Unit 4 continuous tenses entry test

1. Choose the correct variant.

1. Kate ..... TV now.

   	A) watching	C) is watching
   	B) is watch	D) are watching

2. When the phone rang, Tom ..... a shower.

   	A) was tooking	C) was takening
   	B) was taking	D) was take

3. What ..... at this time next Sunday?

   	A) you will being do	C) you will doing
   	B) will you doing	D) will you be doing

4. It's October now. It ..... colder and colder.

   	A) be getting	C) is getting
   	B) getting	D) getting is

5. ..... at the Park Hotel at present?

   	A) Are they staying	C) Are they stay
   	B) Do they staying	D) Staying they

6. What ..... at 5.30 yesterday?

   	A) was you doing	C) you were doing
   	B) were you doing	D) were you do

7. They ..... a very important question the whole lesson tomorrow.

   	A) will be discuss	C) will are discussing
   	B) are discussing	D) will be discussing

8. Look! Somebody ..... up that tree over there.

   	A) are climbing	C) is climbing
   	B) is being climbing	D) is climb

9. The children ..... with a ball while I was sunbathing.

   	A) were playing	C) will be playing
   	B) was playing	D) are playing

10. From 2 to 6 the day after tomorrow he ..... his younger brother to skate.

	A) will is teaching	C) will be teach
	B) will be teaching	D) shall be teaching

11. When he came in Kate ..... the piano.

    	A) played	C) was playing
    	B) was play	D) playing

12. ..... a test now?

    	A) Do they writing	C) Are they write
    	B) Are they writing	D) Are they written

13. They ..... their trip at this time tomorrow.

    	A) will not discussing	C) will not be discuss
    	B) will be not discussing	D) will not be discussing

14. She ..... in the park when she met him.

    	A)was walking	C) is walking
    	B) were walking	D) be walking

15. What ..... here? – I'm waiting for Peter.

    	A) do you do	C) are you do
    	B) do you doing	D) are you doing

16. We'll be playing tennis while they ..... football.

    	A) are playing	C) will be playing
    	B) will be play	D) shall be playing

17. He is still ill but he ..... better now.

    	A) getting	C) be getting
    	B) is gotting	D) is getting

18. When he left the house it still ..... .

    	A) was rain	C) was raining
    	B) rained	D) is raining

19. ..... her things the whole morning on Sunday?

    	A)Will she packing	C) Will be she packing
    	B) Will she be packing	D) Will she is packing

20. ..... anything in the room? – No, it's very dark here.

    	A) Are you seeing	C) Are you see
    	B) Do you see	D) Do you seeing

21. What ..... from three to five o'clock the day before yesterday?

    	A) will he be doing	C) was he doing
    	B) is he doing	D) were he doing

22. They ..... dinner when Jack arrived.

    	A) was having	C) are having
    	B) having	D) were having

23. It's 11 o'clock, so Mary ..... to bed now.

    	A) was going	C) is going
    	B) going	D) are going

24. She'll be working in the garden while they ..... the house.

    	A) are decorating	C) will be decorating
    	B) were decorating	D) will decorating

25. The day was fine. The sky was blue, the sun ..... brightly.

    	A) is shining	C) were shining
    	B) was shine	D) was shining

26. While Peter ..... his homework, his friends are playing in the yard.

    	A) is doing	C) was doing
    	B) will be doing	D) doing

27. Ann fell asleep when she ..... a book.

    	A) is reading	C) were reading
    	B) will be reading	D) was reading

28. Don't phone her at nine. She ..... the baby to bed.

    	A) will be putting	C) will is putting
    	B) was putting	D) will putting

29. What ..... for? – I've lost my purse.

    	A) is you looking	C) are you looking
    	B) you looking	D) do you looking

30. They were revising the topic while the teacher ..... new words on the blackboard.

    	A) was writing	C) is writing
    	B) was writtening	D) is wroting

31. She still ..... this article when he comes.

    	A) is translating	C) will be translating
    	B) would be translating	D) was translating

32. Everybody was silent while she ..... .

    	A) was sanging	C) was songing
    	B) is singing	D) was singing

33. What language ..... now? – French.

    	A) he is learning	C) is he learning
    	B) he learning	D) does he learning

34. Today from eleven to twelve Susan ..... a picnic lunch with her friends.

    	A) will be hasing	C) would be having
    	B) will is having	D) will be having

35. Mary is talking with Henry while Kate and Nick ..... .

    	A) is dancing	C) are dancing
    	B) were dancing	D) shall be dancing

36. They ..... cards when the light went out.

    	A) are playing	C) were being play
    	B) were playing	D) were being playing

37. Kate will be writing a composition while her brother ..... a new poem by heart.

    	A) is learning	C) will be learning
    	B) was learning	D) will is learning

38. He was dismissed a month ago. He ..... for a new job at present.

    	A) looking	C) is looking
    	B) was looking	D) shall be looking

39. They ..... in the gym at 4 o'clock last Wednesday.

    	A)didn't training	C) wasn't training
    	B) were not training	D) wouldn't be training

40. ..... your report the whole day tomorrow?

	A) Would you be preparing	C) Will are you preparing
	B) Will be you preparing	D) Will you be preparing