Grammar

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• Studiejaar 2

1. When I was a young boy, I ______ Santa Claus.

1. Met
2. meet
3. have meet
4. have met

2. Tony is ________ for his math test as we speak.

1. study
2. studied
3. has studied
4. studying

3. Pat and Sean _______
for the past three years. They would like to quit though.

1. are smoking
2. have smoked
3. have been smoking
4. smokes

4. She sometimes ______ her temper. She scares me a bit when she does.

1. lost
2. Loses
3. losed
4. has lost

5. I _________ your point now.

1. have understood
2. understood
3. am understanding
4. understand

6. I have _____ this movie about a dozen times already.

1. saw
2. been seing
3. seen
4. sawn

7. We ______ all day yesterday.

1. slept
2. have been sleeping
3. were sleeping
4. sleep

8. I finally ______ to call her yesterday to ask her out.

1. decide
2. decided
3. have decided
4. had decided

9. She ______ never late. I wonder why she is missing.

1. was
2. has
3. am
4. is

10. I ______ in class very early this morning to study for my math exam.

1. am
2. was
3. is
4. be

11. ______ you mad at me last night? I didn't hurt you on purpose you know !

1. Were
2. are
3. is
4. was

12. We _______ when we are not tired.

1. go out sometimes
2. sometimes go out
3. went out sometimes
4. sometimes went out

13. What _______ now? I'm cleaning my room.

1. are you doing
2. were you doing
3. is you doing
4. has you been doing

14. I _____ my uncle Bob in San Jose last year.

1. visit
2. have visited
3. visited
4. went to visit

15. What kind of music _______ ?

1. did she like
2. does she like
3. does she liked
4. did she liked

16. 3 years ago, Doug completely
_______ (change) his lifestyle.

1. has changed
2. change
3. have changed
4. changed

17. Who _______ the lightbulb? I really don't have a clue.

1. has invented
2. invent
3. invented
4. did invent

18. I _______ lobster in my life.

1. never tried
2. have never tried
3. never try
4. have never try

19. Next week we _____________ snorkeling

1. will go
2. are
3. are going
4. went

20. Dad, Ana _________ an icecream.

1. is wanting
2. want
3. wants
4. went

21. I was listening to music when somebody ________ at the door.

1. was knocking
2. is knocking
3. would knock
4. knocked

22. I ___________ Luis for a long time now.

1. haven't seen
2. saw
3. see
4. didn't see

23. We hope you ____________ this marvelous weather as much as we are."

1. are enjoying
2. enjoied
3. enjoyed
4. enjoy

24. __________ the movie?

1. Do you like
2. Do you
3. Are you liking
4. Like you

25. I ____________ dinner when suddenly I heard a strange noise.

1. cooked
2. cook
3. will cook
4. was cooking

26. In the summer, we ______ and go swimming everyday.

1. are sunbathing
2. sunbathes
3. sunbathe
4. sunbathed

10. The house is in a terrible mess. We've got workmen in. The plumber __________ a new bath and shower.

1. putty
2. puts
3. is putting in
4. put

28. When ... Pam born ? She ... born in 1974.

1. was ... was
2. has ... has
3. is ... is
4. 's ... 's

29. When ... her husband ? She ... him in 1996.

1. has she married ... has married
2. did she marry ...married
3. has she married ... married
4. did she marry ...has married

30. How long has she been a headmistress? She ... a headmistress ...1999.

1. is ... since
2. was ... since
3. has been ... since
4. has been ... for

31. When did you .... to the swimming-pool with Jimmy?

1. go
2. went
3. left
4. plan

32. He .... really terrible after the match, they lost 21 tot 0.

1. feel
2. fell
3. felt
4. has felt

33. What did he ...... to you, when you asked him how he was?

1. said
2. says
3. has said
4. say

34. I .... never ..... a motor-bike before, I'm very excited.

1. have ridden
2. has ridden
3. rode
4. have rode

35. We will ..... our summer holiday in Spain.

1. spend
2. spent
3. have spent
4. spending

36. My mum and her best girlfriend ....... each other for over thirty years.

1. know
2. knew
3. known
4. have known

37. I'm sorry to say that we didn't ..... the match

1. won
2. win
3. have won
4. had won

38. At yesterday's party Tom ....... at least 10 bottles of beer, he was very drunk.

1. drink
2. has drunk
3. drank
4. has drank

39. When did you ...... that wonderful jacket? - I ........ last week at H & M's, do you like it??

1. bought, bought
2. buy, buy
3. buy, have bought
4. buy, bought

40. I really never ........ to hurt your feelings, I'm sorry I said that.

1. meant
2. have meant
3. mean
4. meaned