Variant 1

Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form.

 Why 1.___ (you not visit) us when you 2.___ (be) in town last month? You must 3.___ (be) too busy.
 I 4.___ (just call) the office but I guess they may 5.___ (have) a lunch break.
 I 6.___ (ring) yesterday and they 7.___ (say) he 8.___ (just leave) for a two-day trip to Malibu.
 The paintings 9. ___ (now recover). They 10.___ (steal) from a mansion in London.
 As soon as she 11.___ (arrive) I could 12.___ (see) from her face that she 13.___ (depress).
 Mr. Smith 14.___ (believe) soon 15.___ (go) to Madrid where his daughter16.___ (live) for some time now.
 Look at yourself! You seem 17.___ (gain) a lot of weight.
 I 18.___ (know) you 19.___ (arrive) at the party at 9 p.m. but Jane 20.___(be) already there. She 21.___
(arrive) before you.
 Right now an excursion to Lviv 22.___ (organize). My boss 23.___ (make) me 24.___ (go).

Variant 2
Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form.
 I 1.___ (hear) the party 2.___ (be) fantastic. Every guest 3.___ (say) 4.___ (bring) something tasty.
 When Carol 5.___ (call) last night, I 6.___ (watch) my favorite show on television. She 7.___ (want) us 8.___
(meet).
 Joseph's English 9.___ (improve), isn't it? He 10.___ (watch) American television programs and 11.___ (study)
his grammar every day since he first 12.___ (arrive) in San Diego. Soon he 13.___ (be) totally fluent.
 I 14.___ (not travel) much yet; however, I 15.___ (visit) the Grand Canyon and San Francisco by the time I
16.___ (leave) the United States next month.
 I 17.___ (have) the same car for more than ten years. I 18.___ (think) about buying a new one.
 The comedy “Midsummer Night’s Dream” 19.___ (know) 20.___ (write) by Shakespeare.
 Some CDs 21.___ (record) in the studio when I 22.___ (enter).
 How long 23.___ (you practice) before you 24.___ (pass) your driving test?

Variant 3
Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form.
 In the evening they 1.___ (seem) 2.___ (quarrel): I 3.___ (can hear) angry voices from behind the door.
 You 4.___ (look) really great! 5.___ (You, exercise) at the fitness center?
 The Maya 6.___ (establish) a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture
7.___ (disappear) by the time Europeans first 8.___ (arrive) in the New World.
 9.___ (listen), Donna, I 10.___ (not care) if you 11.___ (miss) the bus this morning. You 12.___ (be) late for
work too many times. You 13.___ (fire)!
 Now Betty’s granny14.___ (be) seriously ill. She 15.___ (look after) by Betty and her brother.
 Susie 16.___ (not see) this morning. She 17.___ (suppose) 18.___ (take) to hospital.
 In the morning it 19.___ (seem) 20.___ (snow) heavily the whole night: the ground 21.___ (cover) with a deep
layer of snow. I couldn’t make the dog 22.___ (go out) of the warm house.
 I would rather 23.___ (stay) at home today, although my best friend 24.___ (celebrate) his birthday tonight.

Variant 4
Put the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form.
 Harry is very hot and dirty, he 1.___(dig) the garden.
 Mary 2.___ (gladly do) this if she 3.___ (allow).
 All the information 4.___ (believe) 5.___ (already collect) by the detective.
 If you 6.___ (need) 7.___ (contact) me sometime next week, I 8.___ (stay) at the Sheraton in San Francisco.
 Rain and bad weather 9.___ (make) me 10.___ (feel) sick! Hopefully, when we 11.___ (wake up) tomorrow
morning, the sun 12.___ (shine).
 Roger Brown 13.___ (suppose) 14.___ (appoint) team captain tomorrow.
 The book must 15.___ (translate) by a talented translator. It 16.___ (preserve) the sparkling humor of the
original.
 The news 17.___ (tell) before Mr. Jackson 18.___ (arrive).
 Stan: 19.___ (you hear) that Christine 20.___ (take) a vacation in South America this winter?
Fred: I can't believe how often she 21.___ (go) abroad. Where exactly 22.___ (she want) to go?
Stan: She 23.___ (visit) Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Fred: At this rate, she 24.___ (visit) every country in the world by the time she's 50.