First Term Test

She ___________ (work) as a teacher for five years.

• A) works

• B) is working

• C) has worked

• D) worked

He ___________ (live) in Japan for two years before he moved to Canada.

• A) lived

• B) has lived

• C) was living

• D) had lived

She ___________ (go) to the movies yesterday.

• A) went

• B) has gone

• C) was going

• D) had gone

She _______ (not finish) her homework yet.

• A) not finished

• B) didn’t finish

• C) hasn’t finished

• D) doesn’t finish

Answer explanation

This is an example of the present perfect, which is used to talk about an action that started in the past and has a connection with the present. The structure is: have/has + past participle. The word yet indicates that the action is expected to be completed in the future. The other options are either incorrect or belong to other tenses.

She _______ (work) as a teacher when she _______ (meet) her husband.

• A) worked / met

• B) was working / met

• C) worked / was meeting

• D) was working / was meeting

Answer explanation

This is an example of the past continuous, which is used to talk about an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. The structure is: was/were + verb + ing. The other options are either incorrect or belong to other tenses.

He is _______ (fast) than his brother, but his sister is the _______ (fast) of them all.

• A) faster / faster

• B) faster / fastest

• C) more fast / more fast

• D) more fast / most fast

Answer explanation

This is an example of a comparative and a superlative adjective, which are used to compare two things or people and one thing or person with a group of things or people. The structure for short adjectives (one syllable) is: adjective + er + than for comparative and the + adjective + est for superlative. The other options are either incorrect or belong to long adjectives (more than one syllable).

Add into this timeline the past perfect (PP), past simple (PS) and present perfect (PRP) tenses in the correct place in terms of time.

He has _______ (many) friends as you.

• A) more many than

• B) as many as

• C) the same many as

• D) many as

Answer explanation

This is an example of as… as, which is used to show that two things or people are equal in some way. The structure for countable nouns is: as + many + noun + as. The other options are either incorrect or belong to other structures.

She was __________ by his proposal. She didn’t expect him to ask her to marry him.

• A) over the moon

• B) blown away

• C) in the swing of things

• D) none of the above

He finally got __________ at his new job. He felt comfortable and confident with his tasks and colleagues.

• A) over the moon

• B) blown away

• C) in the swing of things

• D) none of the above