TOEFL Exercise – Problems with the Use of the Verb

1. I never get (A)up from the table (B)before others (C)had finished eating (D)first.
2. (A)When I went to the car park, I (B)found that my car (C)has been (D)stolen.
3. I (A)had been learning the English (B)language for (C)five years (D)now.
4. The (A)locals were (B)amazed because they (C)have never seen a horse (D)before.
5. They (A)wouldn’t let him (B)in because he (C)has forgotten his (D)membership card.
6. (A)Had you (B)seen the (C)new film (D)by Spike Lee?
7. They (A)have drunk a lot of (B)champagne by the (C)time the (D)party ended.
8. You’re doing (A)well. How many pages (B)had you (C)written so (D)far?
9. We (A)have moved (B)to New York (C)in 1990, (D)along with our big family.
10. (A)Tell Tom (B)to turn (C)off the TV. He (D)watched it since 8 o’clock.
11. Anna (A)had worked hard (B)lately and she has (C)made a lot of (D)progress.
12. (A)In my town, it (B)hasn’t (C)been rained since (D)June.
13. My mother (A)has a morning (B)routine, she (C)was reading the newspaper (D)every morning.
14. He (A)has taught me English (B)for three (C)hours last Sunday (D)willingly.
15. (A)My sister and I (B)had breakfast (C)at 8 am every (D)day.
16. (A)When the class started, John (B)has already (C)done his (D)homework.
17. They (A)have math (B)class the day (C)before (D)yesterday.
18. My parents (A)have moved (B)back to England (C)when I (D)was five.
19. Three (A)months ago he (B)invites his (C)friends (D)over.
20. Jim (A)and Kevin (B)have first (C)met ten years (D)ago.
21. (A)This house needs deep (B)cleaning. We (C)hadn’t cleaned it for (D)months.
22. My grandparents (A)had (B)had the same car for (C)ages. They (D)bought it eleven months ago.
23. I (A)knew Martha (B)for (C)about two months (D)already.
24. I (A)can’t talk now. I (B)was still (C)having lunch with a (C)colleague.
25. Alice (A)tells me she (B)learned the English (C)language next (D)year.
26. This (A)tomorrow I (B)have given my (C)presentation and (D)I’ll be able to relax.
27. Everyone (A)says Barcelona is fantastic so I (B)think you’re (C)having a wonderful time there next
year.
28. We will (A)do most of our (B)exams (C)by the (D)end of next week.
29. I (A)wanted to (B)be a vet since I (C)was (D)little.
30. She (A)has been (B)living in Camden for a (C)while, then (D)moved to Stepney.
31. (A)When the bell (B)rang, the students (C)immediately (D)have left the class.
32. (A)After forty-five (B)students had (C)signed up for the class, it (D)is closed.
33. I (A)had been (B)waiting for (C)more than an hour, you’re (D)late again!
34. No one really (A)knows this, but I (B)have lived (C)in Milan many (D)years ago.
35. I (A)had been calling her (B)all afternoon, (C)but she’s always (D)in a meeting.
36. I am (A)terribly sorry but Patricia (B)had left the (C)office about (D)an hour ago.
37. The company is (A)doing very (B)well. Last (C)year sales (D)go up by fifteen percent.
38. (A)So far this year the (B)sales (C)had gone up (D)another twelve percent.
39. (A)Have you (B)seen my laptop? (C)I’m sure (D)I’ve left it here earlier.
40. I (A)never spoke (B)to him but I (C)spoke to his assistant on the phone (D)yesterday.
41. ‘Tosca’ (A)is coming to (B)Opera House. (C)Have you (D)saw it?
42. Not (A)yet, but I have (B)looked forward (C)to it for (D)ages.
43. I (A)have left (B)my Job in January (C)so that I could (D)go freelance.
44. (A)This year (B)was a really (C)difficult year so far, (D)in my opinion.
45. The clerk (A)hadn’t slept for (B)24 hours because he’s (C)got a lot of (D)work.
46. My uncle (A)was a doctor (B)at the city hospital (C(for 5 years (D)now.
47. What (A)hadn’t you (B)done that you (C)would like to (D)have done?
48. (A)How long (B)have you (C)produced cars at this (D)site?
49. Florida (A)has become the (B)twenty-seventh state (C)in the United States (D)on March 3, 1845.
50. They (A)didn’t return (B)to Rhode Island (C)since they (D)left in 1970.