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169. She ______ in Spain for over three years.

A) has been

B) be staying

C) is living

D) travels

170. I went to the gym and ______ volleyball.

A) will play

B) played

C) have played    D) were playing

171. I______ to learn a lot of new words.

A) am going

B) will

C) will be

D) going

172. They ______ basketball when I saw them.

A) were playing

B) played

C) play

D) are playing

173. A: Where ______ at three?

B: I was at the library.
A) have you gone

B) was he

C) were you

D) you saw him

174. They will be here when ______.

A) he is coming

B) you telephoned

C) your father arrives

D) she will be there

175. I always brush my teeth before I ______ to bed.

A) don’t go

B) will go

C) am going

D) go

176. I’ll go out after I ______ reading this detective story.

A) am finishing B) finished

C) finish

D) will finish

177. It is a fine day. The sun ______.

A) was shining    B) is shining

C) shines

D) shining

178. ______ you ever ______ Japanese food?

A) Did

 

/

 

eat

B) have

 

/

 

eaten C) Have

 

/

 

ate

D) Do

 

/

 

eaten

179. A: Shall we go out?

B: No, it ______.
A) is snowing

B) snows

C) was snowing D) snowed

180. It ______ snowing for five hours.

A) has been

B) is

C) was

D) will be

181. My brother never ______ football when he was younger.

A) didn’t play

B) played

C) doesn’t play

D) will play

182. A: Do you mind if I ______ your dictionary?

B: No, that’s all right.
A) will use

B) used

C) use

D) to use

183. She always ______ about her weight when she was younger.

A) worries

B) worry

C) will worry

D) worried

184. It ______ cloudy tomorrow.

A) was

B) to be

C) will be

D) has been

185. She is going ______ a dentist.

A) being

B) to be

C) be

D) will be

186. A: Would you like a cigarette?

B: No, thanks______.
A) I am not smoking

B) I don’t smoke

C) I didn’t smoke

D) I haven’t smoked

187. I’m tired, so I ______ to bed.

A) went

B) have gone

C) am going

D) had gone

188. When Fred ______ happy he sings.

A) will be

B) was

C) is

D) has been

189. Has he ever ______ to Paris ?

A) been

B) were

C) was

D) go

190. A: Where is your mother?

B: She’s ______ to the dry-cleaner’s.
A) been

B) went

C) gone

D) goes

191. We ______ to a new flat next week.

A) are moving   B) moved

C) to move

D) moving

192. I’ll wait until he ______.

A) arrives

B) will arrive

C) is arriving

D) arrived

193. He’s been ______ since nine-thirty.

A) studies

B) studied

C) study

D) studying

194. How long ______ you ______ learning English ?

A) do / do

B) did / do

C) have / been

D) have / done

195. What ______ UNICEF mean ?

A) is

B) does

C) do

D) was

196. When  they ______ she  was vacuuming the house.

A) arrive

B) will arrive

C) were arriving D) arrived

197. This time tomorrow I ______ visiting my parents.

A) was

B) will be

C) have been

D) been

198. How many people ______ to the meeting yesterday?

A) come

B) did come

C) came

D) are coming

199. When she ______ her room, she broke her reading lamp.

A) was cleaning

B) is cleaning

C) cleaned

D) were cleaning

200. Our friends are going to be late, ______?

A) aren’t we

B) do we

C) are they

D) aren’t they

201. Let’s ______ this crossword puzzle together.

A) do

B) doing

C) did

D) to do

202. It is very cloudy. I am sure it’s ______.

A) rained

B) rains

C) going to rain D) will rain

203. I ______ the doctor next week.

A) am seeing

B) saw

C) have seen

D) had seen

204. John is eating too much. ______.

A) He is going to get fat

B) He spends a lot of money

C) Give him some more

D) He was very thin

205. He ______ never ______ a camel before he came to Turkey.

A) has / seen

B) did / see

C) will / see

D) had / seen

206. A : When are you going to do your homework?

B : I’ve ______ done it.
A) yet

B) still

C) already

D) soon

207. My young brother ______ three centimeters this month.

A) grew

B) has grown

C) is growing

D) grown

208. I arrived at he bus station late yesterday. When I got there, my bus

______.
A) left

B) has left

C) leaves

D) had left

209. When I ______ home my father wasn’t there. He had gone out.

A) arrive

B) had arrived

C) arrived

D) will arrive

210. I’ll phone Mike as soon as I ______ any news.

A) will get

B) get

C) got

D) had got

211. A: Where is Ken?

B: I think he ______ a bath.
A) was having B) has

C) is having

D) took

212. Sarah ______ Simon for a long time.

A) has known

B) knew

C) doesn’t know

D) didn’t know

213. Robert de Niro began acting in the 1970s.  He has been ______ for

about 35 years.
A) acted

B) acting

C) acts

D) to act

214. It started raining on Saturday. It hasn’t ______ since then.

A) stopping

B) stops

C) had stopped D) stopped

215. When did Fatih Sultan conquer Istanbul? Istanbul ______ by Fatih

Sultan in 1453.
A) was conquered

B) conquered

C) be conquered

D) is conquered

216. Turkish is ______ in Turkey.

A) speaks

B) spoke

C) spoken

D) be spoken

217. A: Who wrote “War and Peace”?

B: It ______ by Leo Tolstoy.
A) is written

B) wrote

C) writes

D) was written

218. That film has ______ on TV.

A) showed

B) been shown C) shown

D) showing

219. She______ to hospital yesterday.

A) was taken

B) took

C) is taken

D) can take

220. They grow coffee in Brazil. Coffee is ______ in Brazil.

A) grown

B) grows

C) grew

D) grow

221. A: Where did the gunman shoot President Kennedy?

B: He ______ in Dallas, Texas.
A) is shot

B) shoots

C) was shot

D) been shot

222. I’ll do everything. Everything ______ done.

A) is

B) was

C) has

D) will be

Book 1 Part B

Tenses - Passives (Elementary / Pre-Intermediate)

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400 questions in English Grammar

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