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X. Ask questions to the following sentence.

My father easily speaks English and German with foreigners in his office.

Общий

Альтернативный

Специальные вопросы

Whom …

What languages …

What …

(вопрос к глаголу-сказуемому)

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C name: group: ontrol grammar test on tenses

6 Variant

1. Insert a, an or the if necessary.

1. ... postman's little boy says that he'd rather be ... dentist than . . . doctor, because . . . dentists don't get called out at... night.

2. Just as ... air hostess (there was only one on the plane) was handing me ... cup of ... coffee . . . plane gave . . . lurch and . . . coffee went all over . . . person on ... other side of ... gangway.

3. There was . . . collision between . . . car and . . . cyclist at... crossroads near ... my house early in ... morning . . . . cyclist was taken to ... hospital with . . . concussion. . . . driver of ... car was treated for ... shock. . . . witnesses say that . . . car was going at ... seventy miles . . . hour.

4. Professor Jones, . . . man who discovered . . . new drug that everyone is talking about, refused to give . . . press conference.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1. What Tom (think) of the Budget? ~ He (think) it most unfair. ~ I (agree) with him.

2. What this one (cost)? ~ It (cost) forty pence.

3. You (hear) the wind? It (blow) very strongly tonight.

4. You (see) my car keys anywhere? ~ No, I (look) for them but I (not see) them.

5. He never (listen) to what you say. He always (think) about something else.

6. This book is about a man who (desert) his family and (go) to live on a Pacific island.

7. You (understand) what the lecturer is saying? ~ No, I (not understand) him at all.

III. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Мы уезжаем в пятницу в 8 часов утра. Мы встречаемся на вокзале в 7.30. 2. За что он ей так нравится? — Она говорит, что он добрый и умный. 3. Вы помните меня? Мы вместе учились в институте. Извините, я Вас не знаю. 4. Почему бы нам не поехать за город в воскресенье? — Хорошая идея. 5. Том сейчас очень занят. Он строит гараж. 6. Когда приезжает твой отец? — Через неделю. Я всегда встречаю его на вокзале.

IV. Open the brackets, using verbs in Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. It (to be) very cold yesterday. 2. When you (to meet) him? 3. I (not to see) him since 1987. 4. How many mushrooms you (to gather)? 5. Where you (to put) the newspaper? I want to read it, but cannot find it anywhere. 6. The new school (to begin) working last year. 7. At last I (to do) all my homework-now I shall go out. 8. The building of the house (to begin) early in April. 9. The rain (to stop) but a cold wind is still blowing. 10. We already (to solve) the problem. 11. He (to come) a moment ago. 12. I never (to speak) to him. 13. We (to go) to the country yesterday, but the rain (to spoil) all the pleasure. 14. My watch was going in the morning, but now it (to stop). 15. The lecture (not yet to begin) and the students are talking in the classroom.

V. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous tense.

1. Mr Smith never (wake) up in time in the mornings and always (get) into trouble for being late; so one day he (go) to town and (buy) an alarm clock. 2. To get home he (have to) go through a field where a bad-tempered bull usually (graze). 3. This bull normally (not chase) people unless something (make) him angry. Unfortunately, as Mr Smith (cross) the field, his alarm clock (go) off. 4. This (annoy) the bull, who immediately (begin) to chase Mr Smith. 5. Mr Smith (carry) an open umbrella as it (rain) slightly. He (throw) the umbrella to the ground and (run) away as fast as he could. 6. The bull (stop) and (begin) to attack the umbrella. While he (do) this Mr Smith escaped. 7. When he (awake) she (sit) by the window. She (look) at something in the street, but when he (call) her she (turn) and (smile) at him.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous tense.

1. We (walk) ten kilometres. 2. We (walk) for three hours. 3. You (walk) too fast. That's why you are tired. 4. I (make) sausage rolls for the party all the morning. 5. How many you (make)? ~ I (make) 200. 6. That boy (eat) seven ice-creams. 7. He (not stop) eating since he arrived.