The document contains a test with 50 multiple choice questions on English verb tenses and forms. The questions cover a range of tenses including present perfect, past perfect, present continuous, past continuous, and others. The correct answers are not provided.
The document contains a test with 50 multiple choice questions on English verb tenses and forms. The questions cover a range of tenses including present perfect, past perfect, present continuous, past continuous, and others. The correct answers are not provided.
The document contains a test with 50 multiple choice questions on English verb tenses and forms. The questions cover a range of tenses including present perfect, past perfect, present continuous, past continuous, and others. The correct answers are not provided.
The document contains a test with 50 multiple choice questions on English verb tenses and forms. The questions cover a range of tenses including present perfect, past perfect, present continuous, past continuous, and others. The correct answers are not provided.
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1. How long _____ in Paris?
A) do you live B) are you living
C) have you been living D) you live 2. Anna _____ a good job. A) finds B) has found C) founded D) has been finding 3. Pete and I __ for over six month. A) are gone B) have gone out C) went out D) have been going out 4. I ___ a new flat a few months ago. A) bought B) have been buying C) have bought D) buy 5. How long _____ your car? A) have you had B) you have C) are you have D) have you been having 6. Tom __ as a postman for the past month. A) has worked B) worked C) works D) has been working 7. I _____ an essay all day. A) write B) have been written C) am writing D) have been writing 8. I _____ six pages. A) am written B) have been writing C) have written D) write 9. “Are you going out?”“___. I don’t know yet.” A) Carefully B) Possibly C) Mainly D) Nearly 10. The exam was __ difficult. I couldn’t do any of it. A) fluently B) seriously C) exactly D) real 11. “How old are you?” “I’m _____ eight. It’s my birthday next week.” A) possibly B) fluently C) nearly D) exactly 12. I travel a lot in my job, ____ to Europe. A) exactly B) nearly C) really D) mainly 13. Sorry I’m late. _____ for a long time? A) Did you wait B) Have you waited C) Have you been waiting D) Did you wait 14. The streets are wet. ___? A) Was it raining B) Has it been raining C) Has it rained D) Did it rain 15. I’m hot because I _____! A) have run B) run C) have been running D) am run 16. I ____my finger! It really hurts. A) cut B) cutted C) have cut D) have been cutting 17. ___ Paul Simon’s latest record? A) Have you heard B) Have you been hearing C) Did you hear D) Are you heard 18. She’s tired because she ____ all day. A) shopped B) shops C) has been shopping D) has shopped 19. Sorry. I ____ one of your glasses. A) have broken B) broke C) break D) have been breaking 20. How long _____ this book? A) do you read B) are you reading C) have you been reading D) have you read 21. They _____ here for three years. A) lives B) are living C) live D) have been living 22. I ____ the living room, but I haven’t finished yet. A) have painted B) paint C) painted D) have been painting 23. I _____ my wallet. Where did I last put it? A) lost B) have lost C) have been losing D) lose 24. Look what Pat ___ me for my birthday!A bike! A) gave B) have been giving C) gives D) has given 25. There’s my wallet! I _____ for it for ages. A) have been looking B) looked C) have looked D) look 36. “Can I speak to Mr. Thompson, please?” “I’m afraid he’s just _____ out of the office.” A) been B) has C) gone D) * 37. I _____ to most countries in Europe, but I’ve never _____ to Russia. A) was / gone B) have gone / been C) have been / been D) went / gone 38. _____ me that you’ll always tell the truth. A) Advise B) Waste C) Promise D) Invent 39. He was taken to hospital by ambulance, but he was _____ on arrival. A) mad B) dead C) alive D) various 40. I love the _____ and quite of the countryside. A) peace B) feeling C) comfort D) wealth 41. I saw a(n) _____ for a job as a waiter. A) invention B) mystery C) waste D) advertisement 42. The sofa was so __ that I felt asleep. A) successful B) comfortable C) honest D) comforting 43. I gave the police a(n) __ of the man who attacked me. A) beauty B) describing C) advice D) description 44. I had a few problems, but Bob gave me some good ___.A) advice B) promises C) inventions D) * 45. I was sitting at home when suddenly I had a funny _____ that I wasn’t alone. A) belief B) government C) mystery D) feeling 46. I used to speak French _____, but I’ve forgotten it now. A) successfully B) fluently C) honestly D) carefully 47. Please drive ___. The roads are so dangerous. A) carefully B) seriously C) comfortably D) wealthy 48. I have _____ £5.17 until the end of the week.A) exactly B) suddenly C) peacefully D) really 49. There was an accident, but fortunately no one was _____ injured.A) mainly B) seriously B) possibly D) exactly 50. “Where does their money come from?” “They have a very _____ business.”A) wealthy B) comfortable C) successful D) various 1. Lisa _____ me a lift because I _____ the bus.A) gave / missed B) have given / have missed C) gave / had missed D) had gave / missed 2. I _____ her for everything she _____.A) thanking / did B) thanked / had done C) have thanked / has done D) had thanked / had done 3. When I got to the office, I _____ that I _____ to lock the front door. A) had realized / forget B) realized / had forgottenC) realized / forget D) had realized / had forgotten 4. After they _____ their work, they ___ home.A) had finished / went B) finished / went C) had finished / had gone D) finished / had gone 5. I _____ you at 8.00, but you _____ just _____ out. A) call / have / gone B) called / have / goneC) called / had / gone D) have called / have / gone 6. I took my family to Paris last year. I _____ there as a student, so I _____ my way around. A) was / know B) were / knew C) had been / have known D) had been / knew 7. After I _____ to the news, I _____ to bed. A) listened / went B) had listened / wentC) have listened / had gone D) listen / go 8. He _____ he was at school the day before. A) says B) told C) said D) is telling 9. Sandra _____ Bob that she didn’t see the Taj Mahal.A) told B) tells C) said D) talked 10. Why did you _____ that?A) talk B) said C) tell D) say 11. Could I ______ your pen?A) give B) lend C) borrow D) make 12. I’m English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a _____.A) cooker B) stranger C) travel D) foreigner
I went to a school reunion last week. I __(13)__ very surprised. So many things __(14)__. They __(15)__ the old gymnasium, and the library __(16)__. I __(17)__ slowly round the school. Everything __(18)__ much smaller, although they __(19)__ some impressive new buildings. I __(20)__ lots of my old schools friends, too, and they __(21)__ the same either. Some of them __(22)__ to London, and the most of them __(23)__ married. I __(24)__ to the headmaster for a while. He __(25)__. He __(26)__ that he __(27)__ every boy who __(28)__ the school since he __(29)__ working there in 1978. But when I asked him what my name was, he __(30)__ confess that he __(31)__ which __(32)__ me realize that I __(33)__ too! 13. A) am B) have been C) was D) had been 14. A) changed B) had changedC) has changed D) has change 15. A) had knocked down B) knocked downC) knock down D) have knocked down 16. A) disappeared B) was disappearedC) had disappeared D) have been disappeared 17. A) have walked B) walkedC) was walking D) had walked 18. A) seems B) have seemedC) had seemed D) seemed 19. A) were building B) builtC) have built D) had built 20. A) met B) meet C) had met D) have meet 21. A) hadn’t stayed B) weren’t stayedC) didn’t stay D) not stayed 22. A) have moved B) movedC) had moved D) was moving 23. A) are get B) had got C) were got D) have got 24. A) talked B) had talked C) was talking D) have talked 25. A) haven’t left B) had not leftC) didn’t leave D) hadn’t leave 26. A) said B) was saying C) had said D) have said 27. A) remembers B) have rememberedC) remembered D) had remembered 28. A) attended B) had attendedC) have attended D) attending 29. A) had started B) starts C) started D) have started 30. A) had to B) have had to C) had had to D) was having to 31. A) forget B) forgotC) have forgotten D) had forgotten 32. A) have made B) made C) had made D) was made 33. A) was changed B) had changedC) have changed D) changed 34. _____ I had had a bath I went to bed.A) Before B) Soon as C) After D) Until 35. I had read the book _____ I saw the film.A) when B) before C) until D) after 36. I ____ to sleep until I _____ my homework.A) don’t go / did B) had not gone / had doneC) didn’t go / did D) didn’t go / had done 37. As soon as he _____ his driving test, he _____ a car.A) passed / bought B) had passed / bought C) passes / had bought D) passed / had bought 38. When I _____ the letter, I _____ it away. A) read / had thrown B) had read / had thrownC) had read / threw D) read / threw 39. “You can move in immediately.” She told me I _____ immediately. A) will move in B) would move inC) can move in D) could move in 40. “The people who I looked after are very well.” She said that the people who she _____ after _____ very well. A) were looking / are B) have looked / areC) would looked / were D) had looked / were 41. “You’ll have to make up your mind soon.” She told me I _____ make up my mind soon. A) had to B) will have had toC) would have to D) could have to 42. I didn’t recognize him because he _____ a haircut. A) had had B) has C) had D) have had43. He always makes me _____. A) to laugh B) laughing C) laugh D) be laughed 44. She refused _____ for the meal.A) paying B) to pay C) pays D) the pay 45. I’ll never forget _____ him for the first time.A) meet B) meeting C) to meet D) to met 46. “It’s a quite flat, and the neighbors are nice.” “Mrs. Deon said it __a quite flat, and the neighbors __ nice.” A) has been / are B) is / wereC) was / were D) had been / have been 47. “You look brown. Have you ____ on holiday?” “Yes, we’ve _____ got back.” A) been / now B) gone / justC) been / just D) did / already 48. I live in a house now, but before I _____ in a flat. A) am using to live B) used to liveC) had used to live D) have used to live 49. “I need £100 deposit.” Then she said she _____ £100 deposit. A) needs B) had neededC) needed D) have needed 50. I _____ the book back to the library after I _____ reading it. A) take / finished B) have taken / have finished
