Perfect Continuous Tenses

1. Jim is watching TV. How long … he … … it?

A) did watch B) has been watching C) has been watched

2. It … … … since lunchtime.

A) have rained B) had rained C) has been raining

3. We … … … for half an hour when it started to rain.

A) had been playing B) had been played C) has been playing

4. When I arrived, Kate … … … for me for a very long time.

A) has been waiting B) had waited C) had been waiting

5. She … … … all morning.

A) had been walking B) has been walking C) have been walking

6. She went to the doctor. Her leg … … … for two.

A) have ached B) had been aching C) has been aching

7. They were wet because they … … …. In the rain.

A) had been walking B) have been walking C) has been walking

8. She … … … as a clerk for 10 years before she resigned.

A) has been worked B) has been working C) had been working

9. They … … … in New York since 1990.

A) have been living B) has been living C) had been living

10. I was very tired when I arrived home. I … … … hard all day.

A) have been worked B) had been working C) has been working

11. He is out of breath. He … … ….

A) has been running B) had been running C) had been run

12. Look, it is raining. How long … it … …?

A) have been raining B) had been raining C) has been raining

13.Next month he … … … … here for two years.

A) will have been living B) would have been living

C) should have been living

14.By the time you arrive home I … … … … for several hours.

A) had been sleeping B) shall have been sleeping

C) would have been sleeping

15. By the time they return home their children … … … … TV for

3 hours.

A) would have been watching B) will have been watching

C) will have been watched

Sequence of Tenses

1. She wrote that she … her holidays in the mountains.

A) have spent B) had spent C) has spent

2. My grandmother said that she … never … to Moscow before.

A) had been B) have been C) were

3. She asked her friend whether she … a book for her.

A) bought B) buys C) had bought

4. We knew you … your exams successfully.

A) shall pass B) will pass C) would pass

5. She said she … from the Institute a few years ago.

A) has graduated B) had graduated C) graduated

6. We thought you … us.

A) will help B) should help C) would help

7.Nelly said that she … her holidays at the seaside.

A) spent B) is spending C) spends

8.I meant to say that I … an opportunity to do the work.

A) shall have B) should have C) shall be

9. I knew that … the work in time.

A) would complete B) should complete C) completed

10.Nelly told Ann that she … to the village during her holidays.

A) have gone B) had gone C) went

11.He told that he … in Kiev.

A) lives B) lived C) has lived

12.I heard that Petrov … Moscow.

A) has left B) had left C) have left

13.They didn’t know where I ….

A) have gone B) had gone C) has gone.

14.Alice said that she … for a walk.

A) shall go B) will go C) would go

15.Kate didn’t know when I … in.

A) shall be B) will be C) should be

16.He thought that she … home.

A) have returned B) returns C) had returned

17.A little girl saw that she … in a long, long corridor.

A) were B) is C) was

18. We told her that she … a control work well.

A) will write B) would write C) should write

19. Nancy said that there … many big stones in the room.

A) were B) are C) was

20.Ann saw that the motor-boat … to sea again.

A) went out B) go out C) have gone out

Infinitive

1. Nobody heard him … the house.

A) leave B) have left C) had left

2. We wanted the letter … immediately.

A) to send B) to be sent C) sending

3. Her mother would like her … Tom.

A) to be married B) to marry C) married

4. They wish the article … next month.

A) to publish B) to be publishing C) to be published

5. Our teacher makes us … to the tapes.

A) listen B) to have listened C) to be listening

6. I expect him … in June.

A) to being back B) to be back C0 to have been back

7. We knew them … soon.

A) to come B) to have come C) to have been coming

8. I heard him … to somebody loudly.

A) talk B) to talk C) to have talking

9. The work … to be interesting.

A) believed B) is believed C) is believing

10.He … to have left for Canada.

A) said B) has said C) is said

12. The delegation … to arrive on Monday.

A) expected B) was expected C) is expecting

13. He … to be an experienced doctor.

A) considered B) is considered C) to consider

14. You … to know it very well.

A) supposed B0 is supposed C) are supposed

15. The film … to be very exciting.

A) prove B) proved C) to have proved

16. The meeting … to have started its work.

A) was announced B) were announced C) to be announcing

17. My boss expects me … much.

A) to have worked B) to work C) to be working

18. Young children often ask … to the zoo.

A) to take B) to be taking C) to be taken

19. This is a list of words ….

A) to learn B) to have learned C) to be learned

20. The task … is quite clear to him.

A) to be fulfilled B) to fulfil C) to be fulfilling

Participle I, II

a. The student … all the lectures showed good results.

A) attended B) attending C) having been

b. The plant … machinery grows bigger.

A) producing B) produced C) has been produced

c. The workers … a new house returned home.

A) built B) was building C) building

4.The young man … the Institute must know much.

A) enter B) entered C) entering

5.… … to leave the city he began packing his things.

A) decided B) having decided C) deciding

6.The film … to the students was interesting.

A) show B) showing C) shown

7.… … all examinations he went to see his parents.

A) having passed B) passing C) passed

8… … home he began to cook dinner.

A) returning B) have returned C) having returned

9. The book … on the table was about animals.

A) leaving B) left C) has left

10. The news … by him was important.

A) told B) telling C) have been telling

11. The theatre … in the last century needed reconstruction.

A) building B) built C) had built

12. The bridge … … across the river is going to be beautiful.

A) be built B) being built C) building

13. … …. the experiment the students left the laboratory

A) having been finished B) finishes C) having finished

14. … the article he consulted the dictionary.

A) translated B) translating C) have translated

15. They have electrical equipment … in France.

A) manufactured B) have manufactured C) manufacture