We ……… a very good time on the beach two days ago *
نقطة واحدة
a) were having
b) had
c) have had
d) having
At weekends, we …………… fishing in a lake near my house *
نقطة واحدة
a) would go
b) used to go
c) went
d) all are possible
Mona ………………. a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang *
نقطة واحدة
a) is having
b) having
c) was having
d) had
We ……………. dinner when you phoned, so we couldn’t answer the phone *
نقطة واحدة
a) were having
b) had had
c) was having
d) have
While …………. the tree, I fell down *
نقطة واحدة
a) climb
b) climbed
c) climbing
d) was climbing
What did you do after ………….. school yesterday? o *
نقطة واحدة
a) had left
b) left
c) leave
d) leaving
No sooner had my brother joined the army ………………. he had his hair cut *
نقطة واحدة
a) than
b) when
c) that
d) then
Ali always …………. to work when he was young *
نقطة واحدة
a) walks
b) walked
c) is walking
d) was walking
When I reached home, father wasn’t there. He ………….. out *
نقطة واحدة
a) had gone
b) went
c) goes
d) has gone
Look! What you …………! How can we clean the floor now? o *
نقطة واحدة
a) will do
b) has done
c) have done
d) had done
I ………… a break since this morning *
نقطة واحدة
a) haven’t
b) had
c) am not having
d) haven’t had
When I was a child, we ……….. in a small house by the river *
نقطة واحدة
a) would live
b) used to live
c) were lived
d) live
When he was carrying a suitcase, he …………… it on his foot *
نقطة واحدة
a) was dropping
b) drops
c) has dropped
d) dropped
I ………….. my lesson at 6 p.m. yesterday *
نقطة واحدة
a) reading
b) was reading
c) have read
d) reads
While we …………. in Alexandria, we enjoyed ourselves a lot *
نقطة واحدة
a) are
b) were being
c) be
d) were
We ordered our food after we ………. at the restaurant *
نقطة واحدة
a) sitting
b) sit
c) had sat
d) were sitting
When I …………….. the station, the train left. I caught it *
نقطة واحدة
a) have reached
b) had reached
c) reach
d) was reaching
I ……………… to be a doctor since I was ten *
نقطة واحدة
a) have wanted
b) wanted
c) wanting
d) was wanting
Having ………… his ankle, he gave up playing football *
نقطة واحدة
a) had broken
b) break
c) broke
d) broken
Many people have studied it since it ………….. in the 1980s *
نقطة واحدة
a) has written
b) was written
c) wrote
d) writing
This is the best book I ……………. o *
نقطة واحدة
a) have never read
b) was reading
c) have ever read
d) am reading
When I arrived at the party, Ali ignored me and ………… secretly *
نقطة واحدة
a) left
b) had left
c) was leaving
d) would leave
My dog attacked the postman when he ………….. the letters into the letter box *
نقطة واحدة
a) is putting
b) put
c) was putting
d) put
After ………….. his work, he went for a walk *
نقطة واحدة
a) had finished
b) finished
c) finish
d) finishing
While …………….. the shopping, I ran into an old friend *
نقطة واحدة
a) doing
b) have done
c) was doing
d) did
I rang the bell six times but no one ……………… o *
نقطة واحدة
a) was answering
b) answered
c) had answered
d) answers
No sooner …………… the news on the radio, than I telephoned Noha *
نقطة واحدة
a) I had heard
b) was I hearing
c) have I heard
d) had I heard
We couldn’t get enough sleep last night because the people next door …………… a noisy party *
نقطة واحدة
a) had had
b) had
c) were having
d) have
After the money ………………, I was able to buy the new car *
نقطة واحدة
a) had been saved
b) saved
c) had saved
d) was saving
When my father looked at me angrily, I realised that I ……………….. something wrong *
نقطة واحدة
a) have done
b) would do
c) am doing
d) had done
I thought Hany …………… a car, but he said it was his brother’s *
نقطة واحدة
a) had been bought
b) had bought
c) was buying
d) has bought
At first I was very nervous, but after a while I …………….. to feel more confident *
نقطة واحدة
a) had begun
b) have begun
c) begin
d) began
I didn’t go with you to the cinema because I ……….. this film *
نقطة واحدة
a) already see
b) have already seen
c) didn’t see
d) had already seen
The student decided not to make that mistake again after ……………. by the teacher *
نقطة واحدة
a) being punished
b) punishing
c) had punished
d) punished
On …………… the bad news, he fainted *
نقطة واحدة
a) heard
b) had heard
c) hearing
d) he had heard
He ……….. the Nobel Prize until he had written 100 novels *
نقطة واحدة
a) awarded
b) hadn’t awarded
c) didn’t award
d) wasn’t awarded
After the parcel ………….., I received it *
نقطة واحدة
a) had arrived
b) arrives
c) had been arrived
d) has arrived
Hardly …………. the match when I felt that pain *
نقطة واحدة
a) I played
b) I had played
c) had I played
d) will I play
After the car he had ………. repaired, it was polished *
نقطة واحدة
a) been
b) had been
c) hadn’t
d) had
After she ………… back home, she found out that she had forgotten her mobile phone at work *
نقطة واحدة
a) was going
b) had gone
c) has gone
d) went
As soon as the girl ………….., we told the police *
نقطة واحدة
a) had been disappeared
b) disappeared
c) was disappeared
d) has disappeared
Which one of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?o *
نقطة واحدة
a) The children swam in the pool after they had finished their homework.
b) The children swam in the pool after they finished their homework.
c) The children had swum in the pool after they finished their homework.
d) The children didn’t swim in the pool after they had finished their homework.
The pharaohs believed in life after ……………….. o *
نقطة واحدة
a) they had died
b) had died
c) death
d) they die
He was in Japan last month. He ………. Japan before *
نقطة واحدة
a) wasn’t visiting
b) has never visited
c) never visited
d) had never visited
When we said goodnight, we had had a good conversation. This means “ ……………..” o *
نقطة واحدة
a) Our conversation wasn’t finished
b) We finished talking and went to bed
c) After saying goodnight, our good conversation started
d) We would have a good conversation on going to bed
Which one of the following is grammatically incorrect? o *
نقطة واحدة
a) Hardly had Osama applied for the job when he took it.
b) No sooner had Osama applied for the job when he took it.
c) No sooner had Osama applied for the job than he took it.
d) No sooner did Osama apply for the job than he took it.
Which one of the following sentences is grammatically correct? *
نقطة واحدة
a) hardly Ahmed had arrived when he began to shout.
b) hardly had Ahmed arrived when he began to shout.
c) hardly had Ahmed arrived then he began to shout.
d) hardly had Ahmed arrived when he had begun to shout.
One of the following sentences is grammatically correct *
نقطة واحدة
a) The ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphs to write on the walls.
b) The ancient Egyptians had used hieroglyphs to write on the walls.
c) The ancient Egyptians had built the Pyramids.
d) The ancient Egyptians believed in life after they had died.
Ali looked both ways, and then he crossed the street. One of the following sentences doesn’t give a similar meaning to the one above *
نقطة واحدة
a) Ali crossed the street after looking both ways.
b) When Ali had crossed the street, he looked both ways.
c) Before crossing the street, Ali had looked both ways.
d) No sooner did Ali look both ways than he crossed the street.
Hardly had he made the mistake when he was dismissed. This means ………… o *
نقطة واحدة
a) He made the mistake at first, then he was dismissed.
b) He was dismissed at first, then he made the mistake.
c) He didn’t make the mistake, but he was dismissed.
d) He was dismissed before making the mistake.