PRE-INTERMEDIATE Test 14

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Question 1

Lisa _____ me a lift because I _____ the bus.

A	gave / was missing
B	have given / have missed
C	gave / had missed
D	had gave / missed

Question 2

I _____ her for everything she _____.

A	thanking / did
B	thanked / had done
C	have thanked / has done
D	had thanked / had done

Question 3

When I got to the office, I _____ that I _____ to lock the front door.

A	had realized / forget
B	realized / had forgotten
C	realized / forget
D	had realized / had forgotten

Question 4

After they _____ their work, they ___ home.

A	had finished / went
B	finished / went
C	had finished / had gone
D	finished / had gone

Question 5

I _____ you at 8.00, but you _____ just _____ out.

A	call / have / gone
B	called / have / gone
C	called / had / gone
D	have called / have / gone

Question 6

I took my family to Paris last year. I _____ there as a student, so I _____ my way around.

A	was / know
B	were / knew
C	had been / have known
D	had been / knew

Question 7

After I _____ to the news, I _____ to bed.

A	listened / had gone
B	had listened / went
C	have listened / had gone
D	listen / go

Question 8

He _____ he was at school the day before.

A	say
B	told
C	said
D	is telling

Question 9

Sandra _____ Bob that she didn’t see the Taj Mahal.

A	told
B	tells
C	said
D	talked

Question 10

Why did you _____ that?

A	talk
B	said
C	tell
D	say

Question 11

Could I ______ your pen?

A	give
B	lend
C	borrow
D	make

Question 12

I’m English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a _____.

A	cooker
B	stranger
C	travel
D	foreigner

Question 13

I went to a school reunion last week. I __(13)__ very surprised. So many things __(14)__. They __(15)__ the old gymnasium and the library __(16)__. I __(17)__ slowly around the school. Everything __(18)__ much smaller, although they __(19)__ some impressive new buildings. I __(20)__ lots of my old school friends, too, and they __(21)__ the same either. Some of them __(22)__ to London, and most of them __(23)__ married. I __(24)__ to the headmaster for a while. He __(25)__. He __(26)__ that he __(27)__ every boy who __(28)__ the school since he __(29)__ working there in 1978. But when I asked him what my name was, he __(30)__ confess that he __(31)__ which __(32)__ me realize that I __(33)__ too!

A	am
B	have been
C	was
D	had been

Question 14

A	changed
B	had changed
C	has changed
D	has change

Question 15

A	had knocked down
B	knocked down
C	knock down
D	have knocked down

Question 16

A	disappeared
B	was disappeared
C	had disappeared
D	have been disappeared

Question 17

A	have walked
B	walked
C	was walking
D	had walked

Question 18

A	seems
B	have seemed
C	had seemed
D	seemed

Question 19

A	were building
B	built
C	have built
D	had built

Question 20

A	met
B	meet
C	had met
D	have meet

Question 21

A	hadn’t stayed
B	weren’t stayed
C	didn’t stay
D	not stayed

Question 22

A	have moved
B	moved
C	had moved
D	was moving

Question 23

A	are get
B	had got
C	were got
D	have got

Question 24

A	talked
B	had talked
C	was talking
D	have talked

Question 25

A	haven’t left
B	had not left
C	didn’t leave
D	hadn’t leave

Question 26

A	said
B	was saying
C	had said
D	have said

Question 27

A	remembers
B	have remembered
C	remembered
D	had remembered

Question 28

A	attended
B	had attended
C	have attended
D	attending

Question 29

A	had started
B	starts
C	started
D	have started

Question 30

A	had to
B	have had to
C	had had to
D	was having to

Question 31

A	forget
B	forgot
C	have forgotten
D	had forgotten

Question 32

A	have made
B	made
C	had made
D	was made

Question 33

A	was changed
B	had changed
C	have changed
D	changed

Question 34

_____ I had had a bath I went to bed.

A	Before
B	Soon as
C	After
D	Until

Question 35

I had read the book _____ I saw the film.

A	when
B	before
C	until
D	after

Question 36

I ____ to sleep until I _____ my homework.

A	don’t go / did
B	had not gone / had done
C	didn’t go / did
D	didn’t go / had done

Question 37

As soon as he _____ his driving test, he _____ a car.

A	passed / bought
B	had passed / bought
C	passes / had bought
D	passed / had bought

Question 38

When I _____ the letter, I _____ it away.

A	read / had thrown
B	had read / had thrown
C	had read / threw
D	read / threw

Question 39

“You can move in immediately.”

She told me I _____ immediately.

A	will move in
B	would move in
C	can move in
D	could move in

Question 40

“The people who I looked after are very well.”

She said that the people who she _____ after _____ very well.

A	were looking / are
B	have looked / are
C	would looked / were
D	had looked / were

Question 41

“You’ll have to make up your mind soon.”

She told me I _____ make up my mind soon.

A	had to
B	will have had to
C	would have to
D	could have to

Question 42

I didn’t recognize him because he _____ a haircut.

A	had had
B	has
C	had
D	have had

Question 43

He always makes me _____.

A	to laugh
B	laughing
C	laugh
D	be laughed

Question 44

She refused _____ for the meal.

A	paying
B	to pay
C	pays
D	the pay

Question 45

I’ll never forget _____ him for the first time.

A	meet
B	meeting
C	to meet
D	to met

Question 46

“It’s a quiet flat, and the neighbours are nice.”

“Mrs Deon said it __ a quiet flat, and the neighbours __ nice.”

A	has been / are
B	is / were
C	was / were
D	had been / have been

Question 47

“You look brown. Have you ____ on holiday?”

“Yes, we’ve _____ got back.”

A	been / now
B	gone / just
C	been / just
D	did / already

Question 48

I live in a house now, but before I _____ in a flat.

A	am using to live
B	used to live
C	had used to live
D	have used to live

Question 49

“I need £100 deposit.” Then she said she _____ £100 deposit.

A	needs
B	had needed
C	needed
D	have needed

Question 50

I _____ the book back to the library after I _____ reading it.

A	take / finished
B	have taken / have finished
C	took / had finished
D	had taken / finished

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