1. By the time we arrive home, she ... cooking the meal for us. a) will have finished b) is going to fininsh c) will have been finishing d) will finish 2. John ... many questions! He is so boring. a) has always been asking b) always asked c) is always asking d) asks always 3. What were you doing when the lecture ... ? a) starts b) start c) was starting d) started 4. We ... there during the day. a) are b) were c) have benn d) are being 5. When I entered the house, my attention ... by the noise coming from the basement. a) had been caught b) was caught c) has been caught d) was being caught 6. Our knowledge of foreign language needs ... constantly updated. a) to being b) to have been c) to be d) being 7. Have you ever ... for your opinion? a) been asked b) been ask c) being asked d) be asked 8. He said that actions ... louder than words. a) speaks b) speak c) spoke d) had spoken 9. My mother wanted to know if I ... home by noon. a) return b) will return c) returned d) would return 10. We said, “We were here a few years ago.” a) We said that we had been there a few years before. b) We said that we were there a few years before. c) We said that we had been here a few years before. d) We said that we had been here a few years ago. 11. She said that ... a) when she sees Bob she will tell him the truth. b) when she sees Bob she would tell him the truth. c) when she saw Bob she would tell him the truth. d) when she saw Bob she will tell him the truth. 12. He needed money, but had no idea how to earn ... a) their b) them c) its d) it 13. They will leave on ... flight. a) tonight b) tonights’ c) tonights d) tonight’s 14. It takes two ... to plow this land. a) oxien b) oxis c) oxes d) oxen 15. Yesterday I saw ... accident. a) an b) a c) the d) – 16. What century was ... telephone invented in? a) an b) a c) the d) – 17. What did you have for ... breakfast? a) an b) a c) the d) – 18. He comletely forgot about ... . a) himself b) herself c) themselves d) itself 19. I’ve never been ... I like more than Warsaw. a) anywhere b) nowhere c) somewhere d) everywhere 20. ... of us has he mentioned? a) Whose b) Whom c) Those d) What 21. The bride was wearing ... dress I have ever seen. a) lovely b) the loveliest c) the lovelyest d) lovelier 22. I pulled the handle ... I could. a) as hardly as b) so hard as c) so hardly as d) as hard as 23. The thieves stole ... paintings from the art gallery. a) more valuable b) most valuable c) the most valuable d) the valuablest 24. I asked Jean to clean the room, and she did ... . a) a well job b) a better job c) the job good d) the job well 25. The medecine tasted ... a) awful b) much awful c) awfully d) very awfully 26. Glasgow is ... city in Britain. a) a third large b) the third large c) the third larger d) a third larger 27. There are about ... in Great Britain. a) thousands libraries b) thousand library c) thousand libraries d) thousandth libraries 28. School begins ... in the morning. a) at the 5 o’clock b) in 5 o’clock c) at 5 o’clock d) at 5th o’clock 29. He does not believe ... love ... first sight. a) at, in b) in, at c) with, at d) in, with 30. We need someone to look ... children while we are at work. a) at b) on c) for d) after