Progress Check 1 – September 17
1. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
The swimming bath _____ at 9 a.m. and ______ at 6:30 p.m. every day.
A) opened/closed
B) opens/closes
C) has opened/closed
D) open/closes
2. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
What time ________ in Britain?
A) does the banks close
B) do the banks closes
C) do the banks close
D) did the bank close
3. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
I have a car but I ______ it very often.
A) don't use B) used C) doesn't uses D) don't uses
4. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
How many cigarettes ______ you _______ a day.
A) do/smokes B) does/smoke C) do/smoke D) is/smoke
5. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
- What ___________ ?
- I'm an electrical engineer.
A) do you doing B) do you does C) do you do D) did you do
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6. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Nurses ______ after patients in hospitals.
A) looks B) looked C) will look D) look
7. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Listen! Someone ______ at the door.
A) knocks B) knocked C) has knocked D) is knocking
8. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
It usually ______ him 20 minutes to get to work.
A) take B) is taking C) have taken D) takes
9. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Look! There _____ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He ____ at us.
A) was/looked
B) had been/looked
C) were/had looked
D) is/is looking
10. Choose the right form of the verb.
________ this engineer work at the Ministry of Foreign Trade?
A) do B) does C) has D) had
11. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
These people always _______ in the office and ______ Spanish.
A) stayed/learn
B) stay/learn
C) stays/learns
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D) have stayed/learned
12. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
We can't disturb him now. He ___________ .
A) operate
B) will operate
C) has operated
D) is operating
13. Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Their prices _______ suit us.
A) haven't B) don't C) hadn't D) aren't
14. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
My friend is finding life in Paris a bit difficult. He _______ French.
A) doesn't speak B) isn't speaking C) hasn't spoken D) didn't speak
15. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
No breakfast for me, thanks. Usually I ________ breakfast.
A)am not having B) don’t have C) had had D) had
16. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Do you want to ______ biscuit?
A) eat B) see C) play D) read
17. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
He _____ milk in his coffee.
A) never has B) has never got C) has never D) have never
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18. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I _____ a very good program on TV last night.
A) was seeing B) see C) am seeing D) saw
19. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
She ______ a bright red coat yesterday.
A) wore B) was wearing C) wear D) was wear
20. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I always _____ _____ credit card.
A) pay / by B) am paying / with C) ’m paying / by D) pay / with
21. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
I’m ________ gum.
A) chew B) chewing C) chews D) chewed
22. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Princess Diana _______ in 1997.
A) die B) died C) dies D) dye
23. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Someone’s always leaving that window open. Who ____ it open this time?
A) leave B) has left C) leaves D) leaving
24. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
He started to work in 1956. He's still ______ for the same company.
A) working B) works C) worked D) work
25. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
When the sun ________ , it appears over the horizon.
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A) rises B) rose C) rising D) rise
26. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Shhh. The announcer ________ the latest news about the energy crisis in England,
I want to hear what she’s saying.
A) is giving B) gives C) give D) is given
27. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Lettuce ______ good for you. Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
A) are B) is C) been D) being
28. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Bob and Tom _____ still _____ for you outside the building.
A) was…waiting B) is…waiting C) had…waited D) are…waiting
29. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
Susan and Leslie _______ four nice dogs.
A) are B) is C) have D) has
30. Choose the answer which correctly completes the sentence.
__________ to go out tonight?
A) Do you want B) Are you wanting C) Is you want D) Would you want
GOOD LUCK!
