MIXED VERBs- test 1-B

MIXED VERB - FORMS TEST B NAME:
SCORE:……………………………………
I. Put the correct verb form:
1. She .............................(sleep) for so long now that her parents ................….(think) of calling a doctor.
2. Since when ...................………………………………….........(you know) about it?
3. It was a bit strange. When the police ..............……….......(come), the place was deserted.
Everybody .......................(leave).
4. You are all dirty! What .....….…....................(you do) ? - I ...........………….........(work) in the garden.
5. When I entered the kitchen, Robert ...................………………………………....(just finish) cooking.
6. By 1973 I .........……………………………………………………..............(complete) my education.
7. Our trip was a disaster. By the time we ......................(reach) the airport, we ...................…….....(lose) all
the luggage.
8. While she .....................…….......(watch) TV, her husband .......…………...............(work) in the kitchen.
9. By tomorrow, we ...........…………………………………………….................(be married) for 25 years!
10. As a matter of fact, I ......................…………………………………………....(know) her for only a week.
11. Have you seen Bob? Yes, I …………………………………..(meet) him on Monday this week.
12. It`s the first time I ……………………………………(eat) caviar! And I must admit
it……………………………………………………… (taste) delicious!!!
13. She …………………………………………………………(leave) when I came so I didn`t even see her.
14. He …………………………..(hardly stop/speak) when the audience ……………..…..(burst) out laughing.
15. This time tomorrow we ……………………………………..(lie) on a beautiful meadow in Scotland.
16. None of them …………………….(pass) the exam last week because they ………………(not learn) at all.
17. Up till today the scientists ………………………………….….(not solve) the Bermuda Triangle mystery
although by last year hundreds of people …………………………………. (disappear).
18. They ……… ……………..(be) married for 15 years when they ………………….(have) their first child.
19. I ………………………….(not have) much money when I …………………………(be) in the States so I
never …………………………(go) to the cinema and I always ………………..(spend) evenings at home.
20. So far they ………………………….……(do) nothing that we couldn`t do better.
21. How nice to see you! It …………………………(be) ten years since we……………………. (meet) last!
22. He …………………(get) up, …………………..(put) on his shirt, …………………….(go) to the window
and ……………………..(look) outside. Two people ………………………(stare) at him.
23. They ………………………..(be) all wet so probably they ……………………(stand) there for a long time.
24. I wasn`t worried when my son ………………………….(not return) immediately after the match because it
……………………………(happen) several times before.
25. Since he ………………………..(never study) phonetics before, he ………………(be) surprised to learn
that it………………………………….. (be) so difficult.
TRANSFORMATIONS
II . Rewrite the sentences using a different grammar structure so that the meaning stays the same:
1. We reached the station just after the departure of the train.

By the…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Immediately after my return from Bristol, I started work at the university.
No sooner ……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. They came to live here in 1925 and I met them in 1935.
When I …………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. He remained in hiding even after the end of the war.
He remained in hiding even after the war …………………………………………………………….
5. My mother hasn`t had a headache for a month now.
It was …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. Last time Poland played England was in 1993.
Poland ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. It was a week ago when she last appeared in my office in London.
She ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. His habit of leaving dirty dishes in the sink irritated me.
He………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. I have not used the computer for two weeks.
It is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
10. Sam and Julie met each other ten years ago.
Sam and Julie………………………………………………………………………………………….

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I. Put the correct verb form:

1. We reached the station just after the departure of the train.

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