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Practice Test English IV

This document contains a practice test with questions about verb tenses, including the present perfect progressive and past perfect tenses. There are multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions testing the use of verbs in sentences in these tenses. The questions cover forming sentences in the present perfect progressive with positive, negative, and interrogative structures. There are also exercises using the past perfect tense to fill in blanks in sentences.

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Practice Test English IV

This document contains a practice test with questions about verb tenses, including the present perfect progressive and past perfect tenses. There are multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions testing the use of verbs in sentences in these tenses. The questions cover forming sentences in the present perfect progressive with positive, negative, and interrogative structures. There are also exercises using the past perfect tense to fill in blanks in sentences.

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Practice Test

Name _________________________________________________________
I . Present Perfect Progressive
Write positive sentences in present perfect progressive.
1.Albert / squash / play ________________________________
2.Hannah / the match / watch ____________________________
3.we / in the park / wait _______________________________
4.you / a song / sing ___________________________________
5.I / a magazine / read _________________________________
Write negative sentences in present perfect progressive.
1.we / not / in the mountains / walk __________________________
2.Beatrice / not / in Boston / teach __________________________
3.Ricky / not / the car / wash ________________________________
4.she / not / a poem / write __________________________________
5.we / not / tea / drink ______________________________________
Write questions in present perfect progressive.
1.they / trees / plant _______________________________________
2.Henry / in the garage / work _______________________________
3.they / in the lake / swim __________________________________
4.how long / Boris / English / learn _________________________
5.how long / you / for me / wait _____________________________
Use the verbs in Present Perfect Progressive, if possible. If it is not possible, use the Present Perfect Simple.
1. We ______________________ (know) them for 15 years.
2. They ______________________ (watch) TV for 3 hours.
3. He ______________________ (have) this car for 20 years.
4. We ______________________ (work) for 7 hours without a break.
5. How long ______________________ (you / learn) English?
6. Mr Smith ______________________ (be) in hospital for 5 days.
7. Steven ______________________ (hear) a mouse squeak all night.
8. ______________________ (you / see) Lucy?
9. She ______________________ (prepare) dinner for two hours.
10. Don't worry, they ______________________ (touch / not) your gameboy.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Progressive).
1. A: I __________________ (call) for you for half an hour. Where __________________ (be) ? And why
are your clothes so dirty?
2. B: I __________________ (tidy) up the shed in the garden.
3. A: __________________ (you / find) a box with old photos there? I __________________ (look) for it for
ages.

4. B: I __________________ (discover / not) it yet, but I __________________ (work / not) for a long time
yet. I __________________ (come / just) in to eat something.
5. A: I __________________ (cook / not) anything yet because I __________________ (talk) to our
neighbour.
II . Past Perfect
Task 1. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
1.The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ________________ (build) .
2.He ________________ (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.
3.When she went out to play, she ________________ (do / already) her homework.
4.My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ________________ (make) .
5.The doctor took off the plaster that he ________________ (put on) six weeks before.
6.The waiter brought a drink that I ________________ (not / order) .
7.I could not remember the poem we ________________ (learn) the week before.
8.The children collected the chestnuts that ________________ (fall) from the tree.
9. ________________ (he / phone) Angie before he went to see her in London?
10.She ________________ (not / ride) a horse before that day.
Task 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense Past Perfect or Simple Past.
Example: Pat _________ (to live) in London before he _________ (to move) to Rome.
Answer: Pat had lived in London before he moved to Rome.

1) After Fred ________________ (to spend) his holiday in Italy he ________________ (to want) to learn
Italian.
2) Jill ________________ (to phone) Dad at work before she ________________ (to leave) for her trip.
3) Susan ________________ (to turn on) the radio after she ________________ (to wash) the dishes.
4) When she ________________ (to arrive) the match already ________________ (to start).
5) After the man ________________ (to come) home he ________________ (to feed) the cat.
6) Before he ________________ (to sing) a song he ________________ (to play) the guitar.
7) She ________________ (to watch) a video after the children ________________ (to go) to bed.
8) After Eric ________________ (to make) breakfast he ________________ (to phone) his friend.
9) I ________________ (to be) very tired because I ________________ (to study) too much.
10) They ________________ (to ride) their bikes before they ________________ (to meet) their friends.

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