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Grammar Worksheet – Verb Forms and Structures

Total questions: 139

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She _____ a new pair of gloves, as she _____ her old one.

a)

Had bought / lost

b)

bought / lost

c)

bought / had lost

d)

was buying / lose

e)

bought / has lost

2.

Choose the right answer I _____ no news from my family since I _____ to work here.

a)

Have had / began

b)

have / had begun

c)

have / will begin

d)

have / have begun

e)

has / has begun

3.

The floor _____ by 6 o’clock yesterday.

a)

painted

b)

was painted

c)

had been painted

d)

was painting

e)

was being painted

4.

Choose the right answer We heard him _____ this story yesterday.

a)

To tell

b)

Tell

c)

Told

d)

Had told

e)

Has told

5.

We saw _____ the paper.

a)

Them signing

b)

Them to sign

c)

They sign

d)

They to sign

e)

They signing

6.

Choose the right answer He wants the document _____ by the end of the working day.

a)

Is translated

b)

To translate

c)

To have translated

d)

Has been translated

e)

To have been translated

7.

_____ very ill, she couldn’t attend classes.

a)

To be

b)

Be

c)

Being

d)

Was

e)

Has been

8.

Choose the right answer He is still trying to make me _____ my mind.

a)

change

b)

to change

c)

changed

d)

changing

e)

to have changed

9.

Choose the right answer The music could _____ from far away.

a)

hearing

b)

hear

c)

to be heard

d)

be heard

e)

heard

10.

Choose the right answer I’d like _____.

a)

you join us

b)

you to join us

c)

you joining us

d)

your join us

e)

your joining us

11.

She keeps _____ us what to do.

a)

tell

b)

to tell

c)

telling

d)

of telling

e)

be telling

12.

Choose the right answer Mr. Smith is said _____ a good lecturer.

a)

been

b)

being

c)

of being

d)

to being

e)

to be

13.

The meeting is reported _____ next June.

a)

to open

b)

opened

c)

opening

d)

opens

e)

to have opened

14.

Choose the right answer She enjoyed the film _____ on TV yesterday.

a)

showing

b)

showed

c)

shown

d)

was shown

e)

being showed

15.

While _____ the article he had to look up some words in the dictionary.

a)

reading

b)

read

c)

reads

d)

being reading

e)

being read

16.

Choose the right answer If you _____ some news let me know.

a)

to get

b)

will get

c)

would get

d)

got

e)

get

17.

What _____ you do if you didn’t know the examination material?

a)

did

b)

will

c)

would

d)

had

e)

shall

18.

I wish she _____ more friends here.

a)

have

b)

had

c)

hadn’t

d)

didn’t have

e)

has

19.

Choose the right answer If I were you I _____ to convince your friend.

a)

will try

b)

tried

c)

didn’t try

d)

would try

e)

try

20.

I _____ there on condition that you accompany me.

a)

will go

b)

went

c)

would have gone

d)

would go

e)

have gone

21.

Choose the right answer Tom suggests that we _____ a little rest.

a)

will have

b)

should have

c)

could have

d)

had

e)

might have

22.

The captain _____ the troops to open fire against the enemy.

a)

Was told

b)

Told

c)

Said

d)

Was said

e)

Telling

23.

Choose the right answer Helen _____ she will be away for ten days.

a)

say

b)

tell

c)

says

d)

tells

e)

said

24.

I’ve _____ you the truth.

a)

Said

b)

Say

c)

Tell

d)

Told

e)

Been saying

25.

Choose the right answer My mother _____ the noise and busy traffic of Moscow.

a)

Used to

b)

Use to

c)

Is not use to

d)

Is not used to

e)

Get used to

26.

Everybody _____ Jack is ready to start working.

a)

Except

b)

Accept

c)

Besides

d)

Despite

e)

And

27.

Choose the right answer He came home after _____ holiday in the Crimea.

a)

a month

b)

a month’s

c)

month

d)

month’s

e)

months

28.

We’re _____ an excursion to London next weekend.

a)

Leaving

b)

Doing

c)

Getting on

d)

Going on

e)

going

29.

Choose the right answer It _____ longer and longer to get from one place to another.

a)

Needs

b)

uses

c)

used

d)

takes

e)

demands

30.

Choose the right answer The speaker pointed out that the building of the house _____ by the end of May.

a)

Will be finished

b)

Would be finished

c)

Will have been finished

d)

Would have finished

e)

Would have been finished

31.

I _____ Helen for 6 years.

a)

Know

b)

Am knowing

c)

Have known

d)

Have been knowing

e)

Knew

32.

Choose the right answer I haven’t been to Moscow since we _____ to Kiev.

a)

Moved

b)

Have moved

c)

Had moved

d)

Were moving

e)

Was moving

33.

The boss will have signed the documents by the time you _____ .

a)

Will return

b)

Return

c)

Returned

d)

Had returned

e)

Has returned

34.

Choose the right answer What’s wrong with Tony? He _____ so stressed and nervous lately.

a)

Is being

b)

Have been

c)

Is

d)

Has been

e)

Was

35.

We must go now. Would you mind asking the waiter for . . . ?

a)

account

b)

price

c)

charge

d)

bill

e)

cost

36.

Choose the right answer He _____ the play before he saw it at the theatre.

a)

Read

b)

Was reading

c)

Was read

d)

Has read

e)

Had read

37.

Choose the right answer He said that he _____ all his exams by the 25th of June.

a)

Passed

b)

Will pass

c)

Will have passed

d)

Would pass

e)

Would have passed

38.

Choose the right answer When we arrived in London, this hotel _____ .

a)

built

b)

was built

c)

was being build

d)

was being built

e)

was building

39.

Choose the right answer A lot of new books _____ at present.

a)

Publish

b)

are publish

c)

are being published

d)

have published

e)

have been published

40.

We have to come back at 9. Nelly _____ for us at home.

a)

will wait

b)

waiting

c)

will waiting

d)

will be waiting

e)

will be waited

41.

Last week Justin said ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’. He said he would do it . . .

a)

the next day

b)

the previous day

c)

tomorrow

d)

yesterday

e)

the day before yesterday

42.

I don’t know why Nancy didn’t go to the meeting. She . . . definitely going.

a)

was

b)

is

c)

has been

d)

will be

43.

The librarian asked us . . . so much noise.

a)

don’t make

b)

not make

c)

not making

d)

not to make

e)

didn’t make

44.

He has been living . . . ten years.

a)

ago

b)

since

c)

for

d)

during

e)

by

45.

The train . . . when we arrived at the station.

a)

has left

b)

left

c)

is leaving

d)

had left

e)

was left

46.

I have not looked through the documents . . . .

a)

just

b)

ever

c)

already

d)

yet

e)

still

47.

This time tomorrow I . . . an exam on History of Kazakhstan.

a)

will take

b)

will be taking

c)

would take

d)

took

e)

is taking

48.

He . . . for three hours when I met him.

a)

is walking

b)

has walked

c)

has been walking

d)

had been walking

e)

will walk

49.

My house . . . at the moment.

a)

is being repaired

b)

is repaired

c)

repaired

d)

was repaired

e)

is repairing

50.

‘Don’t write on this page’. He told me . . . write on it.

a)

not

b)

don’t

c)

not to

d)

to not

e)

didn’t

51.

The thief . . . by the time Mr. and Mrs. Smith returned from holiday.

a)

was arrested

b)

is arrested

c)

had arrested

d)

arrested

e)

had been arrested

52.

Do you like art? There is a nice art . . . near here.

a)

café

b)

library

c)

gallery

d)

department store

e)

cinema

53.

I need to buy a dictionary. Is there a good . . . around here?

a)

theatre

b)

museum

c)

cinema

d)

library

e)

bookstore

54.

Prices are very high in New York City. Everything is pretty . . . there.

a)

cheap

b)

expensive

c)

huge

d)

beautiful

e)

crowded

55.

Some parts of the city are fairly dangerous. They are not very . . . late at night.

a)

safe

b)

noisy

c)

quiet

d)

crowded

e)

clean

56.

In a restaurant, customers usually leave . . . for the waiter or waitress.

a)

menu

b)

order

c)

service

d)

tips

e)

checks

57.

Where . . . these photographs . . . ? In London?

a)

is taking

b)

did take

c)

were taken

d)

are taken

e)

was taken

58.

Tim is away at the moment. He is . . . holiday.

a)

on

b)

at

c)

in

d)

for

e)

by

59.

‘How did you get there? . . . the bus?’ – ‘No, . . . car’.

a)

on / on

b)

__ / __

c)

by / on

d)

in / in

e)

by / by

60.

We went . . . the theatre last night. We had seats . . . front row.

a)

to / in

b)

in / to

c)

at / at

d)

__ / __

e)

in / in

61.

If you use pictures and slides your report will be much . . . .

a)

interesting

b)

more interesting

c)

most interesting

d)

the most interesting

e)

the least interesting

62.

We . . . by a loud noise during the night.

a)

woke up

b)

are woken up

c)

were woken up

d)

were waking up

e)

are waking up

63.

‘How long . . . English?’ – ‘For six months’.

a)

do you learn

b)

are you learning

c)

you are learning

d)

have been learning

e)

have you learned

64.

Thank you for giving me the guide book. It was full _____ useful information.

a)

of

b)

in

c)

on

d)

by

e)

for

65.

Brian has been doing the same job _____ five years.

a)

since

b)

for

c)

in

d)

from

e)

—

66.

I don’t understand this sentence. What _____?

a)

does mean this word

b)

does this word mean

c)

means this word

d)

this word means

e)

this word does mean

67.

Tom _____ his hand when he was cooking the dinner.

a)

burnt

b)

was burning

c)

were burning

d)

burns

e)

is burning

68.

We are good friends. We _____ each other for a long time.

a)

know

b)

knew

c)

have known

d)

has known

e)

have been knowing

69.

Sally _____ here for two months.

a)

works

b)

is working

c)

worked

d)

have been working

e)

has been working

70.

We are late. The film _____ by the time we get to the cinema.

a)

will start

b)

will be started

c)

start

d)

starting

e)

will have been started

71.

I am slow to _____

a)

express my opinion

b)

express my viewing

c)

make my views

d)

make my opinion

e)

offer my opinion

72.

I have to have this report finished _____.

a)

by Friday

b)

until Friday

c)

to Friday

d)

Friday before

e)

Friday beginning

73.

The car was parked directly _____ the diner.

a)

before

b)

ahead of

c)

in front of

d)

preceding

e)

behind

74.

The ski resorts are usually crowded. There are many people _____ skiing.

a)

enjoy

b)

that enjoying

c)

who enjoy

d)

who enjoying

e)

enjoying

75.

It is already 3 o’clock. Can you _____ time to catch the bus?

a)

have enough

b)

have it in

c)

make in

d)

make it in

e)

made in

76.

I went to have my glasses _____.

a)

fit

b)

fitted

c)

fit on

d)

fitted on

e)

fit of

77.

Mary’s house is _____ the hair salon. Do you think you can find it?

a)

along

b)

near to

c)

against

d)

opposite

e)

next to

78.

The burning stick was very hot. He let _____ just in time.

a)

alone it

b)

go alone it

c)

go it

d)

go of it

e)

went it

79.

Do we have _____ money to last us the week?

a)

a lot of

b)

plentiful

c)

plenty of

d)

enough

e)

some

80.

The teacher __________ attendance when I arrived.

a)

was taking

b)

has taken

c)

is taking

d)

were taking

e)

was taken

81.

Choose the correct variant: There _____ only one Xerox in the department. It’s not enough for 10 officers.

a)

are

b)

has

c)

is

d)

be

e)

am

82.

They _____ here for ten years and they don’t want to move.

a)

have live

b)

have living

c)

have lived

d)

lived

e)

had lived

83.

Choose the correct pronoun: Are (....) clean notebooks?

a)

it

b)

these

c)

thats

d)

that

e)

this

84.

Choose the correct preposition: Jane wanted to get a brooch _____ the shape of a horseshoe.

a)

Of

b)

To

c)

with

d)

in

e)

at

85.

Choose the right preposition: Don't forget to shake the snow ... your coat.

a)

at

b)

with

c)

off

d)

from

e)

in

86.

Choose the correct preposition: I usually have my holiday ... summer.

a)

in

b)

during

c)

for

d)

on

e)

at

87.

Choose the lexically correct equivalent for the Russian "ещё": They are ... talking.

a)

more

b)

other

c)

yet

d)

else

e)

still

88.

Choose the synonym to the word: to include.

a)

to call

b)

to collect

c)

to go

d)

to contain

e)

to bring

89.

Choose an antonym to: Attend (v).

a)

to come

b)

to go far

c)

to be late

d)

to return

e)

to miss classes

90.

Choose the right variant: Mil can’t help (laugh) when he sees you.

a)

Laughing

b)

to laughing

c)

having laughed

d)

Laugh

e)

to laughed

91.

Choose the correct answer: I saw the professor ... the lab.

a)

to enter

b)

enter

c)

enters

d)

entered

e)

have enter

92.

Choose the correct variant: Everyone in the group shook hands with _____.

a)

one the other

b)

each other

c)

themselves

d)

one other

e)

their

93.

Choose the correct variant: The teacher begged the students ____ to classes the next day.

a)

that they will not come

b)

to not come

c)

won’t come

d)

not to come

e)

that they don’t come

94.

Complete the sentence: We wouldn’t have worried ___.

a)

If the telegram hasn’t received.

b)

If we had received the telegram from him.

c)

If the telegram hadn’t received.

d)

If we didn’t receive a telegram from him.

e)

If had we received the telegram.

95.

Find the noun used mostly in the singular form.

a)

agent

b)

cup

c)

tea

d)

chair

e)

dress

96.

Choose the right variant: At 11 in ... morning ... weather was fine and we had ... long walk in ... park.

a)

the / the / - / -

b)

a / the / a / a

c)

the / the / the / the

d)

- / - / a / a

e)

the / the / a / the

97.

Complete the sentence: Unless you ... harder, you will lose your job.

a)

have worked

b)

working

c)

worked

d)

will work

e)

work

98.

Choose the correct variant: The southern part of Kazakhstan land is ...

a)

Mountainous

b)

Mountainful

c)

Mountainly

d)

Mountains

e)

mountainable

99.

Choose the right variant: I want ____ first class tickets for the 9 o’clock train to Edinburgh.

a)

and

b)

the

c)

them

d)

an

e)

-

100.

Choose the correct variant: I asked the director _________ to do it.

a)

if he had have been able.

b)

could he have.

c)

whether he would able.

d)

whether he would be able.

e)

would he had been able.

101.

Choose the one alternative that best completes the sentence: There ... a big supermarket on the first floor now.

a)

are

b)

is

c)

was

d)

will be

e)

were

102.

... twenty per cent of natural gas used to heat homes in the UK from the North Sea.

a)

fewer than

b)

lesser than

c)

less then

d)

few of

e)

less than

103.

Choose the correct variant: I asked him ...

a)

to go not away.

b)

go not away.

c)

not to go away.

d)

to not go away.

e)

don't go away.

104.

Choose the sentence with the right word order:

a)

He was carrying a bag black plastic.

b)

He was carrying black a plastic bag.

c)

Was carrying he a black plastic bag.

105.

Choose the sentence with the right word order:

a)

Everybody enjoyed the party very much.

b)

The party very much everybody enjoyed.

c)

Everybody enjoyed very much the party.

d)

Everybody very much enjoyed the party.

e)

The party everybody very much enjoyed.

106.

If he ____ a chance of success, he __________ to move to London.

a)

will need, would have

b)

were to have, would need

c)

will have, would need

d)

will have, will need

e)

were to have, will need

107.

Choose the correct variant. ... of students were present at the meeting

a)

hundrets

b)

a hundrets

c)

the hundrets

d)

the hundreds

e)

hundreds

108.

Choose the correct variant.

a)

I wished I have more help

b)

I wished I have had more help

c)

I wished I had have more help

d)

I wished I has more help

e)

I wish I had more help

109.

Choose the correct variant: Eleven thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.

a)

11934.

b)

11943.

c)

13294.

d)

11334.

e)

12349.

110.

What … at 20 years old, that’s to say five years ago? … anywhere or were you jobless?

a)

did you do/ did you work

b)

were you working/ did you work

c)

had you worked/ were you working

d)

were you working/ did you work

111.

The other day we … her at the shop. She was busy putting on a red scarf.

a)

were meeting

b)

met

c)

meet

d)

had met

112.

My mother … supper by the time I appeared. When I … she was still preparing it.

a)

did not cook/ was returning

b)

had cooked/ return

c)

wasn’t cooking/ returned

d)

had not cooked/ returned

113.

Last summer our kids … the competition. Fortunately, they won first place.

a)

took part in

b)

was taking part in

c)

were taking part in

d)

had taken part in

114.

It … his first voyage that day. He … to New York many times.

a)

were not/ was already

b)

was/ been already

c)

wasn’t/ had already been

d)

was not/ was already

115.

…. I started talking … they interrupted me.

a)

hardly have/ when

b)

hardly/ if

c)

hardly had/ when

d)

hardly had/ than

116.

Once upon a time there … a witch together with her husband and stepdaughter.

a)

were living

b)

living

c)

had lived

d)

lived

117.

We went home after it … snowing.

a)

had stopped

b)

have stopped

c)

stopped

d)

was stopping

118.

… your bother … off the table before I turned up?

a)

have/ felled

b)

did/ fell

c)

had/ fallen

d)

did/ fall

119.

She … her school in 2000, then she … a job in 2003 and then she … married in spring, 2005.

a)

finished/ found/ got

b)

was finishing/ find/ get

c)

had finished/ had found/ had got

d)

fisnished/ finded/ getted

120.

“How . . .?” - “Nobody knows”

a)

happened the accident

b)

did happen the accident

c)

did the accident happened

d)

the accident happened

e)

was the accident happened

121.

The police officer stopped us and asked where . . .

a)

were we going

b)

are we going

c)

we are going

d)

we going

e)

we were going

122.

I don’t like stories . . . have unhappy ending.

a)

That

b)

who

c)

what

d)

____

e)

it

123.

This article deals with the problem of our country’s economic . . .

a)

politics

b)

political

c)

politician

d)

policy

e)

police

124.

Is it still raining? No, it . . . already.

a)

was stopped

b)

has stopped

c)

is stopped

d)

have stopped

e)

has been stopped

125.

We have business ______ with foreign countries.

a)

hour

b)

sale

c)

relations

d)

material

e)

travel

126.

I suddenly remembered that I . . . my purse.

a)

have forgotten

b)

forget

c)

had forgotten

d)

forgot

e)

was forgotten

127.

I don’t take . . . with my coffee, I prefer it black.

a)

sugar

b)

milk

128.

The meeting is . . . held on the first of Monday of the month. It never changes.

a)

sometimes

b)

always

c)

often

d)

usually

e)

never

129.

We must go now. Would you mind asking the waiter for . . . ?

a)

account

b)

price

c)

charge

d)

bill

e)

cost

130.

People ... to drive more carefully.

a)

may

b)

ought

c)

could

d)

would

e)

must

131.

I don't know what …if you…this information.

a)

happen/forget

b)

will happen/will forget

c)

will happen/forget

d)

happens/ will forget

e)

happens/ forget

132.

The weather was changing the whole day yesterday, …?

a)

were it?

b)

hasn’t it?

c)

wasn’t it?

d)

doesn’t it?

e)

did it?

133.

I love ... very much!

a)

him

b)

mines

c)

she

d)

hers

e)

he

134.

The weather is hot in summer in our country. But in Africa the weather is ….

a)

most hot

b)

more hot

c)

the more hot

d)

hotter

e)

hot

135.

The highest mountain on the British Isles is …

a)

Royal

b)

Elbrus

c)

Snowdon

d)

Ben Nevis

e)

Scaffel Pike

136.

Stop him! He's going to jump ... the river.

a)

on

b)

onto

c)

under

d)

in front of

e)

into

137.

The ... resources are quite enough to meet the ... material needs.

a)

Earths’

b)

Earth’s, people’s

c)

Earths, peoples

d)

Earth’s, peoples

e)

Earths, people’s

138.

Выберите предложение с Participle I:

a)

Going along the street I met Mary

b)

Yesterday they went to the park

c)

Our parents want to go to the theatre

d)

We have gone to Almaty

e)

Serik likes going to the skating rink

139.

Выберите правильный вариант фразового глагола "to put": Don 't forget … your scarf …, please.

a)

to put … down

b)

to put … on

c)

to put … to

d)

to put … after

e)

to put … in

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