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Empower Inter Test 2

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses. It is followed by a task that requires placing 5 sentences in the appropriate present perfect tense. Another task requires selecting the correct modal verb (used to, would) for 8 sentences about past habits or repeated actions.

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Empower Inter Test 2

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses. It is followed by a task that requires placing 5 sentences in the appropriate present perfect tense. Another task requires selecting the correct modal verb (used to, would) for 8 sentences about past habits or repeated actions.

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1) .................... when you got up this morning?

a.Was it raining
b.Did it rain
2) A: What ........................ yesterday evening? B: Nothing special.
a.were you doing
b.did you do
3) I was really hungry yesterday evening because I .............. anything since breakfast.
a.wasn't eating
b.hadn't eaten
c.didn't eat
4) I ................ at the bus stop when Dave came by in his car and gave me a lift.
a.was waiting
b.waited
5) I was really tired last night so I ............. straight to bed.
a.went
b.was going
c.had gone
6) We got to the cinema late and the film ...................
a.was already started
b.had already started
c.already started
d.has already started
7) Tom and Alice ................ for 10 years when they decided to get divorced.
a.had been married
b.are married
c.were married
8) "Have you ever been to New York?" The girl asked me if I ................. to New York.
a.have ever been
b.ever go
c.was ever been
d.had ever been
9) "Can you remember what the man you saw coming out of the bank .............. , madam?"
the policeman asked the old lady.
a.had worn
b.has worn
c.wore
d.was wearing
10) A: Why don't you wear your red dress to Tom's party? B: Oh no! I ........... that to Jim's
party last Saturday.
a.wore
b.was wearing
c.had worn
Put the words in Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous

1. It’s really smelly in here. ___________________ (somebody / smoke)?


2. How much petrol ___________________ (she / buy)?
3. She ___________________ (eat) chocolate all morning, so she feels sick.
4. He ___________________ (see) the film ‘The King’s Speech’ about six times.
5. Julie ___________________ (be) at the office since 6 am.

Task 3

1. Do you remember how your Uncle David ________ sit in that chair


and smoke those disgusting cigars.

2. Your mother ________ have a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a


young girl, didn't she?

3. For years, they ________ go on holiday to the Rockies, but then it


became very fashionable and, hence, expensive.

4. Years ago, I ________ write a diary every day but then I got bored
with doing it and I stopped. Maybe it was my life that was boring!

5. At the start of their marriage, they ________ be very happy - but


then it all went wrong!

6. You ________ spell so well. Whatever happened?

7. When I was five, I ________ be able to do incredible gymnastics.


Now I can't even touch my toes.

8. Before getting my driving licence, I ________ ride a bicycle


everywhere.
Task 1
1 A 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 D 9 D 10 A
Task 2
1 Has somebody been smoking 2 Has she bought 3 She has been eating 4 has seen 5 has been

Task 3

Question 1 - would.

Question 2 - used to.

Question 3 - would.

Question 4 - would.

Question 5 - used to.

Question 6 - used to.

Question 7 - used to.

Question 8 - would.

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