Intermediate Free English Grammar Practice Test 1

1. The pupils ………… the sentences yet, the teacher ………… the blackboard.

didn’t write / cleans

hadn’t written / cleaned

haven’t written / will clean

aren’t writing / clean

2. I …….. he ………. it interesting.

hope / finds

hope / will find

hoped / has founded

hoped / is finding

3. Have you read that Mike’s firm ……….. wool since 2013?

exported

will export

is exporting

has been exporting

4. ……….. the weather good when you ………… tennis?

Is / will be playing

Is / played

Has been / will play

Was / were playing

5. Ann ………. that she ………. the visitor before.

thinks / sees

thought / had seen

have thought / had seen

thought / saw

6. I ……… my homework by 6 o’clock yesterday and when my mother came home I ………. supper.

had done / was having

was doing / had

did / have

have done / had

7. They ……… to get married last month although they ………. each other for only six weeks.

decided / has known

decide / know

decided / had known

decided / know

8. When he …………. to the station the train already ……….. .

arrived / had left

arrived / were leaving

arrives / left

had arrived / left

9. As it ……….. dark we ……… to go home.

was getting / decided

is getting / decided

gets / decided

got / have decided

10. Last Monday when I ……… the house it ………. heavily.

left / was raining

leave / rain

was leaving / rained

left / had rained