TEST 1 As many as 1,500 people (1) (kill) in Haiti after tropical storm…………… Jean (2) .(hit) the island nation more than a week ago, dumping………… heavy rains that caused deadly flooding and mudslides. At the present in Haiti, relief workers (3) .(struggle) to distribute supplies to hungry………… residents who (4) (not eat) since their home (5) …………… …………… (destroy). The northern city of Gonaives (6) (devastate), and residents (7)…………… .(wade) through streets trying to find missing loved ones and………… mourning the dead. Mass graves (8) .(dig) and hundreds of bodies………… were in the town , s hospital, turning it into a morgue. Some officials have reported that as much as 80 per cent of the country (9) (be) under…………… water to some degree, and they expect fatalities to rise as the water (10) .(subside).…………… TEST 2 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms. Some of the foreigners (1. live) in Oxford here for quite a long…………… time, but they (2 not speak) .English very well. My friend Peter,…………… for instance, who (3.come) from Basle, and (4.come)…………… .here a year ago, still (5. speak) .with a strong Swiss…………… …………… accent. He has come here on business. Although I (6. be) .here…………… for only three months, I (7. pick) up enough English to be able to……… correct Petter frequently but as I (8. learn) .English at school…………… here, I have an unfair advantage over Peter, who is a good fellow and was most helpful in showing me about London during the first weeks of my stay. TEST 3 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms. Jose: You (1. speak) English very well. You (2. study)…………… a lot of English before you came to the United States ?………… Ali: Yes, I (3. study) English for 10 years in my own country.………… And also I (4. spend) some time in Canada a couple of…………… years ago. I (5. pick) up a lot of English while I (6. live)………… there.………… TEST 4 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms. It (1. be) now 6 p.m., and Jack (2. be) tired because…………… …………… he (3. work) hard all day. He (4. be) also hungry…………… ………… because he (5. have) nothing to eat since breakfast. His wife…………… usually brings sandwiches at lunchtime but today for some reason she (6. not come)…………… TEST 5 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms. Tom: You (1. hear) .the news about David?………… Harriet: No. What (2. happen) ?……………… Tom: He (3. have) an accident. While he (4. walk)……………… down some steps he (5. fall) and (6.………… …………… break) his leg.…………… TEST 6 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms I (1. be) .in Carolina for six weeks and I……… …… , m enjoying life here very much. I (2. work) . .very hard since I arrived but the job is………… …… interesting and everyone (3. be) . .very kind to me.………………… ……… When I arrived in the United States, I (4. stay) a few days in New………… York, and there something awful happened. My wallet (5. steal) …………… While I (6. look) .in a shop window on Sixth Avenue, I felt my………… shoulder bag move. I looked down at it and I realized that someone had opened and taken my wallet. If I (7. be) more careful, it (8. not… ………… happen) I didn…………… , t see the person at all but I , m trying to forget all that. TEST 7 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms I (1. live) in a small hotel at the moment but Bill has asked me…………… to share his flat with him. He (2. live) on the sixth floor of a big……………… block. It , s a bit untidy at the moment because it (3. decorate) but…………… it , ll be fine. We , ve arranged everything and I (4. move) in next…………… week. I , d love a holiday because the job is really tiring and I don , t think it , ll get any easier. Some friends of mine are going on holiday soon. If I (5. not have) to work so hard I (6. go) with them, but it…………… ………… , s impossible at the moment. TEST 8 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms My friends Paul and Ellen (1. just return) from their holiday in…………… Europe. Before they (2. leave) .New York, I (3. give)…………… them my brother………… , s address in Switzeland in the hope that they (4. visit) him and his family.…………… When I (5. go) .to see them last Tuesday night, they (6. tell)…………… me they (7. enjoy) travelling around Europe and that I………… …………… (8. soon look) at the colour photos they had taken.………… TEST 9 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Dear Mrs. Black, I (1. write) to you in reply to your advertisement in last…… … … Monday , s Evening Argus. At the moment I (2. work) .for Sun Travel, a company in…… … … London. I (3. work) .there for 2 years. Before I (4. join)…… … … Sun Travel, I (work) for a student travel company in…… … … …… … … Spain. I (6. work) there for a year. Before that I (7. work)…… … …… for Worldwide Travel in Brighton for a year. Now I would like………… to move back to Brighton and I (8. look) for a job with a travel…… … … company in the town. Your sincerely, Mike L. Jackson. TEST 10 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Yesterday afternoon Barbara went round to John , s house, John (1. read) .a book.…………… “Hello John”, said Barbara, “How are you ?” “I (2. not feel) very well, actually”, John (3. reply)…………… …………… “What , s the matter?” “I (4. have) a pain in my chest since Monday when I (5. ……………… cough) , it really (6. hurt) . It (7. not be) so ……… …………… …………… bad if I (8. not smoke) so much but I don…………… , t seem to be able to stop”. TEST 11 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Peter (1. drive) towards Victoria Point when he (2. lose)………… .control of his vehicle. He was to meet a friend to go water skiing.………… However, he (3. not have) a good time that day.…………… At Motorway 13, a car (4. shoot) into his lane. In order to……………… avoid the car, Peter (5. slam) .on the brakes. He (6. be)…………… destined not to escape unhurt. His car (7. spin) and…………… …………… overturned. Peter (8. hit) his head against the steering wheel and…………… became unconscious. TEST 12 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Diana (1. start) work as a sales assistant in a department store.…………… Today, she (2. own) a fashionable shoe shop called “Put it On”.…………… The shoes are sold at a very high price but customers continue to pour into the shop. Most of the customers (3. not like) .mass-produced…………… local shoes. Diana has to travel abroad to buy well-made shoes of different designs. In fact, she (4. go) on buying every now and then. Next week,…………… Diana (5. go) to Europe to look at the latest designs.………… Now that her shop (6. do) .well, Diana (7. plan) .to open………… ………… branches of her shop in other parts of the country. After that she (8. decide) whether to extend her business to other countries in the region.………… TEST 13 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Reginald Andrews, 29, (1. stand) on the subway platform under…………… 14 th street, waiting for the train to take him back to his flat in Harlem. He (2. be) worried about being out of work. He (3. be)………… ……………… unemployed for a year, and he (4. owe) a lot of money to the…………… bank. But he (5. have) an interview that morning with Jamac…………… Frozen Foods in Manhattan, and he hoped they (6. offer) him a job.……… TEST 14 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms The experts (1. say) that people (2. use) .far more…………… ………… electricity during the last few cold days and there (3. be) further………… power cuts if the public (4. not economize) more. Last winter the…………… electricity authorities (5. say) that more power (6. be)………… available this year, but recently they (7. not be) able…………… …………… to keep up with the extra demand. Things (8. not improve) unless it………… becomes warmer. TEST 15 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms It (1. snow) heavily when he (2. wake) up. He (3. remember)……… …… .that Jack (4. come) for lunch and (5. decide) to……… ………… ………… go down to the station to meet him in case he (6. lose) .his way in………… the snowy lanes. TEST 16 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Dear Barbara and Ken, I , m sorry I (1. not write) for so long but we (2. be)…… … ……… … very busy recently with the new house and we (3.………… … … …… … not have) any time at all to ourselves.…… … ……… … …… Luckily the worst part is over now. We (4. have) to…… … ……… … … stay in a hotel until we could move in and we (5. be)… …… … … …… … … there for 3 months. Still it (6. give) us a chance to do a…… … ……… … … lot of major repairs; a few weeks ago we (7. have) the…… … ……… … roof mended, and we (8. put) in central heating too.…… … ……… … Love, Maria . to other countries in the region.………… TEST 13 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms Reginald Andrews, 29, (1. stand) on the subway platform under…………… 14 th street,. Brighton for a year. Now I would like………… to move back to Brighton and I (8. look) for a job with a travel…… … … company in the town. Your sincerely, Mike L. Jackson. TEST 10 Put the verbs. who is a good fellow and was most helpful in showing me about London during the first weeks of my stay. TEST 3 Put the verbs in the parentheses in the correct tenses or forms. Jose: You (1.