Grammar self-assessment test

(to check yourself see the keys after the test)

I. Определите видовременную форму и залог сказуемого.

1. The information was given over the telephone.   a) Past Simple Active c) Present Simple Passive b) Present Simple Active d) Past Simple Passive 2. Corruption became the norm in some countries. a) Past Simple Active c) Future Simple Active b) Present Simple Active d) Past Simple Passive 3. The government will raise taxes next year. a) Present Simple Active c) Past Simple Passive b) Future Simple Active d) Future Simple Passive 4. The respondents are instructed by the interviewer. a) Present Simple Active c) Present Simple Passive b) Past Simple Passive d) Future Simple Active

5. The government has banned the advertising of cigarettes.

a) Present Perfect Active	c) Present Simple Passive
b) Present Perfect Progressive	d) Past Perfect Passive

6. By the time I qualify, I will have been studying psychology for six years.

a) Present Perfect Active	c) Future Perfect Progressive
b) Present Progressive Passive	d) Future Perfect Passive

7. She gave a description of the car that had been stolen.

a) Past Simple Passive	c) Past Perfect Progressive
b) Past Perfect Active	d) Past Perfect Passive

8. Was Ann working there when you got this job?

a) Past Simple Active	c) Past Progressive Passive
b) Past Progressive Active	d) Present Progressive Active

9. The talks are being held at the present moment.

a) Present Perfect Progressive	c) Present Progressive Active
b) Present Simple Passive	d) Present Progressive Passive

II. Выберите глагол-сказуемое.

1. The changes in taxation … the well-being of the people.

a) will influence c) will be influenced

b) shall influence d) will influenced

2. There … several kinds of methods available to the investigators.

a) has b) are c) is d) have

3. By the time he was 35, he …already …a Doctor of Phylosophy.

a) had … become	c) has … become
b) have … become	d) was … becoming

4. The committee … the problem since Monday.

a) was discussing	c) has been discussing
b) is discussing	d) had discussed

5. By next month we … paying the credit for the car.

a) will be finishing	c) will have been finishing
b) will finish	d) will have finished

6. The agreement … in the presence of two witnesses at the moment.

a) is being signed	c) has signed
b) is signing	d) has been signed

7. I … never … any affairs with a man called Smith.

a) had … had	c) has … had
b) did … have	d) have … had