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<b>Practice test</b>

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<b> Choose the best answer:</b>

1. John ___ at the moment, so he can’t answer the telephone.

A. works B. is working C. has worked
D. will work

2. I ___ my key. Can you help me look for it?

A. lose B. lost C. had lost
D. have lost

3. Last week, Dick ___ his right leg.

A. falls and breaks B. fell and breaks C. feel and broke
D. falls and broke

4. The moon ___ round the earth.

A. goes B. is going C. will go
D. went

5. Last night, Tina ___ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
A. read B. was reading C. has read
D. had read

6. Ann lives in London. She ___ there for 10 years.

A. has been living B. is living C. was living
D. had been living

7. How many language ___ John speak?

A. do B. does C. did
D. will

8. Look! Someone ___ to open your car door.

A. is trying B. has been trying C. are trying
D. were trying

9. Since 1981, scientists in the world ___ a lot of things to fight
AIDS.

A. had done B. has done C. have done
D. did

10. This room is dirty. Someone ___ here.

A. smoked B. has smoked C. had been smoking
D. has been smoking

11. Mike ___ one hour ago.

A. phoned B. was phoning C. had phoned
D. has phoned

12. I was so embarrassed, I was sure that someone ___ at me.
A. were looking B. was looking C. has been
looking D. is looking

13. Paulo has learned English ___ five years.

A. since B. from C. to
D. for

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A. bleeds B. is bleeding C. had bleed
D. was bleeding

15. When you ___ to England this summer, please visit me.
A. will come B. came C. come
D. are coming

16. Families in the Western world ___ very much in the last 100
years.

A. changed B. has changed C. had changed
D. have changed

17. It ___ five years since he ___ to study English.

A. was/ begin B. is/ has begun C. will be/ begins
D. is/ begun

18. Monica ___ with her sister at the moment until she find a
flat.

A. stays B. is staying C. will stay
D. is going to stay

19. Laura says she is 17 but I ___ her.

A. don’t believe B. didn’t believe C. won’t believe
D. wouldn’t believe

20. When he worked here, Simon ___ mistake.

A. always made B. made always C. was always making
D. was making always

21. I___ work when I saw the accident.

A. had driven B. am driving C. drove
D. was driving

22. Since he bought a car, he ___ to work everyday.

A. drives B. is driving C. has driven
D. has been driving

23. Her husband ___ unemployed since they ___ the
countryside.

A. was/ moved B. was/ have moved C. has been/ moved
D. has been/ have moved

24. We ___ our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then

we watched a film on TV.

A. was having B. were having C. had
D. had had

25. Tim ___ in three movies already. I think he will be a star
someday.

A. had appeared B. has appeared C. was
appearing D. is appearing

26. I don’t know when my father ___ .

A. died B. had died C. has died
D. was dying

27. Please don’t make so much noise. My son ___.

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28. When the storm ___ this area tomorrow, it will bring with it
great destruction force.

A. is reaching B. will reach C. reaches
D. is going to reach

29. We ___ “Alexander the Great”. It’s very interesting!

A. see B. saw C. have seen
D. would see

30. While my mother ____ dinner the phone rang.

A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked
D. was cooking

31. There is nobody in the room but there is a smell of
cigarettes. Somebody ___ .

A. has smoked C. has been
smoking

B. have been smoking D. had been
smoking

32. His answers to our question ___ everything so far.

A. changes B. change C. has changed
D. have changed

33. I’ll handle over all my files to my assistant before I ___ .
A. am leaving B. leave C. will leave
D. shall leave

34. I saw Maggie at the party. She ___ a very beautiful dress.
A. wears B. wore C. was wearing
D. has wore

35. He ___ in the U.S.A at the present.

A. studies B. has studied C. is studying
D. will study

36. The students ___ busily when Miss Brown went to get a
book.

A. had written B. were writing C. has written
D. was writing

37. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She ___ in several films.
A. appears B. is appearing C. appeared
D. has appeared

38. I’ll see him when he ___ next week.

A. will arrive B. arrives C. has arrived
D. would arrive

39. When the old school friends met, a lot of memories ___
back.

A. had brought B. were brought C. brought
D. had been brought

40. She ___ away when he came in.

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41. In recent years, more and more ___ for things with credit
cards.

A. pay B. paid C. are paying
D. have been paying

42. There’s a strange smell in here. My mother ___ something.
A. cooks B. is cooking C. will cook
D. has cooked

43. I ___ stamps since I was 10 years old.

A. collected B. had collected C. have collected
D. was collecting

44. They ___ TV when the light went out.

A. were watching B. had been watching C. had watched
D. watched

45. Spring ___ winter.

A. follows B. is following C. will follow
D. followed

46. What time ___ the train leave yesterday?

A. did B. will C. shall
D. would

47. ___ you ___ the Titanic yet?

A. Do/ see B. Are/ seeing C. Have/ seen
D. Will/ see

48. He ___ for Chelsea this season.

A. played B. is playing C. would play
D. has played

49. Jane’s eyes are red. She ___ .

A. cried B. has cried C. has been
crying D. had cried

50. Michael ___ a work with Lisa this morning.

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