Test on Verbs

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1. I won't go out now as it ------------ and I don't have an umbrella.

A. rained B. was raining C. rains D. is raining

2. Tom suddenly realized that he ---------- in the wrong direction.

A. was traveling B. traveled C. is traveling D. travels

3. Helen -----------this gold ring as she was digging in the garden.

A. finds B. is finding C. found D. was finding

4. While we ------------- someone came to the house and left this note.

A. fish B. were fishing C. fished D. are fishing

5. John always ---------- that he will mend the window but he never does it.

A. is saying B. says C. was saying D. said

6. Banks---------- more money these days to encourage businessmen to expand.

A. were lending B. lend C. are lending D. lent

7. I ----------- the letter. Could you mail it on your way to work for me, please?

A. have written B. have been writing C. had written D. had been writing

8. My father ------------ a history of World War II for the last two years. He thinks he will finish it by the end of next month.

A. has written B. has been writing C. had written D. had been writing

9. The little boy----------- a football against the wall all afternoon and is not tired yet.

A. had been kicking B. was kicking C. has been kicking D. is kicking

10. As soon as Terry saw what ------------, he switched off the electricity.

A. is happening B. had happened C. has been happening D. has happened

11. Sue --------- her homework all day and has not finished it yet.

A. had typed B. had been typing C. has typed D. has been typing

12. Since I ------------ him, he has always worn the same sweater.

A. have known B. had known. C. know D. knew

13. "Can we meet at 10:00 outside the station?"

"Okay. I ------------ you there."

A. will see B. will have seen C. am going to see D. have seen

14. By the time you get home, I ------------the house from top to bottom.

A. am going to clean B. will be cleaning C. will have cleaned D. have cleaned

15. By the time Simon is 40, he ------------Spanish for 15 years.

A. will have learned B. will be learning C. will have been learning D. will learn

16. By the time that Jeremy leaves school, his parents------------ $25,000 on his education.

A. will spend B. will have spent C. will be spending D. will have been spending

17.“I've planned my future for the next ten years.”

“That's very clever of you. What --------- when you leave the university?” A. will you do B are you going to do C. will you have done D. have you done

18. The boys------------ tennis for two hours before the storm broke.

A. have been playing B. are playing C. had been playing D. were playing

19. At noon tomorrow, I------------the children to their piano lessons.

A. will have taken B. will be taking C. have taken D. will have been taking

20. By January, my father ------------at the same job for twenty years.

A. will have been working B. has been working C. will be working D. is working

21. The students' work ------------a striking improvement since the new teacher took over the class.

A. has shown B. shows C. had shown D. showed

22. We------------ the repairs to your car by tomorrow morning.

A. finish B. will have finished C. are finishing D. have finished

23. Ever since I first------------ it, I've been trying to find a recording of that song.

A. have heard B. had heard C. heard D. hear

24. Just as I ------------into the bathroom, the fire alarm went off.

A. have been getting B. had been getting C. am getting D. was getting

25. I've never seen Mary lose her temper since I ---------------her.

A. had met B. have met C. meet D. met

Test on Verbals

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26. I saw him ----- out of his car. to drag dragging being dragged to be dragged

27. We can’t afford ------------- such an expensive car. We simple do not have enough money for it. buying to buy to be bought to have bought

28. I didn’t recall him ------ any such thing.

to say having been said to have said having said

29. I can't imagine his ever ---- to your proposal.

to agree agreeing agreed to be agreed

30. I don't mind ----- early today. you leave you to leave your leaving to your leaving

31. He made me ----- all the work again. do doing done to do

32. You shouldn't let your wife ----- you. dominate to dominate dominated dominating

33. Just as I was leaving the dormitory, I heard my name -----. was calling calling has been called called

34. As I was driving across the bridge last night, I saw a man ----- from the bridge into the sea. jump

jumped to jump to have jumped

35. I'll never forget ----- my first gold medal in athletics. winning to win to have won being won

36. I hear someone ----- in the distance. Do you hear it, too? shout shouting shouted to shout

37. Don't forget ----- us as soon as you arrive at your destination. to be called calling to call having called