Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. a) play b) is playing c) has played d) played

1. I often __________ basketball.

a) play b) is playing c) has played d) played

2. My brother never _______ for us.

a) wait b) waited c) has waited d) had waited

3. I _______ it in the bookcase yesterday.

a) was finding b) found c) find d) had found

4. Last winter _____ warm.

a) is b) were c) was d) are

5. Now they _______ the street.

a) were crossing b) are crossing c) cross d) have crossed

6. I ______ when you rang me up.

a) was reading b) am reading c) read d) have read

7. He ______from the University next year.

a) will be graduating b) will graduate

c) will have graduated d) graduates

8. I ______busy next Monday.

a) am b) will be c) was d) have been

9. The picture Mona Lisa ___________ by Leonardo da Vinci.

a) painted b) was painted c) had been painted d) has been painted

10. Five fruit- trees ________ in our garden last year.

a) were planted b) was planted

c) planted d) have been planted

11. I _______ this dictionary yet.

a) don’t buy b) haven’t bought

c) didn’t buy d) hadn’t bought

12. They ________ just.

a) arrive b)have arrived c) arrived

d) will arrive

13. There were so many questions he ………..answer.

a) can’t b) may not c) couldn’t d) won’t

14. His wife ………. stay at home with their little son yesterday.

a) should b) had to c) must d) can

15. How many languages …you speak?

a) should b) can c) are able to d) ought to

16. You ……… put a raincoat on. It is raining

a) can b) could c) should d) are to

17. She …send e-mail now. She has no time.

a) must b) should c) can d) have to

18. She ……in Kiev two years ago

a) were b) will be c) was d) is

19. She ….. a lot of work to do last week.

a) has b) will have c) had d) have

20. ……….an institute in your town ten years ago.

a) There is b) There was c) There were d) There are

21. ……..some girls in the hall.

a) There are b) There is c) There were d) There was

22. Where …..the girls? Ten minutes ago they ……here.

a) are are b) are were c) were are d) is were

23.In deserts they get..... rain in all the seasons.

a) Little b) few c) a little d) a few

24. All the buses … from the bus stop.

a) leaves b)are leaving c) have left d)leave

25. Bob and Mary don't have..... children.

a) some b) every c)any d) anything

26. Yesterday I woke up, opened my eyes and remembered what I ….the day before.

a) have do b) do c) had done d) did

27. If you want to become a teacher, you ….. go to teachers training college for four years.

a) Mayb)have to c) Should d) must

28. We have to hurry. We don’t have ………….. time.

a) many b) much c) a lot d) some

29. Tom drinks … milk. – one liter a day.

a) many b) much c) a lot d) any

30. I can’t drink this tea. There is too ……… sugar in it.

a) many b) much c) a lot of d) few

31. He’s not popular. He has …… friends.

a) few b) much c) little d) a little

32. Last year my friends and I... to take part in a TV program.

а) invite b) invited с) were invited d) are invited

33. 1, 000 children... every year in this city.

a) are born b)will be born c) were born d) born

34. This phenomenon... for five years and now they publish their book.

a) has been studied b) has been studying c) was being studied d) was studied

35. When we entered the wall... bright yellow.

a) was painted b) was been painted

c) was painting d) was being painted

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