PRACTICE TEST

Date: October 3rd, 2016

NAME:

Mark:

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1. I hear that our examination papers ___________ and are ready now.
A. are being marked B. are marking
C. have marked
D. have been marked
2. -"__________the man in this picture?
-Yes, hes the man who robbed me.
A. Are you recognized
B. Do you recognize C. Are you
recognizing
D. You are recognizing
3. The photographs____________ at the moment. You should have them in an hour.
A. develop
B. are developed
C. are being developed D. have developed
4. Why are you out of breath? ______________?
A. Have you been running
B. Have you run
C. Are you running
D. Do you run
5. What time is Sue arriving?
The bus _________at 6 p.m., and Im going to meet her at the bus station.
A. gets in
B. has got in
C. does get in
D. getting in
6. By this evening, the escalator
A. will have repaired
B. will be repaired
C. will have been repaired
D. will be repairing
7. This is the best piece of advice ______________ on the matter..
A. I am receiving
B. I receive
C. I am being received D. Ive received
8. They____________ to turn off the lights when they leave the room.
A. are never remembering
B. remember never
C. never remember
D. have never remembered
9. - What musical instrument__________?
- The guitar."
A. is playing your brother
B. does play your brother
C. does your brother play
D. plays your brother
10. Jennifer, have you made any vacation plans yet?
Well_____________ of
going abroad.
A. I'm thinking
B. I think
C. I've thought
D. I would think
11. His car broke down yesterday. It___________ in the garage.
A. repairs
B. is repaired
C. is repairing
D. is being repaired
12. How long____________ this house?
A. have you owned B. are you owning C. do you own
D. have you been
owning
13. So far this month, three important speeches _____________ by the president.
A. are making
B. are being made C. have made
D. have been made
14. Tom is very tired. He_______________ hard recently.
A. has been working B. was working
C. is working
D. works
15. I hope youre listening and_______________ down the new words.
A. write
B. writing
C. you writing
D. to write
16. We had a very interesting conversation. We____________ about many things.
A. discussed
B. talked
C. said
D. told

17. Sue________________ for forgetting Janes letter.

A. complained
B. regretted
C. excused
D. apologized
18. He had great difficulty in__________ what he wanted to say.
A. getting on
B. speaking up
C. getting across
D. talking over
19. They_____________ to tell us what they knew about the matter.
A. refused
B. denied
C. objected
D. rejected
20. The principal_______________ the class to talk to the students.
A. interviewed
B. interrupted
C. mentioned
D. exclaimed
21. Her name was on the_________________ of my tongue, but I couldn't remember it.
A. end
B. top
C. edge
D. tip
22. She______________ to tell his parents what he had done.
A. warned
B. contacted
C. threatened
D. persuaded
23. Mark is studying______________ Spanish.
A. expressive
B. oral
C. fluent
D. conversational
24. They____________ on our street for several weeks when I first met them
A. were living
b. have lived
C. lived
D. had been living
25. - Why did they lower their voices?
- They obviously didnt want me to hear what___________.
A. was being discussed
B. discussed
C. would discuss
D. were discussing
26. When George__________ at the bus stop, his friends were already there.
A. arrived
B. had arrived
C. was arriving
D. was arrived
27. What_____________ between 9.00 and 10.00 last night? the policeman asked.
A. were you doing
B. had you done
C. have you done
D. were you done
28. Sandra looked in her bag and discovered that her wallet___________
A. was stolen
B. had been stolen C. had stolen
D. stole
29. They_________ to him immediately after the interview.
A. had been written B. were writing
C. wrote
D. were written
30. The first airplane_____________ by the Wright brothers in 1903.
A. was flying
B. was flown
C. flew
D. had flown
31. -"Why did the boss send Linda home yesterday?
- Because she___________ ill."
a. was looked
B. had looked
C. has been looking D. looked
32. Why__________ me that George was in the hospital?
I'm sorry; I forgot."
A. haven't you told B. didn't you tell
C. dont you tell
D. hadnt you told
33. Life can be difficult for____________; they are not children and they are not adults.
A. young
B. infants
C. orphans
D. adolescents
34. They__________ Spanish for two years when they went on their first trip to Spain.
A. learned
B. had been learning
C. were learning
D. have been learning
35. Henry was out of breath because he ____________ to catch the train.
A. ran
B. had been running
C. was running
D. used to run
36. They've ___________their children to know the value
A. put up
B. grown up
C. brought up
D. got up
37. Linda definitely______________ her father.
A. gets on
B. brings about
C. gets across
D. takes after
38. My brother is still___________; lies not married yet.
A. single
B. unique
C. alone
D. lonely
39. -Who do you intend to complain to?
- _________________ to the mayor."

A. I'm complaining B. I complain

C. I will have complained
D. Im going
to complain
40. Sonia is always______________ early in the mornings.
A. in her early twenties
B. in a bad mood
C. brand new D. wellbuilt