TENSES/ SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
1. I like looking at these pictures, but I …………………… enough by lunch-time.
A. should have B. will have C. will have had D. have
2. I don’t understand this sentence. What …………………… ?
A. does mean this word B. have this word mean
C. means this word D. does this word mean
3. John …………………… tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. have usually played
4. It was noisy next door. Our neighbors …………………… a party.
A. had B. was having C. had had D. have had
5. It ……………………… dark. Shall I turn on the light?
A. is getting B. get C. got D. has got
6. I ……………… for Christine. Do you know where she is ?
A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks
7. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I ………………………… my clothes.
A. am ironing B. have ironed C. ironed D. was ironing
8. ‘Are you ready, Ann?’ ‘Yes, I …………………’
A. am coming B. come C. came D. have came
9. Why ……………………… at me like that ? What’s the matter ?
A. do you look B. have you looked C. did you look D. are you looking
10. I ………………… along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked
11. She ……………………… German for two years.
A. has learnt B. is learning C. learn D. learns
12. Nurses ………………………… after patients in hospitals.
A. are looking B. look C. looks D. is looking
13. I usually ……………………… away at weekends.
A. have gone B. goes C. am going D. go
14. The earth ……………………… round the sun.
A. go B. has gone C. went D. goes
15. I come from Canada. Where ……………… you ………………… from ?
A. do/ come B. did/ come C. are/ coming D. have/ come
16. When I last ………………………Jane, she …………………… to find a job.
A. see/ was trying B. saw/ was trying C. have seen/ tried D. saw/ tried
17. I ………………………… at 8 o’clock every morning.
A. was getting up B. got up C. is getting up D. get up
18. ……………………………… you go to the dentist ?
A. How often are B. How often do C. How often does D. How are
19. Ann ………………………… tea very often.
A. doesn’t drink B. don’t drink C. didn’t drink D. hasn’t drunken
20. The sun …………………………… in the East.
A. is rising B. rose C. has risen D. rises

21. It’s a nice day. I ……………………… we go out for a walk.
A. suggested B. suggest C. is suggesting D.are suggesting
22. Now I ………………… for what I said about you. It wasn’t true and I shouldn’t have said it.
A. do apologize B. apologized C was apologized D. apologizing
23. Tim was tired. He ………………………… hard all day.
A. has been studying B. studies C. studied D. had been studying
24. The swimming pool …………… at 9 o’clock and ………… at 18.30 every day.
A. opens/ closes B. opens/ closed C. opened/ closed D. opened/ closes
25. Bad driving often ……………… many accidents.
A. caused B. cause B. causes D. has caused
26. The Olympic Games ………………………… every four years.
A. take place B. takes place C. took place D. is taking place
27. What time …………… the bank close in Britain ?
A. do B. did C. does D. can
28. Look ! That man …………………… to open the door of your car.
A. try B. tried C. is trying D. has tried
29. When I was young, I ……………………… to be a singer.
A. want B. was wanting