15-MINUTE TEST Choose the best answer A, B, C or D 1. After six defeats in a row, the team’s ___________ has been badly shaken. A. responsibility B. honor C. confidence D. try 2. They had to abandon their ____________ to climb the mountain due to bad weather. A. job B. attempt C. willing D. support 3. Sue is very efficient and ___________ - I think she would make a good nurse. A. care B. caring C. careless D. carefully 4. As students, you are expected to be quiet and _________ during the lesson. A. obedient B. disobedient C. obedience D. disobedience 5. The survey showed that ____________ communities throve much better than the others. A. closed B. closing C. closely D. close-knit 6. Mrs. Anna has to _____ to the station; otherwise she will miss the train. A. wander B. tiptoe C. move D. rush 7. In her attempt to win a place in the government, she is _________ a lot of pressure. A. under B. over C. in D. into 8. He is always willing to __________ to his mother with tidying the bedrooms. A. use a hand B. give a hand C. take his hand D. bring a hand 9. In my company, the director deputy usually _______ the responsibility for organizing meetings and conferences. A. makes B. gets C. takes D. becomes 10. Most of the students are strongly _______ of the school’s approach. A. support B. supportive C. supported D. supporter 11. By the time I got to the dentist, the pain in my tooth _______ stopped. A. was B. has C. had D. would 12. I’d like to see that football match because I ______ one this year. A. haven’t seen B. don’t see C. weren’t seeing D. didn’t see 13. How long ago __________ his diet? A. will he begin B. has he begin C. was he beginning D. did he begin 14. She _________ ill for a month. A. is B. was C. has been D. had been 15. My father always _________ to work by bus. A. goes B. go C. is going D. has gone 16. Everything ………..to him since he was in a small town. A has sent B. has been sent C. have been sent D. had sent 17. When winter begins, the swallows ……….away to a warmer country A. will fly B. would fly C. have flown D. had flown 18. Hurry up! The train __________. I don’t want to miss it. A. is coming B. comes C. has come D. was coming 19. Tomorrow I __________ my grandparents. A. am going to visit B. will have visit C. have visited D. visit 20. Something funny _________ in class yesterday. A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened The end of the test!
TENSES Choose the best answer A, B, C or D 1. John __________ tennis once or twice a week. A. is playing usually B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. plays usually 2. Tom __________ his hand when he was cooking dinner. A. burnt B. was burning C. has burnt D. had burnt 3. Jim is away on holiday. He __________ to Spain. A. is gone B. have been C. has been D. was 4. Everything is going well. We __________ any problems so far. A. didn’t have B. don’t have C. haven’t had D. hadn’t had 5. I think the weather __________ be nice later. A. shall B. will C. is going to D. can 6. Jane __________ just a few minutes ago. A. left B. has left C. leaves D. had left 7. Thomson ________ 13 films and I think her latest is the best. A. made B. had made C. has made D. was making 8. ___________ Robert lately? A. Did you see B. Have you seen C. Do you see D. Are you seeing 9. When I was a child, I ............................... the violin. A. was playing B. am playing C. played D. play 10. He _________ for the national team in 65 matches so far. A. has played B. has been played C. played D. is playing 11. I’m busy at the moment. I ____________ on the computer. A. work B. work C. am workingD. working 12. When I looked round the door, the baby _________ quietly. A. is sleeping B. slept C. was sleeping D. were sleeping 13. Robert __________ ill for three weeks. He is still in hospital. A. had been B. has been C. is D. was 14. I’m very tired. I __________ over four hundred miles today. A. drive B. am driving C. had driven D. have driven 15. Our friends ............................... meet us at the airport tonight. A. are B. are going to C. go to D. will be to 16. This is my first time to visit London __________ here before. A. I’m B. I’d been C. I was D. I’ve never been 17. What time ___________ to work this morning? A. did you get B. are you getting C. have you got D. do you get 18. When I ..................... him, the man was running away. A. see B. was seeing C. saw D. had seen 19. I haven’t seen Kate __________ Christmas. A. for B. never C. ever D. since 20. He’s worked for this company __________ many years. A. since B. for C. in D. at 21. As soon as Martina saw the fire, she _______ the fire department A. was telephoning B. telephoned C. had telephoned D. has telephoned 22. Every time Parkas sees a movie made in India, he _______homesick A. will have left B. felt C. feels D. is feeling 23. Since I left Venezuela six years ago, I _______to visit friends and family several times A. return B. will have returned C. am returning D. have returned 24. After the race _______, the celebration began A. had been won B. is won C. will be won D. has been won 25. While he was washing his car, Mr. Brown _______a small dint in the rear fender. A. has discovered B. was discovering C. is discovering D. discovered