Exercise 8
1. They________ tomorrow at 12:30
a. will leave b. are leaving c. are going to leave d. leave
2. Someone________ at the door, can you answer it?
a. knocks b. is knocking c. has knocked d. knocked
3. John________ at the moment, so he can't answer the telephone.
a. works b. is working c. has worked d. will work
4. The river________ after last night's rain.
a. flowed b. flows c. is flowing d. will flow
5. He________ for Chelsea this season.
a. played b. is playing c. would play d. has played
6. We shall make a trip around the world when the opportunity________ itself to us.
a. will present b. will have presented c. presents d. will be presenting
7. This pupil________ his best and ________ only one mistake in his dictation.
a. made/did b. did/made c. made/made d. did/did
8. The holiday makers________ in the sunshine to get sunburnt.
a. laid b. lied c. led d. laying
9. The snake________ one big egg last week.
a. lay b. laid c. led d. laying
10. I'm afraid you________ number.
a. have mistaken b. are with the wrong c. have the wrong d. made the wrong
11. I like looking at the pictures, but I ________ enough by lunch time.
a. should have b. will have c. will have had d. have
12. I don't understand this sentence. What________?
a. does mean this word b. have this word mean
c. means this word d. does this word mean
13. John________ tennis once or twice a week.
a. usually play b. in usually playing
c. usually plays d. have usually played
14. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors________ a party
a. had b. were having c. had had d. have had
15. It________ dark. Shall I turn on the light?
a. is getting b. get c. got d. has got
16. I________ for Christine. Do you know where she is?
a. look b. looked c. am looking d. looks
17. At 5 o'clock yesterday evening, I ________ my clothes.
a. am ironing b. have ironed c. ironed d. was ironing
18. Are you ready, Ann? Yes, I________
a. am coming b. come c. came d. have came
19. Why________ at me like that? What's the matter?
a. do you look b. have you looked c. did you look d. are you looking
20. I________ along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
a. was walking b. a walking c. walk d. walked
Exercise 9
1. There was a time when watching TV really________ family entertainment
a. were b. was c. had been d. is
2. Last year they __________ 22 million TV sets.
a. were selling b. has sold c. has sold d. sold
3. At last the bus came. We _________ for half an hour
a. waited b. was waiting c. have waited d. had been waiting
4. Through the rain, I ______ a lighted window and a sign wich said "Sam's Place".