1. I often __________ basketball.
a) play b) is playing c) has played d) played
2. My brother never _______ for us.
a) wait b) waited c) has waited d) had waited
3. I _______ it in the bookcase yesterday.
a) was finding b) found c) find d) had found
4. Last winter _____ warm.
a) is b) were c) was d) are
5. Now they _______ the street.
a) were crossing b) are crossing c) cross d) have crossed
6. I ______ when you rang me up.
a) was reading b) am reading c) read d) have read
7. He ______from the University next year.
a) will be graduating b) will graduate
c) will have graduated d) graduates
8. I ______busy next Monday.
a) am b) will be c) was d) have been
9. The picture Mona Lisa ___________ by Leonardo da Vinci.
a) painted b) was painted c) had been painted d) has been painted
10. Five fruit- trees ________ in our garden last year.
a) were planted b) was planted
c) planted d) have been planted
11. I _______ this dictionary yet.
a) dont buy b) havent bought
c) didnt buy d) hadnt bought
12. They ________ just.
a) arrive b)have arrived c) arrived
d) will arrive
13. There were so many questions he ..answer.
a) cant b) may not c) couldnt d) wont
14. His wife . stay at home with their little son yesterday.
a) should b) had to c) must d) can
15. How many languages you speak?
a) should b) can c) are able to d) ought to
16. You put a raincoat on. It is raining
a) can b) could c) should d) are to
17. She send e-mail now. She has no time.
a) must b) should c) can d) have to
18. She in Kiev two years ago
a) were b) will be c) was d) is
19. She .. a lot of work to do last week.
a) has b) will have c) had d) have
20. .an institute in your town ten years ago.
a) There is b) There was c) There were d) There are
21. ..some girls in the hall.
a) There are b) There is c) There were d) There was
22. Where ..the girls? Ten minutes ago they here.
a) are are b) are were c) were are d) is were
23.In deserts they get..... rain in all the seasons.
a) Little b) few c) a little d) a few
24. All the buses from the bus stop.
a) leaves b)are leaving c) have left d)leave
25. Bob and Mary don't have..... children.
a) some b) every c)any d) anything
26. Yesterday I woke up, opened my eyes and remembered what I .the day before.
a) have do b) do c) had done d) did
27. If you want to become a teacher, you .. go to teachers training college for four years.
a) Mayb)have to c) Should d) must
28. We have to hurry. We dont have .. time.
a) many b) much c) a lot d) some
29. Tom drinks milk. one liter a day.
a) many b) much c) a lot d) any
30. I cant drink this tea. There is too sugar in it.
a) many b) much c) a lot of d) few
31. Hes not popular. He has friends.
a) few b) much c) little d) a little
32. Last year my friends and I... to take part in a TV program.
) invite b) invited ) were invited d) are invited
33. 1,000 children... every year in this city.
a) are born b)will be born c) were born d) born
34. This phenomenon... for five years and now they publish their book.
a) has been studied b) has been studying c) was being studied d) was studied
35. When we entered the wall... bright yellow.
a) was painted b) was been painted
c) was painting d) was being painted
COMPREHENSION READING
9. Read the following text and do the tasks after the text:
