TENSE TEST 4 (25 QUESTIONS)
1.The guards ---- when the enemy ----.
A) are sleeping/has been attacking
B) have slept/was attacking
C) slept/has attacked
D) were sleeping/attacked
E) sleep/is attacking
2.The negotiators ---- to bring the two sides together for months, but so far they ----.
A) try/are failing
B) are trying/failed
C) tried/fail
D) have tried/were failing
E) have been trying/have failed
3.The electricity ---- off last night just as the film on TV ---- interesting.
A) has gone/got
B) was going/has got
C) is going/has been getting
D) goes/is getting
E) went/was getting
4.More than a million people ---- the new superstore since it ----- last month.
A) are visiting/has been opening
B) have visited/opened
C) were visiting/opens
D) have been visiting/is opening
E) visited/has opened
5.Water ---- from liquid to gas when it ---- a temperature of 100°C.
A) has changed/reached
B) changed/was reaching
C) changes/reaches
D) has been changing/is reaching
E) is changing/reached
6.The phrase "post modernism" ---- about fifty years ago, but most people still ---- what it means.
A) was appearing/haven't known
B) has appeared/don't know
C) appeared/don't know
D) appears/didn't know
E) has been appearing/haven't known
7.People who ---- items like bottles and cans ---- the world's resources.
A) aren't recycling/wasted
B) didn't recycle/waste
C) haven't been recycling/were wasting
D) don't recycle/are wasting
E) haven't recycled/wasted
8.The President ---- too hard lately, and as a result, he ---- terrible.
A) has been working/looks
B) has worked/looked
C) worked/is looking
D) works/has looked
E) is working/was looking
9.I ---- to play the lottery about two years ago, but I ---- anything yet.
A) was starting/didn't win
B) started/haven't won
C) start/haven't been winning
D) have started/don't win
E) am starting/wasn't winning
10.I ---- in Istanbul for so long that I ---- the time before the Bosporus Bridges.
A) am living/remembered
B) lived/am remembering
C) was living/have remembered
D) live/was remembering
E) have lived/remember
11.Two years ago, she ---- English at all, but she ---- hard since then.
A) hasn't spoken/is studying
B) wasn't speaking/studies
C) isn't speaking/studied
D) didn't speak/has been studying
E) doesn't speak/was studying
12.My brother ---- three years in jail when he was younger, but now he ---- to give up his life of crime.
A) spent/has decided
B) spends/is deciding
C) has spent/has been deciding
D) was spending/decides
E) has been spending/decided
13.I ---- my boss privately tomorrow and I ---- quite nervous about it.
A) have seen/am feeling
B) see/was feeling
C) am seeing/feel
D) saw/felt
E) was seeing/have felt
14.The first time I ---- horse riding, I was very nervous and ---- the reins very tightly.
A) was going/am holding
B) have gone/hold
C) am going/have held
D) go/was holding
E) went/held
15.Life ---- immensely since Thomas Edison ---- the first light bulb in 1879.
A) is changing/was inventing
B) has changed/invented
C) has-been changing/has invented
D) changed/has been inventing
E) was changing/invents
16.The cosmeticscompany ---- for 25 years to this date, but last month, the original directors, Anita Roddick and her husband---- from the board.
A) traded/have resigned
B) was trading/resign
C) has been trading/resigned
D) trades/were resigning
E) has traded/are resigning
17.While my husband ---- our car in the garage, I ---- the plants in the garden.
A) repaired/have watered
B) was repairing/was watering
C) has repaired/am watering
D) repaired/have been watering
E) repairs/watered
18.The Japanese ---- the Gilbert Islands in the west Pacific in 1941, but the Americans ---- them in 1943.
A) have been occupying/were evicting
B) occupy/have evicted
C) have occupied/evict
D) were occupying/are evicting
E) occupied/evicted
19.We ---- out our spare room to a student because we ---- the money.
A) were renting/have been needing
B) are renting/have needed
C) rent/were needing
D) have been renting/are needing
E) have rented/need
20.I ---- glasses as a student, but now I ---- more comfortable with contact lenses.
A) wore/feel
B) was wearing/have felt
C) have worn/am feeling
D) am wearing/was feeling
E) have been wearing/felt
21.This time last year, the Taliban ---- Afghanistan, but since January, a new government ---- the country.
A) has been ruling/has run
B) was ruling/has been running
C) ruled/is running
D) rules/was running
E) has ruled/ran
22.Geoff ---- on my toe while we ---- .
A) was treading/danced
B) trod/were dancing
C) has trodden/are dancing
D) treads/have danced
E) is treading/dance
23.The Parkinsons ---- two puppies two years ago and, because they can't take the puppies with them, they ---- a holiday abroad since.
A) have bought/aren't taking
B) bought/weren't taking
C) bought/haven't taken
D) were buying/don't take
E) have bought/didn't take
24.A lot of youths ---- the army as soon as the Parliament ---- war on the enemy.
A) are joining/was declaring
B) joined/declared
C) have joined/is declaring
D) join/has declared
E) have been joining/declares
25.The grocery shopkeeper ---- the boy in his shop because a gang of angry young men ---- for the boy.
A) has hidden/looked
B) hides/look
C) was hiding/have looked
D) hid/were looking
E) is hiding/look
CEVAPLAR
1 / D2 / E
3 / E
4 / B
5 / C
6 / C
7 / D
8 / A
9 / B
10 / E
11 / D
12 / A
13 / C
14 / E
15 / B
16 / C
17 / B
18 / E
19 / E
20 / A
21 / B
22 / B
23 / C
24 / B
25 / D