BI
1. Listen! Somebody (play) the piano,
A) plays B) play C) playing
2. These shirts (be) clean now. They (be washed).
A) have been washed
B) are being
C) are washed
D) are
3. We usually (do) shopping at the market.
A) did B) do C) have done
4.-Would you like something to eat?
- No, thank you. I just (have) breakfast.
A) had
B) have had
C) had had
5. The telephone (ring) when I (read) the newspaper.
A) is ringing
B) have read
C) rang
D) was reading
E) has rung
F) had read
6. He (finish) his work before he (go) to the match.
A) has finished
B) went
C) finished
D) has gone
E) had finished
F) had gone
7. There were a lot of people ... the party.
A)on B)in C)at
8. Stop ...please.
A) saying B) speaking C)talking D) teting
9. This is a nice hotel. It's comfortable and .. is very clean.
A) everybody B) everything C)all
A) plays B) play C) playing
The correct answer is A) plays.
Explanation: In this sentence, we are talking about the present moment, so we use the simple present tense. When the subject is a third-person singular (he, she, or it), we add -s or -es to the base form of the verb. Therefore, the correct form is "plays".
2. These shirts (be) clean now. They (be washed).
A) have been washed
B) are being
C) are washed
D) are
The correct answer is A) have been washed.
Explanation: The first part of the sentence talks about the current state of the shirts (being clean now), which indicates a completed action. To express a completed action in the present, we use the present perfect tense. The correct form of the verb "be" in the present perfect tense is "have been". Therefore, the correct answer is "have been washed".
3. We usually (do) shopping at the market.
A) did B) do C) have done
The correct answer is B) do.
Explanation: This is a sentence that talks about a habitual or regular action, so we use the simple present tense. The correct form of the verb "do" in the simple present tense is "do". Therefore, the correct answer is "do shopping".
4. -Would you like something to eat?
- No, thank you. I just (have) breakfast.
A) had
B) have had
C) had had
The correct answer is B) have had.
Explanation: This is a sentence that talks about a recent past action. The person is saying that they have recently eaten breakfast. For a recent past action, we use the present perfect tense. The correct form of the verb "have" in the present perfect tense is "have had". Therefore, the correct answer is "have had breakfast".
5. The telephone (ring) when I (read) the newspaper.
A) is ringing
B) have read
C) rang
D) was reading
E) has rung
F) had read
The correct answer is C) rang.
Explanation: This sentence talks about two actions that happened simultaneously in the past. When two actions are happening at the same time in the past, we use the past simple tense for both verbs. Therefore, the correct forms are "rang" and "read".
6. He (finish) his work before he (go) to the match.
A) has finished
B) went
C) finished
D) has gone
E) had finished
F) had gone
The correct answer is E) had finished, F) had gone.
Explanation: This sentence talks about the order of two past actions. The action of finishing the work happened before the action of going to the match. Therefore, we use the past perfect tense for the verb "finish" (had finished) and the past perfect tense for the verb "go" (had gone).
7. There were a lot of people ... the party.
A) on B) in C) at
The correct answer is C) at.
Explanation: In this sentence, we are talking about the location of the people at the party. To express the location, we use the preposition "at". Therefore, the correct answer is "at the party".
8. Stop ...please.
A) saying B) speaking C) talking D) texting
The correct answer is A) saying.
Explanation: In this sentence, we are asking someone to stop doing a specific action. The action here is speaking, so the correct verb form is "saying". Therefore, the correct answer is "stop saying".
9. This is a nice hotel. It's comfortable and .. is very clean.
A) everybody B) everything C) all
The correct answer is B) everything.
Explanation: This sentence talks about the cleanliness of the hotel. To refer to all the things in general, we use the pronoun "everything". Therefore, the correct answer is "everything is very clean".