Exercise 2.1 - Structure : Choose the best answer.

Exercise 2.1: Choose the best answer.

It was quite surprising that he ___ the examination. 1. passes 2. would pass 3. will pass 4. passed I always disappointed with the film; I ___ it to be much better. 1. will expecting 2. would expect 3. expected 4. expects I usually ___ shopping at weekends. 1. went 2. go 3. has gone 4. am going Tom's father ___ him how to drive when he was 17. 1. will teach 2. was teaching 3. had taught 4. taught I ___ a sauna every Friday evening. 1. will have 2. had 3. have had 4. have Tom ___ his house and ___ to London yesterday. 1. leaves, goes 2. left, went 3. would leave, would go 4. was leaving, was going Jane ___ the dinner for her husband. 1. was cooking 2. cooked 3. had cooked 4. has cooked When her son ___, they ___ dinner. 1. arrives, has 2. is arriving, are having 3. arrived, had 4. had arrived, had I ___ Jim as he was crossing the road. 1. see 2. am seeing 3. have seen 4. saw Last evening Tom and Jim ___ tennis and ___ at 8 o'clock. 1. play, finish 2. played, finished 3. have played, have finished 4. were playing, were finishing My train ___ in at 6.20 this morning. 1. got 2. has got 3. gets 4. is getting The phone ___ when I was having a shower. 1. rings 2. is ringing 3. rang 4. had rung It ___ to rain when I was walking home. 1. begins 2. began 3. have begun 4. will begin His mother ___ him because he ___ a plate last night. 1. blamed, breaks 2. blamed, broke 3. has blamed, has bloked 4. would, broke My sister ___ fluent English. 1. spoke 2. speaks 3. has spoken 4. will speak Jack has lived in London since he ___ born. 1. is 2. was 3. has been born 4. had been born Nurses ___ after patients in hospitals. 1. looked 2. looks 3. look 4. have looked The house was very quiet when I was ___ home. 1. get 2. was getting 3. have got 4. got I ___ Anne to dinner last night, but she couldn't come. 1. am inviting 2. invites 3. would invite 4. invited It ___ my first time in an aeroplane and I ___ very nervous. 1. is, am 2. was, was 3. is, was 4. was, am         Answer:           It was quite surprising that he passed the examination. 1. passes 2. would pass 3. will pass [4.] passed I always disappointed with the film; I expected it to be much better. 1. will expecting 2. would expect [3.] expected 4. expects I usually go shopping at weekends. 1. went [2.] go 3. has gone 4. am going Tom's father taught him how to drive when he was 17. 1. will teach 2. was teaching 3. had taught [4.] taught I have a sauna every Friday evening. 1. will have 2. had 3. have had [4.] have Tom left his house and went to London yesterday. 1. leaves, goes [2.] left, went 3. would leave, would go 4. was leaving, was going Jane cooked the dinner for her husband. 1. was cooking [2.] cooked 3. had cooked 4. has cooked When her son arrived, they had dinner. 1. arrives, has 2. is arriving, are having [3.] arrived, had 4. had arrived, had I saw Jim as he was crossing the road. 1. see 2. am seeing 3. have seen [4.] saw Last evening Tom and Jim played tennis and finished at 8 o'clock. 1. play, finish 2. played, finished [3.] have played, have finished 4. were playing, were finishing My train got in at 6.20 this morning. [1.] got 2. has got 3. gets 4. is getting The phone rang when I was having a shower. 1. rings 2. is ringing [3.] rang 4. had rung It began to rain when I was walking home. 1. begins [2.] began 3. have begun 4. will begin His mother blamed him because he broke a plate last night. 1. blamed, breaks [2.] blamed, broke 3. has blamed, has bloked 4. would, broke My sister speaks fluent English. 1. spoke [2.] speaks 3. has spoken 4. will speak Jack has lived in London since he was born. 1. is [2.] was 3. has been born 4. had been born Nurses look after patients in hospitals. 1. looked 2. looks [3.] look 4. have looked The house was very quiet when I was got home. 1. get 2. was getting 3. have got [4.] got I invited Anne to dinner last night, but she couldn't come. 1. am inviting 2. invites 3. would invite [4.] invited It was my first time in an aeroplane and I was very nervous. 1. is, am [2.] was, was 3. is, was 4. was, am