English test

Part 1. Four Present Tenses — 15 sentences

Task: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Continuous.

1. My sister usually walks to school, but today she took the bus.
2. I have known David for five years.
3. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
4. How long have you been learning English?
5. Tom hasn’t finished his homework yet.
6. Water boils at 100°C.
7. We have been waiting for the teacher for twenty minutes, and she still hasn’t arrived.
8. have you ever visited (visit) a foreign country?
9. Why are you wearing a coat indoors? Is it cold?
10. My father has been working in this company since 2018.
11. She rarely watches television because she prefers reading.
12. Look! Someone is trying to open the window.
13. I am tired because I have been cleaning the house all morning.
14. He has already sent the email, so you don’t need to remind him.
15. How often do your classmates participate in school competitions?

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Part 2. Four Past Tenses — 15 sentences

Task: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous.

1. While I was walking home, I met an old friend.
2. By the time we arrived at the station, the train had already left.
3. She had been studying for three hours before she finally took a break.
4. They where watching a film when the electricity went off.
5. I didn’t see him at the party last Saturday.
6. After Mark had finished his project, he sent it to his teacher.
7. It had been raining all night, so the streets were wet in the morning.
8. What were you doing at 8 p.m. yesterday?
9. When we got to the cinema, the film had already starting.
10. She was exhausted because she had been working all day.
11. My parents bought this house in 2015.
12. While the teacher was explaining the task, some students were talking.
13. He had never flown before he travelled to Italy last year.
14. The children had been playing outside for an hour when it started to snow.
15. I lost my keys yesterday, but I found them this morning

Question	Correct Option
1	B
2	C
3	C
4	B
5	D
6	B
7	C
8	A
9	C
10	D
11	A
12	B
13	C
14	D
15	B
16	C
17	D
18	A
19	C
20	B
21	D
22	A
23	C
24	B
25	D
26	A
27	C
28	B
29	D
30	A