and ___ at 2 o’clock.
A) goes/comes back B) went/is coming back C) go/come back D) was going/has come back E) is going/came back
31. We ___ the station by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A) shall reach B) were reaching C) had reached D) reached E)
would reach
32. She ___ you a letter three weeks ago.
A) had sent B) has sent C) sent D) send E) was sending
33. You’ll see what I ___ about you recently.
A) shall write B) have written C) had written D) is written E) was written
34. She ___ since last week.
A) is ill B) was ill C) had been ill D) has been ill E)
will be ill
35. The train ___ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it ___ at 8.00 p.m. sharp.
A) has left / starts B) left / started C) left / has started D) has left / has started E) have left / starts
36. I ___ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.
A) didn’t go B) was going C) don’t go D) doesn’t go E) will not go
37. He ___ ill for three months already.
A) was B) has been C) is D) have been E) were
38. - What a luck. I haven’t seen you for ages. - When ___ we ___ last time?
A) did / meet B) have / met C) had / met D) did / met E) will / meet
39. “This thief ___
usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock Holmes.
A) won’t B) didn’t C) isn’t D) doesn’t E) don’t
40. What ___ you ___ since I saw you last?
A) do/do B) are/doing C) have/been doing D) did/do E) will/do
41. I ___ to do it but I ___ no time. I was very busy.
A) wanted/has B) want/had have C) wanted/had D) would want/have E) have wanted/shall have
