CPE Unit 1 Tenses

“Any news from Tess?”

“Yes. She …….. tomorrow on the 9:15 train.”

• will have been arriving

• will have arrived

• arriving

• arrives

“I suppose your report isn’t ready yet.”

“Don’t worry. I …….. it by tomorrow.”

• will have been finishing

• will be finishing

• am finishing

• will have finished

“So, are you coming along, after all?”

“Well, I don’t know. What time …….?”

• you’re leaving

• will you be leaving

• will you leave

• do you leave

“Well, I first came here last June.”

“So by the end of May you …… with us for almost a year.”

• will have been working

• are going to have worked

• will have working

• will work

“Do you know it’s Maggie’s birthday today?”

“Yes, she ….. a party tonight.”

• has

• is having

• is to have

• will have

“Why don’t we go to the cinema?”

“It’s too late; the film …… started by now.”

• will be

• shall have

• is going to be

• will have

“You look gorgeous in that dress.”

“Really? I ……. it then.”

• will be buying

• buy

• will buy

• am to buy

Why didn’t Madeline show up at the party last night?” “When I called her at 11:00 she ……………. .”

• was still studying

• had still been studying

• would still study

• still studied

Can’t we just order a nice bit of cod?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! We …… all this way to eat fish and chips.”

• haven’t been coming

• haven’t come

• aren’t coming

• hadn’t come

“I love your car.”

“This old thing? We ……….. it for fifteen years.”

• had had

• have been having

• have had

• used to have