Final Test

Then you … all the ingredients together quickly and … the mixture in a hot oven for twenty minutes.
1. mix, put
2. are mixing, are putting
3. will mix, will put
I can see the leaders. The three front runners … the corner into the stadium complex now.
1. turn
2. are turning
3. have turned
Don’t ask him! He … really difficult at the moment.
1. is
2. is to be
3. is being
‘Sorry I haven’t phoned. I lost my address book’. ‘Oh, you … your address book! Why don’t you keep everything on the computer?’
1. always lose
2. are always losing
3. have always been losing
We … much less beef recently because of the crisis, but we think it’s safe to start again now.
1. eat
2. are eating
3. have been eating
The incidence of street crime … by five per cent in the last two months.
1. is rising
2. has risen
3. has been rising
Several drivers … during the 1998 racing season.
1. have badly injured
2. have been badly injured
3. were badly injured
‘I haven’t seen you for ages.’ ‘No, I … in South-East Asia.’
1. have travelled
2. have been travelling
3. was travelling
We … at the first service station we came across.
1. stopped
2. had stopped
3. would stop
Phil stood at the door soaked from head to toe; he … in the rain.
1. ran
2. had run
3. had been running
At midnight Mr Rochester … the stairs and went into his bedchamber.
1. climbed
2. was climbing
3. had climbed
The staff … to be paid weekly but now they receive a monthly salary.
1. are used
2. were used
3. used
Jim … on the early flight the next morning so he made his excuses and left the party before midnight.
1. left
2. was leaving
3. would be leaving
At the time of the trial last summer Hankley … in prison for eight months.
1. was
2. had been
3. would be
At the time of the takeover the company’s shares … in value for several months.
1. declined
2. had declined
3. had been declining
This farm … organic vegetables for more than ten years now.
1. has been growing
2. is growing
3. grows
Dan … sad because his holiday … to an end.
1. felt, came
2. was feeling, was coming
3. had felt, came
The concert was called off because too few tickets … sold beforehand.
1. had been
2. were being
3. were
Mark always … to work late unless he … before the rush hour … .
1. is getting, will leave, will have begun
2. gets, doesn’t leave, has begun
3. gets, leaves, begins
Ten minutes from now I … here any more.
1. will sit
2. will be sitting
3. won’t be sitting
By 2020 the internet … by an alternative technology.
1. will be replaced
2. will have been replaced
3. will be being replaced
The film … at eight, and it’s about two hours long. At nine, I … it.
1. will start, will watch
2. starts, watch
3. starts, will be watching
‘… your computer at lunchtime today? I’ve got a problem with mine’. – ‘No, I … out and won’t be back till four’.
1. will you be using, am going
2. will you use, will go
3. are you using, am going
Look at those black clouds. It … this afternoon.
1. will rain
2. will be raining
3. is going to rain
The decorator won’t finish the work until you … him what you owe.
1. pay
2. have paid
3. will have paid
Hurry up. The tour group is … . If you don’t come now, they’ll go without us!
1. to leave
2. about to leave
3. on the point of leaving
He’s very … to accept the position as we can’t match his current salary.
1. unlikely
2. likely
3. sure
As he raised his arm she realised that he … strike her again.
1. was due to
2. was to
3. was about to
Because of the erosion of their habitats, some species are … extinction.
1. about to
2. on the verge of
3. likely to
When I came from school my mother wanted to know where I … all day.
1. have been
2. was
3. had been
No sooner … it than she burst into tears.
1. she had said
2. had she said
3. she said
I … this bridge open.
1. declare
2. am declaring
3. will declare
There will be a bonus paid to all managers … they meet their targets.
1. unless
2. provided
3. as long
I … hamburgers. I eat five every day and I … one at the moment.
1. am loving, am eating
2. love, am eating
3. am loving, eat
They … next door for years, but we’ve never spoken to them.
1. have been living
2. have lived
3. live
You’re covered in blood and you’ve torn your jacket. You … again, haven’t you?
1. have got a fight
2. have fought
3. have been fighting
Scarcely had the game started … it began to rain.
1. than
2. then
3. when
Normally I … at eight, but this week I … at seven because I have to start work early.
1. get up, am getting up
2. am getting up, get up
3. get up, have been getting up
He … for days and … to smell.
1. didn’t wash, began
2. hadn’t washed, was beginning
3. hadn’t washed, had begun
When the helicopter finally found us we … in the lifeboat for hours and … all our food.
1. had been sitting, had been eating
2. had sat, had eaten
3. had been sitting, had eaten
As soon as she … the time, she … out of bed.
1. was seeing, was jumping
2. saw, jumped
3. had seen, had jumped
When she … home, her husband … football on television.
1. got, watched
2. was getting, watched
3. got, was watching
They … until everybody … the bank, then … through the window.
1. were waiting, had left, broke in
2. waited, had left, broke into
3. had waited, had been leaving, were breaking
As soon as Cath shut the car door, she … that she … the keys inside.
1. realised, had left
2. realised, left
3. had realised, had left
He … speak English with a broad Russian accent. But now he … like a native speaker.
1. would, is sounding
2. is used to, sounds
3. used to, sounds
Tom was exhausted because he … too hard.
1. had worked
2. had been working
3. was working
Oh dear, this dress … any more.
1. doesn’t fit
2. isn’t fitting
3. isn’t fit
It was the first time I … the night by myself in the house.
1. had ever been spending
2. had ever spent
3. ever spent
Paper money … by the Chinese.
1. invented
2. was invented
3. has been invented
At the moment, a man … in connection with the attack.
1. is interviewing
2. is interviewed
3. is being interviewed

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