TENSE TEST 1 (25 QUESTIONS)

1.Last Saturday my father ---- that his dinner suit was too small, so now he ---- a strict diet.

A) has discovered/followed

B) discovers/was following

C) discovered/is following

D) was discovering/has followed

E) has been discovering/follows

2.Helen  ---- her driving test five times so far without success, but she ---- yet

A) takes/isn't giving up

B) has taken/hasn't given up

C) was taking/didn't give up

D) is taking/doesn't give up

E) took/wasn't giving up

3.Most of the time, John and his friends ---- football matches at their local cafe, but this Saturday they ---- to the stadium, and so they're all very excited.

A) watch/are going

B) have been watching/go

C) are watching/have gone

D) were watching/went

E) have watched/were going

4.Kate ---- a vegetarian for eleven years now, and she ---- meat at all during all this time.

A) is/isn't eating

B) has been/wasn't eating

C) is/doesn't eat

D) has been/hasn't eaten

E) was/didn't eat

5.Last year Richard ---- his bicycle to work every day, but he ---- the bus since the accident.

A) rides/takes

B) has ridden/is taking

C) rode/has been taking

D) was riding/took

E) is riding/has taken

 6.I ---- glasses when I was younger, but now I ---- contact lenses.

A) was wearing/have had

B) have worn/am having

C) have been wearing/had

D) wear/was having

E) wore/have

7.About a month ago, I ---- a brochure about your hotel, but I ---- it yet.

A) request/didn't receive

B) have requested/am not receiving

C) was requesting/wasn't receiving

D) requested/haven't received

E) have been requesting/don't receive

8.The conditions in our office ---- more and more unbearable, and so quite often recently I ---- quitting it and looking for a new job.

A) have got/was considering

B) was getting/am considering

C) are getting/have considered

D) have been getting/consider

E) get/considered

9.Because I ---- a long way from my work, I ---- lots of time going to and from work.

A) live/waste

B) lived/have wasted

C) have been living/wasted

D) am living/have been wasting

E) was living/am wasting

10.In the USA, the twenty largest newspaper chains ---- for almost half of the circulation, reflecting a trend that ---- in the 1970s.

A) account/started

B) were accounting/start

C) has accounted/was starting

D) accounted/is starting

E) accounts/has started

11. Clean snow ---- as much as 87 percent of the sunlight that----- on it.

A) is reflecting/shone

B) has reflected/was shining

C) reflected/is shining

D) was reflecting/has shone

E) reflects/shines

12.More than two hundred people ---- the tower when the bomb ---- in one of the dustbins.

A) have visited/was exploding

B) were visiting/exploded

C) visited/has exploded

D) are visiting/is exploding

E) visit/has exploded

13.Because you ---- half of the ingredients as I ---- dinner, you probably aren't hungry at all now.

A) were eating/have prepared

B) have eaten/prepared

C) have been eating/prepare

D) ate/was preparing

E) eat/have been preparing

14.She ---- strictly since Christmas and so far she ---- eight kilos.

A) was dieting/was losing

B) dieted/loses

C) diets/is losing

D) is dieting/lost

E) has been dieting/has lost

15.Cindy's family ---- chains in this area for over three centuries and now her father ---- this traditional craft at the county museum twice a day as well.

A) are making/is demonstrating

B) have made/has demonstrated

C) made/was demonstrating

D) were making/demonstrated

E) have been making/demonstrates

16.He ---- to unlock the door to his flat because the telephone ----.

A) was hurrying/rang

B) hurries/has been ringing

C) hurried/was ringing

D) is hurrying/rings

E) has hurried/has rung

17.There ---- economies since the dawn of civilization, but as a field of study, economics ---- only recently.

A) were/was developing

B) have been/has developed

C) are/has been developing

D) were/is developing

E) have been/develops

18.John Deere ---- his farm machinery business, which ----tractors today, in the 19th century.

A) founds/still produced

B) has founded/is still producing

C) was founding/was still producing

D) founded/still produces

E) is founding/has still produced

19.I ---- my French lately; consequently, I ---- more and more of it.

A) am not practicing/forget

B) haven't been practicing/am forgetting

C) don't practice/have forgotten

D) wasn't practicing/forgot

E) didn't practice/was forgetting

20.The old lady's health ---- day by day until she ---- smoking.

A) was deteriorating/gave up

B) is deteriorating/gives up

C) deteriorated/has given up

D) deteriorates/is giving up

E) has deteriorated/was giving up

21.The managing director ---- Sid to sales manager and ever since, he ---- everybody around.

A) promoted/has been bossing

B) promotes/bosses

C) has promoted/is bossing

D) is promoting/was bossing

E) was promoting/has bossed

22.Problems with the hotel, coupled with this awful weather, ---- our holiday miserable, so we ---- before the scheduled time.

A) have made/have left

B) were making/leave

C) make/left

D) are making/are leaving

E) made/were leaving

23.The fact that more people ---- ozone-friendly products nowadays ----- that the media can positively increase public awareness.

A) have used/was showing

B) used/has shown

C) use/has been showing

D) were using/showed

E) are using/shows

24.My sister ---- from severe back aches lately and I think it's because, last month, she ---- to work in a shop where she has to pick up heavy things.

A) is suffering/has started

B) suffers/was starting

C) has been suffering/started

D) suffered/is starting

E) was suffering/starts

25.Though she ---- dancing, Sonia ---- to the disco with her friends the previous night just in order to be with them in a different atmosphere.

A) hasn't liked/has gone

B) doesn't like/went

C) didn't like/is going

D) doesn't like/goes

E) didn't like/has been going