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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Last Saturday, my father ____ that his dinner suit was
too small, so now he ____ a strict diet.
has discovered / followed
discovers / was following
discovered / is following
was discovering / has followed
has been discovering / will follow
Helen ____ her driving test five times so far without
success, but she ____, yet.
takes / isn't giving up
has taken / hasn't given up
was taking / didn't give up
is taking / doesn't give up
took / wasn't giving up
Most of the time, John and his friends ____ football matches at their local coffee, but this Saturday, they____ to the stadium, and so they're all very excited.
watch / are going
have been watching / go
are watching / have gone
were watching / went
have watched / were going
Kate ____ a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she____ meat at all during this time.
is / isn't eating
has been / wasn't eating
is / doesn't eat
has been / hasn't eaten
was / didn't eat
The conditions in our office ____ more and more unbearable, so quite often recently I ____ quitting it and looking for a new job.
have got / was considering
was getting / am considering
are getting / have considered
have been getting / consider
get / considered
Clean snow ____ as much as 87 percent of the sunlight that ____ on it.
is reflecting / shone
has reflected / was shining
reflected / is shining
was reflected / has shone
reflects / shines
He ______ to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone ________ .
was hurrying / rang
hurries / has been ringing
hurried / was ringing
is hurrying / rings
has hurried / has rung
There ____ economies since the dawn of civilisation, but as a field of study, economics ____ only recently
were / was developing
have been / has developed
are / has been developing
were / is developing
have been / develops
John Deere ____ his farm machinery business, which____ tractors today, in the 19th century.
founds / still produced
has founded / is still producing
was founding / was still producing
founded / still produces
is founding / is still produced
The fact that more people ____ ozone-friendly products nowadays ____ that the media can positively increase public awareness.
have used / was showing
used / has shown
use / has been showing
were using / showed
are using / shows
The managing director ____ Sid to sales manager and ever since, he ____ everybody around.
promoted / has been bossing
promotes / bosses
has promoted / is bossing
is promoting / was bossing
was promoting / has bossed
The neighbours ____ so loudly last night that they____ us all awake until after midnight.
are shouting / are keeping
have been shouting / were keeping
shouted / have been keeping
have shouted / had kept
were shouting / kept
Though she ____ dancing, Sonia ____ to the club with her friends the previous night just in order to be with them in a different atmosphere.
hasn't like / has gone
doesn't like / went
didn't like / is going
doesn't like / goes
didn't like / is going
I ____ to the bank during my lunch-break today, but an old colleague ____ to visit us, so, naturally, I wanted to hear all the news.
was going / came
went / is coming
have gone / was coming
had gone / has come
am going / comes
After she ____ to me for the fifth time, I ____ another word she said, and put an end to our friendship.
has lied / don't believe
has been lying / won't believe
was lying / haven't believed
is lying / hadn't believed
had lied / didn't believe
Some of us will be needed tomorrow to finish the fence because, at this rate , two sections ____unfinished when we ____work tonight.
have remained / stopped
will have remained / were stopping
are going to remain / will stop
are remaining / are stopping
will remain / stop
They ____ so many hotels in the region in recent years that gradually they ____ the natural beauty of the area.
were building / destroy
will built / have been destroying
have built / are destroying
are building / have destroyed
have been building / destroyed
Before the potato blight ____ Ireland in the 1840s,most Irish people ____ on a subsistence diet of potatoes.
was striking / relied
has struck / relies
had struck / has relied
strikes / will rely
struck / had relied
Adolescence, the process of changing from a child into an adult usually ____ sometime between the ages of 11 and 14 and ____ for approximately six to ten years.
occurs / continues
occurred / has been continuing
will occur / continued
occurs / was continuing
occurred / will have continued
In 1951, the people of the Gold Coast ____ for their own government and shortly afterwards, they ____their country as Ghana.
vote / are renaming
voted / renamed
have voted / were renaming
were voting / have renamed
are voting / rename
