- 1. "May I Speak to Dr. Paine, please?" -"I´m sorry, he _____ a patient at the moment. Can I help you?"
A) has been seeing
B) is seeing
C) was seeing
D) sees
E) see
- 2. "When are you going to ask your boss for a raise?" - " I _____ ti ger twice already! I don´t think she wants to give me one."
A) have talked
B) will talk
C) have been talking
D) are talking
E) was talking
- 3. "Do you think Harry will want something to eat after he gets here?" -"I hope not. It will be probably after midnight, and we _____."
A) be sleeping
B) will be sleeping
C) were sleeping
D) have been sleeping
E) are sleeping
- 4. Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes _____ for at least thirty minutes.
A) were boiling
B) boiling
C) are boiling
D) was boiling
E) have been boiling
- 5. "Is it true that spaghetti didn´t originate in Italy?" -"Yes. The Chinese _____ spaghetti dishes for a long time before Marco Polo brought it back to Italy."
A) had been making
B) have been making
C) has making
D) have made
E) make
- 6. "I once saw a turtle that had wings. The turtle flew into the air to catch insects." -"Stop kidding! I _____ you!"
A) don´t believe
B) am not believing
C) wasn´t believing
D) didn´t believe
E) believed not
- 7. "Could someone help me lift the lawnmower into the pickup truck?" -"I´m not busy. I _____ you."
A) am going to help
B) help
C) will help
D) am helping
E) helped
- 8. My family loves this house. It _____ the family home ever since my grandfather built it 60 years ago.
A) has been
B) had been
C) is
D) was
E) will be
- 9. Here´s an interesting statistic: On a typical day, an average person _____ about 48,000 words. How many words did you speak today?
A) speak
B) spoke
C) speaked
D) is speaking
E) speaks
- 10. I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you´re an adult, you _____ all about it.
A) will have forgotten
B) will forget
C) forgets
D) had been forgetting
E) forgot
- 11. It´s against the law to kill black rhinoceros. They _____ extinct.
A) has become
B) becomes
C) are becoming
D) will became
E) had been becoming
- 12. After five unhappy years, Janice finally quit her job. She _____ along with her boss for a long time before she finally decided to look for a new position.
A) hadn´t been getting
B) didn´t get
C) getting
D) hasn´t been getting
E) isn´t getting
- 13. The National Hurricane Center is closely watching a strong hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean. When it _____ the coast of Texas sometime tomorrow afternoon, it will bring with it great destructive force.
A) reached
B) reaches
C) is reaching
D) has reached
E) will reach
- 14. At one time, huge prehistoric reptiles dominated the earth. This Age of Dinosaurs _____ much longer than the present Age of Mammals has lasted to date.
A) was lasting
B) has lasted
C) had lasted
D) is lasting
E) lasted
- 15. Jim, why dont´t you take some time off? You _____ too hard lately. Take a short vacation.
A) is working
B) has been working
C) have been working
D) work
E) were working
- 16. The city is rebuilding the waterfront, transforming it into a pleasant and fashionable outdoor mall. Next summer when the tourists arrive, they _____ beautiful new shops and restaurants in the area where the old run-down waterfront properties used to stand.
A) will find
B) will found
C) will be finding
D) will have found
E) isn´t going to find
- 17. A minor earthquake occurred at 2:07 a.m. on January 3. Most of the people in the village _____ at the time and didn´t even know it had occurred until the next morning.
A) had slept
B) slept
C) have sleped
D) were sleeping
E) sleep
- 18. The little girl started to cry. She _____ her doll, and no one was able to find it for her.
A) has lost
B) was losing
C) was lost
D) losted
E) had lost
- 19. According to research reports, people usually _____ in their sleep 25 to 30 times each night.
A) turns
B) had turned
C) turn
D) has turned
E) turned
- 20. Jane´s eyes burned and her shoulders ached. She _____ at the computer for five straight hours. Finally, she too a break.
A) was being sitting
B) had been sitting
C) was sitting
D) has been sitting
E) is sitting
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