Грамматическое задание

1. At 6 o'clock he got a message saying that his sister ____ the exam successfully.
A. has passed B. had passed C. will pass D. was passed
2. We wondered what he ________ since we last met.
A. has done B. will be doing C. had been doing D was doing
3. Before Ann went to sleep she ____ her family.
A. had called B. called C. was calling D. would be calling
4. How many times __ him since you finished school?
A. have you seen B. had you seen C. did you see D. you saw
5. The railways in Great Britain ____ under state control since they were nationalized in 1948.
A. had been B. have been C. are D. were being
6. Since the government report was published, conditions _____ considerably.
A. had changed B. had been changing C. have changed D. had been changed
7. The new manager ____ any problems to solve since he took over this position 6 months ago.
A. hasn't had B. has had C. didn't have D. wasn't having
8. I last went on holiday six months ago and ______ anywhere since that time.
A. haven't been B. hadn't been C. have been D. wasn't
9. The meat must be ready. I _________ it for almost an hour.
A. had been cooking B. was cooking C. cooked D. have been cooking
10. I want to know what ____ for the last 2 hours.
A. you were doing B. you have been doing C. you are doing D. have you been doing
11. I am very sorry we are late. _______ long?
A. Have you been waiting B. Had you waited C. Did you wait D. Had you been waited
12. For the last two years he ____ the history of Civil War.
A. had written B. has been writing C. was written D. wrote
13. After he _____ the police his name and address he was allowed to go.
A. has given B. had given C. was given D. was giving
14. The builders started to work as soon as local authorities ______ the plans.
A. approved B. have approved C. had been approved D. had approved
15. The scientist suddenly saw the answer to the problem that _____ his mind for the last two years.
A. had occupied B. has been occupying C. would occupy D. occupied
16. A search party set out to look for two tourists who ____ their hotel that morning.
A. have left B. had left C. were leaving D. were left
17. I wrote to the suppliers asking why the goods ______yet.
A. had arrived B. haven't arrived C. hadn't arrived D. didn't arrive
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18. He fell down after he ______ for only 5 minutes.
A. has been running B. was running C. ran D. had been running
19. What ____ when I called you yesterday?
A. had you been doing B. you were doing C. you did D. were you doing
20. What do you think _____ at this time next year?
A. you will be doing B. will you be doing C. will you do D. you will have been doing
21. Do you think they still ______ for us when we get there?
A. will have waited B. will be waiting C. are waiting D. have been waiting
22. Get out and have some fresh air! You ______ all morning.
A. had studied B. have been studied C. have been studying D. was studying
23. Now began the exploration of a territory that no European ____ on before.
A. has stepped B. had stepped C. had been stepped D. stepped
24. Frank's landlord threw him out of the flat because he ____ for 6 months.
A. hasn't been paying B. wasn't paying C. wasn't paid D. hadn't paid.
25. I saw that he was tired and asked what _______ since morning.
A. he has been doing B. had he been doing C. he had been doing D. he was doing
26. Ann thought that her son needed fresh air as he ____ in a stuffy room since morning.
A. had been sitting B. had sitting C. was sitting D. sat
27. Mr Brown retired only last May. By that time he _____ foreign students for 25 years.
A. has taught B. had been teaching C. had been taught D. taught
28. Since I made my report last year there _____ improvement in the company's trading position.
A. has been B. have been C was D. had been
29. Please, give me back my book. You _____ it for more than a month.
A. had been reading B. have been reading C. were reading D. would be reading
30. By the end of the journey they were tired as they ____________for two days.
A. had been travelling B. were travelling C. would travel D. have travelled
31. We are late. The film______________ by the time we get to the cinema.
A. had started B. would start C. will have started D. will start
32. I _____________ fifty driving lessons but I still cannot drive.
A. have had B. was having C. will have D. had had
33. By next August I ____ my exams and will be ready for a holiday.
A. will pass B. will have passed C. am passing D. pass
34. We ____ over five hundred miles by the time we get there.
A. will drive B. have driven C. will have driven D. are driving
35. Though he ____ all his money he looked happy.
A. has spent B. had spent C. would spent D. has been spending
36. At the interview I was asked how much _________ to be paid.
A. I expected B. did I expect C. had I expected D. was I expecting
37. I asked him what _____ when I saw him.
A was he doing B he was doing C would he do D had he done
38. Did you tell your brother how long ______ for him?
A had you been waiting B were you waiting C you had been waiting D you have been waiting
39. He doesn't tell anybody what ____ with his car.
A he has done B had he done C was he doing D he was doing
40. She ____ running the company a few years ago and soon doubled her business.
A had started B started C was starting D was started
41. My husband _____ in the bank from 1990 to 1993. Then he retired.
A has worked B worked C had been working D had worked
42. Everything is going well. We ______ any problems so far.
A didn't have B hadn't have C haven't had D have had
43. Is it your new car? How long _____ it?
A had you had B have you had C did you have D were you having
44. The economic situation in the country _____ over the last few years.
A had improved B improved C has improved D had been improved
45. I can't really imagine what _________ all these years.
A have you been doing B you have been doing C you had done D were you doing
46. You _________ this book for two years already. I wonder when you are going to finish it.
A have written B have been writing C wrote D were writing