Revising test.
Choose the form of the verb (Present, Past, Future Simple or Present, Past, Future Continuous).
1. Don’t worry! I _________ (to wait) for you when you _____
( to come) .You won't be lost.
a) will wait . . . will come b) am waiting . . . come c) will be waiting . . . come.
2. While she ______ (to cook) the children _____ (to begin) to argue and finally __________ ( to quarrel) .
a) cooked . . . began . . . had quarreled b) was cooking . . . began. . . quarreled
3. Since they ________ ( to come) to Washington he hasn’t spoken English.
a) have come b) had come c) came
4. She ___________ (constantly/ to speak) about her garden!
a) is constantly speaking b) was constantly speaking c) constantly speaks
5. I _______ ( just/ to leave ) the room when I _______
( to hear) some strange noise behind.
a) was just leaving . . . had heard b) was just leaving . . .heard
6.The student _______ ( to test) now.
a) tests b) is testing c) tested
7. I ________ ( to want) to be a dentist until I _______ ( to be) twelve.
a) had wanted. . . was b) wanted . . . has been c) wanted . . . was
8. I __________ ( to spend) a fortnight in hospital last year.
a) spent b) was spending c) has spent
9. After dinner Mike ______ ( to read) for two hours, then he _______ ( to watch) TV, and then he _________ ( to talk) on the phone for half an hour.
a) read. . . watched. . . talked b) was reading . . . watched . . . was talking
10. What________ ( you/to do) yesterday from 6 till 9?
a) were you doing b) did you do c) had you been doing
11. She _______ ( to lie) in the sun too long and got burnt.
a) lied b) was lying c) lay
12. Would you let me have a copy of your book as soon as you _______________ ( to finish) it, please?
a) will finish b) finish c) finished
13. The group __________ ( to work) carelessly the other day.
a) worked b) was working c) has worked
14. Why _________ ( you / to return) so early?
a) did you return b) have you returned c) had you returned
15. It ________ ( to be) already dark and it _______ ( to rain).
a) was . . . rained b) was. . . was raining