The Aspect — Progress Test

I. Choose the verb in the right tense out of the two underlined.
1./2. The Queen of England was resting/rested in the garden while the butler prepared/was
preparing her a nice cup of iced tea.
3. Hurry up, the boy has been waiting/has waited for you for half an hour now.
4. Well, I haven’t been seeing/haven’t seen anything like this before, so let’s go!
5. My fat sister had been eating/had eaten 13 cakes by 10 o’clock yesterday.
6./7./8. I didn’t understand/wasn’t understanding what she meant/was meaning at first, but
afterwards she was explaining/explained more clearly.
9. He asked me if I would be working/would work during Easter time.
10. Have a seat and enjoy the music! Coffee is going to be ready! will be ready in a minute.

II. Choose the right answer.

1. Special security teams have already occupied their positions although the official flight ... at .

15.30.
a) is arriving b) is about to arrive c) arrives d) is bound to arrive
2. Rest assure, I’ll give you a call as soon as I ... he results
a) am hearing b) hear c) will hear d) will be hearing
3. He promised me that nobody ... the slight imperfection.
a) is noticing b) will be noticing c) will notice d) will have noticed
4. Hey, mister! What ... at?
a) do you look b) you are looking c) are you looking d) you look
5. I always see him spending lots of money. Tell me please what ... for a living?
a) is he doing b) does he do c) did he do d) he is doing
6. How can you even think of that cheese cake? You ten ice creams already.
...

a) ate b) have been eating c) have eaten d) had eaten

7. Where do you think she is? I’ve been calling her...
a) ten times so far b) all evening c) all yesterday d) all morning and it’s
8 p.m.
8. 1 wonder where she is. I have called her ... and there is no answer.
a) over and over again b) 15 times already c) yesterday morning d) every now and then
9. I ... my favourite show on TV tomorrow at 7.30, so I’m afraid I can’t come.
a) will be watching b) will watch c) will have watched d) will have been
 watching
10. Oh, Bill, I’m afraid it’s too late now! I’m ... somebody else.
a) looking at b) seeing c) going to see d) see
III. Rewrite the following sentences starting as shown:
1. I’m afraid that this sound comes from my neighbour’s kid scratching your car.
Your car ............................................... kid right now.
2. I’ve spent all afternoon waiting for him.
I have
3. Will you be seeing him in the next few days?
He asked me if ..............................................
4. Oh, I remember now! It was that movie in which two bad guys were following Humphrey
Bogart all the time.
Oh, I remember now! It was that movie in which Humphrey Bogart .............................................
5. No, I’m afraid I can’t; I’m cooking tomorrow!
She refused, saying that she .............................................
6. John hasn’t woken up since 4 p.m. when he went to bed for a nap and it’s almost 8 p.m.!
Well, this means he .............................................
7. She was singing so beautifully that everybody stopped talking.
So .............................................
8. Is he looking at me?
She asked her friend if .............................................
9. Did they do anything unusual while they were questioning you?
They asked him to remember if they ............................................ while
he .............................................
10. No, no it wasn’t that, she was looking for... I can’t remember!
Oh, I have forgotten .............................................

IV. Complete the sentences:

1. While we ............................................. “Seinfeld” our TV set exploded, so could we say he’s
“dynamite”?
2. He drives me mad, he ............................................. in the house! And when I say “always”, I
mean always!!!
3. We have divided the chores in the house, so drop by any time tomorrow, you’ll find us home: I
.............................................. while he .............................................
4. What will ............................................. at six o’clock tomorrow?
5. He asked her what ............................................. at six o’clock the following day.
6. Hello! Nikita? This is Michael. I’m afraid we’ll have to cancel our meeting as I
am ............................................. by two enemy agents right now.
7. Has she ............................................. for the last few hours or not?
8. She wanted to know whether ............................................. TV at 6 o’clock yesterday or not.
9. He kept asking me what ............................................. yesterday at 5.30.
10. They will be tired tomorrow at 7 PM because they will .............................................for seven
hours by that time.
V. Error correction: decide whether the following sentences are correct or incorrect.
1. Yesterday, while my carpets were cleaned, I was watching a movie.
.............................................
2. I remember everything clearly: the woman was practically dragging the little boy along.
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3. The painter is thought to have been working for the Romaldi brothers at that time.
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4. Who knows, he might be looking at you right now?
.............................................
5. Last night, while I watched my favourite TV show, my TV set exploded.
.............................................
6. She was dropping her glass while she was drinking her wine yesterday.
.............................................
7. You’re being impossible! I won’t speak to you again!
.............................................
8. Elvis is thought to be living hidden somewhere in the Caribbean Islands.
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9. Well, I still don’t believe you! He could have been just saying it in order to comfort me.
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10. If you had being watching the traffic instead of chatting with her, none of this would have
happened.
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