Placement test

1 - Choose the correct answer:

a) I __________________________________ at my desk now.

sit – am siting – am sitting
b) I __________________________________ the piano all day.
play – am playing – have been playing
c) Pete __________________________________ his bedroom at the moment.
is tiding – tidies – is tidying
d) Mary __________________________________ to her office on weekdays.
goes – is going – go
e) My friend __________________________________ in Dublin for a year.
is living – has lived – lives
f) It __________________________________ in our country.
is never snowing – has never snowed – doesn’t never snow
g) I am in Paris this week. I __________________________________ here.
work – am working – have been working
h) My classmates __________________________________ essays every week.
writes – are writing – write
i) How long __________________________________ have you been here?
have you been – are you – you are
j) I’m glad to see you! What __________________________________ all the time?
are you doing – do you do – have you been doing

2 – Make questions:
EXAMPLE:
A: Where do you go on holiday?
B: I go on holiday to the seaside.

a) A: What time ________________________________________________ dinner?

B: We have dinner at 6.30 every day.
b) A: ________________________________________________ here for a long time?
B: Yes, he’s been waiting here for ages.
c) A: What ________________________________________________ at the moment?
B: Well, I am not working on anything.
d) A: ________________________________________________to English lessons?
B: Yes, my brother goes to the Lake School.

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 e) A: How many times ________________________________________________ to Munich?
B: I’ve been there twice.
f) A: What ________________________________________________ now?
B: To tell the truth, I don’t know what my parents are doing.
g) A: Greg, ________________________________________________ sushi?
B: No, I’ve never eaten such food.
h) A: Why ________________________________________________so long?
B: She’s been practicing for a concert.

3 – Choose the correct tense:

a) __________________________________ Frank when you were in Toronto?

Did you meet – Have you met – Were you meeting
b) He had a break after he __________________________________ for two hours.
was walking – had been walking – had walked
c) I __________________________________ her for a long time.
know – have known – have been knowing
d) We __________________________________ the windows and then the car on Saturday
morning.
were cleaning – cleaned – have been cleaning
e) When Columbus arrived in America, the land __________________________________ for
thousands of years.
was inhabited – had been inhabited – have been inhabited
f) I __________________________________ in York for a week in 1998.
worked – have been working – have worked
g) A: I saw you in your office with a girl!
B: Really? We __________________________________.
have just talked – just talked – were just talking
h) There he was at last! I __________________________________ for him so long.
had been waiting – have waited – was waiting
i) How many cupboards __________________________________ since yesterday?
did they move – have they moved – have they been moving
j) As he __________________________________ a bike, a dog bit him.
was riding – rode – had ridden

4 – Complete the sentences. Use past tenses, present perfect or past perfect tenses:

a) We left England when we _____________________________ in Bristol for two weeks. (stay)

b) Where is my wine? Someone _____________________________ my wine! (drink)
c) When you crashed, _____________________________ fast? (you – drive)

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 d) I’m sorry. Dad isn’t here. He _____________________________ our house since the
morning. (decorate)
e) What a nice coat! where _____________________________ it? (you – buy)
f) At 6 o’clock he _____________________________ there for three hours! (sit)
g) I want to learn French. But I _____________________________ yet. (not start)
h) We didn’t want to spend our holiday in Strobl because we
_____________________________ there before. (be)
i) What _____________________________ You are so dirty! (you – do)

j) When I reached the seashore I found out that I _____________________________ my way.

(lose)

5 – Read the first sentence and complete the second sentence to make it similar:

a) In a couple hours there will be no goods on the shelves.

In a couple hours all goods on the shelves _____________________________.
will be disappearing – will have disappeared
b) This is my second year at university.
This year _____________________________ at university for two years.
I will have been studying – I will be studying
c) Please, don’t call me while I’m driving to work in the morning.
Tomorrow _____________________________ to work at seven, so don’t call me.
I will have been driving – I will be driving
d) Five years from now, companies will have most customers on the internet.
In five years’ time, most people _____________________________ on the internet.
will be shopping – will have shopped
e) We started journey two weeks ago and we’ll reach the port in a week.
We _____________________________ for three weeks next week.
will have traveled – will have been traveling
f) He is going to finish his work at the end of June.
He _____________________________ his work at the end of June.
will be finishing – will have finished
g) We’ll have a new iPhone on Saturday.
We _____________________________ a new iPhone by the end of this week.
will have been buying – will have bought
h) One week from today we will be in Paris.
This time next week _____________________________ Paris.
we will be visiting – we will have visited
i) Susan wants to talk to me tonight.
I _____________________________ to Susan tonight.
will have talked – will be talking
j) In 2100 we will be computer literate for over 100 years.
In 2100 we _____________________________ computers for more than a century.

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 will have talked – will be talking
6 – Write sentences in the Future Continuous or Future Perfect tenses. Keep similar
meaning.

EXAMPLE:
I’ll be on the 10.25 train to London.
At 10.25 I’ll be traveling to London. (travel)

a) The tickets will be available on Tuesday.

The tickets __________________________________ by Tuesday. (print)
b) I must replace the lock after lunch.
I __________________________________ the lock after lunch. (repair)
c) There’s a movie on our program tonight.
We __________________________________ a movie tonight. (be)
d) This is my fifth day in bed.
Tonight I __________________________________ in my bed for five days. (lie)
e) I like this open. Will you need it today?
I like this pen. __________________________________ it today? (use)
f) In ten years’ time most teenagers will have their own cars.
In ten years’ time more and more teenagers __________________________________ their
own cars. (drive)
g) We will have a new highway this year.
They __________________________________ a new highway by the end of this year. (build)
h) They started to build this highway two years ago.
But the end of this year __________________________________ this highway for three
years. (build)
i) I have a lot of texts to translate for tomorrow.
I __________________________________ a lot of texts today . (be)
j) By the year 2040 there will be no water in this lake.
By the year 2040 all the water __________________________________ from this lake
(disappear)