ALL TENSES EVALUATION

I.Choose the most appropriate of the underlined words:

1. He looks very pale. I think he’ll faint/ he is going to faint.
2. My brother will be/ is going to be a famous scientist when he grows up.
3. Somebody’s at the door. I’ll/ I’m going to see who it is.
4. They need to be home early today so they leave/ are leaving at six.
5. Our guests will be in plenty of time providing the traffic is not/ will not be bad.
6. Sue asked me if I would/ will be so kind as to give her a lift.
7. What sort of job do you think he will do/ will be doing in a few years time?
8. By the time our parents get back all the food will have gone/ will go.]
9. “I’ll do/ going to do that for you”, she told me.
10. The two politicians are to/ will discuss the current political affairs.

II. Underline/circle the correct form:

“Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister. “Why, what a long sleep you’ve had/you had had!”
“Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” says/said Alice. And she told her sister, as well as she can/could
remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have/had just been reading about; and when she
have/had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It was/has been a curious dream dear, certainly; but now run
into your bed; it’s getting/it was getting late”. So Alice got up and run/ran off, thinking while she ran, as well
as she can/could, what a wonderful dream it has been/had been.

III. Underline the most suitable verb form:

1. He had been/was upset because he had lost his wallet.
2. When I arrived home Tom has already left/ had already left.
3. They were having/had dinner when the lights went off.
4. He had been lying on the beach for two hours when his brother arrived/was arriving.
5. The tourists left/had left the hotel before we arrived.
6. When I opened/ was opening the door I found out that the flat has been/had been broken into.
7. It was late when I arrived at the cinema so they didn’t let /hadn’t let me in.
8. When the housekeeper opened the door, she saw that somebody was/were walking through the hall in
muddy shoes.
9. His friends have already finished/ had already finished eating when the waiter brought them the
refreshments
10. When the taxi arrived we have been waiting/had been waiting for twenty minutes.

IV. Complete the following lines with the words given in the box:
send, learn, do, attend, work, drop, trust, survive, achieve, cope
Oliver Wilmore is just such a pupil. He is particularly lucky. His school……..(1) on adventure camp twice
a year. He……..(2) three scout camps each year with adventure activities. He………..(3) even more adventure
skills as a voluntary trainee soldier. “Most weekends”, says Oliver, “I’m off………..(4) something. It’s great
camping and canoeing and doing rope work in cliffs! It’s the………(5) together, we have to………..(6) one
another. Therefore, it’s us that …….(7) it, not just me. I’ve learned to……..(8) You could …………..(9) me in the
mountains, with my kit, and I’d be able to………(10) really well.”

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms:

I (enter), closed the door behind me at once, (turn) the key I found in the lock within, and (stand) with the
candle (hold) aloft; there it was, the great red room of Lorraine Castle, in which the young duke (die). Or, rather,
in which he (begin) his dying, for he (open) the door and fallen headlong down the steps I just (ascend). That
(be) the end of his vigil, of his gallant attempt to conquer the ghostly tradition of the place. And there (be) other
and older stories that clung to the room; the tale of a timid wife and the tragic end the tragic end that (come) to
her husband’s jest of frightening her.

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 VI. Read the text and choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps:
He…….(1) running at school and raced in school competitions from the age of eight, but not with any plans to
be an Olympic athlete. “It………(2) the late Sixties, early Seventies, remember. Sport was only something you
did when you…….(3) nothing else to do. It wasn’t something you………(4) think of making a living out of,
except maybe as a PE teacher. I don’t know of anyone who……..(5) as a career, except perhaps kids who
went to Eton.”
Christie and his family……..(6) from racial harassment – on occasion at the hands of the police. He…….(7)
also been stopped more than once in order to explain why he………(8) in possession of a new car. But he says
these experiences do not mean that when he………(9), he is, or ever………….(10) fuelled by a sense of
grievance.
1. A. starting B. started C. have started
2. A. was B. were C. has been
3. A. have B. had C. have had
4. A. could B. were able to C. can
5. A. think B. was thinking C. thought
6. A. suffered B. have been suffering C. have suffered
7. A. has B. have C. had
8. A will be B. is C. was
9. A is running B. has run C. runs
10. A is B. was C. has been

VII. Rephrase the following sentences so that they mean the same:
1. I haven’t seen him for ages.
It’s ages……………………………………………..
2. I’ve lived here since twenty-five years.
How long……………………………………………
3. Julie has visited Rome twice this year.
How many times……………………………………
4. Father has read 200 pages up to now.
How many…………………………………………….
5. He hadn’t phoned her for two weeks.
How long……………………………………………
6. When did you last have your car repaired?
When was…………………………………………….
7. While he was cleaning his room my brother spilt the ink.
While………………………………………………
8. First they had dinner, then watched TV.
After…………………………………………………
9. She has never been given such a nice album.
It’s…………………………………………………
10. After he had written his report he went for a walk.
Having………………………………………………

VIII. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. By the time she was 40, she will live in this town for ten years.
2. It’s a surprise party and her friends won’t know anything about it until they got there.
3. The other guests arrived before we arrived.
4. We danced while you we playing cards.
5. They have been learning for one hour when we called.
6. When the train came to a standstill, get on and try to find your seats.
7. I see the doctor tomorrow afternoon.
8. We just left the house.
9. Didn’t you finish the test, yet?
10. They usually come to school by bus, but today they will come by car.

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I. V.
1. she’s going to faint
2. is going to be 1. started B
3. I’ll see 2. was A
4. are leaving 3. had B
5. is not 4. could A
6. would 5. thought C
7. will be doing 6. have suffered C
8. will have gone 7. has been stopped A
9. I’ll do 8. is B
10. are to 9. runs C
10. was B

II. VI.
1. It’s ages since I last saw him.
2. How long have you lived…….?
1. ‘ve had 3. How many times has she visited Rome this
2. said year?
3. could 4. How many pages has father read up to now?
4. have 5. How long is it since he last phoned her?
5. had 6. When was the last time you had your car
6. was repaired?
7. it’s getting 7. While cleaning the room. My brother spilt the
8. ran ink.
9. could 8. After they had had dinner they watched TV.
10. had been 9. It’s the nicest album she has ever been given.
10. Having written his report, he went for a walk.
III.
1. was upset VII.
2. had already left 1. entered
3. were having 2. turned
4. arrived 3. stood
5. had left 4. held
6. opened, had been broken into 5. had died
1. didn’t let 6. had begun
2. was walking 7. had opened
3. had already finished 8. had just ascended
10.had been waiting 9. had been
10. there were
11. came
IV.
1. sends VIII.
2. attends 1. she had lived/had been living
3. learns 2. get
4. doing 3. had arrived
5. working 4. were dancing
6. trust 5. had been learning
7. achieve 6. comes to
8. survive 7. am seeing
9. drop 8. have just left
10. cope 9. haven’t you finished
10. are coming