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Test 1 ( Verb tenses )
1. He ______ arrives on time.
a. never b. not c. does not d. is not
2. Charles ______ a box of chocolates .
a. gives often Pat b. often gives Pat
c. often Pat gives d. to Pat often gives
3. I ______ for class .
a. am never late b. am late never c. late am never
4. My brother often television at 8.00 everyday.
a. watched b. is watching c. watches d. watch
5. The bookshop six days a week.
a. has opened b. opening c. opens d. is opening
6. They usually …… to town on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
a. were driven b. have driven c. will drive d. drive
7. The entrance examination ______ in July .
a. is beginning b. has begun c. begins d. shall begin
8. ______ usually have boiled rice for breakfast ?
a. Are you b. Have you c. Do you d . had you
9. Tom ______ his hair cut twice a month .
a. has b. have c. will have d. get .
10. “- Who ______ that horrible noise?
” - It ‘s Tom practicing the violin. “
a. makes b. made c. is making d. has made
11. I know that he ______ in the library at this moment .
a. works b. has worked c. is working d was working
12. You ______ to be very glad about something.
a. are seemed b. are seeming
c. seem d. are seem
13. . …… what he is saying?
a. Do you understand b. Did you understand
c. You understand d. You understood

14. ______ Roger lately ?
a. Have you seen b. Did you see
c. Do you see d. had you seen
15. I ………… Tom for along time .
a. know b. knew c. are known d . have known
16. ______ the manager yet ? Now is your chance to do so
a. Haven’t you met b. don’t you meet
c. hadn’t you met d. Weren’t you meeting
17. Have you learned any new words … ?
a. yet b. already c. still d. not
18. He’ s been to Bangkok ______ .
a. for two weeks b since two weeks
c. in two weeks d. two weeks ago
19. I ______ to London several times.
a. go b. have been c. have gone d. was
20. His father has not seen him ______ five years.
a. for b. since c. during d. until
21. “ Don’t cook a meal for me , “ he said. “ I ‘ve already …. “
a. eat b. eaten c. eating d. been eaten
22. Long is working in a bicycle firm. He there since 1978.
a. had worked b. has been working
c. were working d. was working
23. Maria hasn’t visited her home in Spain ……….
a. for many years b. since many years
c. many years since d. many years ago
24. ______the moon last night?
a. Have you seen b. Did you see
c. Do you see d. did you saw
25. “ ______ did they arrive ? “ - ” Ten minutes ago. “
a. How long b. How much time

c. How many minutes d. When
26. Dick ______ in London when I saw him last .
a. was working b. is working
c. has worked d. has been working
27. How long waiting for me? Just a few minutes.
a. have you been b. are you c. were you d. had you been
28. I ______ in the café having a drink when the police arrived.
a. sat b. was sat c. was sitting d. have sat
29. I him two weeks ago.
a. meet b. was meeting c. met d. have met
30. I to my present house in 1985.
a. moved b. have been moving
c. have moved d. was moving
31. I haven’t seen much of you lately. We _____ three months
ago.
a. last meet b. last met
c. have met last d. have last met .
32. It’s an hour since he ______ , so he must be at the office now
a. is leaving b. was leaving
c. has left d. left
33. Last Monday William _______ a wallet on a lonely street in
Montreal.
a. sees b. has seen c. saw d. was seeing
34. Nam has studied math I advised him.
a. when b. since c. for d. during
35. Our people began this fight ______ 1972.
a. from b. at c. since d. in
36. Since 1990 Tim _______ in London , and he is still there
now
a. was working b. worked

c. have worked d. has been working
37. The electricity failed while she ……… our dinner .
a. is cooking b. was cooking
c. has cooked d. has been cooked
38. She came into the room while they _____ television
a. have watched b. watched
c. were watching d. have been watching
39. The plane ______ ten minutes earlier .
a. has left b. left c. leaves d had left
40. The teacher has ______ come into the room.
a. still b. already c. yet d. for
41. There ______ no rain here since last month.
a. is b. has been c. was d. were
42. This is the first time I ______ to play badminton .
a. have tried b. am trying
c. was trying d. would be trying
43. Up to now, I a lot of information about her.
a. would learn b. have learnt c. have learn d. will learn
44. When did your sister arrive ? “ “ ……… “.
a. Since a week b. In five days
c. For two days d. Last Monday .
45. When I arrived, the train had left.
a. never b. yet c. already d. suddenly
46. everything before the visitors came?
a. Had they prepared b. Were they preparing
c. Have they prepared d. Are they preparing
47. “ - Mr. and Mrs. Foster finally saw a football game.”
”- they ever a football game before?”
a. Didn't / see b. Wasn't / seen
c. Weren't / seen d. Hadn't / seen

48. ” Yes. She gave us her house key just before she ______ so
that we could take care of her plants.”
a. has left b. left c. leaves d. leaving
49. When the telephone rang , she ………. a letter.
a. wrote b. was writing c. was written d. writes
50. My teacher arrived after I ____ for him for ten minutes.
a. was waiting b. have waited
c. had waited d. waiting