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Present Tenses: Test 4
Present Tenses: Test 4
1. I’m taking my sister out as she ___ any sun for a long time. 18. “Little boy”, said a man, “why do you carry that umbrella over your
A) hasn’t had B) haven’t had C) hadn’t been head? It ___ and the sun ___”
D) will have E) shall have A) rains/isn’t shining B) doesn’t rain/shines
C) isn’t raining/isn’t shining D) is raining/is shining
2. He ___ ill for three months already. E) isn’t raining/don’t shine
A) was B) has been C) is
D) have been E) were 19. Who often has dinner at the canteen?
A) I did B) we do C) he had
3. Who goes sightseeing? D) they have E) she will
A) Nina does. B) We shall. C) We did.
D) I did. E) She has. 20. I ___ never ___ him before.
A) - /met B) - /meet C) have/met
4. I usually ___ a blouse and jeans at home, but today I ___ on a new D) has/met E) -/meets
dress.
A) wear/have put B) have worn/have put 21. The weather is awful, it ___ all day.
C) wore/has put D) wears/has put A) rains B) is raining C) rained
E) will wear/put D) has rained E) has been raining
5. What ___ the president ___? 22. It is 2 o’clock. I ___ afraid I ___ late.
-He ___ a contract. A) was/am B) shall be/am C) am/am
A) does/do/has signed B) is/doing/is signing D) was/was E) am/wasn’t
C) will/do/was signing D) is/ going to do/would sign
E) shall/do/has been signing 23. Who usually answers these letters in your office?
A) My friend can. B) That man will. C) I do, of course.
6. Look! The cat ___ your cutlet. D) Mary is. E) Those engineers did.
A) is eating B) was eating C) eats
D) has been eating E) had eaten 24. The milk is hot I ___ on it to make it cold.
A) am blowing B) blow C) is blowing
7. You look pale. You ___ too hard these days. D) blew E) had blown
A) have been working B) worked C) are working
D) work E) were working 25. - You don’t like horror films, do you?
- ___ . They are so terrifying.
8. What ___ you ___ since I saw you last? A) Yes, I can. B) No, I can’t. C) No, I don’t.
A) do/do B) are/doing D) Yes, I do. E) No, we didn’t.
C) have/been doing D) did/do
E) will/do 26. ___ this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A) do B) does C) has
9. It is 8.30. Ben and Ann ___ breakfast. D) had E) shall
A) have B) are having C) is having
D) was having E) were having 27. He ___ never ___ him sing.
A) had___ heard B) has___heard C) have___ heard
10. She ___ a journalist nowadays. D) was___ hearing E) is___ hearing
A) are B) was C) is
D) were E) am 28. I think ___ .
A) if he is about fifty B) he is about fifty C) her about fifty
11. You ___ always ___ your things. Put them into their bag. D) him about fifty E) be about fifty
A) are/losing B) -/lost
C) have/lost D) shall/have been losing 29. I miss her very much, almost every minute of the day I think of
E) had/lust her, or I think I ___ her.
A) am hearing B) hear C) heard
12. What place ___ the youth of our country occupy in all branches D) have heard E) will hear
now?
A) did B) shall C) is 30. Look! There ___ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He
D) does E) will ___ at us.
A) was/looks B) had been/looked
13. I ___ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen. C) were/had looked D) is/is looking
A) didn’t go B) was going C) don’t go E) is/was looking
D) doesn’t go E) will not go
31. These engineers always ___ in the office and ___
14. Westminster Abbey is the ancient old church in which the
A) stayed/learn B) stay/learn C) stays/learns
coronation ceremonies of almost all English kings and queens
D) have stayed/learned E) stay/learned
___ place.
A) will take B) was taken C) was taking
32. It’s the happiest evening I ever ___ .
D) is taking E) have taken
A) had B) have had C) has
15. This is the most interesting film I ___ ever ___. D) has had E) had had
A) didn’t/see B) was/seen C) have /saw
D) have/seen E) had/seen 33. Let me show the picture that I ___ this week.
A) am drawing B) shall be drawing C) have drawn
16. “Nobody ___ in that country,” said Pinocchio to his friend. D) drew E) will be drawing
A) don’t learn B) are learning C) learns
D) doesn’t learn E) learn 34. This is the 7th year Ann and Mary ___ this school.
A) has attended B) have been attending
17. Paul ___ a student of Cambridge University. C) had been attending D) are attending
A) were B) are C) am E) were attending
D) be E) is
46. The aims of the course ___ me willing to begin. 64. -What ___ you ___?
A) makes B) is making C) were made -I ___ now.
D) make E) making A) are/doing/am washing up
B) have/done/am washing up
47. Listen! Somebody ___ in the next room. C) have/been done/am washed up
A) sing B) sings C) are singing D) were/done/have washed up
D) is singing E) is sung E) is/doing/did not wash up
48. -___ life ___ on Mars? 65. We can go out now. It ___ .
-No, it ___ . A) don’t rain B) rains C) didn’t rain
A) Does/exist/doesn’t B) Did/existed/didn’t D) has rained E) isn’t raining
C) Has/existed/had D) Had/existed/had
E) Will/exist/will 66. You’ll see what I ___ about you recently.
A) shall write B) have written C) had written
49. I ___ this man at all. D) is written E) was written
A) don’t know B) know C) knew
D) have known E) doesn’t know 67. She ___ since last week.
A) is ill B) was ill C) had been ill
50. The boys ___ four English books this year. D) has been ill E) will be ill
A) read B) had read C) reads
D) have read E) read 68. Listen! Somebody ___ at the door.
A) knocked B) has knocked C) is knocking
51. I know he reads every book I ___ ever ___ of. D) was knocking E) knocks
A) -/hear B) -/heard C) have/heard
D) has/heard E) had/heard 69. This year we ___ a good harvest of cotton.
A) has grown B) have grown C) grown
D) were growing E) are grown
71. It ___ him 20 minutes to get to the work usually. 90. - What ___ you ___?
A) take B) is taking C) have taken - I ___ a letter.
D) is not taking E) takes A) are doing/am writing B) have done/am writing
C) did/write D) have done/am writing
72. Usually my working day ___ at 8.30 sharp. E) has done/wrote
A) start B) starts C) would be
D) won’t start E) has started 91. We ___ already twenty words.
A) learned B) have learned C) learn
73. Stop a minute, think what you ___ . D) will learn E) are learning
A) are saying B) say C) says
D) is saying E) has said 92. “I can’t marry Mr. Fire. I ___ already ___ my word to another
man”, said the chief’s daughter.
74. The population of the world ___ very fast. A) don’t/give B) had/given C) shall/give
A) rise B) rises C) is rising D) didn’t/give E) have/given
D) rose E) is risen
93. Be quick! A dog ___ after your child.
75. Tourists ___ a lot of different information when they travel. A) runs B) ran C) was running
A) get B) gets C) has got D) will run E) is running
D) would get E) were getting
94. I ___ never ___ to the USA.
76. The English seaside ___ very popular lately. A) is/ been B) has/been C) have/been
A) becomes B) has become C) became D) having/been E) was/being
D) will become E) is becoming
95. Oh, not really, I ___ a minute since I came in.
77. ___ he already___ the rules in the race ? A) haven’t had B) haven’t C) were not
A) did/break B) does/break C) is/breaking D) will have E) hadn’t
D) has/broken E) had/broken
96. Take away the crib; the teacher ___ at you.
78. Peter ___ his lessons. When he finishes them he’ll watch TV. A) look B) is looking C) looks
A) does B) do C) did D) looked E) had looked
D) is doing E) has done
97. I ___ them for 10 months.
79. I ___ never ___ the book. A) know B) knows C) have known
A) didn’t/read B) haven’t/read C) have/read D) will know E) shall know
D) don’t/read E) was/reading
98. Why ___ you ___ the coat? It’s not cold.
80. Look! The girls ___ in the park. A) do/put on B) has/put on C) have/put on
A) skate B) skated C) are skating D) would/put on E) had/put on
D) will skate E) has skated
99. Don’t enter the classroom. The students ___ an exam.
81. She is sorry, she ___ so rude. A) write B) were writing C) have written
A) were B) will be C) are D) are writing E) had been written
D) has been E) had been
100. Look! They ___ in our direction.
82. Why ___ nothing ___? A) come B) came C) will come
A) has / been done still B) hasn’t / been done yet D) was coming E) are coming
C) has / been done yet D) was / done yet
E) have / been done yet 101. I ___ Paul since Christmas.
A) don’t see B) haven’t seen C) hadn’t seen
83. Shh! The teacher ___ on the blackboard. D) wasn’t seen E) won’t see
A) wrote B) was writing C) writes
D) will write E) is writing 102. “Fortune” ___ the magazine of business success for over 50 years.
A) is B) was C) will be
84. I ___ here since 1972. D) has been E) were
A) was living B) had lived C) lives
D) am living E) have lived 103. She ___ false impressions on those who ___ you.
A) will produce / hadn’t known
85. ___ you ___ to England?
B) produces / don’t know
A) were/being B) are/being C) have/been
C) produces / doesn’t know
D) were/being E) had/been
D) has produced / will not know
86. Hello! Who ___? E) would produce / have not known
A) spoke B) speaks
C) has been speaking D) is speaking 104. Food prices ___ rapidly in the past few months.
E) was spoken A) had risen B) has risen C) have risen
D) was rising E) rises
87. Max ___ to be good at interpreting, ___ he?
A) doesn’t seem/does B) seems/does
C)seemed/did D) seems/does
E) didn’t seem/doesn’t
88. ___ you ever ___ Herr Boschen sing his great German comic
songs?
A) had/heard B) did/hear C) do/hear
D) are/hearing E) have/heard
2. Mark ___ into the army next year. 20. What ___ you ___ at 6 tomorrow?
A) was going B) goes C) will go A) will/do B) was/doing C) will/be doing
D) would go E) will be go D) is/doing E) will/have done
3. They ___ dinner at this time tomorrow. 21. By the end of the first term we ___ many English books.
A) have B) are having C) will have A) shall be read B) read C) shall have read
D) having had E) will be having D) have read E) shall read
4. -What’s happened to your hair? Your mother ___ 22. What ___ you ___ at 6 tomorrow?
A) didn’t like B) liked C) likes A) did/do B) will/be doing C) do/do
D) would like E) won’t like D) do/did E) have/done
5. I ___ if you come too late tomorrow. 23. He ___ for you at 7 in the evening next Sunday.
A) shall be sleeping B) will sleep C) sleep A) was waiting B) were waiting C) will be waiting
D) am sleeping E) was sleeping D) have waited E) had been waited
14. Ask him when the engineers ___ finish the talks.
A) will B) would C) had
D) have E) do
18. I shall be back by 6 and I hope you ___ a good sleep by that time.
A) will have had B) will have C) would have
D) have had E) had had
2. “I’ll drink tea from this tin mug.” 17. When he ___ home I ___ him the book.
“Where ___ you ___ it?” A) came /shall show B) comes/showed
A) did/find B) do/find C) did/found C) has come/has shown D) came/showed
D) were/found E) are/found E) was coming/shall show
3. It was dark and cold. At one moment he thought that he ___ his 18. They ___ breakfast at 7 and ___ home at eight.
way. A) have/left B) had/left C) had/leave
A) lost B) will lose C) had lost D) have/leaves E) had/had left
D) was lost E) loses
19. Long ago people ___ little about those minerals.
4. I didn’t know anyone in the city where I ___ to get. A) had known B) knowed C) will know
A) did try B) was trying C) would try D) knew E) have known
D) have tried E) shall try
20. The dentist ___ two of his teeth. One of them ___ quite good.
5. -Why ___ you go to the plant? A) pulls out/are B) pull out/was
-I ___ no time. C) pulled out/was D) pull out/was
A) do/had B) will/have C) did/hadn’t E) pulled out/were
D) didn’t/hadn’t E) didn’t/had
21. I couldn’t imagine what ___ to her.
6. A policeman ___ me crossing the street yesterday. A) had happened B) has been happened
A) seen B) saw C) has seen C) will happen D) has been happening
D) will see E) had seen E) happens
7. Arthur ___ all his exams by 5 o’clock yesterday. 22. He felt that he ___ it wrong.
A) passed B) passes C) has passed A) has made B) made C) will make
D) has been passed E) had passed D) was made E) had made
8. He evidently ___ his shoes for a very long time. They were 23. I ___ my homework when my mother came.
worn-out. A) already did B) have already done
A) were wearing B) are wearing C) had already done D) has already done
C) had been wearing D) was wearing E) already do
E) had been worn
24. Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said
9. So, the invisible man ___ into the shop and ___ down. “How ___ you ___ here?”
A) comes/walked B) didn’t come/walk C) came/walked A) do/get B) did/get C) does/get
D) will come/walked E) comes/would walk D) was/getting E) has/been getting
10. -We were at the theatre 2 days ago. The performance was 25. Last summer we ___ a trip to Houston.
excellent. A) made B) has made C) are making
-Who ___ the leading part? D) shall make E) will be making
A) did play B) play C) played
D) would play E) has played 26. He ___ barely ___ of him until that evening.
A) had/heard B) has/heard C) was/heard
11. One day the boys found a man in the forest. He ___ D) did/hear E) didn’t/hear
A) will die B) had been dying C) had died
D) was dying E) die 27. She ___ in Tashkent five years ago.
A) had lived B) lived C) has lived
12. His father ___ a doctor and he ___ to make his son a doctor, too. D) live E) have lived
A) was/wants B) were/wanted
C) will be/would want D) was/wanted 28. We ___ English, so I know it a little.
E) were/wanted A) were learning B) learned C) learns
D) should learn E) were learning
13. During his school years Cronin ___ great interest in literature.
A) take B) took C) has taken 29. Yesterday at this time it ___ .
D) had taken E) would take A) had snowed B) snows C) snowed
D) was snowing E) had been snowing
14. He ___ the box yesterday, because he had to do it.
A) would open B) had opening C) have opened 30. We ___ he ___ ill.
D) opens E) opened A) did not know/was B) knew/am ill C) knew/will be
D) had known/is E) were known/be
15. While the gentlemen ___ the recent events, the ladies ___ about
the weather. 31. The plane ___ at 4 and it ___ us 20 minutes to get there.
A) discuss/talk A) was landing/was taking B) was landing/took
B) are discussing/was talking C) landed/took D) lands/was taken
C) being discussed/being talked E) has landed/is taking
D) were discussing/were talking
E) have discussed/have talked 32. We ___ the station by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A) shall reach B) were reaching C) had reached
D) reached E) would reach
43. In the summer of 1868, Melville Bell ___ on a lecture tour in the
USA and Canada.
A) goes B) had gone C) went
D) have gone E) has gone
47. 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
48. - Who had left the room by the time I came yesterday?
A) Tom did B) Tom does C) Tom had
D) Tom has E) Tom was
49. Neither your parents nor I ___ very glad of the fact that you failed
your Math exam.
A) has been B) have been C) were
D) was E) are