English Grammar Tests » Pre-Intermediate: Test - 13
Test - 13
- Present Perfect
- Present Perfect Continuous
- Past Simple
- Vocabulary
- How long _____ in Paris?
- A) do you live
- B) are you living
- C) have you been living
- D) you live
- Anna _____ a good job.
- A) finds
- B) has found
- C) founded
- D) has been finding
- Pete and I _____ for over six month.
- A) are gone
- B) have gone out
- C) went out
- D) have been going out
- I _____ a new flat a few months ago.
- A) bought
- B) have been buying
- C) have bought
- D) buy
- How long _____ your car?
- A) have you had
- B) you have
- C) are you have
- D) have you been having
- Tom _____ as a postman for the past month.
- A) has worked
- B) worked
- C) works
- D) has been working
- I _____ an essay all day.
- A) write
- B) have been written
- C) am writing
- D) have been writing
- I _____ six pages.
- A) am written
- B) have been writing
- C) have written
- D) write
- “Are you going out?”
“_____. I don’t know yet.”- A) Carefully
- B) Possibly
- C) Mainly
- D) Nearly
- The exam was _____ difficult. I couldn’t do any of it.
- A) fluently
- B) seriously
- C) exactly
- D) real
- “How old are you?”
“I’m _____ eight. It’s my birthday next week.”- A) possibly
- B) fluently
- C) nearly
- D) exactly
- I travel a lot in my job, _____ to Europe.
- A) exactly
- B) nearly
- C) really
- D) mainly
- Sorry I’m late. _____ for a long time?
- A) Did you wait
- B) Have you waited
- C) Have you been waiting
- D) Did you wait
- The streets are wet. _____?
- A) Was it raining
- B) Has it been raining
- C) Has it rained
- D) Did it rain
- I’m hot because I _____!
- A) have run
- B) run
- C) have been running
- D) am run
- I _____ my finger! It really hurts.
- A) cut
- B) cutted
- C) have cut
- D) have been cutting
- _____ Paul Simon’s latest record?
- A) Have you heard
- B) Have you been hearing
- C) Did you hear
- D) Are you heard
- She’s tired because she _____ all day.
- A) shopped
- B) shops
- C) has been shopping
- D) has shopped
- Sorry. I _____ one of your glasses.
- A) have broken
- B) broke
- C) break
- D) have been breaking
- How long _____ this book?
- A) do you read
- B) are you reading
- C) have you been reading
- D) have you read
- They _____ here for three years.
- A) lives
- B) are living
- C) live
- D) have been living
- I _____ the living room, but I haven’t finished yet.
- A) have painted
- B) paint
- C) painted
- D) have been painting
- I _____ my wallet. Where did I last put it?
- A) lost
- B) have lost
- C) have been losing
- D) lose
- Look what Pat _____ me for my birthday! A bike!
- A) gave
- B) have been giving
- C) gives
- D) has given
- There’s my wallet! I _____ for it for ages.
- A) have been looking
- B) looked
- C) have looked
- D) look
We __(26)__ in our new house for several months. Since we __(27)__ in, we __(28)__ very busy. Everyone __(29)__ to get the house ready. So far we __(30)__ the living room and the kitchen. Soon after we arrived the central heating __(31)__ down, so we __(32)__ to spend a lot of money to repair it. We __(33)__ gardening very much, but we __(34)__ time to do anything in the garden yet. And it __(35)__ very heavily recently, so we’ll just wait till the weather gets better.
- A) lives
- B) lived
- C) have lived
- D) have been living
- A) have moved
- B) moved
- C) have been moving
- D) are moving
- A) are
- B) have been being
- C) were
- D) have been
- A) has been helping
- B) has helped
- C) helps
- D) helped
- A) decorated
- B) decorate
- C) have decorated
- D) have decorating
- A) have broken
- B) broke
- C) breaks
- D) are breaking
- A) have been having
- B) have
- C) had
- D) have had
- A) are liking
- B) liked
- C) have liked
- D) like
- A) don’t have
- B) haven’t had
- C) had not
- D) aren’t having
- A) is raining
- B) rained
- C) have been raining
- D) has rained
- “Can I speak to Mr. Thompson, please?”
“I’m afraid he’s just _____ out of the office.” - I _____ to most countries in Europe, but I’ve never _____ to Russia.
- A) was / gone
- B) have gone / been
- C) have been / been
- D) went / gone
- _____ me that you’ll always tell the truth.
- A) Advise
- B) Waste
- C) Promise
- D) Invent
- He was taken to hospital by ambulance, but he was _____ on arrival.
- A) mad
- B) dead
- C) alive
- D) various
- I love the _____ and quite of the countryside.
- A) peace
- B) feeling
- C) comfort
- D) wealth
- I saw a(n) _____ for a job as a waiter.
- A) invention
- B) mystery
- C) waste
- D) advertisement
- The sofa was so ______ that I felt asleep.
- A) successful
- B) comfortable
- C) honest
- D) comforting
- I gave the police a(n) _____ of the man who attacked me.
- A) beauty
- B) describing
- C) advice
- D) description
- I had a few problems, but Bob gave me some good _____.
- A) advice
- B) promises
- C) inventions
- D) *
- I was sitting at home when suddenly I had a funny _____ that I wasn’t alone.
- A) belief
- B) government
- C) mystery
- D) feeling
- I used to speak French _____, but I’ve forgotten it now.
- A) successfully
- B) fluently
- C) honestly
- D) carefully
- Please drive _____. The roads are so dangerous.
- A) carefully
- B) seriously
- C) comfortably
- D) wealthy
- I have _____ £5.17 until the end of the week.
- A) exactly
- B) suddenly
- C) peacefully
- D) really
- There was an accident, but fortunately no one was _____ injured.
- A) mainly
- B) seriously
- C) possibly
- D) exactly
- “Where does their money come from?”
“They have a very _____ business.”- A) wealthy
- B) comfortable
- C) successful
- D) various
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