VI. WRITING

       Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

1. It was breakfast-time when Susan rang.

a. When Susan rang I have just finished my breakfast.

b. Susan rang after 1 had had my breakfast.

c. I was having my breakfast when Susan rang.

d. I was going to have my breakfast as soon as Susan rang.

2. Adrian's job interview is on 17 October.

a. Adrian will be called for a job interview on 17 October.

b. Adrian is giving a job interview on 17 October.

c. Adrian had an interview for a job on 17 October.

d Adrian is having a job interview on 17 October.

3. You can get off this train at Bath.

a. This train stops at Bath.                                       b. This train is going to stop at Bath.

c. You can stop this train at Bath.                                        d. This train will be stopped at Bath.

4. We have decided to help with the project.

a. We helped with the project.                                 b. We must help with the project.

c. We will help with the project.                              d. We are going to help with the project.

5. The last time I went swimming was when we were in Spain.

a. I swam a lot when we were in Spain.

b. I hadn't been swimming before we moved to Spain.

c. I haven't been swimming since we were in Spain.

d. I went swimming while we lived in Spain.

6. They spoke too quickly for us to understand.

a. They spoke so quickly that we couldn't understand it.

b. They spoke so quickly that we couldn't understand.

c. They spoke so quickly that we couldn't understand them.

d. They spoke quickly enough so that we couldn't understand them.

15. Peter ............................his homework when the phone ............................

a. had just finished / rang

b. had just finished / had rung

c. just finished / rang

d. just finished / had rung

16. We .............................them before the reception yesterday.

a. haven’t met

b. hadn’t met

c. didn’t meet

d. wouldn’t meet

17. The man got out of the car,....................round to the back and opened the boot.

a. walking

b. walked

c. walks

d. walk

18. They ...........................…………..in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. had lived

b. would live

c. lived

d. live

19. The man looked familiar. I ..................…………… him somewhere before.

a. saw

b. had seen

c. had saw

d. have seen

20. When I was a child, I .........................………………..the violin.

a. played

b. play

c. had played

d. has play

21. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests………………….

a. had left

b. has left

c. left

d. were leaving

22. My girls friend arrived after I ……………… for her about half an hour.

a. was waiting

b. had waited

c. has been waiting

d. have waited

23. ……………… to rain before you woke up this morning?

a. Did it begin

b. has it begun

c. Had it begun

d. Would it begin

24. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she………… one before.

a. had never seen

b. has never seen

c. never see

d. never had seen

25. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

26. We…………….Doris since last Sunday.

a. don't see

b. haven't seen

c. didn't see

d. hadn't

27. We ………………………….English this time last week.

a. learned

b. were learning

c. have learned

d. had learned

28. Glenda ……………… extremely hard when she was a student.

a. worked

b. has worked

c. was working

d. had been worked

29. My father …………..for that company from 1995 to 2005.

a. was working

b. has worked

c. had worked

d. worked

30. The child…………………..before the doctor arrived.

a. died

b. had died

c. has died

d. was dying

31. 'Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know?`

‘No. I..........." who she was. I.............. her before.

a. didn't know/ hadn't seen

b. didn't know/ hasn't seen

c. hadn't known/ hadn't seen

d. don't know/ hasn't seen

32. By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates......................

a. has left

b. left

c. was leaving

d. had left

33. It's two years...............Joe.

a. that I don't see

b. that I haven't seen

c. since I didn't see

d. since I saw

34. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he................. before.

a. hasn't flown

b. didn't fly

c. hadn't flown

d. wasn't flying

35. They................... in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. lived

b. have lived

c. has been living

d. had lived

36. As soon as Laura ..................... the house, it started to rain.

a. has left

b. was leaving

c. had left

d. had been leaving

37. We .......................... in New York for ten years and then we ...........here in 1987.

a. have lived/ moved

b. lived / moved

c. lived/ had moved

d. had lived / moved

38. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ........................

a. born in the twentieth century

b. was born in twentieth century

c. born on the twentieth century

d. to be born in the twentieth century

39. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she ............. the film.

a. has already seen

b. already had seen

c. had already seen

d. saw

40. When he returned home, he found the door………………… .

a. unlocking

b. unlocked

c. to be unlocked

d. have unlocked

41. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine…………. a few days previously.

a. broken down

b. has been broken

c. had broken down

d. breaks down

42. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ………… waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.

a. are

b. were

c. have been

d. had been

43. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the

ground was very wet. It………………….

a. rained

b. has been raining

c. had rained

d. have been raining

44. Sorry we're late, we ...................... the wrong turning.

a. had taken

b. were taking

c. took

d. are taking

45. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It .................everything in its path.

a. destroyed

b. was destroyed

c. had destroyed

d. has destroyed

46. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

47. When the firework....................off, the dog....................away.

a. had gone/ ran

b. went/ had run

c. went/ ran

d. went/was running

48. Martina Hingis................. her first tennis racket at the age of two

a. picked up

b. has picked up

c. had picked up

d. was picked up

49. By the time she was twelve, she ............ on a career.

a. had already decided

b. already has decided

c. had already decided

d. already decided

50. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she..............any kind of contest.

a. hasn't entered

b. doesn't enter

c. wasn't entering

d. hadn't entered

15. Peter ............................his homework when the phone ............................

a. had just finished / rang

b. had just finished / had rung

c. just finished / rang

d. just finished / had rung

16. We .............................them before the reception yesterday.

a. haven’t met

b. hadn’t met

c. didn’t meet

d. wouldn’t meet

17. The man got out of the car,....................round to the back and opened the boot.

a. walking

b. walked

c. walks

d. walk

18. They ...........................…………..in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. had lived

b. would live

c. lived

d. live

19. The man looked familiar. I ..................…………… him somewhere before.

a. saw

b. had seen

c. had saw

d. have seen

20. When I was a child, I .........................………………..the violin.

a. played

b. play

c. had played

d. has play

21. We cleaned up the room as soon as the guests………………….

a. had left

b. has left

c. left

d. were leaving

22. My girls friend arrived after I ……………… for her about half an hour.

a. was waiting

b. had waited

c. has been waiting

d. have waited

23. ……………… to rain before you woke up this morning?

a. Did it begin

b. has it begun

c. Had it begun

d. Would it begin

24. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she………… one before.

a. had never seen

b. has never seen

c. never see

d. never had seen

25. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

26. We…………….Doris since last Sunday.

a. don't see

b. haven't seen

c. didn't see

d. hadn't

27. We ………………………….English this time last week.

a. learned

b. were learning

c. have learned

d. had learned

28. Glenda ……………… extremely hard when she was a student.

a. worked

b. has worked

c. was working

d. had been worked

29. My father …………..for that company from 1995 to 2005.

a. was working

b. has worked

c. had worked

d. worked

30. The child…………………..before the doctor arrived.

a. died

b. had died

c. has died

d. was dying

31. 'Who was the woman in red dress? Did you know?`

‘No. I..........." who she was. I.............. her before.

a. didn't know/ hadn't seen

b. didn't know/ hasn't seen

c. hadn't known/ hadn't seen

d. don't know/ hasn't seen

32. By the time he arrived at the party, all his classmates......................

a. has left

b. left

c. was leaving

d. had left

33. It's two years...............Joe.

a. that I don't see

b. that I haven't seen

c. since I didn't see

d. since I saw

34. The man sitting next to me on the plane was nervous because he................. before.

a. hasn't flown

b. didn't fly

c. hadn't flown

d. wasn't flying

35. They................... in Scotland for ten years. Now they live in London.

a. lived

b. have lived

c. has been living

d. had lived

36. As soon as Laura ..................... the house, it started to rain.

a. has left

b. was leaving

c. had left

d. had been leaving

37. We .......................... in New York for ten years and then we ...........here in 1987.

a. have lived/ moved

b. lived / moved

c. lived/ had moved

d. had lived / moved

38. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States ........................

a. born in the twentieth century

b. was born in twentieth century

c. born on the twentieth century

d. to be born in the twentieth century

39. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she ............. the film.

a. has already seen

b. already had seen

c. had already seen

d. saw

40. When he returned home, he found the door………………… .

a. unlocking

b. unlocked

c. to be unlocked

d. have unlocked

41. I couldn't cut the grass because the machine…………. a few days previously.

a. broken down

b. has been broken

c. had broken down

d. breaks down

42. When boarding the plane, many passengers were annoyed because they ………… waiting in the airport for three and a half hours.

a. are

b. were

c. have been

d. had been

43. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining but the

ground was very wet. It………………….

a. rained

b. has been raining

c. had rained

d. have been raining

44. Sorry we're late, we ...................... the wrong turning.

a. had taken

b. were taking

c. took

d. are taking

45. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It .................everything in its path.

a. destroyed

b. was destroyed

c. had destroyed

d. has destroyed

46. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.

a. had paid

b. were paying

c. paid

d. had been paying.

47. When the firework....................off, the dog....................away.

a. had gone/ ran

b. went/ had run

c. went/ ran

d. went/was running

48. Martina Hingis................. her first tennis racket at the age of two

a. picked up

b. has picked up

c. had picked up

d. was picked up

49. By the time she was twelve, she ............ on a career.

a. had already decided

b. already has decided

c. had already decided

d. already decided

50. Before Jennifer won the lottery, she..............any kind of contest.

a. hasn't entered

b. doesn't enter

c. wasn't entering

d. hadn't entered

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

A. Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

B. No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

C. Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

D. Hardly she had put the phone down when her boss rang back.

1. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I (will finish/ will have finished/ have finished/ had finished) it.

2. I (am going/ have been going/ go/ had gone) to the same barber since last year.

3. The train (just left/ just leaves/ had just left/ will leave) when we got to the station.

4. Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. She (appears/ is appearing/ appeared/ has appeared) in several films.

5. Tom: You're just missed the last train! John: Never mind, I (will walk/ will be walking/ walk/ will have walked).

6. I just want to know what you (were doing/ will be doing/ am doing/ do) at this time tomorrow afternoon.

7. By the end of next year, my son (will learn/will have learned/ has learned/ had learned) English for sox months.

8. We (will take/ will be taking/ take/ would take) exam at 8 o'clock next Monday.

9. By Christmas, I (shall have been working/ shall work/ have been working/ shall be working) for the company for five years.

10. They (are doing/ will be doing/ do/ would do) the exercise when their teacher comes back.

11. My parents (had/ had had/ have had/ have) dinner by the time I got home.

12. The science of medicine (advanced/ advances/ had advanced/ has advanced) a great deal in the nineteenth centery.

13. Doctors and scientists (have shown/ show/ are showing b had shown) recently the benefit of fish in the diet.

14. She used (phone/ phoned/to phone/ to phoning) me when she was in London.

15. She ... of great help to us since she ... with us. (has been - has lived/ has been - lived/ was - has lived/ was - lived)

16. I think he (answers/ answering/ will answers/ is answer) the letter.

17. The teacher (have given/ gave/ gives/ has given) our class two tests so far.

18. Don't (lying/ lie/ lied/ lies) all the time. People will not be fooled by you twice.

19. "Mother, I (have taken/ had taken/ has taken/ will have taken) my medicine. Can I go out now?"

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IV. Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

   Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She learnt to read when she was four years old. She was very intelligent and had an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was only fifteen years old. Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the university. She won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 and eight years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She died in 1934.

Questions:

Was she fifteen years old when she finished high school?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

She had just finished eating her breakfast. Then she fell down.

A. Hardly did she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

B. Hardly she had finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

C. Hardly have she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

D. Hardly had she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.