TEST 6 Past Tenses

1. She never ___ to eat soup. 16. She ___ you a letter three weeks ago.
A) didn’t like B) like C) had liked A) had sent B) has sent C) sent
D) would not like E) liked D) send E) was sending

2. “I’ll drink tea from this tin mug.” 17. When he ___ home I ___ him the book.
“Where ___ you ___ it?” A) came /shall show B) comes/showed
A) did/find B) do/find C) did/found C) has come/has shown D) came/showed
D) were/found E) are/found E) was coming/shall show

3. It was dark and cold. At one moment he thought that he ___ his 18. They ___ breakfast at 7 and ___ home at eight.
way. A) have/left B) had/left C) had/leave
A) lost B) will lose C) had lost D) have/leaves E) had/had left
D) was lost E) loses
19. Long ago people ___ little about those minerals.
4. I didn’t know anyone in the city where I ___ to get. A) had known B) knowed C) will know
A) did try B) was trying C) would try D) knew E) have known
D) have tried E) shall try
20. The dentist ___ two of his teeth. One of them ___ quite good.
5. -Why ___ you go to the plant? A) pulls out/are B) pull out/was
-I ___ no time. C) pulled out/was D) pull out/was
A) do/had B) will/have C) did/hadn’t E) pulled out/were
D) didn’t/hadn’t E) didn’t/had
21. I couldn’t imagine what ___ to her.
6. A policeman ___ me crossing the street yesterday. A) had happened B) has been happened
A) seen B) saw C) has seen C) will happen D) has been happening
D) will see E) had seen E) happens

7. Arthur ___ all his exams by 5 o’clock yesterday. 22. He felt that he ___ it wrong.
A) passed B) passes C) has passed A) has made B) made C) will make
D) has been passed E) had passed D) was made E) had made

8. He evidently ___ his shoes for a very long time. They were 23. I ___ my homework when my mother came.
worn-out. A) already did B) have already done
A) were wearing B) are wearing C) had already done D) has already done
C) had been wearing D) was wearing E) already do
E) had been worn
24. Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. I said
9. So, the invisible man ___ into the shop and ___ down. “How ___ you ___ here?”
A) comes/walked B) didn’t come/walk C) came/walked A) do/get B) did/get C) does/get
D) will come/walked E) comes/would walk D) was/getting E) has/been getting

10. -We were at the theatre 2 days ago. The performance was 25. Last summer we ___ a trip to Houston.
excellent. A) made B) has made C) are making
-Who ___ the leading part? D) shall make E) will be making
A) did play B) play C) played
D) would play E) has played 26. He ___ barely ___ of him until that evening.
A) had/heard B) has/heard C) was/heard
11. One day the boys found a man in the forest. He ___ D) did/hear E) didn’t/hear
A) will die B) had been dying C) had died
D) was dying E) die 27. She ___ in Tashkent five years ago.
A) had lived B) lived C) has lived
12. His father ___ a doctor and he ___ to make his son a doctor, too. D) live E) have lived
A) was/wants B) were/wanted
C) will be/would want D) was/wanted 28. We ___ English, so I know it a little.
E) were/wanted A) were learning B) learned C) learns
D) should learn E) were learning
13. During his school years Cronin ___ great interest in literature.
A) take B) took C) has taken 29. Yesterday at this time it ___ .
D) had taken E) would take A) had snowed B) snows C) snowed
D) was snowing E) had been snowing
14. He ___ the box yesterday, because he had to do it.
A) would open B) had opening C) have opened 30. We ___ he ___ ill.
D) opens E) opened A) did not know/was B) knew/am ill C) knew/will be
D) had known/is E) were known/be
15. While the gentlemen ___ the recent events, the ladies ___ about
the weather. 31. The plane ___ at 4 and it ___ us 20 minutes to get there.
A) discuss/talk A) was landing/was taking B) was landing/took
B) are discussing/was talking C) landed/took D) lands/was taken
C) being discussed/being talked E) has landed/is taking
D) were discussing/were talking
E) have discussed/have talked 32. We ___ the station by 5 o’clock yesterday.
A) shall reach B) were reaching C) had reached
D) reached E) would reach

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33. The Browns ___ out of town last Sunday and ___ a good time there. 50. What ___ you ___ at 5 p.m. yesterday?
A) were going/had B) went/are having A) did/do B) have/been doing C) would/do
C) went/had D) are going/were having D) were/doing E) will/do
E) goes/has
51. Who ___ to see me last week?
34. Before answering the telephone he ___ down the table. A) comes B) will come C) came
A) laid B) was lying C) had laid D) has come E) have come
D) lay E) has laid
52. They didn’t believe him and ___ to laugh.
35. Who ___ at the meeting yesterday? A) begin B) begins C) began
A) speak B) speaks C) spoke D) had begun E) have begun
D) had spoken E) will speak
53. Children didn’t ___ to school because it ___ Sunday.
36. He met me with the bird in his hand. It ___ curiously at me. A) went/was B) go/were
A) looks B) was looking C) have gone/was D) gone/was
C) has been looking D) would look E) go/was
E) should look
54. The train ___ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it ___ at 8.00 p.m.
37. Nick ___ yesterday. sharp.
A) will not come B) hadn’t come C) didn’t come A) has left / starts B) left / started
D) hasn’t come E) came not C) left / has started D) has left / has started
E) have left / starts
38. I knew that he ___ the same paper each morning.
A) was bought B) buys C) is buying 55. The moon ___ and it ___ surprisingly light at night yesterday.
D) bought E) had bought A) is rising / is B) rose / was C) had risen / was
D) was rising / were E) rose / had been
39. He asked the children who ___ the book.
A) tore B) tear C) tears 56. Who ___ him yesterday?
D) had torn E) will tear A) has seen B) did see C) saw
D) have seen E) sees
40. Who ___ on a hike yesterday?
A) did go B) will go C) has gone 57. He ___ nobody about his secret that day.
D) went E) had went A) don’t tell B) tell C) didn’t tell
D) told E) doesn’t tell
41. I ___ to do it but I ___ no time. I was very busy.
A) wanted/has B) want/had have
C) wanted/had D) would want/have
E) have wanted/shall have

42. - What a luck. I haven’t seen you for ages.

- When ___ we ___ last time?
A) did / meet B) have / met C) had / met
D) did / met E) will / meet

43. In the summer of 1868, Melville Bell ___ on a lecture tour in the
USA and Canada.
A) goes B) had gone C) went
D) have gone E) has gone

44. He ___ his work before you came.

A) finished B) finishes C) has finished
D) had finished E) finish

45. Why ___ he go to Great Britain last month?

A) did B) was C) will
D) had E) has

46. Did you ___ or ___ the potatoes?

A) mince/peeled B) minced/peeled
C) minced/peeling D) peels/minced
E) mince/peel

47. When she ___ they ___ and he left the house.
A) had come/quarreled B) came/quarreled
C) has come/quarreled D) comes/would quarrel
E) came/had quarreled

48. - Who had left the room by the time I came yesterday?
A) Tom did B) Tom does C) Tom had
D) Tom has E) Tom was

49. Neither your parents nor I ___ very glad of the fact that you failed
your Math exam.
A) has been B) have been C) were
D) was E) are

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Test 1: Articles (Page 103) Test 4: Present Tenses (Page 114)

1-B 2-A 3-B 4-A 5-A 6-A 7-A 8-B 1-A 2-B 3-A 4-A 5-B 6-A 7-A 8-C
9-B 10-A 11-A 12-C 13-B 14-D 15-B 16-B 9-B 10-C 11-A 12-D 13-C 14-E 15-D 16-C
17-C 18-B 19-A 20-E 21-A 22-C 23-B 24-E 17-E 18-C 19-B 20-C 21-E 22-C 23-C 24-A
25-A 26-D 27-E 28-A 29-A 30-A 31-C 32-E 25-C 26-B 27-B 28-B 29-B 30-D 31-B 32-B
33-B 34-A 35-A 36-A 37-A 38-A 39-A 40-A 33-C 34-B 35-C 36-C 37-A 38-C 39-D 40-B
41-D 42-C 43-B 44-D 45-E 46-D 47-C 48-D 41-D 42-A 43-C 44-A 45-D 46-D 47-D 48-A
49-A 50-C 51-B 52-A 53-E 54-A 55-A 56-B 49-A 50-D 51-C 52-B 53-D 54-D 55-B 56-C
57-C 58-D 59-C 60-C 61-C 62-D 63-A 64-B 57-D 58-D 59-D 60-E 61-B 62-C 63-D 64-A
65-D 66-A 67-A 68-B 69-B 70-D 71-D 72-C 65-E 66-B 67-D 68-C 69-B 70-C 71-E 72-B
73-A 74-C 75-D 76-C 77-A 78-C 79-D 80-B 73-A 74-C 75-A 76-B 77-D 78-D 79-C 80-C
81-A 82-A 83-E 84-C 85-E 86-D 87-B 88-C 81-D 82-C 83-E 84-E 85-C 86-D 87-A 88-E
89-C 90-B 91-C 92-B 93-B 94-D 95-A 96-B 89-E 90-A 91-B 92-E 93-E 94-C 95-A 96-B
97-C 98-A 99-D 100-C 97-C 98-C 99-D 100-E 101-B 102-D 103-B 104-C

Test 2: Prepositions (Page 106) Test 5: Future Tenses (Page 117)

1-D 2-D 3-A 4-B 5-B 6-C 7-C 8-D 1-B 2-C 3-E 4-E 5-A 6-D 7-C 8-C
9-B 10-C 11-C 12-B 13-C 14-E 15-C 16-E 9-A 10-E 11-B 12-B 13-B 14-A 15-B 16-D
17-E 18-E 19-C 20-B 21-C 22-A 23-D 24-C 17-C 18-A 19-C 20-C 21-C 22-B 23-C
25-C 26-A 27-A 28-C 29-A 30-E 31-B 32-D
33-C 34-A 35-E 36-A 37-B 38-A 39-C 40-A Test 6: Past Tenses (Page 118)
41-B 42-B 43-E 44-A 45-C 46-B 47-B 48-B
1-E 2-A 3-C 4-B 5-E 6-B 7-E 8-C
49-C 50-D 51-E 52-D 53-A 54-B 55-A 56-D
9-C 10-C 11-D 12-D 13-B 14-E 15-D 16-C
57-E 58-D 59-B 60-A 61-E 62-B 63-C 64-A
17-D 18-B 19-D 20-C 21-A 22-E 23-C 24-B
65-A 66-E 67-C 68-B 69-B 70-B 71-D 72-B
25-A 26-A 27-B 28-B 29-D 30-A 31-C 32-C
73-A 74-E 75-D 76-D 77-E 78-B 79-B 80-C
33-C 34-A 35-C 36-B 37-C 38-D 39-D 40-D
81-C 82-D 83-B 84-E 85-A 86-B 87-D 88-E
41-C 42-A 43-C 44-D 45-A 46-E 47-B 48-C
89-C 90-A 91-E 92-C 93-B 94-B 95-A 96-B
49-D 50-D 51-C 52-C 53-E 54-B 55-B 56-C
97-D 98-C 99-B 100-D
57-D

Test 3: Pronouns (Page 109)

Test 7: Mixed Tenses (Page 120)
1-B 2-B 3-B 4-C 5-C 6-E 7-D 8-B
1-D 2-D 3-B 4-C 5-B 6-C 7-B 8-B
9-B 10-E 11-B 12-C 13-C 14-A 15-A 16-C
9-A 10-D 11-D 12-C 13-E 14-A 15-D 16-C
17-B 18-B 19-D 20-D 21-C 22-E 23-C 24-D
17-B 18-B 19-C 20-C 21-B 22-B 23-B 24-B
25-B 26-E 27-E 28-B 29-A 30-A 31-C 32-D
25-D 26-E 27-B 28-A 29-A 30-B 31-E 32-B
33-D 34-E 35-B 36-C 37-C 38-C 39-B 40-C
33-E 34-E 35-B 36-E 37-E 38-D 39-C 40-A
41-C 42-D 43-B 44-B 45-B 46-A 47-D 48-C
41-A 42-A 43-C 44-B 45-C 46-B 47-A 48-D
49-D 50-C 51-E 52-D 53-A 54-C 55-D 56-D
49-B 50-C 51-E 52-B 53-A 54-A 55-B 56-B
57-C 58-B 59-A 60-B 61-B 62-D 63-D 64-B
57-A 58-B 59-A 60-A 61-B 62-D 63-B 64-E
65-C 66-D 67-A 68-C 69-D 70-C 71-C 72-B
65-A 66-C 67-C 68-B 69-C 70-C 71-D 72-A
73-B 74-B 75-D 76-A 77-D 78-C 79-B 80-C
73-A 74-C 75-D 76-C 77-C 78-B 79-A 80-D
81-B 82-B 83-C 84-A 85-D 86-D 87-C 88-D
81-A 82-B 83-D 84-C 85-D 86-E 87-D 88-A
89-C 90-C 91-D 92-E 93-D 94-E 95-B 96-B
89-D 90-B 91-C 92-B 93-C 94-C 95-A 96-B
97-D 98-C 99-B 100-D 101-A 102-A 103-A 104-B
97-D 98-A 99-E 100-D 101-A 102-B 103-B 104-A
105-B 106-B 107-C 108-E 109-D 110-C 111-D 112-B
105-B 106-B 107-A 108-C 109-B 110-C 111-B 112-B
113-B 114-C 115-C 116-C 117-D 118-D 119-B 120-A
113-B 114-C 115-E 116-A 117-A
121-B 122-D 123-A 124-B 125-E 126-C 127-E 128-B
129-A 130-B 131-C 132-D 133-E 134-C 135-A 136-B
137-C 138-B 139-B 140-D 141-E 142-D 143-C 144-B
145-E 146-E 147-B 148-A 149-A 150-D 151-A 152-A
153-D 154-B 155-A 156-A 157-A 158-A 159-C 160-C
161-B 162-C 163-C 164-B 165-C 166-D 167-A 168-E
169-E 170-B 171-B 172-C 173-E 174-E 175-A 176-B
177-E 178-C 179-D 180-C 181-C 182-C 183-E 184-B
185-E 186-A 187-A 188-C 189-B 190-D

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