1.

"When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they
__________ waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.
A. have
been
B. had been
C. were
D. are

2. How long __________ here?"" -""Exactly four years today. I'm thinking of
changing my job next year
A. have you been
working
B. did you work
C. do you work
D. are you working

3. "There is only one student in the classroom __________ his lesson.

A. preparing
B. to prepare
C. was
preparing
D. prepares

4. "Up to then I __________ such a fat man.

A. had never seen
B. will never seen
C. never saw
D. never had seen

5. How many lessons __________ before you passed your tests?

A. were you having
B. have you had
C. do you have
D. did you have

6. """What are you looking for?"" -""I can't remember where I __________ my
glasses.""
A. left
B. was left
C. had left
D. leave

7. He said he __________ his homework since 7 o'clock.

A. had done
B. had been doing
C. did
D. has done

8. Can you please tell me how they __________?

A. did they escape
B. have they escaped
C. were escaped
D. escaped

9. "In the last two decades, space exploration __________ great contributions to
weather forecasting.
A. makes
B. is making
C. has made
D. made

10. "I __________ everywhere for the pen I __________ yesterday.

A. searched/ has lost
B. have searched/ lost
C. searched/ lost
D. am searching/ had lost

11. By the time you finish cooking they __________ their homework.
A. have been doing
B. are doing
C. have done
D. will have done

12. At this time tomorrow night I __________ on a ship.

A. shall be slept
B. shall sleep
C. sleep
D. shall be sleeping

13. He __________ the tickets, but he had no time to call at the cinema.
A. could book
B. might book
C. was going to book
D. would book

14. " We went for a tour through the town. Our guide __________ us to some
interesting places.
A. led
B. leads
C. had lead
D. head

15. "You __________ all the house but you still can't find your keys and you are late.
A. search
B. have searched
C. are searching
D. searched

16. "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. I__________ to make telephone call to Rome.
A. tried
B. will try
C. have tried
D. have been trying

17. “Does Peter own that car?” -“No, I think his brother __________ it now.”
A. is owning
B. can own
C. has owned
D. owns

18. By the end of this year, Tom __________ English for three years.
A. has been studying
B. has studied
C. will have studied
D. will be studying

19. Before you mentioned him, I __________ of that author.

A. had never heard
B. have never heard
C. never heard
D. never hear

20. The breakdown service arrived five minutes after he __________.

A. had been phoning
B. was phoning
C. had phoned
D. phoned

21. He was tired so he __________ to lie down for a little while.

A. decided
B. will decide
C. decides
D. has decided

22. "Tim __________ go fishing with his father when he was young.
A. was used to
B. used to
C. is used to
D. has used to

23. George has been collecting matchboxs ever since he left school. Now he
__________ so many that he doesn't know where to put them.
A. collects
B. collected
C. is collecting
D. has collected

24. "The phone __________ constantly since Jack won the first prize this morning.
A. rang
B. had rung
C. has been ringing
D. had been ringing

25. "The two robbers have been arrested and __________ in court tomorrow.
A. will appear
B. will be appeared
C. to appear
D. appeared

26. The children __________ football when their mother came back home.
A. played
B. is playing
C. play
D. were playing

27. After shouting for help, she __________ off her shoes and __________ in to save
him.
A. took/ jumped
B. had taken/ jumped
C. takes/ jumps
D. has taken/ jumps

28. Her boss __________ up as she came in. ""You have been late every morning"",
he growled.
A. had looked
B. looks
C. looked
D. has looked

29. "We __________ our evening meal at half past seven yesterday and then we
watched a film on television.
A. had been having
B. had
C. were having
D. had had

30. "The radio __________ since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
A. has been playing
B. play
C. is playing
D. has played

31. After you __________ in for your connection, you will be given a boarding pass.
A. have checked
B. checked
C. check
D. are checking

32. “Did you know that she is expecting a baby?” -“No, we __________ to get the
news.”
A. were surprising
B. were surprised
C. have been surprised
D. surprised

33. "This type of radio __________ many years ago.

A. was first introduced
B. was first introducing
C. has first introduced
D. has been first introduced

34. “How long you __________ your new assistant?” –“I __________ him for two
years.”
A. did you know/ knew
B. do you know/ know
C. did you know/ have known
D. have you known/ have known

35. "When John and I got to the theatre, the movie __________.
A. had already started
B. already has started
C. has already started
D. already had started

36. "The movie was very boring and many people began to leave early. By the end,
most people
A. were already left
B. were already leaving
C. had already been leaving
D. had already left

37. In a break-in last week the burglars __________ all my jewellery but left the
pictures.
A. take
B. took
C. were taking
D. have taken

38. Even though they __________ for a flat for a month now, they __________ able
to find one anywhere.
A. is looking/ are not
B. have looked/ are not
C. have looked/ have not been
D. have been looking/ have not been

39. Before the war he __________ a teacher at the University, as his father
__________ before him.
A. had been/ was
B. was/ was
C. has been/ was
D. was/ had been

40. "The policeman wants to know whether anybody __________.

A. have been injured
B. were injured
C. has been injured
D. injured

41. "This is the first time I __________ to play badminton.

A. am trying
B. was trying
C. have tried
D. would be trying

42. He ran over the cat as it __________ across the road.

A. was running
B. ran
C. had run
D. runs

43. I'm sorry. I have already forgotten her name which you __________ me some
days before.
A. had given
B. give
C. gave
D. have given

44. "In a week's time he __________ here for exactly ten years.
A. will have worked
B. will have been worked
C. had worked
D. have worked

45. "We __________ a very hard lesson the day before yesterday.
A. was studying
B. had been studying
C. studied
D. had studied

46. "The teacher asked Bill why he __________ to school the day before.
A. had not gone
B. did not go
C. does not go
D. has not gone

47. "The car was stolen because the owner __________ to lock it.
A. forgets
B. had forgotten
C. has forgotten
D. forgot

48. "I bought a new house last year, but I __________ my old house yet, so at the
moment I have two houses.
A. do not sell
B. did not sell
C. had not sold
D. have not sold

49. "I went to collect my car but it was not ready. When I went to the service station it
__________.
A. was still being serviced
B. was still serviced
C. was still servicing
D. had been still serviced

50. " __________ any more of this, or shall I tell the waiter to take it away?
A. Will you eat
B. Did you eat
C. Do you eat
D. Are you going to eat

51. How many times __________ him since he went to Edinburgh?

A. have you seen
B. have you seen
C. did you see
D. did you see

52. "55. The car __________ at full speed when it approached the corner.
A. has traveled
B. was traveling
C. has been traveling
D. traveled
53. "If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years
this beach __________ any more.
A. isn't going to exist
B. won't be existing
C. isn't existing
D. doesn't exist

54. "Their football team __________ a championship until last season.

A. is never winning
B. had never won
C. had never been winning
D. has never won

55. Firemen __________ to receive an increase in pay next month.

A. have been
B. are
C. would be
D. will be

56. He wrote to her a month ago, but I'm sure he __________ since then.
A. has not written
B. didn't write
C. was not written
D. was not writing

57. He __________ as a cashier for twenty five years. Then he __________ and went
to live in the country.
A. had been working/ retired
B. had been working/ had retired
C. worked/ retired
D. have worked/ had retired

58. When do you wish to leave? We’ll leave when the teacher __________ his class.
A. is dismissing
B. dismisses
C. will have dismissed
D. will dismiss

59. "The existence of many stars in the sky __________ us to suspect that there may
be life on another planet.
A. leading
B. have led
C. lead
D. leads

60. Yesterday while I was jogging in the park, Matthew __________ on the
company’s annual report.
A. works
B. had been working
C. was working
D. has worked

There are people who can’t help __________ when they see someone __________ on
a banana skin.
A. laugh/ slip
B. laughing/slip
C. laughing/
slipping
D. to laugh/ slip

 What do you remember __________ when you were a little boy?

A. do
B. doing
C. to do
D. Both do and doing are
correct

3. When his wife arrived home after a hard day at work, he was sitting on the
sofa__________.
A. watch TV
B. watched TV
C. watching TV
D. was watching TV

4. I would advise you__________ that young man in spite of his charming manner.
A. never trust
B. to never trust
C. to not trust
D. never to trust
5. The other motorist drove right in front of me, I couldn’t avoid__________ his car.
A. from hitting
B. hit
C. hitting
D. to hit

6. This examination will test your ability__________ written English.

A. to understand
B. of understanding
C. understanding
D. understand

7. When my teacher is listening to someone who is speaking English very fast, he

nods his head and pretends __________.
A. understanding
B. to understand it
C. understanding it
D. to understand

8. I can feel something __________ up my leg. It must be an insect.

A. rawled
B. crawl
C. to crawl
D. crawling

9. I can never forget __________ our team score the winning goal in the final game
against Brazil.
A. to watch
B. watch
C. watching
D. Both watch and watching are correct

10. My father continued __________ his book even though the children were making
a lot of noise.
A. reading
B. and reading
C. read
D. and read

11. He refused __________ us the reason why he didn’t come to the class meeting
last week.
A. telling
B. told
C. having told
D. to tell

12. It’s not worth__________ out now. It is much too late.

A. gone
B. to go
C. it go
D. going

13. After walking for two hours the guide stopped to let the others __________ with
them.
A. catched up
B. catching up
C. catch up
D. to catch up

14. I think I hear someone__________ the back windows. Do you hear it, too?
A. trying open
B. trying to open
C. tried opening
D. try opened

15. Most of the participants can't help __________ why the president spoke so
angrily.
A. wondering
B. to wonder
C. wondered
D. wonder

16. John volunteered __________ the food supply to the victims in the flood area.
A. take
B. taking
C. Both take and to take are correct
D. to take

17. "You are lucky you haven’t got a child __________,” said the woman.
A. to look after
B. look after
C. looking after
D. for looking after

18. The children‘s mother warned them __________ near the river.
A. to not go
B. don’t go
C. not going
D. not to go

19. Graduate students often spend their weekends __________ data for their research.
A. gathering
B. to gathe
C. to gathering
D. gather

20. The teachers have had some problems__________ return the papers to the
students.
A. to decide when to
B. deciding when
C. deciding when to
D. deciding

21. Language permits us__________ our heritage through literature narratives.

A. preserving
B. preserve
C. preservation
D. to preserve

22. A cat suddenly ran across the street. Fortunately, he managed__________ just in
time.
A. to stop
B. stopping
C. to have stopped
D. stopped

23. It is raining hard this week but Tom expects __________ with his friend this
weekend.
A. to go fishing
B. to go to fish
C. going fishing
D. to go and fish
24. Susan is in the kitchen looking for something __________.
A. eating
B. to eat
C. for eating
D. to eating

25. One of the least effective ways of storing information is learning __________ it.
A. repeat
B. how repeat
C. to repeat
D. repeating

26. Mary appeared __________ , but she wasn’t. She was only pretending.
A. be asleep
B. to asleep
C. to be asleep
D. being asleep

27. It was cold and snowy last Sunday, so we postponed __________ the botanical
gardens until next Sunday.
A. visited
B. to visit
C. visiting
D. Both "visiting" and "to visit" are correct

28. It’s still raining. I’d rather__________ home and watch football on TV.
A. stayed at
B. staying at
C. to stay
D. stay

29. The woman meant __________ a newspaper but she didn't see anyone
__________ it.
A. to buy/to sell
B. buying/to sell
C. buying/selling
D. to buy/selling

30. The television programs we allow__________ influence their learning.

A. our children watch
B. a children to watch
C. our children watching
D. our children to watch

31. They didn’t stop__________ until 11 p.m, when there was a power cut.
A. to sing and dance
B. singing and dance
C. to sing and dancing
D. singing and dancing

32. Phosphates__________ to most farm land in our country.

A. need to add
B. need added
C. need to adding
D. need to be added

33. The speaker began by __________ them where the mountain was, and went on
__________ about its history.
A. told/talked
B. to tell/to talk
C. tell/talk
D. telling/talking

34. After Anne got a speeding ticket and had to pay a big fine, she decided
__________ over the speed limit on interstate highways.
A. to stop to drive
B. to stop driving
C. stopping driving
D. stopping to drive

35. The doctor advised him __________ and to take up some sport.
A. stop smoking
B. to stop to smoke
C. to stop smoking
D. to stop smoke

36. Luckily, she remembered__________ up with petrol, so she didn’t run out on the
way there.
A. to fill
B. having filled
C. filling
D. filled
37. John hoped to finish __________ two of his essays before the deadline.
A. writing
B. write
C. written
D. to write

38. The film wasn’t very good. The audience started __________ before it was over.
A. leaving
B. left
C. leaved
D. leave

39. Linda regrets __________ to her mother’s advice. She was right.
A. to not listen
B. not to listen
C. not listening
D. not listen

40. He won a lottery, and his girlfriend suggested__________ the world.

A. to travel around
B. traveling in
C. traveling around
D. that they traveling around

6. The union members discussed __________ the next meeting until next week.
A. to postpone
B. postpone
C. Both "postponing" and "to postpone" are
correct
D. postponing

9. My friend forgot __________ a book back to the library, so he had to pay a fine.
A. take
B. taking
C. Both take and taking are
correct
D. to take

14..My friend Amy is a blabbermouth! She can’t resist __________ everyone what
she heard from me!
A. to tell
B. telling
C. tell
D. Both "to tell" and "telling" are correct

17. Ann was very surprised to find the door unlocked. She remembered__________ it
before she left.
A. to lock
B. locking
C. she
locks
D. lock

18. The man finally admitted __________ responsible for the accident last week.
A. for being
B. for to be
C. being
D. to be

21. She dislikes__________ by crowds of people.

A. surrounded
B. be surrounded
C. being surrounded
D. to surround

27. Whenever those two ladies meet, they stop__________.

A. talking
B. talk
C. to talk
D. to
talking

29. I was very angry. My friend John refused __________ me a lift as he had
promised.
A. give
B. gave
C. giving
D. to
give
33. I meant __________ the car with petrol before we left.
A. to be
filled
B. to fill
C. fill
D. filling

34. I regret__________ that the sight-seeing tour has been cancelled because of bad
weather.
A. to tell you
B. telling you
C. to say you
D. saying
you

1.The Tailors left for America this morning. I ___wonder whether they are traveling by
air or by train
2.The house ____smells______ unpleasant because we are having it repainted.
3. Look outside! It __is snowing________. Everything is beautiful and all white.
4. “What kind of tea do you like?” -“Well, I’m drinking black tea, but I __prefer________
green tea.
5. Thank you for your help in arithmetic. Now I ___understand_______ that problem.
6. My dog usually barks at the postman - but look at that ! For once he ___is
being_______ friendly to the poor man. 
7. I don’t like garlic when I ____smell______ it, but I love it when I ____taste______ it.
8. This magazine isn’t mine. It ___belongs to_______ my sister.
9. “Where are the children?” -“They __ are playing________ a game outside in the
street.”
10. This gallery ___possesses_______ a number of 19th century artists’ famous works.