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35. He ___ his English in the morning, he ___ it in the evening.

A) doesn’t have/is having

B) don’t have/had

C) doesn’t have/has

D) didn’t have/have

E) hadn’t/will have

36. The sun ___ in the East and ___ in the West.

A) sets/rises

B) sets/goes

C) rises/sets

D) goes/rises

E) set/rise

37. While ___ to school we always ___ a bus.

A) going/take

B) went/take

C) shall go/will take

D) had gone/took

E) goes/takes

38. We don’t like him because he always ___ lies.

A) tell

B) was telling

C) tells

D) are telling

E) has told

39. I ___ all my work. I am free now.

A) do

B) am doing

C)  shall  do

D) have done

E) had done

40. She ___ at school since 1984.

A) teach

B) has been teaching

C) taught

D) was teaching

E) have taught

41. - ___ your father ___ at the Medical College?

- Yes, he does.
A) do/work

B) did/work

C)  has/worked

D) does/work

E) shall/work

42. He ___ to school at 7:30 and ___ at 2 o’clock.

A) goes/comes back

B) went/is coming back

C) go/come back

D) was going/has come back

E) is going/came back

43. -You ___ not ___ your soup.

-I’m sorry. I’m not hungry.
A) are/eat

B) has/eaten

C)  are/eating

D) did/ate

E)  will/eat

44. -Who ___ French in your family?

-I ___ .
A) speaks/do

B) speak/does

C) spoke/do

D) speaking/did

E) are speaking/did

45. Although Mary has been cooking for many years, she still ___

how to prepare Chinese food.
A) did not know

B) know

C) don’t know

D) doesn’t know

E) hadn’t known

46. The aims of the course ___ me willing to begin.

A) makes

B) is making

C) were made

D) make

E) making

47. Listen! Somebody ___ in the next room.

A) sing

B) sings

C) are singing

D) is singing

E) is sung

48. -___ life ___ on Mars?

-No, it ___ .
A) Does/exist/doesn’t

B) Did/existed/didn’t

C) Has/existed/had

D) Had/existed/had

E) Will/exist/will

49. I ___ this man at all.

A) don’t know

B) know

C) knew

D) have known

E) doesn’t know

50. The boys ___ four English books this year.

A) read

B)  had read

C)  reads

D) have read

E) read

51. I know he reads every book I ___ ever ___ of.

A) -/hear

B) -/heard

C) have/heard

D) has/heard

E) had/heard

52. Nothing will make him ___ back to her.

A) to come

B) come

C) came

D) coming

E) would come

53. Listen! Someone ___ at the door.

A) knocks

B) to knock

C) has knocked

D) is knocking

E) has been knocking

54. “This thief ___ usually promise to steal again,” said Sherlock

Holmes.
A) won’t

B) didn’t

C)  isn’t

D) doesn’t

E) don’t

55. Samuel says he’s 25 years old, but nobody ___ him.

A) is believing

B) believes

C) had believed

D) don’t believe

E) doesn’t believe

56. The sea ___ to those who ___ to listen to it.

A) speaks/likes

B) speak/like

C)  speaks/like

D) speak/likes

E) speak/will like

57. Take your umbrella. It ___ .

A) was raining

B) rained

C)  rains

D) is raining

E) would be raining

58. We can’t disturb him now. He ___ .

A) operate

B) will operate

C) has operated

D) is operating

E) operates

59. The children of the man who works with me ___ the window this

morning.
A) were broken

B) break

C) broke

D) have broken

E) had broken

60. “Who ___ this picture?” the teacher asks.

A) is drawn

B) drawn

C) have drawn

D) draws

E) has drawn

61. -Where is Comrade A?

-He ___ tennis.
A) plays

B) is playing

C) played

D) has been playing

E) will play

62. I ___ never ___ such beautiful flowers before.

A) shall / see

B) had / seen

C) have / seen

D) has / seen

E) will / see

63. I’ve got to get him to the station. His train ___ at the moment.

A) leave

B) has left

C) had left

D) is leaving

E) are leaving

64. -What ___ you ___?

-I ___ now.
A) are/doing/am washing up
B) have/done/am washing up
C) have/been done/am washed up
D) were/done/have washed up
E) is/doing/did not wash up

65. We can go out now. It ___ .

A) don’t rain

B) rains

C) didn’t rain

D) has rained

E) isn’t raining

66. You’ll see what I ___ about you recently.

A) shall write

B) have written

C) had written

D) is written

E) was written

67. She ___ since last week.

A) is ill

B) was ill

C) had been ill

D) has been ill

E) will be ill

68. Listen! Somebody ___ at the door.

A) knocked

B) has knocked

C) is knocking

D) was knocking

E) knocks

69. This year we ___ a good harvest of cotton.

A) has grown

B) have grown

C) grown

D) were growing

E) are grown

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