first exam grammar- Eyad Khairy

1. 1- When I saw him yesterday, he looked really tired because he …………..for half an hour.

   • have been running
   • had been running
   • has run
   • has been running

2. 2- My mother lost her purse yesterday. She …………in the market.

   • had been shopping
   • had shopped
   • has shopped
   • has been shopping

3. 3- I made my mother a cup of tea. She was tired; she ……….all afternoon.

   • cooks
   • has been cooking
   • cooked
   • had been cooking

4. 4- Hind …….working very hard for several weeks before she did her final exams.

   • has been
   • was
   • had been
   • is

5. 5- Police ……….these weapons 10 years ago.

   • hadn’t
   • don’t have
   • has
   • didn’t have

6. 6- Ahmad ……..his parents from the college. They had been waiting for his call all morning.

   • phones
   • phoned
   • has phoned
   • was phoning

7. 7- people …………..smartphones since they were invented in the early 2000s.

   • have been using
   • had been using
   • has been using
   • used

8. 8-At the moment, people aged 16-30…………..the most smartphones.

   • is buying
   • buy
   • was buying
   • are buying

9. 9- Rana was walking home when the rain ………it was very heavy.

   • started
   • was starting
   • starts
   • were starting

10. 10- Children often ………computers better than their parents,

    • use
    • are using
    • used
    • uses

11. 11- Look at the black sky! It …………!

    • is going to rain
    • are raining
    • will rain
    • rains

12. 12- Rana ………very tired when she finishes this job.

    • is
    • will be
    • was
    • were

13. 13- I ………..an email when my laptop switched itself off.

    • wrote
    • was written
    • write
    • was writing

14. 14- Ahmad worked hard and then he earned enough money to buy a new car

    • Before Ahmad worked hard, he had earned enough money to buy a new car.
    • Before Ahmad earned enough money to buy a new car, he worked hard.
    • Before Ahmad earned enough money to buy a new car, he had worked hard.
    • Before Ahmad had earned enough money to buy a new car, he worked hard.

15. 15- The last train to Rome ………….at 8.30

    • leaves
    • were leaving
    • will leave
    • had left

16. 16- The men …………………….. .That’s why they feel really tired.

    • has run
    • have been run
    • have been running
    • has been running

17. 17- Amer slept last night after he……….five hundred kilometres without a break.

    • had driven
    • has driven
    • drove
    • had been driven

18. 18- Ali is always studying with us.

    -The function of using present continuous..

    • things that are always true
    • fixed events in the future
    • something happened for a long time in the past
    • For actions that happen repeatedly

19. 19-My father always drove me home when I was young.

    -The function of using past simple..

    • routine in the past.
    • actions that happened before a specific moment in the past .
    • something happened for a long time in the past.
    • spontaneous decisions.

20. 20-Hani intends to finish his project tonight.

    • Hani is planning finish his project tonight.
    • Hani was going to finish his project tonight.
    • Hani is planning to finish his project tonight.
    • Hani will finish his project tonight.