Choose the best answer:
1. Tom ___________ tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually play C. usually plays D. have usually plays
2. At 4 o’clock yesterday evening, she _________ my clothes.
A. am ironing B. have ironed C. was ironing D. ironed
3. She _________English for two years.
A. has learnt B. is learning C. learn D. learns
4. Ann _________ tea very often.
A. doesn’t drinkB. don’t drink C. didn’t drink D. hasn’t drunken
5. The earth _________ round the sun.
A. goB. has gone C. went D. goes
6. They ____________ me about it last night.
A. was telling B. told C. has told D. would tell
7. My grandfather _________ many years ago.
A. had died B. has died C. died D. was dying
8. I think the weather ___________ nice later.
A. will be B. be C. is D. has been
9. I will see him when he ___________ here tomorrow.
A. comes B. will come C. has come D. had come
10. The boys broke a window when they _________ football.
A. played B. were playing C. had played D. are playing
11. It’s at least a month since ___________ Tom.
A. I last seen B. I last see C. I have last seenD. I last saw
12. I ________ her since I ___________ a student.
A. know / am B. knew / was C. have known / am D. have known / was
13. Everybody __________ to do their best at present.
A. tries B. try C. is trying D. are trying
14. A lot of money _________ on advertising every year.
A. spend B. spends C. is spent D. are spent
15. I ___________ here since last January.
A. am staying B. have been staying

A. comes B. is coming C. came D. has come
31. Mike________ one hour ago.
A. Phoned B. was Phoning C. had phoned D. has phoned
32. We________ English next Monday.
A. learn B. will learn C. are learning D.will learning
33. I ________ my key. Can you help me look for it?
A. lose B. lost C. had lost D. have lost
34. Last night Tine_____ in bed when suddenly she heard a scream.
A. read B. was reading C. had read D. had read
35. While mother________ dinner the phone rang.
A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked D. was cooking
36. This room is dirty. Someone_____ in here.
A. smoked B. has smoked
C. had been smoking D. has been smoking
37. I____ TV at 8L30 last night.
A. watchedB. was watching C. has watched D. had watched
38. While I was working in the garden, my son____ video games.
A. was playing B. played C. has played D. has been
playing
39. I've lived here______ 1990.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
40. Paulo has learned English______ five years.
A. since B. from C. to D. for
41. In 1996, my brother_____ at Harvard university.
A. studies B. is studying C. studied D. had studied
42. John_____ at the moment, so he can't answer the telephone.
A. works B. is working C. has worked D. will work
43. They ...................tennis last week.
A. played B. usually playing C. plays D. have played
44. .He...............next week.

58. When I -------------- in the city for ten years, I -------------- a book.
a. have been/ write b. am/ will write
c. have lived/ will write d. will be/ will write
59. Please don’t make too much noise! I ---------------- my lessons.
a. study b. was studying c. am studying d. have studied
60. This time last year I -------------------- in London.
a. lived b. living c. was lived d. was living
61. When I first met her, she ------------------- in a restaurant.
a. was working b. had workedc. worked d. has worked
62. The doctor arrived quickly but the patient ------------------
a. died b. had died c. was died d. had been died
63. Since my accident, I ----------- with my left hand.
a. wrote b. am writing c. was writing d. have written
64. This is the worst book I ----------------
a. have ever read b. have never read c. read
d. had read
65. We’d better ------------------- early.
a. starting b. to start c. start d. started
66. The police ---------- for a dark man with a beard.
a. is searching b. are searching c. has searched
d. searches
67. They don’t allow people -------------- in the meeting room.
a. to smoke b. smoking c. smoke d. are smoking
68. This pair of trousers --------------------
a. needs cleaning b. needs to clean c. need cleaning
d. need to clean
69. You should wear gloves when ------------------- an electric saw.
a. used b. using c. use d. to use
70. Look! The train -------------------
a. leaves b. has left c. will leave d. is leaving

a. must have been b. would have been c. must bed. should be
4. Neither the teacher nor the students ………. absent yesterday.
a. was b. were c. have been d. had been
5. She is the first student ……… the test.
a. handing b. handed c. who hand d. to hand
6. It is cartoon films …………. interest him a lot.
a. that b. whom c. where d. who
7. His father ………. smoke a lot when he was young.
a. use to b. used to c. didn’t used to d. was
8. The film I saw last night was not good. It was …………..
a. bored b. boring c. interested d. interesting
9. On looking at learning English I find prepositions very ………….
a. interest b. interesting c. interested d. interestingly
10. Are you …………. with your new job?
a. satisfy b. satisfactory c. satisfaction d. satisfied
11. We haven’t really …….. the cost of the activities yet.
a. calculatingb. calculation c. calculated d. calculate
12. If I ……….. English fluently, I’d get that job.
a. speak b. spoke c. had spoken d. would speak
13. The picture which is on the wall was painting by our friend.
14. My best friend, which I see every day, always has something new to tell me.
 Circle the best answer.
1. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ___ when he ___ at the party.
A. left/had arrived B. left/arrived C. had left/had arrived D. had
left/arrived
2. My brother ___ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell/was ridingB. was falling/rode C. had fallen/rode D. had
fallen/was riding
3. “Who sings best in your school?” – “Lan ___.”
A. has B. does C. is D. sing

finished
15. The foreign guests ___ here almost a week.
A. have arrived B. have been C. have reached D. have got
16. ___ a noise just then?
A. Have you heard B. Were you hearing C. Did you hear D. Are
you hearing
17. I’m sure I ___ her four years ago.
A. have seen B. saw C. had seen D. will
see
18. She ___ her lessons from seven to nine last night.
A. did B. had done C. was doing D. has
been doing
19. My brother ___ the Youth League since 1955.
A. joined B. has taken part C. is in D. has
been in
20. I wonder if he ___ the job.
A. takes B. will take C. would take D. has been
21. Oh, you had been here yesterday. I ___ you ___ until tomorrow.
A. thought/were coming B. didn’t think/were coming C. think/will come D.
thought/were not coming
22. We were told that the workers ___ an old bridge at that time.
A. were preparing B. are preparing C. repaired D.
would repair
23. Janet ___ some washing this time yesterday.
A. is doing B. had done C. was doing D. was
going
24. Father promised he ___ me a bicycle.
A. is buying B. will buy C. would buy D. was
buying
25. “What are you doing under the desk?” – “I ___ to find my pen.”