Present Perfect and past simple.
Choose the correct option:
I __________ (lose) my keys. I can’t find them anywhere.
a) lost
b) have lost
c) had lost
✔ b) have lost
Choose the correct option:
Look at those clouds! It __________ (rain).
a) will rain
b) is raining
c) is going to rain
✔ c) is going to rain
Choose the correct reported sentence:
Direct speech:
She said, “I am studying for my exam.”
a) She said that she is studying for her exam.
b) She said that she was studying for her exam.
c) She said that she studies for her exam.
✔ b) She said that she was studying for her exam.
Choose the correct form:
This book is __________ than the one I read last week.
a) more interesting
b) most interesting
c) interestinger
✔ a) more interesting
Choose the correct option:
You __________ wear a helmet when riding a bike. It’s the law.
a) must
b) should
c) have to
✔ a) must
Choose the correct option:
I __________ (live) in this city __________ 2018.
a) have lived / for
b) have lived / since
c) have been living / for
✔ b) have lived / since
Choose the correct form:
She __________ (think) about changing her job at the moment.
a) thinks
b) is thinking
✔ b) is thinking
By the time we arrived at the cinema, the movie __________ (start).
✔ b) had started
Choose the correct article:
I saw __________ elephant at the zoo yesterday.
a) a
b) an
c) the
d) – (no article)
✔ b) an
Choose the correct option:
I __________ swim very well.
a) can
b) could
c) am able to
✔ a) can
Choose the correct option:
She __________ (live) in Paris for five years before she __________ (move) to Rome in 2022.
a) has lived / moved
b) lived / has moved
c) lived / moved
d) had lived / moved
✔ d) had lived / moved
Choose the correct option:
I __________ (meet) my professor at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Don’t worry — I __________ (help) you with your project later.
a) will meet / am going to help
b) am meeting / will help
c) am going to meet / am helping
d) will meet / will help
✔ b) am meeting / will help
Tom said, “I will call you tomorrow.”
Make into indirect speech
Tom said he would call me the next day.
Choose the correct option:
Of all the students in the class, Maria is __________ at solving problems, but Alex is __________ than her in writing essays.
a) the best / better
b) better / the best
c) the better / the best
d) best / better
✔ a) the best / better
Choose the correct option:
I __________ finish this report today because my manager asked me to, but I __________ check the figures carefully before submitting it.
a) must / should
b) have to / must
c) should / must
d) must / have to
✔ a) must / should
Choose the correct option:
She __________ (study) English for three hours and now she is tired.
a) has studied
b) has been studying
c) studied
✔ b) has been studying
Choose the correct sentence:
a) I am knowing the answer.
b) I know the answer.
c) I am knowing the answer now.
✔ b) I know the answer.
Choose the correct sentence:
a) She had finished her homework before her mother came home.
b) She finished her homework before her mother had come home.
c) She had finished her homework before her mother had come home.
✔ a) She had finished her homework before her mother came home.
Choose the correct article:
__________ Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
a) A
b) An
c) The
d) – (no article)
✔ c) The
Choose the correct option:
When I was a child, I __________ ride a bike, but I __________ ride one very far.
a) can / could
b) could / couldn’t
c) am able to / can’t
✔ b) could / couldn’t
Choose the correct option:
We __________ (know) each other __________ we were children, and we __________ (meet) almost every weekend recently.
a) have known / since / have been meeting
b) have known / for / have met
c) knew / since / have been meeting
d) have known / since / met
✔ a) have known / since / have been meeting
The soup __________ (taste) delicious, but the chef __________ (taste) it again to be sure.
The soup tastes delicious, but the chef is tasting it again to be sure.
Choose the correct option:
When I got to the airport, I realized that I __________ (leave) my passport at home, so I __________ (miss) the flight.
a) left / missed
b) had left / missed
c) had left / had missed
d) left / had missed
✔ b) had left / missed
Fill in the blanks with the correct articles (a / an / the / –):
Last summer, I visited __________ Netherlands and stayed in __________ small village near Amsterdam. I also went to __________ Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Last summer, I visited the Netherlands and stayed in a small village near Amsterdam. I also went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Choose the correct option:
After studying English for five years, she finally __________ speak fluently during her trip to London last year.
a) can
b) could
c) was able to
d) can be
✔ c) was able to