Practice Test

ABC High School Teacher : Quỳnh

Lesson 29

I. Use the correct verb tense or form.

1. Paul Carrack is a musician and a singer. He (be) _______ in the music business

for over 20 years. He (start) ________ playing professionally while he (be)

_______ at school. He (travel) _______ all over the world. He (have) __________

his first hit record in 1974. So far he (make) __________ a lot of records. Young

people in America and Britain (know) ____________ his name and they (never

forget) __________ his number-one song “The Living Years”.

2. Mike is a student, but he (not / go) _________ to school right now because

it’s summer. He (attend) _________ college from September to May every year,

but in the summers he (usually have) _________ a job at the post office. In fact, he

(work) _________ there this summer.

3. There (be) ___________ a terrible accident on a busy downtown street

yesterday. Dozens of people (see) ___________ it, including my friend, who

(interview) ___________ by the police.

4. When I (get) __________ up tomorrow morning, the sun (shine) __________ ,

the birds (sing) __________ and my roommates (still, lie) __________ in bed fall

asleep.

5. - How long (you be) __________ here ?

- I (be) __________ since the beginning of this semester. Actually, I (arrive)

__________ in the United States six months ago, but I (study) __________ English

at this university since January. Before that, I (live) __________ with my brother

in Washington, D.C.

6. Jane and Felix (get) __________ married on Saturday in March. They had

met only one week earlier at a party and (fall) __________ in love. Jane (ring)

__________ and told her parents her news after the wedding, when Flex (move)

__________ into her flat. Her parents (be) __________ surprised and angry

because she (not tell) __________ them about the wedding.

7.Last night, I___________ (walk) along the street when I___________ (realize)

that a man with a black beard, whom I___________ (see) three times already that

afternoon, ___________ (follow) me. I___________ (be) very worried, and at last I

___________ (stop) and asked him why he___________ (follow) me. The man

apolozied and told me he___________ (mistake) me for one of his friends.

8. Nancy Mann was born in Argentina. She ___________ (study) French and

German at Oxford University from 1970 to 1977. At the moment she works for

the BBC World Service. She ___________ (be) with the BBC for 5 years. She

___________ (work) as an interpreter for the EU before that. She also lived and

worked in Brussels for 2 years when she ___________ (work) for the EU. Now

she ___________ (be) a correspondent and she ___________ (travel) all over

Western and Eastern Europe, and many parts of South America.

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