grammar /tenses quiz 1

1. Last Saturday my father …………..that his dinner suit was too small, so now he ………a strict diet.

• A) has discovered/

  followed        

•  B)discovers/was following

• C)discovered/is following          

• D)was discovering/has followed

• E)has been discovering/

  follows

2- Helen………….her driving test five times so far without success, but she ………yet­

• A)takes / isn't giving up              

• B)has taken / hasn't given up

• C)was taking / didn't give up      

• D)is taking / doesn't give up

• E)took / wasn't giving up

3- Most of the time, John and his friends………football matches at their local cafe, but this Saturday they……..to the stadium, and so they’re all very excited.

• A)watch/are going                       

• B)have been watching/go

• C)are watching/have gone           

• D)were watching/went

• E)have watched/were going

4- Kate…………..a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she…………meat at all during all this time.

• A) is/isn't eating                           

• B) has been/wasn't eating

• C) is/doesn't eat

• D) has been/hasn't eaten

• E) was/didn't eat

5- Last year Richard…………his bicycle to work every day, but he………the bus since the accident.

• A) rides/takes                            

•    B) has ridden/is taking

• C) rode/has been taking            

• D) was riding/took

•                           E) is riding/has taken

6- I……..glasses when l was younger, but now I ..……. contact lenses.

• A)was wearing/have had            

• B)have worn/am having

• C)have been wearing/had           

• D)wear/was having

• E)wore/have

 

7- About a month ago, I………a brochure about your hotel, but I……….it yet.

• A)request/didn't receive                

• B)have requested/am not receiving

• C)was requesting/wasn't receiving 

• D)requested/haven't received

• E)have been requesting/don't receive

8- The conditions in our office………….more and more unbearable, and so quite often recently I…….. quitting it and looking for a new job.

• A)have got/was considering       

• B)was getting / am considering

• C)are getting/have considered    

• D) have been getting/consider

• E)get/considered

9- Because I……..a long way from my work, I ………lots of time going to and from work

• A) live/waste                                

•   B) lived/have wasted

• C) have been living/wasted         

• D) am living/have been wasting

• E) was living/am wasting

 

10- In the USA the twenty largest newspaper chains ………for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a

trend that……… in the 1970s.

• A)account/started                        

• B)were accounting/start

• C)has accounted/was starting      

•  D)accounted/is starting

• E)accounts/has started