Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense

Variant 1

Name _______________________________________

 

Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense.

 

A Nick: What part of Birmingham (1) ____________ you __________ (to live) in when you (2) ________________ (to be) a child?

Pete: A place called Selly Oak. (3) __________ you _________ (to know) it?

Nick: Oh, yes. I used to cycle through it nearly every day when I (4) ___________ (to study) there.

B Helen: When (5) _______ you __________ (to hear) the result of your law exam?

Clara: When I (6) ____________ (to phone) my boss. She (7) ________________

_________ (to check) the list when I (8) ____________ (to ring), so she (9) _____

__________ (to tell) me then.

Helen: (10) _________ you __________ (to email) your husband yet?

Clara: Not yet.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 10

 

Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. Patrick has had to give up playing football since he _________ (to break) his ankle.

2. How often _______ you _________ (to visit) your friends when you _____

________ (to be) in the States last year?

3. She _________________ (not to pay) you for the ticket yet. How much ___

_______ she __________ (to owe) you?

4. The hotel manager called the police when she _______________ (to discover) that the guest _____________ (to leave) without paying his bill.

5. Ann’s work is terrible these days. I ______________ (not to know) what

_____________________ (to happen) to her. She ________________ (to lose) interest in everything recently.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 10

Open the brackets using the verb in the appropriate form (time clauses and if- clauses I).

 

1) We will wait for her till she ______________ (to return).

2) If you _______________ (to translate) this article I ______________ (to use) it in my report tomorrow.

3) Before you _____________ (to cross) the park, you will come to a supermarket.

4) They won’t have dinner before mother _________________ (to come) home.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

Translate into English.

 

1) Я сегодня не завтракал. _____________________________________________

2) Где студенты? – В библиотеке, они делают проект. ________________________

______________________________________________________________________

3) Она была удивлена: она никогда ещё не видела столько цветов. ____________

______________________________________________________________________

4) Чем занимается твой брат? – Он работает в институте. _____________________

_______________________________________________________________________

5)Вчера они играли в футбол весь вечер. ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

 

Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense.

 

1. By the evening she ________________________ (to translate) ten pages.

2. ___________you ever ___________ (to be) to the local museum? –Yes, I (to be) ______

_________ there last week.

3. I ________________________ (to do) my homework at 5 o’clock tomorrow.

4. She _________________________ (to read) the book since morning.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

 

Total _______ / 35

 

 

 

 

Variant 2

Name _______________________________________

Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense.

A funny thing happened to me the other day. I (1) ______ (be) in a hurry to get to work and I found that my car wasn’t working. I (2) _______ (have to) rush out of the house to catch the bus. While I was walking along the street, I (3) ________ (notice) a woman of about my age on the opposite side of the road. I looked at her again and I realized that we (4) _______ (meet) before. She arrived at the bus stop a couple of seconds after me. ‘She must be catching the bus, too’, I thought. We (5) _____ just ______ (miss) the previous bus and we had fifteen minutes to wait before the next one. I looked at the woman behind me and I was sure that I knew her.

‘Excuse me, have we met before?’ I’m sure that I recognize you,’ I said.

She looked a bit surprised but she (6) ______ (tell) me that her name was Angela Barker.

‘You studied history at Liverpool University’ I shouted, ‘from 1985 to 1988!’

“That’s right!’ she replied, ‘And you are Claire…?’

‘Lewis. Well my name was Lewis but I am married now. What (7) _____ you _____

(do) nowadays?’ I asked.

‘Well, I (8) ______ (work) in the Central Museum in town and I (9) ________ (live) in this area, in George Street, for about three years,’ she replied.

‘You are joking! I live around the corner from there. I don’t believe it!’ I said.

‘I know, it’s incredible!’ she replied. ‘And I’m glad that you spoke to me because I wondered why you (10) _______ (look) at me all the time!’

One point for each correct answer ______ / 10

Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. My sister _________ (to be) in New Zealand at the moment. She _________________ (to have) a wonderful time there.

2. They ______________ (to go) to the theatre early last night, but a lot of people ______

________________ (to arrive) before them and there _________________ (to be) along queue for tickets.

3. I __________ always ___________ (to want) to visit Italy. Now that I ______________ (to have) a chance, I ________________________ (to decide) to take it.

4. They ____________ (to have) a fire in the office last Monday. They ____________

_______________ (to sort out) the mess ever since, as you can imagine.

One point for each correct answer ______ / 10

Open the brackets using the verb in the appropriate form (time clauses and if- clauses I). All the sentences are about the future.

1) I ______________ (to phone) you when I ___________ (to get) home from work.

2) We want to see Kate before she ______________ (to go) out.

3) We’re going on holiday on Sunday. I _____________ (to tell) you all about it when we ____________ (to come) back.

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

 

Translate into English.

1) Я только что позавтракал. ____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

2) Они всё ещё пьют чай в столовой. _____________________________

______________________________________________________________

3) Когда Том вышел из дома, его друзья играли в футбол. _____________

______________________________________________________________

4Он жил в этом доме уже три года, когда приехала его сестра. ________

_____________________________________________________________

 

5 Где он живёт? – Он живёт в Лондоне. ________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense.

 

1. I ________________________ (to do) my project by six o’clock tomorrow.

2. Don’t phone me on Saturday after five o’clock. I _______________ (to write) an essay the whole evening.

3. ___________ the children ______________ (to watch) TV since 12 at noon?

4. We knew they ____________________ (to come) soon.

5. By the evening she ________________________ (to translate) ten pages.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5

 

Total _______ / 35

 

Variant 3

Name _______________________________________

Open the brackets using the verb in the correct tense.

A funny thing happened to me the other day. I (1) ______ (be) in a hurry to get to work and I found that my car wasn’t working. I had to rush out of the house to catch the bus. While I (2) ________ (walk) along the street, I (3) ________ (see) a woman of about my age on the opposite side of the road. I looked at her again and I (4) ___________ (understand) that we (5) _______ (meet) before. She arrived at the bus stop a couple of seconds after me. ‘She must be catching the bus, too’, I thought. We’d just missed the previous bus and we had about ten minutes to wait before the next one. I looked at the woman behind me and I was sure that I knew her.

‘Excuse me, have we met before?’ I’m sure that I recognize you,’ I said.

She looked a bit surprised but she (6) ______ (tell) me that her name was Alice Porcher.

‘You studied art at Manchester University’ I shouted, ‘from 1991 to 1994!’

“That’s right!’ she replied, ‘And you are Angela…?’

‘Blackish. Well my name was Blackish but I am married now. What (7) _____ you _____

(do) nowadays?’ I asked.

‘Well, I (8) ______ (work) in the Art Gallery in town and I (9) ________ (live) in this area, in Harold Street, for about five years,’ she replied.

‘You are joking! I live around the corner from there. I don’t believe it! We (10) ________ (be) neighbours for five years without having seen each other!’ I said.

‘I know, it’s incredible!’ she agreed. ‘And I’m so glad that you spoke to me!

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 10

 

 

2. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs do, be, or have.

1. She wasn’t very happy because she _______ had a very bad day.

2. This car _______ very fast.

3. We love going to the theatre but our children________ enjoy it very much.

4) I ________ watching my favourite programme now.

5) When I arrived at my neighbour’s house, they _______ having an argument.

 

One point for each correct answer ______ / 5