ASSESMENT TEST (TENSES and MODALS)

I. Choose the correct variant.

1. I ___ on this for long time.

a. has worked b. have worked c. am working d. work e. works

2. I ___ on this when they came.

a. worked b. working c. was working d. were working e. works

3. Have you heard the news? Bob ___ an arm yesterday.

a. has broken b. broke c. break d. breaks e. is breaking

4. People seldom ___ arms.

a. break b. broke c. is breaking d. breaks e. has broken

5. Tom ___ an email now.

a. has written b. is writing c. are writing d. wrote e. writes

6. He always ___ email in the evening.

a. writes b. write c. is writing d. has written e. wrote

7. How many emails ___ today?

a. does he write b. is he writing c. has he written d. did he write e. are he writing

8. Not many, she ___ .

a. just begin b. is just beginning c. has just begun d. just began e. just begins

9. ___ ‘Enter the dragon’?

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a. Do you see b. Are you seeing c. Have you seen d. Did you see e. Is you seeing

10. No, I didn’t go when they ___ it in our cinema.

a. plays b. is playing c. have played d. played e. play

11. ‘I ___ you. I promise.’

a. help b. will help c. am going to help d. am helping you e. have helped

12. I ___ when he came home.

a. work b. am working c. have worked d. worked e. was working

13. Susan and Mark ___ married next week.

a. get b. are getting c. have got d. got e. were getting

14. ‘I ___ eat this cake. It’s too big.’

a. could b. can’t c. wouldn’t d. should e. can

15. My family ___ at the cinema yesterday evening.

a. is b. was c. were d. am e. has been

16. I ___ run very fast when I was young.

a. can b. could c shall d. should e. may.

17. John ___ a younger sister but she died two years ago.

a. have b. has c. had d. was e. were