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ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 1 6- I .......... glasses when I was younger, but
now I .......... contact lenses.
1- Last Saturday my father ........... that his A) was wearing/have had
dinner suit was too small, so now he .......... a B) have worn/am having
strict diet. C) have been wearing/had
A) has discovered/followed D) wear/was having
B) discovers/was following E) wore/have
C) discovered/is following 7- About a month ago, I .......... a brochure
D) was discovering/has followed about your hotel, but I ......... it yet.
E) has been discovering/follows A) request/didn't receive
B) have requested/am not receiving
2- Helen .......... her driving test five times so C) was requesting/wasn't receiving
far without success, but she .......... yet. D) requested/haven't received
A) takes/isn't giving up E) have been requesting/don't receive
B) has taken/hasn't given up
C) was taking/didn't give up 8- The conditions in our office .........more and
D) is taking/doesn't give up more unbearable, and so quite often
E) took/wasn't giving up recently I .......... quitting it and looking for a
new job.
3- Most of the time, John and his friends A) have got/was considering
.......... football matches at their local cafe, B) was getting/am considering
but this Saturday they .......... to the stadium, C) are getting/have considered
and so they're all very excited. D) have been getting/consider
A) watch/are going E) get/considered
B) have been watching/go
C) are watching/have gone 9- Because I .......... a long way from my work,
D) were watching/went I ........ lots of time going to and from work.
E) have watched/were going A) live/waste
B) lived/have wasted
4- Kate ......... a vegetarian for eleven years C) have been living/wasted
now, and she ............ meat at all during all D) am living/have been wasting
this time. E) was living/am wasting
A) is/isn't eating
B) has been/wasn't eating 10- In the USA the twenty largest newspaper
C) is/doesn't eat chains .......... for almost half of the
D) has been/hasn't eaten circulation, reflecting a trend that .......... in
E) was/didn't eat the 1970s.
A) account/started
5- Last year Richard ............. his bicycle to B) were accounting/start
work every day, but he .......... the bus C) has accounted/was starting
since the accident. D) accounted/is starting
A) rides/takes E) accounts/has started
B) has ridden/is taking
C) rode/has been taking
D) was riding/took 11- Clean snow .......... as much as 87 percent
E) is riding/has taken of the sunlight that .......... on it.
A) is reflecting/shone
B) has reflected/was shining
C) reflected/is shining
D) was reflecting/has shone
E) reflects/shines

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12- More than two hundred people ..........
the tower when the bomb .......... in one of
the dustbins.
A) have visited/was exploding
B) were visiting/exploded
C) visited/has exploded
D) are visiting/is exploding
E) visit/has exploded
13- Because you .......... half of the
ingredients as I ..........dinner, you probably
aren't hungry at all now.
A) were eating/have prepared
B) have eaten/prepared
C) have been eating/prepare
D) ate/was preparing
E) eat/have been preparing
14- She.......... strictly since Christmas and so
far she .......... eight kilos.
A) was dieting/was losing
B) dieted/loses
C) diets/is losing
D) is dieting/lost
E) has been dieting/has lost
15- Cindy's family .......... chains in this area
for over three centuries and now her father
.......... this traditional craft at the county
museum twice a day as well.
A) are making/is demonstrating
B) have made/has demonstrated
C) made/was demonstrating
D) were making/demonstrated
E) have been making/demonstrates
16- He ........... to unlock the door to his flat
because the telephone ........... .
A) was hurrying/rang
B) hurries/has been ringing
C) hurried/was ringing
D) is hurrying/rings
E) has hurried/has rung
17- There .......... economies since the dawn
of civilization, but as a field of study,
economics .......... only recently.
A) were/was developing
B) have been/has developed
C) are/has been developing
D) were/is developing
E) have been/develops
18- John Deere .......... his farm machinery
business, which .......... tractors today, in the
19th century.
A) founds/still produced
B) has founded/is still producing
C) was founding/was still producing
D) founded/still produces
E) is founding/has still produced
19- I .......... my French lately; consequently, I
.......... more and more of it.
A) am not practising/forget
B) haven't been practising/am forgetting
C) don't practise/have forgotten
D) wasn't practising/forgot
E) didn't practise/was forgetting
20- The old lady's health .......... day by day
until she .......... smoking.
A) was deteriorating/gave up
B) is deteriorating/gives up
C) deteriorated/has given up
D) deteriorates/is giving up
E) has deteriorated/was giving up
21- The managing director .......... Sid to sales
manager and ever since, he .......... everybody
around.
A) promoted/has been bossing
B) promotes/bosses
C) has promoted/is bossing
D) is promoting/was bossing
E) was promoting/has bossed
22- Problems with the hotel, coupled with
this awful weather, .......... our holiday
miserable, so we .......... before the scheduled
time.
A) have made/have left
B) were making/leave
C) make/left
D) are making/are leaving
E) made/were leaving
23- The fact that more people ..........
ozonefriendly products nowadays .......... that
the media can positively increase public
awareness.
A) have used/was showing
B) used/has shown
C) use/has been showing
D) were using/showed
E) are using/shows
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24- My sister .......... from severe back aches C) is entering/rise
lately and I think it's because, last month, she D) enters/have been rising
.......... to work in a shop where she has to E) has entered/were rising
pick up heavy things.
A) is suffering/has started 30- She .......... interested in health ever since
B) suffers/was starting she was a young girl and now that the
C) has been suffering/started medical college .......... her as a student, it
D) suffered/is starting seems that she will be able to work in the
E) was suffering/starts medical field.
A) was/accepted
25- Though she ......... dancing, Sonia .......... B) has been/has accepted
to the disco with her friends the previous C) is/is accepting
night just in order to be with them in a D) is being/accepts
different atmosphere. E) was/was accepting
A) hasn't liked/has gone
B) doesn't like/went ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 2
C) didn't like/is going
D) doesn't like/goes 1- We haven't had such a cold winter .........
E) didn't like/has been going we came to Ankara.
A) when B) for C) before D) as E) since
26- Somebody .......... three times this
morning asking for Pete, but nobody called 2- By the time school opens again, I ....... In
Pete .......... here. this restaurant eight weeks.
A) has phoned/has ever lived A) would have worked
B) is phoning/was ever living B) will have worked
C) phones/ever lived C) would work
D) phoned/is ever living D) would have to work
E) has been phoning/ever lived E) had been working

27- Joey .......... just ......... stubborn when he 3- ....... I was ready to leave the office, it was
refused to go to the cinema today and he already raining heavily.
only did so because we .......... to go bowling A) At the same time
yesterday. B)Until
A) is ... being/haven't wanted C) During
B) has ... been/didn't want D) Afterwards
C) is/don't want E) By the time
D) was/haven't been wanting
E) was ... being/didn't want 4- The loud applause ........ how deeply the
music ......... the audience.
28- My mother .......... her optician tomorrow A) shows / would affect
because her eyesight .......... worse since she B) showed / affected
got this computing job. C) had shown / could affect
A) has visited/is becoming D) would have shown / have affected
B) visited/was becoming E) may show / had affected
C) visits/becomes
D) is visiting/has become 5- This is the twentieth patient the doctor
E) was visiting/became .......... today.
A) had examined
29- As the President ........... the hall all the B) was examined
guests .......... to their feet to welcome him. C) has examined
A) was entering/have risen D) was examining
B) entered/rose E) have examined

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6- I have noticed that since I ......... the 12- So far I've only written half of the report,
university, my life ......... much more but I ........ all of it by Saturday.
interesting. A) will have finished
A) was entering / had become B) have finished
B) have entered / becomes C) finish
C) had entered / became D) finished
D) enter / is becoming E) might have finished
E) entered / has become
13- I suppose you ............. the contract and
7- While I ....... for my aunt outside the shop, understand what it .............. .
someone ........ my purse. A) read/has meant
A) waited / had been grabbing B) will read/meant
B) had waited / was grabbing C) have read/means
C) was waiting / grabbed D) had read/would mean
D) had to wait / had grabbed E) are reading/mean
E) have been waiting /would have grabbed
14- When I ........ into the cafe she ........ by
8- When Queen Victoria ........ in 1901, she herself at one of the tables near the window.
......... for 63 years. A) walked/was sitting
A) died / had been reigning B) am walking/sat
B) had died / reigned C) was walking/has sat
C) died / was reigning D) have walked/would sit
D) has died / reigned E) walk/has been sitting
E) died / has reigned
15- As soon as I ......... paid I ......... you all out
9- I ran into him at 1O o'clock this morning for a meal.
just before the board meeting; I ............ A) have got/would take
him since. B) got/have taken
A) will not have seen C) will get/will take
B) didn't see D) get/will take
C) haven't seen E) am getting/was taking
D) hadn't seen
E) couldn't see 16- He said he ........... me today, but so far he
........... .
10- ............ by the time he got married. A) will phone/doesn't
A) John will finish his degree in medicine B) had phoned/hadn't
B) The staff is planning a modest C) would phone/hasn't
celebration D) phones/isn't
C) Steve has given a group of children art E) phoned/didn't
lessons
D) He would be busy picking up some last- 17- I'm quite sure that Nigel wants to help
minute necessities you, but that doesn't mean he ....... able to
E) Tim had been in charge of the company do so.
A) has been
11- Since 1950 the world ........ nearly one- B) will be
fifth of the top soil from its agricultural land C) had been
and onefifth of its tropical forests. D) would have been
A) was losing E) was
B) is losing
C) had been lost
D) has lost
E) loses

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18- When I........... into his office at 11 o'clock 24- The first time I ....... horse riding, I
he ........... his coffee. was very nervous and ....... the reins
A) will go/will have very tightly.
B) go/has had A) was going/am holding
C) was going/has B) have gone/hold
D) went/was having C) am going/have held
E) have gone/would be having D) go/was holding
E)went/held
19- Jane told me that she ........ to ring me all
morning. 25- Life ....... immensely since Thomas
A) had been trying Edison ....... the first light bulb in 1879.
B) has been trying A) is changing/was Inventing
C) will be trying B) has changed/invented
D) has tried C) has been changing/has invented
E) will have tried D) changed/has been inventing
E) was changing/invent
20- Jane ........ to the library; she ....... there
every Friday morning.
A) went/was going ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 3
B) has gone/goes 1- Bob ......... with us tonight as he ......... an
C) is going/would go appointment with the dentist.
D) had gone/went A) won't have trained/is making
E) was going/is going B) hasn't trained/was making
C) hadn't trained/made
21- I ......... the holiday enormously even D) doesn't train/makes
though the weather ......... disappointing. E) isn't going to train/has made
A) enjoy/would have been
B) had enjoyed/has been 2- We ......... football for two hours and .........
C) have enjoyed/was being to a restaurant for a meal, afterwards.
D) enjoyed/was A) are playing/go
E) am enjoying/had been B) play/are going
C) played/went
22- By the time the general manager ...... D) have played/were going
back from his inspection tour of the overseas E) have been playing/had gone
branches, the staff here ...... the annual
report. 3- Environmental pollution ......... ever since
A) had got/completed people ......... to congregate in towns and
B) has got/will complete cities.
C) got/have completed A) will have existed/are beginning
D) gets/will have completed B) exists/have begun
E) will get/would have completed C) had existed/were beginning
D) has existed/began
23- As we ....... our plans for the weekend, E) will exist/begin
my brother ...... to say he wanted to come
round. 4- I heard that you ......... about the boys all
A) have made/had called day, so I just rang to tell you that Matthew
B) made/was calling ......... from a payphone a couple of hours
C) were making/called ago and they are both fine. The weather is
D) make/has called One and they'll be home on Sunday
E) will make/would call evening.
A) had been worrying/will phone
B) have been worrying/phoned

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C) will be worrying/had phoned
D) are worrying/is going to phone
E) were worrying/phones
5- Although he ......... the first round in record
time, he ......... in the second, and so
finished tenth overall.
A) finishes/is slipping
B) had been finishing/was slipping
C) will have finished/slips
D) had finished/slipped
E) was finishing/has slipped
6- The petrol warning light ......... for half an
hour before we ......... a petrol station.
A) had been flashing/reached
B) is going to flash/will reach
C) flashed/have reached
D) flashes/will be reaching
E) was flashing/were reaching
7- Up until the tap water ......... back on
yesterday evening, we ......... water back and
forth for three days.
A) came/had been carrying
B) has come/have been carrying
C) had come/were carrying
D) was coming/will have been carrying
E) is coming/will have carried
8- The neighbours ......... so loudly last night
that they ......... us all awake until after
midnight.
A) are shouting/are keeping
B) have been shouting/were keeping
C) shouted/have been keeping
D) have shouted/had kept
E) were shouting/kept
9- Man's use of pictures to tell stories and to
record experiences ......... in prehistoric
times, when he ......... on the walls of caves.
A) was beginning/has drawn
B) began/drew
C) begins/will have drawn
D) has begun/was drawing
E) had begun/draw
10- My team ….... a match for a month, so
currently the manager ....... resigning if they
lose one more match.
A) doesn't win/considers
B) isn't winning/was considering
C) hasn't won/is considering
D) hadn't won/will have considered
E) wasn't winning/will consider
11- My brother ......... past the post office
every morning and I ......... him all week to
post a letter for me, but he keeps forgetting,
so I'm going to post it myself tomorrow.
A) will be going/ask
B) will go/am asking
C) goes/have been asking
D) is going/will ask
E) has been going/had asked
12- The football team that ......... last year's
championship ......... little chance of winning
it again this year.
A) was winning/stood
B) was going to win/stand
C) has won/has stood
D) had won/was standing
E) won/stands
13- Freedom of the press ......... an issue
between people and their governments since
the time individuals ......... newspapers
independent of government control for the
first time.
A) is/are publishing
B) will have been/publish
C) had been/were publishing
D) has been/published
E) was/have published
14- The hikers ......... so tired by the time they
......... the top of the hill that I'm sure they'll
first want to sit down for a rest.
A) will have got/reach
B) are getting/will have reached
C) had got/reached
D) have got/are reaching
E) were getting/had reached
15- When the young scouts .......... the top of
the hill, they .......... for more than an hour.
A) reached/have been walking
B) reach/will have been walking
C) will have reached/are walking
D) had reached/were walking
E) have reached/will be walking
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16- Modern exploration of the undersea
world had its beginnings in June 1943, when
Jacques Cousteau ........ his first dive with a
revolutionary breathing device which he .......
with Emile Gagnan, a French engineer.
A) was making/has developed
B) had made/will have developed .
C) has made/was developing
D) will have made/develops
E) made/had developed
17- She says that she .......... the eight o'clock
train tomorrow, but I'm sure she ......... it, as
usual.
A) is catching/is missing
B) has caught/misses
C) will have caught/has missed
D) is going to catch/will miss
E) was catching/missed
18- The fishermen .......... more fish in one
night than ever before, so when they
anchored in the harbour, they .......... with joy
at the thought of their reward.
A) had been catching/will sing
B) will have caught/sang
C) had caught/were singing
D) caught/have been singing
E) have caught/will be singing
19- On my friend's farm they ............ an
alarm clock because the cockerel .......... at
five o'clock every morning without fail.
A) don't need/crows
B) haven't needed/was crowing
C) won't have needed/has crowed
D) won't need/is crowing
E) didn't need/will crow
20- The Continental Congress .......... the US
Postal Service in 1775 and the first federal
government .......... the service in the
Constitution.
A) was founding/has included
B) had founded/includes
C) has founded/is including
D) was going to found/will include
E) founded/included
21- Look, the conservation volunteers ..........
cheerfully in the sunshine all morning, unlike
yesterday, when they .......... to work in the
rain.
A) worked/are refusing
B) are working/were refusing
C) will be working/have refused
D) have been working/refused
E) will have worked/had refused
22- A: Is that your pure wool pullover in the
washing machine? It ........... you know!
B: No, I .......... it several times in the machine
already. I use the wool cycle and it's fine.
A) was shrinking/wash
B) has shrunk/had washed
C) will shrink/washed
D) is going to shrink/have washed
E) is shrinking/have been washing
23- The weather conditions ..........
throughout the day and now the ground
officials are confident that the championship
game ......... ahead.
A) have been improving/will go
B) will be improving/is going
C) have improved/was going
D) are improving/has gone
E) improved/went
24- Some of us will be needed tomorrow to
finish the fence because, at this rate, two
sections .......... unfinished when we ..........
work tonight.
A) have remained/stopped
B) will have remained/were stopping
C) are going to remain/will stop
D) are remaining/are stopping
E) will remain/stop
25- Decoupage, an art form that ......... in
France during the I7th century, ......... cutting
out designs and patterned materials and
fastening them permanently to a surface.
A) has originated/will involve
B) originated/involves
C) was originating/is involving
D) will have originated/involved
E) is originating/was involving
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26- They .......... so many hotels in the region 32- We're looking after our neighbour's dog
in recent years that gradually they .......... the as well as our own and it .......... two kilos of
natural beauty of the area. meat a day, so I .......... dog meat in bulk
A) were building/destroy these days.
B) will build/have been destroying A) is eating/bought
C) have built/are destroying B) ate/have bought
D) are building/have destroyed C) was eating/have been buying
E) have been building/destroyed D) eats/am buying
E) will have eaten/had bought
27- After she ........... to me for the fifth time,
I........ another word she said and put an end 33- By the end of this court session the jury
to our friendship. .......... all the witnesses and they .......... the
A) has lied/don't believe courtroom to decide on a verdict.
B) has been lying/won't believe A) have been hearing/have left
C) was lying/haven't believed B) had heard/are leaving
D) is lying/hadn't believed C) are hearing/leave
E) had lied/didn't believe D) hear/left
E) will have heard/will leave
28- Since they .......... part in their first
conversation volunteer week, they .......... on 34- I feel certain that her new travel agency
several projects with great pleasure. .......... because she .......... a thorough market
A) are taking/worked survey.
B) take/will have worked A) is succeeding/will do
C) are going to take/are working B) has succeeded/will have done
D) took/have worked C) will succeed/has done
E) have been taking/work D) was succeeding/is doing
E) succeeded/has been doing
29- Asia .......... the world's largest land mass
and .......... just over half of the world's 35- When Chilean separatist forces ......... an
people. independent Chile in 1818, the vice-royalty of
A) has had/held Peru .......... over Chile for almost three
B) is having/is holding centuries.
C) has/holds A) declared/had been ruling
D) was having/was holding B) has declared/was ruling
E) has been having/will hold C) was declaring/has been ruling
30- I ........ to the bank during my lunch-break D) is declaring/ruled
today, but an old colleague .......... to visit us, E) had declared/will have ruled
so, naturally, I wanted to hear all the news.
A) was going to go/came 36- I …..... some chicken curry earlier and
B) went/is coming ....... Richard and Kate to stay for dinner, but
C) have gone/was coming just then I remembered that they were both
D) had gone/has come vegetarian.
E) am going to go/comes A) was going to cook/have asked
B) had been cooking/will ask
31- Suddenly it ......... very foggy, so we C) cooked/will have asked
.......... compass bearings to find the right D) had cooked/was going to ask
route down the mountain. E) have cooked/had asked
A) will become/use
B) had become/used
C) became/are using
D) becomes/will use
E) has become/had used

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37- I expect you ......... from school by this
time next year and ......... for a job.
A) have graduated/will have looked
B) are graduating/have been looking
C) will have graduated/will be looking
D) graduate/will have been looking
E) were graduating/are going to look
38- Our Spanish teacher .......... very slowly
and clearly to us at the moment because we
........ very far in the language yet.
A) talks/aren't progressing
B) is talking/haven't progressed
C) was talking/didn't progress
D) has been talking/weren't progressing
E) will be talking/don't progress
39- Before the potato blight .......... Ireland in
the 184Os, most Irish people .......... on a
subsistence diet of potatoes.
A) was striking/relied
B) has struck/relies
C) had struck/has relied
D) strikes/will rely
E) struck/had relied
40- Between the years 1846 and 1851, one
million Irish men and women .......... to death
and 1.6 million .......... to the USA.
A) had been starving/have emigrated
B) have been starving/emigrate
C) were starving/were emigrating
D) starved/emigrated
E) had starved/will have emigrated
41- Bangladesh .......... independence from
Pakistan in 1971 and ever since the
assassination of its first prime minister in
1974, the military .......... the country's
government.
A) has gained/were dominating
B) had gained/are dominating
C) gained/have dominated
D) was gaining/dominate
E) gains/have been dominating
42- Over recent years alcoholism .......... a
leading cause of death in the young adult
population in the USA. This statistic ..........
deaths from drunken driving and fires started
by carelessly dropped cigarettes.
A) became/was including
B) becomes/included
C) was becoming/will include
D) is becoming/is including
E) has become/includes
43- Some of the workers ......... the peaches
while the others ......... them in wooden
boxes.
A) are picking/will place
B) were picking/were placing
C) have been picking/placed
D) picked/have been placing
E) had been picking/have placed
44- Although manufacturers .......... electric
cars as prototypes for a number of years
now, it'll be a long time before they ..........
common.
A) produced/are becoming
B) have been producing/become
C) produce/will become
D) are producing/became
E) were producing/will have become
45- Between 16O7 and 1733 Englishmen
........... thirteen colonies along the east coast
of North America and by 175O nearly two
million men, women and children .......... in
these colonies.
A) were establishing/will be living
B) have been establishing/lived
C) established/were living
D) had established/will have lived
E) have established/had lived
46- I ........... some wood for the fire while
you ........... the salad.
A) will fetch/prepare
B) fetch/are preparing
C) am fetching/will prepare
D) have fetched/prepared
E) was fetching/have prepared
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47- By the 16th century, Austria .......... so ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 4
large that its emperor .......... all of modern
Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, 1- I knew that she was disappointed
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Spain as well as ............... I saw the look on her face.
parts of Italy and Yugoslavia. A) as soon as
A) has become/ruled B) ever since
B) was becoming/has ruled C)while
C) was going to become/rule D) until
D) had become/was ruling E) just as
E) becomes/has been ruling
2- ........ the match the supporters were
48- The earthworm, which ............. neither getting more and more annoyed at their
lungs nor gills, ............. through its skin. team's failure to score a goal despite several
A) is having/has breathed opportunities.
B) has had/is breathing A) During
C) was having/breathed B) As soon as
D) will have/was breathing C) By the time
E) has/breathes D) Since
E) While
49- The athletes ............ for exactly three 3- ............... the referee blew the final
months by the time the races ............... due whistle, the home players swapped shirts
to start. with the opposition.
A) have been training/will be A) Until
B) will have been training/are B) Since
C) are going to train/will have been C) Scarcely
D) are training/were D) During
E) had trained/have been E) When

50- Adolescence, the process of changing 4- The fire had spread to his neighbour's
from a child into an adult, usually ............. apartment ............... the fire brigade arrived.
sometime between the ages of 11 and 14, A) while
and ............. for approximately six to ten B)since
years. C) after
A) occurs/continues D)by the time
B) occurred/has been continuing E) just as
C) will occur/continued
D) occurs/was continuing 5- ............... I was about to close the shop, a
E) occurred/will have continued man asked me if we were still open and I'm
glad I said yes because he bought a huge
bouquet of flowers for his wife.
A) While
B) By the time
C) Just as
D) Before
E) Since

6- You can be sure that ............... you're out

there working in hard conditions, everybody
at home is thinking of you.
A)by the time B) while
C) until D) before E) hardly

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7- ........... he started competing in high 12- Abolitionists fought for many years
profile tournaments, Tiger Williams' name ............... the American Government finally
has been famous not just as a terrific golfer, banned the keeping of slaves.
but as the first internationally successful A) after
black golfer. B) as soon as
A) Since C) before
B) As soon as D) while
C) While E) since
D) Before
E) When 13- There was such a queue at the snack shop
during the interval of the film that, ...............
8- The boat won't be able to sail .......... this I returned to the auditorium with our drinks,
storm dies down and the sea gets calmer. the second half of the film had begun.
A) while A) by the time
B) by the time B) as soon as
C )until C) while
D) when D) after
E) just as E) until

9- France has been a republic .......... the 14- ............... the children were outside
French Revolution in 1789. playing in the snow, their mother was kindly
A) just as making hot drinks and sandwiches for them
B) while ready for their return.
C) during A) After
D) since B) While
E) before C) Until
D) As soon as
10- We were going to go swimming E) Before
yesterday, ........... because my friend was
suffering from the flu, we stayed home 15- The referee blew the final whistle
instead. ............... our team was about to score a
A) only goal.
B) and A) since
C) during B) before
D) afterwards C) after
E) but D) just as
E) until
11- She loves James Bond movies, so
............... one is showing she books a ticket 16- The winners wept with joy ............... the
straight away. judges announced the results.
A) while A) by the time
B) whenever B) before
C) by the time C) as
D) until D) until
E) just as E) but

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17- ............ she saw the advertisement in the 23- ............... the referee blew the final
local paper, she telephoned the owner of the whistle, the home players swapped shirts
apartment immediately. with the opposition.
A) Since A) Until
B) By the time B) Since
C) While C) Scarcely
D) During D) During
E) As soon as E) When

18- I spoke to him briefly this morning at the 24- The fire had spread to his neighbour's
meeting, but I haven't seen him .......... then. apartment ............... the fire brigade arrived.
A) since A) while
B) before B) since
C) by C) after
D) as D)by the time
E) during E) just as

19- She went swimming every morning ......... 25- ............... I was about to close the shop, a
she was recovering from her leg injury man asked me if we were still open and I'm
because the doctor had advised her that it glad I said yes because he bought a huge
was the only suitable exercise for her at that bouquet of flowers for his wife.
time. A) While
A) before B) By the time
B) while C) Just as
C) during D) Before
D) by the time E) Since
E) after
26- You can be sure that ............... you're out
20- Their team scored so many goals that there working in hard conditions, everybody
they didn't sit down once ............... the at home is thinking of you.
match. A) by the time
A) before B) while
B) during C) until
C) while D) before
D) as soon as E) hardly
E) until
27- ........... he started competing in high
21- I knew that she was disappointed profile tournaments, Tiger Williams' name
............... I saw the look on her face. has been famous not just as a terrific golfer,
A) as soon as but as the first internationally successful
B) ever since black golfer.
C) while A) Since
D) until B) As soon as
E) just as C) While
D) Before
22- ........ the match the supporters were E) When
getting more and more annoyed at their
team's failure to score a goal despite several
opportunities.
A) During B) As soon as
C) By the time D) Since
E) While

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28- The boat won't be able to sail .......... this 34- ............... the children were outside
storm dies down and the sea gets calmer. playing in the snow, their mother was kindly
A) while making hot drinks and sandwiches for them
B) by the time ready for their return.
C ) until A) After
D) when B) While
E) just as C) Until
D) As soon as
29- France has been a republic .......... the E) Before
French Revolution in 1789.
A) just as 35- The referee blew the final whistle
B) while ............... our team was about to score a
C) during goal.
D) since A) since
E) before B) before
C) after
30- We were going to go swimming D) just as
yesterday, ........... because my friend was E) until
suffering from the flu, we stayed home
instead. 36- The winners wept with joy ............... the
A) only judges announced the results.
B) and A) by the time
C) during B) before
D) afterwards C) as
E) but D) until
E) but
31- She loves James Bond movies, so
............... one is showing she books a ticket 37- ............ she saw the advertisement in the
straight away. local paper, she telephoned the owner of the
A) while apartment immediately.
B) whenever A) Since
C) by the time B) By the time
D) until C) While
E) just as D) During
E) As soon as
32- Abolitionists fought for many years
............... the American Government finally 38- I spoke to him briefly this morning at the
banned the keeping of slaves. meeting, but I haven't seen him .......... then.
A) after A) since
B) as soon as B) before
C) before C) by
D) while D) as
E) since E) during

33- There was such a queue at the snack shop 39- She went swimming every morning .........
during the interval of the film that, ............... she was recovering from her leg injury
I returned to the auditorium with our drinks, because the doctor had advised her that it
the second half of the film had begun. was the only suitable exercise for her at that
A) by the time B) as soon as time.
C) while D) after A) before B) while
E) until C) during D) by the time
E) after

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40- Their team scored so many goals that D) wore
they didn't sit down once ............... the E) have been wearing
match.
A) before 6- I ....... an extra part-time job last
B) during week as we ....... the money.
C) while A) am starting/are needing
D) as soon as B) was starting/have needed
E) until C) start/needed
D) have started/were needing
ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 5 E) started/need

1- I ....... Malcolm in his car, but
he…….. the traffic and didn't see
me.
A) was seeing/watches
B) see/has watched
C) have seen/is watching
D) saw/was watching
E) am seeing/watched
2- Tim ........ a master's degree as soon
as he ....... to Canada.
A) has begun/is returning
B) began/returned
C) is beginning/returned
D) was beginning/returns
E) begins/has returned
3- Rachel ....... up smoking four years
ago and she ....... a cigarette since.
A) was giving/doesn't smoke
B) has given/wasn't smoking
C) gave/hasn't smoked
D) has given/didn't smoke
E) is giving/isn't smoking
4- Last year, Sonny ....... four miles
each morning before breakfast, but
he ....... around the block each
morning instead since his heart
attack.
A) ran/has been walking
B) has run/has walked
C) runs/was walking
D) has been running/walks
E) was running/walked
7- In 1951, the people of the Gold
Coast ....... for their own government
And shortly afterwards, they ....... their
country as Ghana.
A) vote/are renaming
B) voted/renamed
C) have voted/were renaming
D) were voting/have renamed
E) are voting/rename
8- As my son ....... down by the river, I
....... his room thoroughly.
A) fishes/have cleaned
B) is fishing/cleaned
C) has fished/clean
D) fished/have been cleaning
E) was fishing/cleaned
9- We ....... in Cornwall for two weeks
last summer. Since then, we ....... a
holiday by the sea.
A) stayed /haven't had
B) are staying/don't have
C) were staying/didn't have
D) stay/aren't having
E) have stayed/weren't having
10- One of the straps on the baby's
pram ..... quite thin, so we ..... to
replace it.
A) wore/decide
B) wears/have decided
C) was wearing/decided
D) is wearing/were deciding
E) has been wearing/ decide

5- I ....... a brace on my teeth as a child,

but I didn't like it.
A) was wearing
B) am wearing
C) have worn

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11- This time last year, his business .......
a reasonable profit, but now, because
of bad management, he ....... to keep
it going.
A) has made/has struggled
B) made/was struggling
C) make/has been struggling
D) has been making/struggles
E) was making/is struggling
12- The last time we ....... dinner with
them, they ....... for a new house.
A) have had/looked
B) were having/have been looking
C) have been having/look
D) had/were looking
E) have/are looking
13- The whole family was busy. While
the children ....... decorations, their
father ....... up the Christmas
tree.
A) are making/is setting
B) made /has been setting
C) have been making/has set
D) were making/was setting
E) have made/set
14- A: What's on TV tonight?
B: Match of the day. Manchester
United....... South Melbourne.
A) play
B) were playing
C) are playing
D) have played
E) played
15- Isn't it strange that you ....... for
Mark's surprise party all week, but
you ....... him a birthday present yet?
A) are preparing/didn't buy
B) have been preparing/haven't bought
C) prepared/don't buy
D) have prepared/aren't buying
E) prepare/weren't buying
16- While my parents ....... in the
shopping centre, a thief ....... into
their car for the radio.
A) shopped/has broken
B) were shopping/broke
C) have shopped/breaks
D) are shopping/was breaking
E) shop/is breaking
17- When we ....... her, she.... in the
wardrobe.
A) were finding/hides
B) find/has hidden
C) are finding/is hiding
D) found/was hiding
E) have found/hid
18- I never ....... my temper on purpose,
of course, but sometimes I just .......
though I always regret it afterwards.
A) lose/explode
B) lost/am exploding
C) have been losing/exploded
D) was losing/have exploded
E) have lost/was exploding
19- Even though it ....... heavily at the
time, they ....... home.
A) has snowed/were driving
B) snows/have been driving
C) was snowing/drove
D) has been snowing/drive
E) snowed/are driving
20- It's been one week since the floods
........ but still aid workers .......people.
A) are striking/rescued
B) strike/were rescuing
C) were striking/have been rescuing
D) struck/are rescuing
E) have struck/rescue
21- I ....... my book in the launderette
while my washing ...... .
A) have read/dries
B) read/was drying
C) was reading/has dried
D) have read/is drying
E) am reading/has dried
22- Up to now, the predicted Millennium
computer bug ....... very few
problems, although many scientists
last year ....... a catastrophe.
A) has been causing/have predicted
B) is causing/predict
C) causes/were predicting
D) caused/have been predicting
E) has caused/predicted
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23- I only ....... the company on Monday
for a copy of their magazine and I
....... it already.
A) was asking/am receiving
B) have been asking/was receiving
C) ask/receive
D) asked/have received
E) have asked/have been receiving
24- More and more of my colleagues
....... these days because the new
owners of the company have changed
a lot of procedures. These changes
won't affect me though, because I
....... my job here only recently.
A) have left/was starting
B) leave/am starting
C) were leaving/started
D) left/start
E) are leaving/have started
25- She ....... onto the train because the
station guard ....... his whistle.
A) has hurried/blows
B) hurries/has been blowing
C) hurried/was blowing
D) was hurrying/has blown
E) is hurrying/blows
26- Peggy's family ....... pedigree dogs for
three generations and they regularly
....... their dogs in shows.
A) have been breeding/enter
B) are breeding/are entering
C) were breeding/are entering
D) breed/have entered
E) bred/were entering
27- Mrs. White ....... her daughter's
wedding dress herself since
November and ....... it, except for the
trimmings.
A) made/finished
B) was making/was finishing
C) has been making/has finished
D) is making/finished
E) makes/is finishing
28- Because we have a young baby, we
....... the opportunity to go to the
cinema any more, but now and
again, we ....... a video to play at
home.
A) didn't have/are buying
B) aren't having/were buying
C) don't have/buy
D) weren't having/bought
E) haven't had/have been buying
29- This perfume ....... like cheap soap
and definitely isn't worth this price.
A) is smelling
B) smells
C) has been smelling
D) was smelling
E) smelt
30- While I ....... some money from a
cash machine, a man ....... it all out of
my hand.
A) was withdrawing/snatched
B) withdrew/snatches
C) am withdrawing/has snatched
D) have withdrawn/was snatching
E) withdrew/has been snatching
31- They ....... to buy a boat for years,
and finally they ....... enough money.
A) have been hoping/have saved
B) hope/saved
C) were hoping/are saving
D) hoped/have been saving
E) are hoping/save
32- As he ....... the party, a strange man
....... him.
A) left/has been approaching
B) is leaving/has approached
C) leaves/was approaching
D) has left/approaches
E) was leaving/approached
33- We ....... with the sales staff
tomorrow because our sales .......
recently.
A) were meeting/declined
B) are meeting/have declined
C) meet/decline
D) met/were declining
E) have met/are declining
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34- Sally's husband ....... for a new job
because his present one ....... no
opportunities for advancement.
A) was looking/has offered
B) looks/was offering
C) looked/is offering
D) is looking/offers
E) has looked/has been offering
35- I....... you several times last week,
but no one ....... in.
A) was phoning/has been
B) phoned/was
C) have phoned/has been
D) phone/is being
E) am phoning/is
36- My father ....... English at all
although he ....... it for three years
when he was in high school.
A) isn't speaking/has studied
B) hasn't been speaking/studies
C) doesn't speak/studied
D) didn't speak/has been studying
E) wasn't speaking/is studying
37- I ....... on this report for more than
three weeks now, but I ...... only half
of it yet.
A) worked/have been completing
B) am working/complete
C) work/am completing
D) was working/completed
E) have been working/have completed
38- The archeological evidence .......
clearly that people in ancient Crete
....... flush toilets 4000 years ago.
A) has shown/use
B) is showing/have used
C) showed/have been using
D) shows/were using
E) was showing/are using
39- Mary says she ....... George because
he ....... her life miserable.
A) has been leaving/makes
B) has left/is making
C) leaves/was making
D) is leaving/has made
E) was leaving/has made
40- My brother ....... a new BMW and
ever since he ....... about it.
A) was buying/bragged
B) is buying/is bragging
C) has bought/brags
D) buys/has bragged
E) bought/has been bragging
41- He ....... great, poverty until he .
up writing and got a proper job.
A) has suffered/gives
B) suffered/gave
C) is suffering/has given
D) has suffered/was giving
E) suffers/is giving
42- I ....... a lot of weight since I
drinking beer every night.
A) have lost/stopped
B) lost/am stopping
C) lose/have been stopping
D) was losing/have stopped
E) am losing/stop
43- My son ....... very well at university
this term because he ....... out late at
night any more.
A) does/hasn't stayed
B) did/isn't staying
C) has done/wasn't staying
D) was doing/hasn't been staying
E) is doing/doesn't stay
44- Last year he almost ....... because he
....... his social life a little too much.
A) fails/has enjoyed
B) was failing/has been enjoying
C) failed/was enjoying
D) has been failing/enjoyed
E) has failed/enjoys
45- Our company's sales ....... since the
new management ....... over.
A) have been improving/took
B) improve/has taken
C) improved/has been taking
D) are improving/was taking
E) were improving/is taking
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46- The guards ....... when the enemy
…….. .
A) are sleeping/has been attacking
B) have slept/was attacking
C) slept/has attacked
D) were sleeping/attacked
E) sleep/is attacking
47- The negotiators ....... to bring the two
sides together for months, but so far
they ....... .
A) try/are failing
B) are trying/failed
C) tried/fail
D) have tried/were failing
E) have been trying/have failed
48- The electricity ....... off last night just
as the film on TV ....... interesting.
A) has gone/got
B) was going/has got
C) is going/has been getting
D) goes/is getting
E) went/was getting
49- More than a million people ....... the
new superstore since it ....... last
month.
A) are visiting/has been opening
B) have visited/opened
C) were visiting/opens
D) have been visiting/is opening
E) visited/has opened
50- Water ....... from liquid to gas when
it ....... a temperature of 100°C.
A) has changed/reached
B) changed/was reaching
C) changes/reaches
D) has been changing/is reaching
E) is changing/reached
51- The phrase "post modernism" .......
about fifty years ago, but most
people still ....... what it means.
A) was appearing/haven't known
B) has appeared/don't know .
C) appeared/don't know
D) appears/didn't know
E) has been appearing/haven't
Known
52- People who ....... items like bottles
and cans ....... the world's resources.
A) aren't recycling/wasted
B) didn't recycle/waste
C) haven't been recycling/were wasting
D) don't recycle/are wasting
E) haven't recycled/wasted
53- The President ....... too hard lately,
and as a result, he ....... terrible.
A) has been working/looks
B) has worked/looked
C) worked/is looking
D) works/has looked
E) is working/was looking
54- I ....... to play the lottery about two
years ago, but I ....... anything yet.
A) was starting/didn't win
B) started/haven't won
C) start/haven't been winning
D) have started/don't win
E) am starting/wasn't winning
55- I ....... in Istanbul for so long that I
....... the time before the Bosphorus
Bridges.
A) am living /remembered
B) lived/am remembering
C) was living/have remembered
D) live/was remembering
E) have lived/remember
56- Two years ago, she ....... English at
all, but she ....... hard since then.
A) hasn't spoken/is studying
B) wasn't speaking/studies
C) isn't speaking/studied
D) didn't speak/has been studying
E) doesn't speak/was studying
57- My brother ....... three years in jail
when he was younger, but now he
....... to give up his life of crime.
A) spent/has decided
B) spends/is deciding
C) has spent/has been deciding
D) was spending/decides
E) has been spending/decided
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58- I ....... my boss privately tomorrow
and I....... quite nervous about it.
A) have seen/am feeling
B) see/was feeling
C) am seeing/feel
D) saw/ felt
E) was seeing/have felt
59- The first time I ....... horse riding, I
was very nervous and ....... the reins
very tightly.
A) was going/am holding
B) have gone/hold
C) am going/have held
D) go/was holding
E) went/held
60- Life ....... immensely since Thomas
Edison ....... the first light bulb in
1879.
A) is changing/was Inventing
B) has changed/invented
C) has been changing/has invented
D) changed/has been inventing
E) was changing/invents
ACTIVE ENGLISH TENSES – 6
1- Normally, people ....... quickly from
the flu, but so far this year many
people ....... as a result of it.
A) are recovering/had died
B) had recovered/are going to die
C) have been recovering/die
D) recover/have died
E) were recovering/will die
2- You ....... for three months by the time
you leave for your holiday, so you
....... quite a lot of weight.
A) have been dieting/will be losing
B) will have been dieting/will have lost
C) had dieted/lost
D) were dieting/had lost
E) are going to diet/have lost
3- Carreta turtles ....... their eggs on the
beach at night and ....... the reflection
from the sea to find their way back
to the water.
A) lay/use
B) were laying/have used
C) are going to lay/used
D) laid/arc using
E) will lay/had used
4- By the mid 1970s, 'Marks and
Spencer' ....... one of the top
department stores and they .......
more underwear than any other
British company at the time.
A) had become/were selling
B) is going to become/had sold
C) has become/arc selling
D) became/will be selling
E) was becoming/will have sold
5- I ....... the potatoes while you .... the
leeks for the soup.
A) peeled/will be chopping
B) will have peeled/have chopped
C) was peeling/had chopped
D) peel/will have chopped
E) will peel/chop
6- For the past 24 hours, a tropical
storm ....... the houses of villages in
Mozambique, but it is hard to know
as yet how much damage it ....... by
the time it has stopped.
A) was going to batter/causes
B) battered/will have been causing
C) has been battering/will have caused
D) had been battering/has caused
E) is battering/has been causing
7- By 1840, the US Army ....... most
Eastern Indian tribes west of the
Mississippi.
A) will have pushed
B) have pushed
C) had pushed
D) pushed
E) are pushing
8- For most of the time throughout the
picnic, the boys ....... football while
the girls ....... flowers.
A) will play/have been picking
B) are playing/will be picking
C) have played/are picking
D) were playing/were picking
E) had been playing/have picked
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9- Over recent years, glue sniffing,
which ....... negative effects on both
the body and the mind, ....... a major
problem among teenagers.
A) has had/is becoming
B) has/has become
C) is going to have/had become
D) will have/will have become
E) is having/was becoming
10- Chinese merchants ....... trade in
Tibet since 1950, when China .......
the country.
A) dominate/was invading
B) were dominating/has invaded
C) will have dominated/had invaded
D) had dominated/will be invading
E) have dominated/invaded
11- In 1619, the first African slaves .......
in Virginia, USA, and by 1790, their
numbers ....... nearly 700,000.
A) wore arriving/have been reaching
B) arrived/had reached .
C) have arrived /were reaching
D) were going to arrive/reach
E) had arrived/will have reached
12- We ....... a lovely view of the
Bosphorus and the bridges over it
while the plane ...... over Istanbul.
A) are getting/flies
B) had got/is flying
C) got/was flying
D) get/has flown
E) are getting/had been flying
13- When they ....... in Sydney Harbour,
they ....... non-stop for three months.
A) anchor/will have been sailing
B) were anchoring/sailed
C) have anchored/were sailing
D) are anchoring/have been sailing
E) are going to anchor/have sailed
14- According to the new schedule the
whole team have accepted, we .......
every Monday and Wednesday next
term, but I'm sure we ....... back to
our normal routine of once a week
before long.
A) had trained/revert
B) train/have reverted
C) are training/reverted
D) arc going to train/will revert
E) have been training/are reverting
15- The prospector ran into town in
excitement because, at last, he ..
some gold at the site which he ... for
months.
A) was finding/was panning
B) will find/is going to pan
C) will have found/has panned
D) had found/had been panning
E) found/will have panned
16- I expect you ....... bored with
working at the Post Office by this
tim.e next year and ....... for a more
interesting job.
A) have become/will have looked
B) were becoming/are going to look
C) become/will look
D) will become/arc looking
E) will have become/will be looking
17- Listen! The coach ....... the strengths
of our opponents because our team
....... against them before.
A) has explained/weren't playing
B) explains/won't play
C) is explaining/haven't played
D) was explaining/don't play
E) will explain/hadn't been playing
18- When I ....... the alterations to the
company accounts, I was left in no
doubt that the accountant .......
money from the firm.
A) saw/had been stealing
B) am seeing/has stolen
C) was seeing/was stealing
D) have seen/will have stolen
E) see/steals
19- According to the doctor, this time
next week, I ....... around as normal
and the cut on my foot .......
completely.
A) am walking/healed
B) will be walking/mil have healed
C) walked/was healing
D) have been walking/heals
E) walk/is going to heal
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20- Shadow puppets ....... in China and
....... as far as Turkey and Greece
today.
A) will originate/have been spreading
B) are originating/will be spreading
C) originate/had spread
D) originated/have spread
E) will have originated/were spreading
21- Over recent years, many skilled
craftsmen and women ....... their jobs
in the pottery trade in the UK, but
gradually English porcelain ....... its
reputation.
A) will have lost/will regain
B) had been losing/has regained
C) lost/regains
D) are losing/regained
E) have lost/is regaining
22- After she ....... to turn up for our
appointment for the third time, I
....... to meet her again.
A) is failing/am refusing
B) has failed/had refused
C) was failing/will refuse
D) had been failing/have refused
E) had foiled/refused
23- Since I took part in my first debating
match, I ....... a member of the
debating club, which I ....... most
weekends.
A) will have been/have attended
B) have been/attend
C) will be/was attending
D) am/had been attending
E) was/am attending
24- By the first half of the 19th century,
the potato ....... the staple food in
Ireland. In 1854, a disease ....... which
resulted in widespread starvation.
A) was becoming/has struck
B) will become/was going to strike
C) had become/struck
D) was going to become/strikes
E) has become/has struck
25- The origins of domestic poultry .......
uncertain, but experts believe that
some breeds are descended from the
Indian jungle-fowl, which still ....... in
India today.
A) are going to be/will exist
B) had been/will have existed
C) were/had been existing
D) are/exists
E) have been/existed
26- In 1868, the US government .......
7,000 Navajo Indians to return to
their homeland and, since then, they
....... the largest and richest Indian
tribe.
A) allowed/have become
B) has allowed/are becoming
C) was going to allow/will become
D) had allowed/were becoming
E) was allowing/become
27- In 1960, only 2,000 American
Indians ....... at university, while in
1970, only a decade later, this
number ....... to 12,000.
A) are studying/is increasing
B) were studying/had increased
C) will be studying/will have increased
D) studied/will increase
E) had studied/was increasing
28- Today we ....... a lot of tangerines at
one pound per kilo, unlike yesterday,
when we ....... very few customers.
A) were selling/have had
B) are selling/had
C) had been selling/had had
D) sold/will have had
E) are going to sell/will be having
29- A: Isn't that your daughter playing
outside without a coat on? She
....... a chill.
B: She has a thermal vest on under
her pullover, but you have a
point. I ....... her coat.
A) was catching/am fetching
B) is catching/fetch
C) will be catching/have fetched
D) will catch /will fetch
E) catches/am going to fetch
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30- The number of orders per week ......
all year and the sales manager is
confident that we ....... our target.
A) has increased/had been reaching
B) will increase/have been reaching
C) increases/reached
D) increased/reach
E) has been increasing/will reach
31- As the police ....... the road, we ....... a
time-consuming detour around the
mountain.
A) are dosing/were making
B) will close/had made
C) had closed/made
D) will have closed/had been making
E) close/have made
32- I ....... some shopping during my
lunch break, but I couldn't as I ...
awful because of my cold.
A) was going to do/fell
B) have done/have felt
C) will do/am feeling
D) did/was feeling
E) do/will have felt
33- By the time the work on their house
is finished, they ....... the painters,
decorators and carpenters a total of
£8,000. They ....... a beautiful new
kitchen, though.
A) are paying/have had
B) paid/are having
C) had paid/were having
D) will have paid/will have
E) have paid/have
34- I feel certain that Greg ....... in his
new business because he ....... so hard
all the time.
A) is succeeding/will work
B) will succeed/works
C) was succeeding/is going to work
D) had succeeded/will be working
E) has succeeded/had worked
35- Before Petar Preradovic ....... poems
in his native Croatian, he ....... all his
poems in German.
A) has published/is writing
B) is publishing/was writing
C) published/had written
D) had published/will have written
E) has been publishing/has written
36- I ....... some notes earlier and ....... to
them during my presentation. In the
event, however, I didn't use them
once.
A) will have written/will refer
B) am going to write/refer
C) had written/was going to refer
D) wrote/have referred
E) write/will have referred
37- Because of Istanbul's geographical
location, it ....... a place of trade since
civilisation ......
A) is/was beginning
B) was/has begun
C) will be/had begun
D) had been/is beginning
E) has been/began
38- When Boris Yeltsin ....... on 31st
December 1999, he ....... President of
Russia for eight years.
A) had resigned/was
B) has resigned/is
C) will have resigned /will be
D) resigned/had been
E) resigns/is being
39- The circumference of a circle .......
3.14159265 times its diameter no
matter how small or large it is.
A) measures
B) measured
C) will be measuring
D) had measured
E) was measuring
40- At present, British farmers ....... to
the government because since the EC
lifted the ban on British beef, the
French ....... to buy any.
A) were protesting/refused
B) are protesting/have refused
C) had protested/were refusing
D) will protest/refuse
E) protest/will be refusing
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41- She hasn't washed anything delicate
in the washing machine ....... .
A) until she bought some special soap
powder
B) since she shrank her favourite
Shetland wool cardigan
C) even when her mother offered to
wash it for her
D) until the garment becomes really
faded
E) because she thought it was better to
handwash it
42- ...... we will probably have eaten, but
I'll keep your dinner warm in the
oven.
A) Until we move the office to the city
centre
B) While you were travelling to
Edinburgh
C) As soon as he had got the job as a
chef
D) While I am cooking lasagne
E) By the time you get home from
Carlisle
43- ......... suddenly, he had a great idea
how to make the farm profitable.
A) Until he has obtained the loan from
the bank
B) When he hires two new farm
workers
C) While he was milking the cows
D) Whenever he considered selling the
bottom field
E) Ever since his son told him he
wanted to be a lawyer
44- ...... by the time you have unpacked.
A) We were all in the living room
watching television
B) We have just run out of hot water
C) You haven't had time to take a
shower
D) The water will be hot enough for a
bath
E) You are taking quite a long time
45- Before the riders mount their horses,
....... .
A) they usually went for a gallop
around the paddock
B) the horses were mostly
thoroughbreds
C) they were riding without wearing
riding hats
D) the instructor checks the bridle and
saddle of the horses
E) they watched some experienced
riders jump over the fences
46- He qualified as a pilot just three
months ago, but since then ....... .
A) he has flown across the Atlantic
several times
B) he was fulfilling a lifetime ambition
C) he usually works as a co-pilot
D) he is terribly afraid of flying
E) he probably won't have any financial
47- It was only after she had visited her
doctor that ..... .
A) she has been worrying about the rash
on her scalp
B) her rash began to disappear
C) she will have been suffering for two
months
D) she is feeling much better
E) she has decided to ask at the chemist
48- ..... as soon as they find out the exact
weight of the shipment.
A) We suspected that they had
overcharged us again
B) They had been asking us for some
business for weeks
C) Perhaps they have delivered our
goods
D) They will let us know the precise
cost of transportation
E) The shipping company charges
seven dollars per kilogram
49- Until the manager dropped the
football star from the team, ..... .
A) he has scored more goals than his
team mates this season
B) he won't play for them in the future
C) he expects to get an offer from a
European club
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D) he doesn't expect to get picked next 55- So much snow had covered the
season mountaineer that ....... they dug him
E) he really believed that he was out, he had almost frozen to death.
İndispensable A) while
B) by the time
50- ........ when thieves stole the radio C) until
cassette player. D) as soon as
A) He has decided to pay in E) after
installments
B) The police aren't doing enough to 56- Joanna received treatment for many
catch the thieves years ......... her cancer finally
C) You have been waiting so long for disappeared.
the dealer to deliver your new stereo A) by the time
D) I don't think the robbers will be sent B) since
to prison C) as
E) He had only just taken delivery of D) before
his new car E) while

51- The main character was so funny 57- She is very scared of dogs, so .......
that we laughed continually ....... the she sees one, she gives it as much
whole play. room as possible.
A) during A) whenever
B) until B) by the time
C) while C) while
D) as soon as D) since
E) before E)just as

52- She attended a supplementary 58- We won't be able to ski ....... this fog
Mathematics course ....... she was clears. It's far too dangerous at the
studying for her 'Advanced moment.
Calculus' examination. A) while
A) before B) just as
B) during C) until
C) while D) by the time
D) by the time E) when
E) after
59- ....... I was about to leave the office,
53- I discussed the new advertisement the telephone rang and I'm glad I
with him over the telephone, but I answered it because a customer
haven't spoken to him ....... then. wanted to place a large order.
A) before A) Before
B) by B) Just as
C) during C) By the time
D) until D) While
E) since E) Since

54- ....... I read about his death in the 60- Many people had drunk the
newspaper, I sent a sympathy card to contaminated water ....... the council
his widow. informed the residents of the
A) Before B) By the time chemical spill.
C) During D) While A) by the time B) since
E) As soon as C) while D) after E) just as

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1- Winter, the most unpredictable of all
seasons in Istanbul, sometimes .......
as early as October and ....... until
April.
A) began/has lasted
B) will begin/is lasting
C) began/will have lasted
D) begins/was lasting
E) begins/lasts
2- People ....... down all the world's rain
forests before the authorities .......
any action.
A) have cut/took
B) will have cut/take
C) will be culling/will take
D) are cutting/have taken
E) had cut/are taking
3- In 1865 the northern states of the
United States ....... the southern
states, which ....... to break away and
form a separate nation.
A) were defeating/have attempted
B) defeated/had attempted
C) defeat/were attempting
D) have defeated/attempted
E) had defeated/have been attempting
4- Although a number of nuclear power
plants ....... safely for years, public
concern about the potential dangers
of nuclear power ....... it from
becoming a major electricity
producer.
A) have been operating/has prevented
B) are operating/prevented
C) had operated/will prevent
D) operated/had been preventing
E) were operating/was preventing
5- No one ....... in climbing the world's
highest mountain, Everest, before
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
....... it in 1953.
A) was succeeding/have been doing
B) succeeded/were doing
C) has succeeded/have done
D) had succeeded/did
E) had been succeeding/had done
6- As late as the 1960s, only a few
specialists ....... how to use
computers, but now computer
programming ....... one of the most
popular professions in the world.
A) were going to know/becomes
B) had known/became
C) knew/has become
D) will have known/will become
E) have known/is becoming
7- Searchers ....... to be confident that
they ....... the missing climbers before
nightfall.
A) are appearing/find
B) appear/will have found
C) were appearing/are finding
D) will appear/had found
E) had appeared/have found
8- Some people think that robots, which
....... an important role in automobile
manufacture already, ....... most of
our physical work for us soon.
A) had played/are doing
B) played/have done
C) are playing/will be doing
D) were playing/will have done
E) had been playing/do
9- Even after colonialism ....... early in
the second half of the 2Oth century,
many former colonies ....... to use the
language of their former rulers.
A) ended/continued
B) has ended/were continuing
C) had ended/have been continuing
D) was ending/had continued
E) has ended/have continued
10- I hope the pond ....... over by
Christmas, so we can go skating
when our cousins ....... to visit.
A) will be freezing/have come
B) is freezing/are coming
C) had frozen/were coming
D) has frozen/came
E) will have frozen/come
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11- We ....... a new car, but we couldn't
because we ....... how expensive they
were.
A) were buying/won't realise
B) have bought/don't realise
C) had bought/haven't realised
D) were going to buy/hadn't realised
E) bought/won't have realised
12- When Cyprus ....... an independent
republic in 1960, it ....... a British
colony since 1892.
A) became/had been
B) was becoming/has been
C) has become/was
D) had become/was being
E) becomes/will have been
13- I'm sure you ....... badly in your
exams because you ....... hard enough
lately.
A) are doing/hadn't studied
B) have done/won't study
C) will do/haven't been studying
D) do/won't have been studying
E) did/don't study
14- When the judge ....... to all of the
arguments, he ....... to postpone the
hearing until another time.
A) was listening/decides
B) listens/has decided
C) has listened/was deciding
D) had listened/decided
E) will listen/is deciding
15- We ....... at the traffic lights when the
bus ....... into us from behind.
A) were walling/crashed
B) had waited/has crashed
C) waited/was crashing
D) have waited/had been crashing
E) are waiting/will crash
16- Even Thomas Edison, the inventor of
the gramophone, ....... what people
....... it for.
A) didn't know/were going to use
B) hadn't known/are using
C) wouldn't know/use
D) hadn't known/used
E) doesn't know/had been using
17- The United States ....... the world's
only super-power since the Soviet
Union ....... in the late 1980s.
A) is/has collapsed
B) was/was collapsing
C) has been/collapsed
D) will have been/would collapse
E) had been/collapses
18- Archaeologists ....... under the Dome
of the Rock in Jerusalem, but
political protests ....... the
excavations.
A) have excavated/will block
B) were excavating/had been blocking
C) excavate/are blocking
D) had excavated/will have blocked
E) were going to excavate/blocked
19- The defendant ....... that he ....... the
pub before the crime was committed,
A) was swearing/leaves
B) swore/had left
C) swears/will have left
D) was going to swear/is leaving
E) will be swearing/has left
20- It is final exam time, and the
students ....... so hard that they .
forward to the vacation.
A) have been working/are looking
B) will work/looked
C) are working/had been looking
D) work/have looked
E) have worked/were looking
21- Prices ....... steadily all year, so I
hope that we ....... a pay rise soon.
A) rose/have got
B) are rising/got
C) have been rising/will get
D) had risen/get
E) were rising/had got
22- The first heavier-than-air flight .......
place in 1903, and aeronautics .......
ever since.
A) was taking/developed
B) took/has been developing
C) has taken/will develop
D) had taken/develops
E) takes/is developing
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23- Since he ....... the Microsoft
Corporation, Bill Gates ....... one of
the richest men in the world.
A) was founding/is becoming
B) has founded/became
C) had founded/will become
D) founded/has become
E) is founding/becomes
24- When the reinforcements ........ it was
too late; the enemy ....... their
comrades already.
A) were arriving/annihilated
B) have arrived/was annihilating
C) arrive/has annihilated
D) had arrived/annihilate
E) arrived/had annihilated
25- Because of the recent floods, a large
number of people ....... their homes
and it seems that they ....... the winter
in tents.
A) are losing/have had to spend
B) lost/were spending
C) lose/have to spend
D) were losing/had spent
E) have lost/will have to spend
26- It was not until the early 20th
century that Henry Ford ....... the
automobile through mass
production, though a Frenchman
named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot .......
the world's first self-propelled
vehicle as early as 1769.
A) was popularising/has invented
B) popularised/had invented
C) has popularised/was inventing
D) had popularised/was inventing
E) popularises/has invented
27- The steel mill in Youngstown .......
steel since 1804 when it ....... down in
the 1980s.
A) had been making/closed
B) has been making/was closing
C) made/had closed
D) was going to make/closes
E) was making/has closed
28- On the assumption that the Chinese
economy ....... to grow as at present,
China ....... the United States as the
world's greatest economic
superpower by the mid 21st century.
A) continued/has overtaken
B) continues/was going to overtake
C) will continue/will have overtaken
D) is continuing/overtakes
E) has continued/is overtaking
29- Ever since slavery .... African
Americans ... rights.... in 1863, ... for
their civil
A) has been ending/were fighting
B) had ended/are lighting
C) ended/have been fighting
D) was ending/fought
E) has ended/will have fought
30- Though Susan ....... some of the best
marks in her class last year, it
appears that she ....... most of her
courses this year.
A) has got/is failing
B) had been gelling/falls
C) was getting/had failed
D) got/will fall
E) has been getting/lias failed
31- George ....... to get Sally to marry
him for years when, finally, she.......
him by saying, "Yes".
A) had been trying/surprised
B) tried/was surprising
C) has tried/surprises
D) was trying/will be surprising
E) will be trying/has surprised
32- My friend ....... for an ice hockey
team that ....... only one match this
season. It's no wonder that he is not
very happy there with them.
A) was playing/is winning
B) has played/had won
C) has been playing/wins
D) played/will be winning
E) plays/has won
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33- Ferdinand Magellan ....... out to sail
around the world in 1519. Before
then, no one ....... to do that.
A) was setting/has attempted
B) has set/was attempting
C) will have set/attempted
D) had set/will have attempted
E) set/had attempted
34- Though Magellan himself ....... along
the way, one of his five ships ....... the
voyage in 1522.
A) had died/has completed
B) died/completed
C) was dying/completes
D) dies/is completing
E) has died/was completing
35- In the year 2022, it ....... 500 years
since that memorable voyage ....... .
A) is/has ended
B) has been/was ending
C) will have been/ended
D) had been/ends
E) will be/is ending
36- George claims that he ....... a novel
for five years, but I don't think that
he ....... it ever.
A) wrote/is finishing
B) has written/had finished
C) writes/was finishing
D) has been writing/will finish
E) will have written/finishes
37- Trains ....... since early in the 19th
century and they still ....... one of the
best ways of transportation.
A) existed/will provide
B) are existing/will be providing
C) were existing/have provided
D) exist/are providing
E) have existed/provide
38- My father ....... forward to retiring
for years, but once he was a retired
person, he ....... bored quickly.
A) looks/has become
B) was looking/becomes
C) has been looking/is becoming
D) had looked/became
E) is looking/will become
39- Fred ....... with us any more because
they ....... him to head of the London
branch.
A) won't be working/have appointed
B) hasn't worked/appointed
C) didn't work/are appointing
D) won't have worked/appoint
E) doesn't work/were appointing
40- For the last two weeks, Sandra ......
about her exams so much that her
hair ....... out because of stress.
A) worries/has fallen
B) has been worrying/is falling
C) was worrying/had fallen
D) is worrying/had been falling
E) worried/will have fallen
41- ....... our client will have decided to
use one of our competitors, so let's
hurry up and make a decision.
A) Until the manager gave us the latest
sales figures
B) During yesterday's meeting about
our strategy for the coming year
C) While we were trying to figure out
where to hold the New Year's office
party
D) As soon as we had mapped out our
strategy
E) At this rate, by the time we have
come up with a plan
42- The union leaders achieved a
breakthrough in the tricky
negotiations with management ..... .
A) until it appeared that the entire plan
would fail
B) when they decide to drop their
unreasonable wage demands
C) since the last pay rise the employers
agreed to give to the workers
D) whenever they devise a plan that
their members will accept
E) just when it seemed that there was
no hope
43- My neighbour is having great
difficulty with her financial affairs.
A) since her husband died last year
B) until her son promised to sort them
out
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C) so I've arranged to help her this
evening
D) when her business was struggling
last month
E) as soon as she sold two of her flats
in the city centre
44- Write your names on top of your
paper ...... .
A) when you had practised tenses and
conjunctions for weeks
B) before you start answering the
questions
C) by the time you are able to write
good, clear sentences
D) while the teacher was checking the
attendancy sheet
E) until the bell rang and the teacher
asked the papers back
45- Mike graduated from university just
two years ago, but since then, ....... .
A) he has earned enough on the stock
market to be able to retire
B) he is living in a luxurious flat in one
of the most expensive parts of town
C) he worked for one of the most
successful stockbrokers in the city
D) he will probably have quite a
successful career
E) he had travelled all around the world
and learned three languages
46- She only remembered that she was
on a diet ....... .
A) so she is starting to worry about her
appearance
B) when she eats too much and feels
bad about it afterwards
C) after she had eaten two helpings of
dessert
D) she won't cat as much for dinner as
she did for lunch
E) ever since she became one of the top
models of the country
47- ....... when their first child was born.
A) They don't think they will have
moved into their new house
B) They have been taking too long to
decide where to move
C) They have worked and saved for
this moment
D) They had just moved into their new
house
E) They have decided that she should
look after the baby herself
48- Alice has not trusted men ....... .
A) because she will probably never get
married
B) ever since her husband ran off with
the money she inherited from her
father
C) by the time she is old enough to
consider marriage
D) when she rejected Fred's proposal
several times
E) until the man of her dreams comes
along and sweeps her off of her feet
49- It's easy to see he's been crying for a
long time, ...... .
A) as he has just learned that he has
failed his driving test
B) until his mother tried to soothe him
by cuddling him tightly
C) as soon as he entered the living
room with his broken toy car
D) because his eyes are very red and he
can't stop sniffing
E) by the time his parents realise that
he is not in his room
50- By the time the farmers managed to
purchase the new insecticide, ...... .
A) it proved more effective than
anything they had used before
B) they will probably have lost over
half of their potential harvest to
insects
C) insects had severely damaged most
of their crops
D) it has been in short supply because
of the great demand for it
E) they have never seen such an
increase in their yield
51- No one has seen Fred ....... he decided
rather foolishly to go sailing in the
hurricane.
A) when B) before
C) since D) by the time
E) just as
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52- The athlete raised his hand in a 58- The telephone rang much to our
victory salute ....... he crossed the annoyance ....... we were about to eat
finish line. our dinner.
A) until A) just as
B) during B) since
C) by the time C) alter
D) since D) as soon as
E) as E) by the time

53- You got a "0" on your homework 59- ....... the United Nations decided to
because you weren't listening ..... the act, it was too late to stop a huge
teacher was explaining what to do. civilian refugee problem in Kosova.
A) while A) Since
B) as soon as B) Until
C) until C) During
D) after D) While
E) before E) By the time

54- The traffic was so bad this morning 60- The defendant persistently
that ....... I got to work, it was already maintained his innocence ....... the
coffee break. trial that continued for months.
A) until A) while
B) during B) during
C) while C) as soon as
D) by the time D) by the time
E) since E) just as

55- He was found guilty on all charges,

and it will be at least 20 years ....... he
is a free man again.
A) since
B) while
C) as soon as
D) before
E) after Active English –Tenses kitapçığı çeşitli
YDS kaynaklarından Öğrencilerimizin
56- Slavery has only been illegal in Saudi ücretsiz olarak sınfta kullanması
Arabia ....... 1963.
amacıyla Mine Gürtop tarafından
A) in
B) before derlenmiştir.
C) or
D) during
E) since
57- I'm not going to speak to Veronica
again ....... she apologises for the
dreadful things she said about my
husband.
A) just as
B) when
C) until
D) by the time
E) while

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. C 1. E 1. E 1. A 1.D 51.C 1.D 51.A 1.E 51.C
2. B 2. B 2. C 2. A 2.B 52.D 2.B 52.C 2.B 52.E
3. A 3. E 3. D 3. E 3.C 53.A 3.A 53.E 3.B 53.A
4. D 4. B 4. B 4. D 4.A 54.B 4.A 54.E 4.A 54.D
5. C 5. C 5. D 5. C 5.D 55.E 5.E 55.B 5.D 55.D
6. E 6. E 6. A 6. B 6.E 56.D 6.C 56.D 6.C 56.E
7. D 7. C 7. A 7. A 7.B 57.A 7.C 57.A 7.B 57.C
8. C 8. A 8. E 8. C 8.E 58.C 8.D 58.C 8.C 58.A
9. A 9. C 9. B 9. D 9.A 59.E 9.B 59.B 9.A 59.E
10. A 10. E 10. C 10. E 10.C 60.B 10.E 60.A 10.E 60.B
11. E 11. D 11. C 11. B 11.E 11.B 11.D
12. B 12. A 12. E 12. C 12.D 12.C 12.A
13. D 13. C 13. D 13. A 13.D 13.A 13.C
14. E 14. A 14. A 14. B 14.C 14.D 14.D
15. E 15. D 15. B 15. D 15.B 15.D 15.A
16. C 16. C 16. E 16. C 16.B 16.E 16.A
17. B 17. B 17. D 17. E 17.D 17.C 17.C
18. D 18. D 18. C 18. A 18.A 18.A 18.E
19. B 19. A 19. A 19. B 19.C 19.B 19.B
20. A 20. B 20. E 20. B 20.D 20.D 20.A
21. A 21. D 21. D 21. A 21.B 21. E 21.C
22. B 22. D 22. D 22. A 22.E 22.E 22.B
23. E 23. C 23. A 23. E 23.D 23.B 23.D
24. C 24. E 24. E 24. D 24.E 24.C 24.E
25. B 25. B 25. B 25. C 25.C 25.D 25.E
26. A 26. C 26. B 26.A 26.A 26.B
27. E 27. E 27. A 27.C 27.B 27. A
28. D 28. D 28. C 28.C 28.B 28.C
29. B 29. C 29. D 29.B 29.D 29.C
30. B 30. A 30. E 30.A 30.E 30.D
31. B 31. B 31.A 31. C 31.A
32. D 32. C 32.E 32.A 32.E
33. E 33. A 33.B 33.D 33.E
34. C 34. B 34.D 34.B 34.B
35. A 35. D 35.B 35.C 35.C
36. D 36. C 36.C 36.C 36.D
37. C 37. E 37.E 37.E 37.E
38. B 38. A 38.D 38.D 38.D
39. E 39. B 39.D 39.A 39.A
40. D 40. B 40.E 40.B 40.B
41. C 41.B 41.B 41.E
42. E 42.A 42.E 42.E
43. B 43.E 43.C 43. C
44. B 44.C 44.D 44.B
45. C 45.A 45.D 45.A
46. A 46.D 46.A 46.C
47. D 47.E 47.B 47.D
48. E 48.E 48.D 48.B
49. B 49.B 49.E 49.D
50. A 50.C 50.E 50.C

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