C2 Quiz

I used to enjoy chatting to Jane, but these days she _____ about something or other.

• forever complained

• forever complains

• is forever complaining

• has been forever complaining

You are never blowing your nose. --- Correct or incorrect?

• Correct

• Incorrect

What is the function of this sentence? --- All Proficiency students are to report to the principal at ten o'clock.

• referring to an event in the immediate future

• making a formal request

• making a prediction

• referring to an event which is expected to happen at a particular time

By the time they're 70, they _____ half their lives looking after children.

• had spent

• will spend

• are spending

• will have spent

According to research, a child with high self-esteem at the age of ten _____ more successful in later life.

• will be

• will have been

• will

• is going to be

We were camping on my grandparents' farm every summer. --- Correct or incorrect?

• True

• False

• Not nonight madam!

It's the first time that the government ____ the problem of violent crime.

• had tackled

• has tackled

• tackled

• will have tackled

They _____ to Venice in 1995.

• have moved

• moved

• had moved

• were moving

Since they _____ here they _____ complaining.

• were; never stopped

• have been; never stopped

• have been; have never stopped

• are; have never stopped

Are "needn't" and "don't need to" interchangeable in the present?

• True

• False

• Back of the net!!