4V Complete Advance unit s 1 & 2

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Complete Advanced unit 1 & 2

 

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Verb tenses

Complete the sentences using the correct tenses.

Choose from: present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present and past perfect (including their continuous forms

1. When I ........ (try) to use my laptop, I realised that the battery ...... (run) down.

1. was trying/ran down
2. tried/ has run
3. was trying/ran down
4. tried/had run

2. We ....... (not play) tennis for ages? Do you feel like a match?

1. didn't play
2. haven't played
3. aren't playing
4. hadn't played

3. The match can't start because the other team ..... (not arrive) yet.

1. didn't arrive
2. hasn't been arriving
3. hasn't arrived
4. hadn't arrived

4. When ..... you ....... (realise) that you ....... (want) to become a musician?

1. have ... realised/wanted
2. did .... realised/wanted
3. did ..... realise/ wanted
4. did ..... realise/ have wanted

5. The students ......... (have) exams since last June.

1. haven't had
2. didn't have
3. weren't having
4. aren't having

6. When the police ...... (stop) his car for a routine check, they realised that he was the person who ....... (rob) the bank.

1. stopped/had robbed
2. were stopping/ had robbed
3. stop/was robbing
4. have stopped/robbed

7. The office Tyson was visiting was on the 15th floor and unfortunately the lift ..... (work), so by the time he arrived at the top of the stairs he ..... (be) out of breath.

1. hadn't been working/ was
2. didn't work/had been
3. hadn't been working/had been
4. didn't work/had been

8. I ..... (try) to learn Italian since 2017, but only recently I ...... (make) some progress.

1. have tried/made
2. have tried/have made
3. tried/ made
4. tried/have made

9. While she ..... (talk) to her friends, a pickpocket ..... (steal) her purse yesterday.

1. talked/was stealing
2. talked/stole
3. was talking/stole
4. was talking/was stealing

10. When I ...... (receive) the e-mail, I could not understand who .... (send) it.

1. had received/sent
2. received/had sent
3. was receiving/ had sent
4. received/had been sending

Fill in the correct tense.

Choose from the verbs 'give' or 'make'.

11. The shop-assistant ..... her a refund as she complained about the quality of the product.

1. was giving
2. gave
3. made
4. was making

12. The famous actor's performance ...... a tremendous impression on her.

1. gave
2. was giving
3. made
4. was making

13. On the occasion of her graduation he ...... a speech, while the band was playing some ambient music.

1. gave
2. was giving
3. was making
4. made

14. Some experts ..... lectures on this topic for weeks in a row.

1. have been giving
2. have been making
3. have given
4. have made

15. After he had admitted his mistake, he ..... his apologies.

1. was giving
2. gave
3. was making
4. made

16. His mother asked if he .... his homework.

1. did
2. had done
3. made
4. had made

17. They .... several efforts to enter the building but these were not successful.

1. made
2. did
3. have done
4. have made

18. Then, finally he ...... a decision to solve his financial difficulties.

1. did
2. has done
3. made
4. has made

19. Which words are spelled correctly?

1. dissapointed & basically
2. useable & occurrence
3. irregularity & truthful
4. reference &disatisfied

20. Which words are spelled correctly?

1. theory & explose
2. enrich & chargable
3. variety & universal
4. characteristics & tenderly

21. Which words are spelled correctly?

1. incompetent & openminded
2. consientious & imaginative
3. inconventional & self-centred
4. inventiveness & genuine

Fill in the correct words.

These words indicate reason, purpose or result.

22. She was unable to run .... a leg injury.

1. due to
2. since
3. because
4. in order to

23. She stayed late at work ..... to complete the report.

1. owing
2. so as
3. because
4. with the intention

24. You will need a torch, ...... you won't be able to find your way.

1. so
2. with the result that
3. with the intention
4. otherwise

25. ....... of his financial loss he had to sell his villa.

1. Due to
2. As a consequence
3. The effect
4. Owing to