TESTS (Verb tenses) Variant 1

1.Listen! Someone ... at the door. A)had written B)write C)wrote

A)knocks B)knocked C) has knocked D) have written
D) is knocking 19.The sun . . . out three hours ago. It is still shining.
2.Ann ... in Moscow five years ago. A)came B)has come C)comeйй
A)lives B)lived C)has lived D)live D) will come
3.It usually ... him 20 minutes to get to work. 20. When the sun . . . , it appears over the horizon.
A)take B)is taking C) have taken A)rises B)rose C) risingD)rise
D) takes 21. I can’t afford that ring. It . . . too much.
4.He ... the box yesterday. A)costing B)cost C)costs D) hadcost
A)will open B)is opening C) have opened 22. Shhh. The announcer . . . the latest news about the
D) opened energy crisis in England, I want to hear what she’s saying.
5.Look! There ... a man sitting at the first table near the A)is giving B)gives C) give D) is given
door. He ... at us. 23.The last time I . . . in Athens, the weather was hot and
A) was/looked B) had been /looked humid.
C) were /had looked D) is / is looking A)had been B)am C)was D)will have been
6.We can’t disturb him now. He ... . 24. Each boy and girl in the sixth grade . . . to do a science
A)operate B)will operate C) has operated project.
D) is operating A)has B)to have C)having D) was having
7.Their prices ... suit us. 25. While I . . . down the street, it began to snow hard.
A)haven’t B)don’t C)hadn’t D)aren’t A)am walking B) was walking
8. Why ... you go to the show? C)have been walking D) had walked
–I ... no time. 26. After having a bath, he sat down and . . . his supper.
A) do/had B) will/have C) did /had A)had eaten B)ate C) was eating
D) didn’t / had D) has eaten
9.My friend is finding life in Paris a bit difficult. He . . .
French. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879. As a
A)doesn’t speak B) isn’t speaking young boy, Einstein lived in Munich and Milan. At the age
C)hasn’t spoken D) didn’t speak of five, his father showed him a compass and explained how
10.Claire: Did you have a nice weekend in Paris? Mark: it worked. Albert was intrigued with the idea that something
Yes, thanks. It was good. We had a look round the Louvre. I in "space" made the needle work. At this time, Albert's
. . . there was so much in there. mother also insisted that he learn to play the violin. Albert
A)haven’t knownB) didn’t know was not considered very bright in school, and some even
C)don’t know D) won’t know thought he had dyslexia and other learning problems. Many
11.A young couple . . . the house next door. But they didn’t thought he was very slow. Nonetheless, school would go on
live there long. to be very important to Albert, and he would go on to
A)bought B)have bought C) has bought become a professor. He eventually went to school in
D) are buying Switzerland, where he graduated from the Federal Institute
12.There’s still a problem with the television. Someone . . . of Technology. He then worked in a patent office and on his
it, but then it broke down again. doctorate degree. He later became a professor of physics.
A)has repaired B)repaires C)repaired Einstein developed the theory of relativity and received a
D) was repairing Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. He became famous
13.In the fitness club Christopher . . . his hand, but it’s OK throughout the world, which is very unusual for a scientist.
now. 27. Why was Albert Einstein so successful in his life?
A)has hurt B)had hurt C)hurt a. People felt sorry for him and took pity on him.
D) is hurting b. He did not let what other people thought of him get
14.The last time I . . . to Brighton was in August. him down.
A)have been B)have gone C)was c. He learned to say no when it was most important.
D)went d. He was able to become famous worldwide.
15.When I recovered consciousness, the sun ... ; it was 28. What can you learn about Albert Einstein from reading
bright daylight all about us. this passage?
A)had risen B)were rising C)rose a. He was curious.
D) would rise b. He was very learning disabled.
16. The play is set in London in 1890. The action takes c. He was denied U.S. citizenship.
place in Sir Don Wyatt’s mansion. When the curtain goes d. He was placed in an orphanage.
up, the hero and heroine . . . in the lounge. They are
29. Which of the following statements is true, based on
arguing.
information in the passage?
A)sit B)sat C) are sitting
a. Albert Einstein flunked out of his school.
D) have been sitting
b. Albert Einstein refused to play the violin.
17. I often see Giulio. I . . . him again only yesterday.
c. Albert Einstein was given the Nobel Prize.
A)saw B)see C)have seen D)am seeing
d. Young scientists began writing letters to Albert Einstein.
18. I hardly ever write letters now but I . . . a lot of letters
when I was young. 30. Which of the following would make a great title for this
passage?
 a. "The Theory of Relativity"
b. "Albert Einstein vs. The Scientific World"
c. "Einstein's Education"
d. "A Brief Story of Albert Einstein"