1. Choose the correct variant. 13. Choose the correct variant.

What are you doing here? Can the manager receive me now? No, he … talks.
– I … for a friend of mine. A) has B) had C) is having
A) am wait B) have waited C) will wait D) has had E) was having
D) am waiting E) wait
14. Choose the correct variant.
2. Choose the correct variant. James Watt … the use of steam.
Try not to make any noise. The child … in the next A) was discovered B) has discovered
room. C) were discovered D) discovered
A) was sleeping B) will sleep C) is sleeping E) had discovered
D) shall sleep E) slept
15. Choose the correct variant.
3. Choose the correct variant. I promise not to leave the room till she … .
Don’t go into the classroom! The pupils … a dictation A) comes B) came C) will come
there. D) had come E) has come
A) is writing B) are writing C) write
D) have written E) writes 16. Choose the correct variant.
They will miss the train if they … a taxi.
4. Choose the correct variant. A) will not take B) did not take
He … no mistakes in his dictation. C) not take D) not to take
A) have B) hasn’t got C) hasn’t E) do not take
D) has E) doesn’t have
17. Choose the correct variant.
5. Choose the correct variant. She usually … lunch alone, but now she … lunch
The boys … tennis at that time yesterday. together with her aunt.
A) played B) were playing C) was playing A) have, is having B) has, is having
D) were played E) had played C) has, has D) had, has
E) has had, is having
6. Choose the correct variant.
It …. Take your umbrella. 18. Choose the correct variant.
A) rained B) rains C) was raining “What … you …, Tom?”- asked the mother. “I … a
D) is raining E) rain letter to my friend in New York” - he
answered.
7. Choose the correct variant. A) have, done, wrote
They are busy now. They … an important question. B) are, doing, will write
A) will discuss B) discuss C) are discussing C) do, do, write
D) discussing E) were discussing D) have, done, am writing
E) are, doing, am writing
8. Choose the correct variant.
What are the girls doing there? They … chess. 19. Choose the correct variant.
A) are playing B) playing C) were playing While I … my homework, somebody … at the door.
D) will play E) play A) did, were knocking
B) do, knock
9. Choose the correct variant. C) was doing, knocked
The man is still here. He … over there under the tree. D) had done, was knocking
A) sits B) sat C) was sitting E) doing, knocked
D) is sitting E) has sitting
20. Choose the correct variant.
10. Choose the correct variant. Mother … me not to play the piano because my little
Dinner will be ready when you … . sister … .
A) will come B) come C) shall come A) asked, is asleep B) asks, sleeps
D) came E) are coming C) asked, was sleeping D) told, is sleeping
E) asked, has fallen asleep
11. Choose the correct variant.
He did not notice us come in because he … something. 21. Choose the correct variant.
A) wrote B) is writing C) was writing In summer the sun … early and … late.
D) will write E) had written A) rise, set B) rose, sets
C) rises, sets D) is rising, sets
12. Choose the correct variant. E) has risen, has set
Take your umbrella if it … .
A) will rain B) was raining C) rained
D) is raining E) rain
22. Choose the correct variant. 30. I … the portrait on the wall as soon as I … its frame.
– Where is Nick? 1. shall hang, repair 3. hung, repaired
– I think he … football in the yard. He … football with 2. shall hang, repaired 4. hang, repaired
his friends after lessons. A) 2, 4 B) 1, 4 C) 1, 3
A) is playing, plays B) will play, play D) 2, 3 E) 3, 4
C) plays, is playing D) play, is playing
E) played, was playing 31. The workers … the walls when we … .
1. were painting, came 2. are painting, came
23. Choose the correct variant. 3. will paint, will come 4. had painted, came
John was late for the party. When he went into the room A) 3, 4 B) 1, 3 C) 2, 4
all the guests … and … . D) 1, 4 E) 1, 2
A) dance, sing
B) danced, sang 32. When Tom … at the airport, some people … in for
C) were dancing, singing the flight.
D) was dancing, was singing 1. arrived, were ckecking
E) danced, sing 2. arrived, had checked
3. was arrived, were checking
24. Choose the correct variant. 4. has arrived, were checked
He … a book when I … the room. A) 2, 3 B) 1, 2 C) 3, 4
A) read, entered D) 2, 4 E) 1, 3
B) has read, entered
C) had read, had entered 33. Miss Robinson … driving lessons and tests, but she
D) will read, shall enter … every time.
E) was reading, entered 1. took, failed 3. has taken, failed
2. takes, fails 4. is taking, has failed
25. Choose the correct variant. A) 1, 2 B) 2, 4 C) 3, 4
We … tea when the telephone … . D) 2, 3 E) 1, 4
A) were having, rang
B) were having, had rung 34. “If you … to sell your dog, they … very glad to buy
C) had, would ring it”, said the boy.
D) have had, has rung A) will want, will be D) want, will be
E) had, was ringing B) will want, are E) had wanted, will be
C) want, were
26. Choose the correct variant.
The old man … the room, … off his cap, … us and … 35. She … us the truth as soon as she … everything.
on the sofa. A) told, learns D) will tell, will learn
A) enters, takes, greet, sit B) told, learned E) has told, learned
B) enter, take, greet, sit C) tells, will learn
C) entered, took, greeted, sat
D) has entered, took, greeted, sat 36. While the colonel … Arthur, he … no answer.
E) entered, had taken, greeted, sat A) was interrogating, didn’t get
B) interrogates, got
27. Choose the correct variant. C) interrogated, gets
Hilda … to know what you … at that time the D) was interrogating, got
day before yesterday. E) is interrogating, doesn’t get
A) want, were doing B) wants, were doing
C) wants, was doing D) wanted, did 37. Which tense forms are correct?
E) wants, did Steven … the letter on the table as soon as he … the
room.
28. When I … the room, Mother … the table. 1.will see, will enter 3. saw, entered
1. entered, was laying 3. entered, has laid 2. will see, enters 4. has seen, had entered
2. entered, had laid 4. was entering, lays
A) 1, 2 B) 3, 4 C) 1, 3 38. She … your letter as soon as she … .
D) 2, 4 E) 2, 3 1. had answered, would arrive
2. will answer, arrives
29. Little Kate … asleep as soon as she … down. 3. answered, arrived
1. falls, lies 2. fell, will lie
3. falls, lay 4. fell, lay 39. Choose the correct tense forms.
A) 1, 3 B) 1, 2 C) 2, 3 When I called Jimmy yesterday, he … to make a speech
D) 3, 4 E) 1, 4 at the party.
A) is preparing B) was preparing C) was prepared
D) has prepared E) has been prepared
40. Peggy … us that she … never … the day when she
met us.
A) told, wouldn’t … forget
B) told, would … forget
C) tells, won’t … forget
D) told, has … forgotten
E) tells, hasn’t … forgotten

41. They … they … to the mountains last summer.

A) said, go B) say, go C) say, went
D) said, have gone E) say, have gone

42. The child … in his bed while his mother … porridge

for him.
A) is slept, prepared
B) was sleeping, was preparing
C) is sleeping, prepared
D) sleeps, had prepared
E) was slept, prepared

43. “The officer … to know what you … at that time the

day before yesterday”, said the policeman.
A) wants, are doing B) wants, were doing
C) wants, will be doing D) wanted, have done
E) wanted, are doing

44. Which tense forms are correct?

Take your umbrella, if it … .
1.will rain 2. is raining
3. rains 4. would rain

45. He … the poem to me as soon as he … it.

1. will read, writes 3. read, will write
2. read, wrote 4. had read, has written

46. They … the walls as soon as we … them.

1.decorated, painted 2. will decorate, painted
3. will decorate, paint 4. have decorated, painted

47. Your friends … you if you … in trouble.

A) will support, will be B) will support, are
C) supported, would be D) support, will be
E) have supported, had been

48. “Boys, don’t go out till the rain …”, said the mother.
A) won’t stop B) stops C) will stop
D) doesn’t stop E) hasn’t stopped

49. As soon as my sister … , they … .

A) was ready, will go out
B) is ready, will go out
C) will be ready, would go out
D) was ready, had gone out
E) will be ready, will go out

50. They … for you until you … .

A) will wait, will return
B) waited, would return
C) have waited, won’t return
D) had waited, don’t return
E) will wait, return