Test
Student's name: ________________
Task 1: Choose the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Present
Perfect Simple, or the Present Perfect Continuous?
1. There … 14 students in this group.
a) is
b) am
c) are
d) was
2. They … by bus now.
a) are going
b) is going
c) am going
d) go
3. He … apple juice. Do you?
a) is liking
b) like
c) likes
d) am liking
4. On Sundays I usually …. a lot of housework.
a) do
b) does
c) did
d) is doing
5. Don’t disturb him. He …. a shower.
a) take
b) takes
c) is taking
d) are taking
6. Today I … a very interesting invitation.
a) have received
b) received
c) receive
d) has received
7. My best friend … London several times.
a) visited
b) have visited
c) has visited
d) have been visiting
8. I … English for several years.
a) have been learning
b) learn
c) am learning
d) has been learning
9. Usually she …. Much time watching TV.
a) is spending
b) has spent
c) spends
d) spend
10. It … since early morning today.
a) has been raining
b) is raining
c) rains
d) have been learning
Task 2. Put the verb in brackets in the proper tense form.
1. Don’t shout, I ______________(to hear)_______________ you quite well.
2. Listen! Somebody __________(to move)_____________ in the next room.
3. He _________________(to love)______________________ her all his life.
4. He __________________(to work) at his new novel for two years already.
5. What an awful smell! Somebody __________(to smoke)_________ here.
6. I’m so sorry, I ___________(to break)______________ your favorite cup.
7. The number of students ____________(to decrease)____________ now.
8. One plus two ____________________(to make)_______________ three.
9. I ____________________(to be)______________ always glad to see you.
10. The weather ______________(to change)_________. Is it going to rain?
Task 3. Choose an/a, the or zero article
1. Kate has been talking to ______ customer who has just come into ______ shop.
2. John uses ______ Internet a lot.
3. She went to ______ zoo, but she didn't see ______ monkeys there. She hates
______ monkeys.
4. You won't like that restaurant. ______ food isn't very good there.
5. People don't write ______ letters nowadays. They write ______ emails. But I
haven't written ______ email for ages.
6. In England you must go to ______ school until you're 16.
7. Well Mary, here's ______ first question and it's ______ easy one.
8. Jerry works in ______ office in ______ centre of ______ London
9. He lives in ______ apartment in ______ middle of ______ Bronx.
10. Statistics say that ______ women live longer than ______ men.
11. Can you describe ______ wristwatch that Amy found? – Well, I only know that
it had ______ metal band.
12. Jamaica is ______ island in ______ Caribbean Sea.
13. He chose ______ school that has ______ best teachers.
14. I saw ______ interesting documentary on ______ TV ______ other day.
15. I don't like ______ museums. I never go to any when I'm in ______ London.
16. My dad thinks ______ Italian food is better than ______ Spanish food.
17. I like ______ coffee but I don't like ______ coffee they make at ______ office.
18. She has ______ job in ______ shop in ______ Oxford Street.
19. Me friend Zoe went to ______ hospital to see her father.
20. Larry went to ______ bed very late last night.
21. She's looking for ______ work but at ______ moment she doesn't have any
hope of getting ______ job.
22. I have ______ aunt in Sydney and ______ few other relatives in ______ New
Zealand.
23. Jim wants to go to ______ USA, but he hasn't got ______ money for ______
trip.
24. Angela is looking for ______ romantic holiday somewhere in ______ south.
25. The man went to ______ prison because he had killed two women.
Task 4. Choose the Past simple or past continuous
1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I
________________________ (call) you last night?
2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you
________________________ (call).
3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who
________________________ (be) there?
4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she
________________________ (hear) the noise.
5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I
________________________ (have) a swim, later I ________________________
(meet) Julie for a coffee.
6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John
________________________ (hurt) his ankle.
7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It
________________________ (be) really noisy.
8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone
________________________ (ring).
9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone
________________________ (ring).
10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone
________________________ (work).
11. It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun
________________________ (shine), the birds ________________________
(sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I
________________________ (meet) an old friend.
12. He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution
________________________ (start).
13. When her train ________________________ (get) to the station, we
________________________ (wait) on the platform.
14. He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He
________________________ (always / leave) his things everywhere.
15. On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome,
________________________ (see) the Vatican, and ________________________
(spend) a few days at the beach.
16. Why ________________________ (you / stand) on a chair when I
________________________ (come) into the room?
17. They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they
________________________ (be) young.
18. At 7pm yesterday, we ________________________ (listen) to music.
19. When I ________________________ (leave) the house, it
________________________ (snow).
20. He ________________________ (work) in a bank when he
________________________ (meet) his wife.
Score: ____ /100
