1. Listen! Someone at the door. A knocks b knocked c has knocked d is knocking

1. Listen! Someone ... at the door.

A) knocks B) knocked C) has knocked D) is knocking

2. Ann ... in Moscow five years ago.

A) lives B) lived C) has lived D) live

3. It usually ... him 20 minutes to get to work.

A) take B) is taking C) have taken D) takes

4. He ... the box yesterday.

A) will open B) is opening C) have opened D) opened

5. Last summer we ... a trip to Aktash.

A) made B) has made C) are making D) shall make

6. ... this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade?

A) do B) does C) has D) had

7. These people always ... in the office and ... Spanish.

A) stayed/learn B) stay/learn

C) stays/learns D) have stayed/learned

8. We can’t disturb him now. He ... .

A) operate B) will operate

C) has operated D) is operating

9. Where . . .the secretary now?

A) is B) was C) are D) am

10. Their prices ... suit us.

A) haven’t B) don’t C) hadn’t D) aren’t

11. Look! The cat . . . your food.

A) is eating B) was eating

C) eats D) has been eating

12. Who ... to see me yesterday?

A) comes B) will come C) came D) has come

13. No breakfast for me, thanks. Usually I . . . breakfast.

A) am not having B) don’t have C) had had D) had

14. Pete ... his lessons. When he finishes them he’ll watch TV. A) does B) do C) did D) is doing

15. A young couple . . . the house next door. But they didn’t live there long.

A) bought B) have bought C) has bought D) are buying

16. There’s still a problem with the television.

Someone . . . it, but then it broke down again.

A) has repaired B) repaires C) repaired D) was repairing

17. In the fitness club Christopher . . . his hand, but it’s OK now. A) has hurt B) had hurt C) hurt D) is hurting

18. - Where is Simon?

- Simon has left. He and Oliver . . . after lunch.

A) left B) have left C) had left D) are leaving

19.The last time I...to Brighton was in August.

A) have been B) have gone C) was D) went

20. Two years ago when I . . . seventeen I . . . school.

A) were/left B) was/had left C) am/leave D) was/left

21. I often see Giulio. I . . . him again only yesterday.

A) saw B) see C) have seen D) am seeing

22. John and Mary are going to get married.

The wedding party . . . next Sunday.

A) took place B) is taking place

C) has taken place D) would take place

23. We are so glad to have had you at our place. I hope you . . . to see us again.

A) have come B) come C) will come D) are coming

24. Sit down and fasten your seat belt.

We . . . in a few minutes.

A) has taken off B) takes off C) took off D) are taking off

25. The sun . . . out three hours ago. It is still shining.

A) came B) has come C) come D) will come

26. He started to work in 1956. He’s still . . . for the same company. A) working B) works C) worked D) work

27. When the sun . . ., it appears over the horizon.

A) rises B) rose C) rising D) rise

28. I can’t afford that ring. It . . . too much.

A) costing B) cost C) costs D) had cost

29. The science of medicine . . . a great deal in the 19th century.

A) advanced B) advances C) had advanced D) advancing

30. Shhh. The announcer . . . the latest news about the energy crisis in England, I want to hear what she’s saying.

A) is giving B) gives C) give D) is given

31. - You’re smoking again? I thought you stopped last month. - I did. I don’t know why I started again. I’m

going to . . . tomorrow, and this time I mean it.

A) set off B) give up C) go out D) get on

32. The last time I . . . in Athens, the weather was hot and humid. A) had been B) am C) was D) will have been

33. Lettuce . . . good for you.

Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.

A) are B) is C) been D) being

34. Oranges, tomatoes, fresh strawberries, cabbage and lettuce . . . rich in vitamin C. A) been B) is C) are D) being

35. Annie felt tired when she was coming home from the store because the bag of groceries . . . too heavy for her to carry. A) was B) were C) are D) is

36. The science of physics . . . to understand the mysteries of the physical world.

A) seeking B) seek C) seeks D) are seeking

37. Sh! The teacher . . .on the blackboard.

A) wrote B) was writing C) writes D) is writing

38. If a houseplant . . . too much water, its lower leaves turn yellow. A) is given B) give C) gives D) are given

39. While I . . . down the street, it began to snow hard.

A) am walking B) was walking

C) have been walking D) had walked

40. After having a bath, he sat down and . . . his supper.

A) had eaten B) ate C) was eating D) has eaten

41. Sarah finds her mobile phone very useful. She . . . it all the time. A) uses B) used C) was using D) has used

42. We’re decorating our kitchen, so we can’t cook any meals. We . . . them from a take-away restaurant this week.

A) get B) would get C) got D) are getting

43. Sarah: Is Laura at home?

Trevor: No, she...out about half an hour ago.

A) went B) has gone C) was going D) had gone

44. Tourists ... a lot of different information when they travel. A) get B) gets C) has got D) would get

45. One day the boys found a man in the forest. He ... .

A) will die B) is dying C) dies D) was dying

46. While the woman was out the postman ... a letter for her. A) brings B) bring C)brought D) had brought

47. He took a pencil and ... a picture of a mushroom.

A) draws B) draw C) has drawn D) drew

48. Look! The girls ... in the park.

A) skate B) skated C) are skating D) will skate

49. Who ... him yesterday?

A) has been B) did see C) saw D) have seen

50. Look at the little boys! They...with stones.

A) play B) will play C) are playing D) is playing

1. Before Jenni won the lottery, she . . . any kind of contest.

A) hadn’t entered B) wasn’t entering

C) doesn’t enter D) hasn’t entered

2. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I . . . to visit friends and family several times.

A) will have returned B) am returning

C) have returned D) return

3. Tony . . . to have children until his little daughter was born. After she won his heart, he decided he wanted a big family.

A) doesn’t want B) hadn’t wanted

C) wasn’t wanting D) hasn’t wanted

4. Ever since Maurice arrived, he . . . quietly in the corner. Something must be wrong.

A) has been sitting B) sat

C) had been sitting D) will have sat

5. Peter, . . . anything since you got home from football practice?

A) have you eaten B) will you eat

C) are you eating D) do you eat

6. There . . . a queue in front of that theatre every night for the past two weeks.

A) have been B) has been C) had been D) was

7. I tried to get her on the phone but she . . . already . . . as I was told by her mother.

A) - / left B) was / leaving C) has / left D) had / left

8. Yesterday he recalled exactly what Bob . . . him the previous night.

A) have told B) telling C) had told D) told

9. Look what he . . . on the blackboard. He . . . three mistakes.

A) writes / made B) was writing / has made

C) wrote / is making D) has written / has made

10. They . . . to build a new McDonald’s in several days and . . . it by the end of the year.

A) will start / will finish

B) are starting / will have finished

C) start / will be finishing

D) will be starting / are finishing

11. I found it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I . . . my ticket.

A) have lost B) was losing C) lost D) had lost

12. I’m pleased to say that our team . . . well all this season.

A) to play B) were playing C) have played D) had played

13. Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades . . . the nature of culture and cultural exchange.

A) changed B) has changed

C) had changed D) have changed

14. I . . . a wash and a brush-up before going to the luncheon Tom . . . me to.

A) was having / invited B) had / had invited

C) had been having / was inviting

D) have had / had been inviting

15. I ... I ... to be late but there was no way of warning her. By the time I arrived, it ... for two hours.

A) knew/am going/has been raining

B) know/am going/has rained

C) have known/was going/had rained

D) knew/was going/had been raining
16. - What . . . this time next year?

- I . . . my teacher training course by then and will be teaching at school.

A) will you be doing / will finish

B) have you done / will be finishing

C) will you be doing / will have finished

D) are you doing / am finishing

17. I can’t believe that you . . . three pizzas already! I only . . . them in fifteen minutes ago.

A) ate / have brought B) have eaten / brought

C) had eaten / was bringing D) were eating / had brought

18. - Did you have a nice chat with Tessa?

- No, not really. As soon as we . . . our coffee,

she . . . off home.

A) were drinking / has hurried B) drank / had hurried

C) had drunk / hurried D) drink / hurries

19. Ann and Mary ... this school for seven years.

A) have been attending B) has been attending

C) had attended D) is attending

20. We ... a lot of interesting films on TV lately.

A) see B) have seen C) have been seeing D) saw

21. By the time he ... thirty, he ... in that team for twelve years.

A) will be/will have played B) was/played

C) is/will be playing D) is/will have been playing

22. Jim , why don’t you take some time off?

You . . . too hard lately. Take a short vacation.

A) worked B) work

C) were working D) have been working

23. I . . . for two hours, when my brother came.

A) has been working B) had been working

C) will have been working D) was working

24. She was a complete stranger for me. I . . . her before.

A) had never seen B) have been seeing

C) never saw D) haven’t seen

25. I ... my own house, but it’s not finished yet.

A) was building B) have been building

C) have built D) built

26. I cannot stop reading the book you gave me.

I . . . more than sixty pages today.

A) read B) was reading C) have read D) have been reading

27. Wake them up ... .

A) they have been running for half an hour

B) they have been sleeping for two hours

C) they have been watching TV for an hour

D) they have been waiting for you for two hours

28. Zohhid Khaknazar ... Symphony orchestra of Uzbekistan since 1971. He is people’s Artist of Uzbekistan and Laurete of the Rome International Contest of Orchestra Conductors.

A) had been conducting B) have conducted

C) has been conducting D) has been conducted

29. By the time the United States ... an independent country, people ... in America for over a hundred years.

A) has become/lived B) had become/were living

C) became/had been living D) will become/has lived

30. He was tired and by the time I . . . he . . . asleep.

A) have come / has fallen B) came / fell

C) came / had fallen D) had come / fell