Question

23) I hated working with Carl. He …. about something – his work, his salary, his colleagues … !

a) always complained
b) was complaining
c) was always complaining

24) I … to meet up with Nacho in Madrid, but I didn’t have time.

a) have hoped
b) wasn’t hoping
c) was hoping

25) I didn’t use to like vegetables when I was young, but now I love them and I …. them every day.

a) eat
b) used to eating
c)used to eat

26) How long …. in the flat before you discovered there were mice?

a) had you being living
b) had you been lived
c) had you been living

27) My little sister loves the film The Lion King. She…. it three times.

a) saw
b) seen
c) ’s seen

28) My new job is based in Algeria so I …. Arabic. I want to be able to talk to my Algerian colleagues in their own language.

a) learn
b) ’ve been learning
c) ’ve learned

29) We …. much this morning and it’s almost 12 o’clock. Let’s hope we do better this afternoon.

a) haven’t sold
b) didn’t sell
c) were not selling

30) ….. this book? It’s brilliant.

a) Have you ever read
b) Have you been reading
c) Did you ever read

31) How many times …. someone famous?

a) were you meeting
b) did you meet
c) have you met

32) ‘Where’s Jake?’ ‘Oh, he ….. to Munich for a conference. He’ll be back in a week.’

a) ’s went
b) ’s gone
c) ’s been

33) The film……, so we can just get there in time if we hurry.

a) hasn’t just started
b) hasn’t started yet
c) hasn’t started already

34) Is everything OK? You ….. your phone.

a) haven’t been answering
b) haven’t answering
c) didn’t been answering

35) My grandfather is learning how to dance salsa. He ….. three classes so far and I think he’s really enjoying it, although he gets quite tired.

a) has been having
b) had
c) has had

36) They …. late this evening, so they might miss the start of the football match.

a) worked
b) ’ll work
c) ’ll be working

37) ……an alarm call in the morning, sir?

a) Will you be needing
b) Do you be needing
c) Are you needing

38) What a long day! By seven o’clock this evening ……for ten hours.

a) we’ll have been worked
b) we’ll have been working
c) worked

39) They …… a new megastore in the centre of town, but there were so many complaints that they decided not to.

a) were building
b) were going to build
c) are going to build

40) I’m so sorry I broke your phone…. you a new one.

a) I’ll buy
b) I buy
c) I’m buying

41) ‘I’m afraid I can’t get there until seven o’clock.’ ‘Oh, that’s a shame. The others ….. by then so you’ll miss them.’

a) will leave
b) will have been leaving
c) will have left

42) …..Helena about the holiday before we see her? We don't want to spoil the surprise.

a) Will Tony have spoken to
b) Tony will have spoken to
c) Will have Tony spoken to

43) They ….. for over an hour by the time we get there. I hope they’re not angry.

a) will have been waiting
b) will have been waited
c) will have be waiting

44) Don’t worry. I promise I …. late.

a) will be not
b) won’t being
c) won’t be

45) We’ll have to open a new class. … too many students in this one.
a) It’s b) There are c)There is
46) … an oven, a microwave and a frigde-freezer in the new apartment.
a) There is b) It is c) There are
47) I hated being a teenager. … the most embarrassing time in my life!
a) There is b) It was c)There are
48) … a mistake to think your boss won’t notice if you don’t go.
a) It was b) There is c) It is
49) … little point in going back over the same old ground.
a) There is b) There are c) It is
50) … a strong possibility of the chairman not making the meeting.
a) It is b) It was c) There is
51) … very hilly and there are steps in most of the streets.
a) It is b) There was c) There is
52) … a lot to be said for vegetarianism, in my opinion.
a) It was b) It is c)There is
53) … a shame you won’t be able to see your own son receive his degree.
a) There is b)It is c) It was
54) … a pen, a ruler and some pencils on each desk.
a) There is b) There are c) It is
55) … a sauna and a small gym at the hotel.
a) It is b) There are c) There is
56) … a lot of rain on holiday.
a) It was b) There was c) It is
57) … generally believed to be a good thing to get eight hours’ sleep a night.
a) It is b) There were c) There is
58) … no shame attached to being beaten by a player of his calibre.
a) There is b) It is c) It was
59) The resort had everything – … a beach, a hotel and some very good restaurants.
a) there was b) there were c) it was
60) All you have to do is tell me everything … happened once you left the hotel.
a) That b) what c) which
61) It was while trying to mend the window … I fell off the ladder.
a) When b) where c) that
62) He claimed to like music but it was literature … he loved more than anything else.
a) which b) that c) what
63) … I love most about the weather in this country is that it is totally unreliable.
a) What b) All c) That

Answer 1

Правильные варианты:

23) c) was always complaining

24) c) was hoping

25) a) eat

26) c) had you been living

27) a) saw

28) b) 've been learning

29) a) haven’t sold

30) a) Have you ever read

31) b) did you meet

32) b) 's gone

33) b) hasn’t started yet

34) a) haven’t been answering

35) c) has had

36) c) ’ll be working

37) a) Will you be needing

38) b) we’ll have been working

39) b) were going to build

40) a) I’ll buy

41) c) will have left

42) a) Will Tony have spoken to

43) a) will have been waiting

44) c) won’t be

45) b) There are

46) c) There are

47) b) It was

48) a) It was

49) a) There is

50) a) It is

51) c) There is

52) b) It is

53) b) It is

54) a) There is

55) c) There is

56) b) There was

57) a) It is

58) a) There is

59) c) it was

60) b) what

61) a) When

62) b) that

63) a) What