ENGLISH TESTS

Tim is still watching television. He ____ television all day.
1. had watched
2. has been watching
3. had been watching
4. has watched
I ____ a lot of people in the last few days.
1. had met
2. have met
3. met
4. have been meeting
I ____ hard, so I was going to have a rest.
1. have worked
2. had been working
3. had worked
4. have been working
He ____ a letter for two hours when I come.
1. will have written
2. will have been writing
3. had written
4. have been writing
We’re late. The film ____ by the time we get to the cinema.
1. will have been starting
2. will have started
3. had started
4. will be starting
I ____him for three years.
1. had known
2. have known
3. have been knowing
4. had been knowing
I ____ always to go to London.
1. had wanted
2. have wanted
3. have been wanting
4. had been wanting
She ____ill for two weeks.
1. had been
2. has been
3. was
4. have been
He ____ always classical music.
1. had preferred
2. has preferred
3. preferred
4. preferres
She ____ always cats.
1. has been liking
2. has liked
3. was liking
4. likes
I ____ already at my report for three hours.
1. had been working
2. have been working
3. was working
4. work
I _____in St. Petersburg since childhood.
1. lived
2. have been living
3. had lived
4. used to live
You're out of breath. ____ you____?
1. had / been running
2. have / been running
3. have / run
4. had / run
Paul is very tired. He____ very hard.
1. had been working
2. has been working
3. had worked
4. has worked
Why are your clothes so dirty? What ____you____?
1. have / done
2. have / been doing
3. had / done
4. had / been doing
I _____ to Carol about the problem and she thinks that ...
1. had talked
2. have been talking
3. have talk
4. had been talking
It ____for two hours.
1. has rained
2. has been raining
3. had rained
4. had been raining
How long ____you ____English? (you're still learning English)
1. have learned
2. have been learning
3. had learned
4. are you learning
Tim is still watching television. He_____ television all day.
1. watches
2. has been watching
3. was watching
4. had been watching
Where have you been? I____ for you for the last half hour.
1. am looking
2. have been looking
3. had looked
4. looked
George ___well recently.
1. hadn't felt
2. hasn't been feeling
3. was feeling
4. felt
Debbie is a very good tennis player. She_____ since she was eight.
1. is playing
2. has been playing
3. plays
4. had been playing
Every morning they meet in the same cafe. They____ there for years.
1. had been going
2. 've been going
3. are going
4. go
I_____ hard, so now I'm going to have a rest.
1. had been working
2. have been working
3. have worked
4. am working
The ground is wet. It____.
1. had been raining
2. has been raining
3. rains
4. rained
We_____ for an hour. Where ae you?
1. had waited
2. have been waiting
3. had been waiting
4. are waiting
Ann's clothes are covered in paint. She ____the ceiling.
1. had painted
2. has been painting
3. is painting
4. has painted
How long ____you _____Arabic?
1. are / learning
2. have / been learning
3. do / learn
4. did / learn
My hands are very dirty. I____ the car.
1. had repaired
2. 've been repairing
3. had been repairing
4. have repaired
The car is OK again now. I____ it.
1. had repaired
2. have repaired
3. have been repairing
4. had been repairing
It's nice to see you again. What _____you ____since we last met?
1. had\done
2. have\ been doing
3. have\done
4. had\ been doing
Where's the book I gave you? What ____ you ____with it?
1. have / done
2. have / been doing
3. had / done
4. are / doing
How long ____you ____that book?
1. had / read
2. have / been reading
3. are / reading
4. did / read
Mary is still writing letters. She_____ letters all day.
1. has written
2. has been writing
3. is writing
4. was writing
They____ tennis since 2 o'clock.
1. play
2. have been playing
3. played
4. are playing
How many pages of that book ____you ____?
1. had\read
2. have\read
3. had\been reading
4. have\been reading
Mary _____ten letters today.
1. have written
2. has written
3. has been writing
4. wrote
They____ tennis three times this week.
1. 've been playing
2. 've played
3. 'd been playing
4. played
I____ about it for a long time.
1. had known
2. 'vr known
3. knew
4. have been knowing
When the boys came into the house, their clothes were dirty, their hair was untidy and one of them had a black eye. They_____.
1. have fought
2. 'd been fighting
3. had fought
4. were fighting
I was very tired when I arrived home. I____ hard all day.
1. have worked
2. 'd been working
3. had worked
4. worked
Our game of tennis was interrupted. We___ for about half an hour when it started to rain very heavily.
1. had played
2. had been playing
3. were playing
4. played
Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He____ for 30 years.
1. has smoked
2. had been smoking
3. was moking
4. has been smoking
I hope the bus comes soon. I_____ for 20 minutes.
1. had been waiting
2. have been waiting
3. am waiting
4. wait
It wasn't raining when we went out. The sun was shining. But it____, so the ground was wet.
1. had rained
2. had been raining
3. was raining
4. rained
Ann was sitting in an armchair watching television. She was tired because she____ very hard
1. has worked
2. had been working
3. worked
4. was working
We were good friends. We ____each other for years.
1. have known
2. had known
3. have been knowing
4. had been knowing
Jack grew a beard but now he ____it off.
1. had shaved
2. has shaved
3. shaves
4. has been shaving
They went out after lunch and they ____ just back.
1. had come
2. have come
3. came
4. will come
I didn't know who she was. I____ her before.
1. have never seen
2. had never seen
3. didn't see
4. don't see

ENGLISH TESTS

Verb Tenses Level 3