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QUIZ 1 – GRAMMAR B2 - KEYS
PART 1: CHOOSE THE ONE WORD OR PHRASE – A, B, C, OR D – THAT BEST
COMPLETES THE SENTENCES. (4 PTS)

1. ______ hard all year, so I felt that I deserved a holiday.

A. I work B. I worked C. I’d been working D. I’ve worked
2. Your eyes are red - ________?
A. did you cry B. have you been crying
C. have you cried D. do you cry
3. I _____ the new Harry Potter book now, so you can borrow my copy if you like.
A. finish B. am finishing C. have finished D. had finished
4. After she ______ hospital, she had a long holiday.
A. leaves B. is leaving C. left D. has left
5. I’m sorry you’ve missed the train, it _______ five minutes ago.
A. had left B. left C. has left D. has been left
6. Although we ______ all day, we haven’t managed to find a suitable applicant.
A. are interviewing B. had interviewed
C. have been interviewing D. interviewed
7. Mark first ______ his wife three years ago when they _______ at university.
A. met – have studied B. met – were studying
C. has met – studied D. met – had been studying
8. I _____ much of you lately. We last _______ three months ago.
A. didn’t see – met B. haven’t seen – have met
C. haven’t seen – met D. didn’t see – have met
9. The team _______ a single match so far this season.
A. doesn’t win B. didn’t win C. hasn’t won D. hadn’t won
10. News _______ in of a large fire in central London.
A. is coming B. are coming C. have come D. was come
11. _______ to the language center when I saw you yesterday morning?
A. Have you gone B. Had you gone
C. Did you go D. Were you going
12. They _______ in that company for two years – from 2003 to 2005.
A. are working B. have worked C. worked D. had worked
13. It seems that everyone has a computer these days because in recent years, they _______ very
affordable.
A. have become B. became C. will become D. are becoming
14. The number of students _______ limited and a number of books _______ available to them in
library.
A. is – is B. is – are C. are – are D. are – is
15. Some people think that ‘Pericles’ _______ by Shakespeare.
A. wrote B. has written C. was written D. had written
16. Your car is too dirty! When did you have it _______?
A. wash B. to wash C. to be washed D. washed
17. After the race _______, the celebration began.
A. had been won B. is won C. will be won D. have been won
18. She could not speak, nor _______ anything we said.
A. she understands B. she could understand
C. could she understand D. did she understand
19. By the age of 30, he _______ three best-sellers.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
20. When the power went out, the clerks _______ the reports for the meeting.
A. have copied B. copied C. were copying D. are copying

PART 2: PUT EACH VERB IN BRACKETS IN AN APPROPRIATE FORM. (3 PTS)

1. She has made up her mind ____TO HAVE____________ (have) a garage

______BUILT__________ (build) next to the house.
2. The statue ______BROKE__________ (break) while it _____WAS BEING
MOVED___________ (move) to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised _____TAKING___________ (take) the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop ______DOING__________ (do) my homework _____TO
ANSWER___________ (answer) the phone.
5. Why ____ARE___ you all ____LAUGHING____________ (laugh)? _____ HAS____ Roger
_____TOLD___________ (tell) you his funny stories?
6. Don’t worry. We _____WILL HAVE FINISHED___________ (finish) the report by 11.
7. Do you realize that if the workmen are still there on Monday, they _____WILL HAVE BEEN
DIGGING___________ (dig) up the road for a whole month?
8. Why didn’t you tell me that you could lend me the money? I _____NEEDN’T (WOULDN’T)
HAVE BORROWED___________ (not, borrow) it from the bank.
9. Where’s Sarah? She must be here by now.
- I don’t know what _____HAS HAPPENED___________ (happen) to her. She
_______MAY/MIGHT/COULD HAVE MISSED_________ (miss) the last bus.
10. I ____THINK________(think) that this is what he ______SAID__________ (say), but I can’t
swear to ___ (HAVE SAID) ___HAVING HEARD__________ (hear) hime correctly.
11. But for my parents’ attention to my study in the early childhood, I ____WOULDN’T HAVE
PASSED____________ (not, pass) all the examinations _____TO BECOME___________ (become)
a teacher of English as I am today.
12. She can’t bear _____TO BE LEFT (BEING LEFT)___________ (leave) alone.
13. A new model computer ______HAS BEEN DESIGNED__________ (design) and
suppose_____TO BE INVADING___________ (invade) foreign markets at the present.
14. She doesn’t allow______READING__________ (read) her diary but yesterday she found her
mother ____READING____________ (read); she couldn’t but ____IGNORE____________
(ignore) the incident.
15. A lot of information we need ____IS STORED____________ (store) in a minute chip in the
computer.
16. The car broke down. But for that we _____WOULD/COULD HAVE BEEN___________ (be)
in time.
17. It is important that he _____(SHOULD) TRY___________ (try) to get some sleep.
18. If there aren’t any tickets left when we reach the front of the queue, we _____WILL HAVE
BEEN WAITING___________ (wait) all the time for nothing.
19. Not until I _____LIVED___________ (live) with him _____DID I REALIZE___________
(realise) that he ____HAD CHEATED____________ (cheat) me and it was my terrible mistake
____TO MARRY____________ (marry) him.
20. He _____SHOULD HAVE GONE___________ (go) to the last meeting, but he didn’t.
21. I don’t mind you _____BORROWING___________ (borrow) my things. But I’d sooner you
___HAD ASKED_____________ (ask) then.
22. I could hear my bike ______RATTLEING/ RATTLE__________ (rattle). There ___MUST
HAVE BEEN_____________ (be) something wrong, but I didn’t realise what.
23. My brother as well as I still clearly _____REMEMBERS___________ (remember) ____BEING
TAKEN/ HAVING BEEN TAKEN____________ (take) good care of when we were young.
24. The accident ____WAS REPORTED____________ (report) ____TO HAVE BEEN
CAUSED____________ (cause) by a reckless motorist.
25. When I get my degree, I _____WILL/ SHALL HAVE BEEN STUDYING___________ (study)
at this school for four years.
26. I don’t know why you ____ARE ALWAYS TALKING____________ (talk, always) in class,
boys.
27. I didn’t do the test well. I ____SHOULD HAVE PREPARED____________ (prepare) it very
carefully at home.
28. Who was that girl you _____WERE TALKING___________ (talk) to when I
_____PASSED___________ (pass) you in the street?
29. Today is the first anniversary of Grandpa Max’s death, and I _____HAVE BEEN
THINKING___________ (think) about him all day. How fortunate I _____AM___________ (be)
___TO HAVE HAD_____________ (have) a Grandpar like him!
30. – I found that everything I said on the phone had been reported to the police.
- Your phone (tap) ____MUST HAVE BEEN TAPPED____________.

PART 3: WRITE A SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS SIMILAR MEANING TO

THE FIRST. USE THE WORD OR WORDS IN BRACKETS. (3 PTS)

1. I started working in this hotel six months ago. (worked)

=> I’VE WORKED IN THIS HOTEL FOR SIX MONTHS.
2. Sue has been in Italy for the last three weeks. (went)
=> SUE WENT TO ITALY THREE WEEKS AGO.
3. I met her during my stay in Paris last summer. (while)
=> I MET HER WHILE I WAS STAYING IN PARIS.
4. We haven’t gone to the cinema for over a year. (It’s)
=>IT’S OVER A YEAR SINCE WE WENT TO THE CINEMA.
5. Same played tennis yesterday and it was his first game. (never)
=>SAM HAD NEVER PLAYED TENNIS BEFORE.
6. How long is it since they went to Nairobi? (when)
=>WHEN DID THEY GO TO NAIROBI?
7. Mac Kenzie wrote four best-sellers before he was twenty. (By the age)
=> BY THE AGE OF 20, MAC KENZIE HAD WRITTTEN FOUR BEST-SELLERS.
8. She is still working on her homework. (stopped)
=> SHE HASN’T STOPPED WORKING ON HER HOMEWORK.
9. Could you deliver the goods to my house? (delivered)
=> COULD I HAVE THE GOODS DELIVERED TO MY HOUSE?
10. In the middle of our dinner there was a knock at the door. (when)
=> WHEN WE WERE HAVING/ EATING DINNER, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.
11. I’ve arranged to have next week off work. (I’m)
=> I’M HAVING/ I’M GOING TO HAVE NEXT WEEK OFF WORK.
12. This time tomorrow we’ll be in the air over the Atlantic. (flying)
=> THIS TIME TOMORROW WE’LL BE FLYING OVER THE ATLANTIC.
13. We’ll get to the theater after the beginning of the play. (by the time)
=> BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE THEATER, THE PLAY WILL HAVE BEGUN.
14. Anderson is the winner of this year’s Grand Prix! (won)
=> ANDERSON HAS WON THIS YEAR’S GRAND PRIX!
15. During my dinner, the phone rang. (while)
=> WHILE I WAS HAVING MY DINNER, THE PHONE RANG.
16. The parcel has been here for two hours. (arrived)
=> THE PARCEL ARRIVED TWO HOURS AGO.
17. Weeks passed as Karen lay in hospital. (for)
=> KAREN LAY IN HOSPITAL FOR WEEKS.
18. Jack left the office before I arrived there. (when)
=> WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE OFFICE, JACK HAD LEFT.
19. There’s a party at Mary’s house next Sunday. (having)
=> NEXT SUNDAY MARY IS HAVING A PARTY AT HER HOUSE.
20. The last time Nancy came here was in 1996. (since)
=> NANCY HASN’T BEEN HERE SINCE 1996.