UNIT 1: LIFE STORIES - TEST ON TENSES & ARTICLES

My mother __________ as a nurse since she __________ married.

• has worked/got

• worked/got

• worked/has got

• has worked/has got

Rowling’s books ______ all over the world lately.

• have been published

• have published

• published

• were published

Mr. Pike …………. English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year.

• had been teaching

• has been teaching

• was teaching

• is teaching

Can anyone give me_______hand, please? I have just fallen over.

• No article

• the

• an

• a

Most of the guests ______ by the time we arrived at the reception.

• had left

• were left

• would left

• have left

My brother hopes to travel around _______world next summer.

• a

• an

• no article

• the

Miss Linda speaks_______ Vietnamese very well although she is from _______the United Kingdom.

• the/ Ø

• a/ Ø

• the/ an

• Ø / the

I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach.

• see / am walking

• saw / was walking

• saw / walked

• was seeing / was walking

As I was walking along the street, I ……………. best-selling album of Maroon 5.

• a

• an

• no article

• the

Phuong Uyen Tran’s parents ______ the business in 1994.

• started

• start

• have started

• had started