1-Don’t ask for another book until You …… this one.
1) finish 2) finished 3) had finished 4) will finish
2-Afshin’s father wants him to get home before it …….. dark.
1)got 2) gets 3) getting 4) will get
3-“Let’s get off”
“Don’t be in a hurry. You shouldn’t get off the train before it “…….…”
1) stops 2) stopped 3) will be stopped 4) will stop
4- At this moment I ……….we have a good chance of victory.
1) feel 2) am feeling 3) felt 4) am felt
5- Mr. Smith …..to his office in his car every morning.
1) went 2) goes 3) is going 4)go
6- In autumn the trees …..their leaves.
1)are losing 2) are lost 3) lose 4) have lost
7- “Is he studying now?”
“No, he is not. He …….in the afternoon.”
1) doesn’t study 2) not study 3) study 4) don’t study
8- The child always cries when her mother ……out of the house.
1)went 2) had gone 3) goes 4) will go
9- “Doesn’t Mehdi want to sell his car?” “Yes , He…………”
1)does 2) doesn’t 3) sells 4) wants
10- “Who can pass the exam?” “Every body unless they ……..hard enough”
1) don’t work 2) work 3) worked 4) won’t work
11-“Will you pay for my lunch today?” “Not unless you ……..to pay for mine tomorrow.”
1)promise 2) promised 3) will promise 4) would promise
12-“Are you usually awake at mid night?”
“No, I ……..until midnight.”
1) am never staying up 2) never stay up
3) never stayed up 4) might never stay up
13-“ How long are you going to stay?” “I’ll wait for him until he …..”
1) comes back 2) has come back
3) is going to come back 4) will come back
14- At the moment he ………to be getting better.
1) has seemed 2) seems 3) seemed 4) had seemed
15- I ….cook my own meal .
1)often does 2) often have to 3)have to often 4)have often
16- I see that you ……. your new suit today.
1) are wearing 2) were wearing 3) are worn 4)be were worn
17- “Does she still live in Tehran?” “yes , she ….”.
1) is living there still 2) is still living there
3) still is there living 4) there is still living
18- Look! That boy …..to break the window.
1) tries 2) is trying 3) tried 4) is tried
19- “ Is the class busy?” “Yes , the student are ……. pronunciation.”
1) practice 2) practiced 3) practices 4) practicing
20- Just now he ….. his dinner but he says he’ll see you when he’s finished.
1)has had 2) was having 3) is having 4) had
21- Many countries …..to solve such problems nowadays.
1) are trying 2) will try 3) tried 4) try
22- Listen! The telephone……
1) ring 2) rings 3) are ringing 4) is ringing
23- They ……to the radio at present.
1) listen 2) are listening 3) have listened 4) is listening
24- Listen! Someone …… upstairs.
1) walks 2) was walking 3) walked 4) is walking
25- “Has he ever been here before?”
“No , he says that he …….tomorrow.”
1)would came 2) was walking 3) walked 4) is walking
26- Be quiet or you will wake father up, he……..
1)slept 2) sleeps 3) is sleeping 4) can sleep
27- My great grand father …….. a new house nowadays.
1) builds 2) is building 3)had built 4) built
28- Mehdi can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt…….it
1) reads 2) has read 3) is reading 4)will read
29- I think he …..his supper at the moment.
1) has 2) having 3)is having 4) had
30- For the time being he …..in Shiraz.
1) is studying 2) will study 3) studied 4) studies
31- “Do you like Dr Irani’s new book?” “Yes , it’s the best book he……….”.
1) is ever writing 2) has ever written 3) had ever written 4)was ever writin
32- “Has anybody called today?”
“The telephone has not rung…. I came”.
1) before 2) for 3) since 4) until
33- I ……to the cinema since last month.
1)didn’t go 2) hadn’t gone 3) haven’t gone 4) wouldn’t go
34- Since the beginning of the term, we ……a lot of time on tenses.
1) are spending 2) have spent 3) spend 4) will spend
35- I ….him so angry.
1)never have seen 2)have never seen 3)am never seeing 4)never am seeing
36- He ….those jobs since he started work five years ago.
1) was having 2) has had 3) would have had 4) had had
37- Since when ……….absent from class?
1) is he 2) was he 3) has he been 4) had he been
38- I wonder how Ali’s trip was. I don’t know. I haven’t seen him……..
1) since he arrived 2) until he arrived 3) when he arrived 4) by the time he arrived
39- “Do you still work at the library?” “Oh , no I …there for the last two months.”
1) don’t work 2) didn’t work 3) haven’t worked 4) won’t have worked
40- I knew everything about the mysterious letter, but up to now I ….to anybody about it.
1) didn’t speak 2) won’t speak 3) haven’t spoken 4) wouldn’t speak
41- Poor mummy …….the dishes in the kitchen for an hour and there are still plenty of them unwashed.
1) washes 2) washed 3) is washing 4) has been washin
42- A: Please call John and tell him we can’t go to visit him today.
B: But , he …..for us since this morning.
1) was waiting 2) is waiting 3) has been waiting 4) will been waiting
43- Teacher : you look hot, Mary?
Mary: I ….all the way to school to be on time.
1) am running 2) had run 3) would run 4) have been running
44- “ I can’t decide on which color to buy”
“You ….for ages, I can’t wait for ever”
1)would hesitate 2) are hesitating 3) hesitating 4) have been hesitating
45- The patients ……in hospital since 8 o’clock.
1)were waiting 2) have been waited 3)are waiting 4)have been waiting
46- She …for an hour, and she isn’t tired yet.
1) talks 2) has talked 3)have built 4) has been talking
47- The workers …..that bridge for over a year, but it is not finished yet.
1) are building 2) built 3) have built 4) have been building
48- The children playing volleyball over there ..since half past eight.
1) are playing 2) have been playing 3) had been playing 4) had played
49- My friend Parviz …..on this difficult problem since 8 o’clock.
1) has been working 2) had been working
3) is working 4) was working
50- I ……. Mr. Duke because he speaks so fast.
1) never will understand 2) never understood
3) have never understood 4) has never understood