– Present Perfect & Past Simple
– For & since
– Adverbs (slowly, carefully, just, still, too)
– Relative Clause (who, which, that)
PRE-INTERMEDIATE Test 15
Question 1 |
She was very ill and _____ died, but fortunately, she got better.
A | carefully |
B | nearly |
C | too |
D | usually |
Question 2 |
“I hate ironing.”
“Me, _____. It’s so boring.”
A | usually |
B | at last |
C | slowly |
D | too |
Question 3 |
I like all Russian novelists, _____ Tolstoy.
A | usually |
B | especially |
C | together |
D | only |
Question 4 |
I met her on December 23, _____ before Christmas.
A | too |
B | slowly |
C | just |
D | still |
Question 5 |
_____ I have finished this exercise. Thank goodness! It was so boring.
A | Together |
B | At last |
C | Exactly |
D | Just |
Question 6 |
Sarah’s English is getting better. She _____ a lot of English since she _____ here.
A | learnt / has come |
B | has learnt / has come |
C | has learnt / came |
D | learnt / came |
Question 7 |
Mike and Jack _____ here five months ago. They _____ in this city for five months.
A | came / have been |
B | have come / have been |
C | come / were |
D | has come / has been |
Question 8 |
David can go to bed now. He _____ his homework.
A | finish |
B | has finished |
C | finishes |
D | finished |
Question 9 |
Alison _____ in Chicago, but she would like to go there one day.
A | was |
B | has been |
C | wasn’t |
D | has never been |
Question 10 |
Peter _____ his work 3 hours ago.
A | has finished |
B | will finish |
C | finished |
D | finish |
Question 11 |
(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)
Dennis Heal _____ a politician.
A | was |
B | is |
C | is being |
D | is being |
Question 12 |
He _____ to Oxford University in 1975, and in 1982, he _____ a Member of Parliament.
A | go |
B | has gone |
C | went |
D | goes |
Question 13 |
He _____ to Oxford University in 1975, and in 1982, he _____ a Member of Parliament.
A | became |
B | become |
C | becomes |
D | has become |
Question 14 |
He _____ an MP since then.
A | was |
B | is being |
C | is |
D | has been |
Question 15 |
He _____ Defense Minister from 1989- 95.
A | was |
B | is |
C | has been |
D | were |
Question 16 |
He _____ three books, including his autobiography “The Time of My Life”, and a spy story called “The Time to Run”.
A | has written |
B | wrote |
C | write |
D | writes |
Question 17 |
He is married to the artist Edna Heal, and they have two children. They _____ in Oxford for 10 years, then they _____ to London in 1995.
A | lives |
B | has lived |
C | lived |
D | live |
Question 18 |
They _____ in Oxford for 10 years, then they _____ to London in 1995.
A | move |
B | moved |
C | is moving |
D | has moved |
Question 19 |
They now _____ in a house in Queen Square in central London.
A | lives |
B | have lived |
C | lived |
D | live |
Question 20 |
I haven’t seen Keith _____ a while.
A | since |
B | * |
C | for |
D | in |
Question 21 |
He and his wife have lived next to me _____ their son, Tom, was born.
A | for |
B | when |
C | since |
D | * |
Question 22 |
I have known them _____ many years.
A | * |
B | for |
C | on |
D | since |
Question 23 |
Anna has had a bad cold _____ the last few days.
A | for |
B | after |
C | since |
D | in |
Question 24 |
I have written a letter _____ breakfast.
A | * |
B | before |
C | for |
D | since |
Question 25 |
I’m looking after Tom today. He’s been at my house _____ 8.00 this morning.
A | at |
B | for |
C | since |
D | from |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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