Test 1 Choose the right variant:
1) Alex … nine.
a) am b) is c) are
2) Where … your key?
a) am b) is c) are
3) My friend and I … in London.
a) am b) is c) are
4) There … many students in the room.
a) am b) is c) are
5) … Mathematics difficult?
a) am b) is c) are
6) The children … at home.
a) am b) is c) are
7) His teeth … white.
a) am b) is c) are
8) Who are you? – I … Sue.
a) am b) is c) are
9) … there any book on the table?
a) am b) is c) are
10) These women … young.
a) am b) is c) are
Test 2 Choose the right variant:
Why … John angry with me?
a) am b) is c) are
Who … your favourite actor?
a) am b) is c) are
I … interested in art.
a) am b) is c) are
For whom … all these letters?
a) am b) is c) are
… your wife a teacher?
a) am b) is c) are
… there any new words in the text?
a) am b) is c) are
He … often late for classes.
a) am b) is c) are
… I right?
a) am b) is c) are
How many kittens … there in the basket?
a) am b) is c) are
Test 3 Choose the right variant:
Many people … happy.
a) have got b) are c) is
My mother … a bad headache.
a) have got b) has got c) is
The Browns … a nice house in the country.
a) are b) have got c) has got
It … a great pleasure to speak with you.
a) are b) is c) has
We … not a car but we are going to buy it.
a) have b) has c) are
They… a lot of relatives.
a) are b) have c) has
Eva and Sophie … relatives. They are cousins.
a) are b) have c) has
… you hungry?
a) are b) have c) has
There … a policeman at the door.
a) is b) are c) has
No news … good news.
a) is b) are c) have
Test 4 Choose the right variant:
The dog … a bone in its teeth.
a) is b) has c) have
There … many children in the hall.
a) are b) have c) is
… you taller than your friend?
a) have b) are c) is
Here … the book you told me about.
a) has b) is c) are
Their father … much work to do.
a) has b) have c) is
We often … guests on Sunday evening.
a) are b) have c) has
These men … in our house.
a) are b) is c) have
A week … seven days.
a) is b) have c) has
There … thirty days in a month.
a) is b) have c) are
Who … an English dictionary at home?
a) has b) have c) are
Test 5 Choose the right variant:
The weather is nice today, but yesterday it … cold.
a) were b) was c) is
She … in Paris tomorrow.
a) is b) will be c) was
We must go. It … very late.
a) was b) will be c) is
Jim and Sue … not at school yesterday.
a) was b) were c) are
Next year Bill … twenty-five.
a) was b) will be c) is
Where … you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?
a) are b) were c) was
Don’t buy those shoes. They … expensive.
a) were b) are c) will be
Where are the children? – I don’t know. They … in the garden ten minutes ago.
a) are b) were c) will be
I … at home this time tomorrow.
a) won’t be b) was c) am
I … hungry. Can I have something to eat?
a) am b) was c) will be
Test 6 Choose the right variant:
Why … she so angry yesterday?
a) had b) was c) were
How much water… there in the teapot when you put it on the cooker?
was b) is c) are
We … breakfast at 7 o’clock yesterday.
a) had b) have c) were
It … very cold in our house last night.
a) had b) was c) will be
They … new text-books next term.
a) will have b) will be c) had
There … no place like home.
a) has b) are c) is
There … a new stadium near our house soon.
a) was b) will be c) has
I always work very hard and seldom … a rest.
a) have b) has c) am
When I … five years old I went to the kindergarten.
a) am b) had c) was
Mike … short of money so he decided to sell his motorbike.
a) is b) was c) had
Test 1
Choose the right variant:
She … two foreign languages.
а) speak b) speaks c) speaking
In Britain the banks … at 9.30 in the morning.
a) open b) opens c) opening
Your job is very interesting. You … a lot of new people.
a) meet b) meets c) meeting
Peter … his hair twice a week.
a) wash b) washes c) washing
Bob and Ann never … coffee in the morning.
a) drink b) drinks c) drinking
Food is expensive. It … a lot of money.
a) cost b) costs c) costing
Steve … ten cigarettes a day.
a) smoke b) smokes c) smoking
Water … at 100 degrees Celsius.
a) boil b) boils c) boiling
They … to the cinema every Saturday.
a) go b) goes c) going
Everybody in my group … music.
a) enjoy b) enjoys c) enjoying
Test 2
Choose the right variant:
How often … you watch TV?
a) does b) are c) do
… she wash her hair every day?
a) does b) do c) is
Where … they live in London?
a) do b) does c) are
… he like hot weather?
a) do b) does c) is
… she smoke?
a) do b) does c) is
… they live in a big town?
a) do b) does c) are
What time … you usually go to bed?
a) do b) does c) is
What musical instrument … he play?
a) do b) does c) is
What time … he usually get up?
a) do b) does c) is
… your friends speak English?
a) do b) does c) are
Test 3
Choose the right variant:
What colour … your car?
a) is b) do c) does
… your mother at home?
a) is b) do c) does
How much … these shoes?
a) are b) do c) does
Why … you always late?
a) is b) do c) are
… it often rain in autumn?
a) does b) do c) is
What colour … her eyes?
a) are b) is c) do
… you tall?
a) is b) does c) are
… it dark now?
a) does b) do c) is
Where … you from?
a) do b) are c) is
Why … John angry with me?
a) does b) is c) do
Test 4
Choose the right variant:
… you hungry?
a) are b) is c) does
… she drive a bus?
a) do b) does c) is
… they teach English?
a) do b) are c) does
How much … it cost to send a letter to Canada?
a) is b) does c) do
Tom … good at tennis.
a) is b) does c) do
… it often snow in winter?
a) is b) does c) do
… it depend on you?
a) is b) does c) do
… you thirsty?
a) is b) are c) do
He … interested in History.
a) is b) does c) do
She … married to an American.
a) is b) does c) are
Test 5
Choose the right variant:
Where … the Smiths …?
a) do, live b) does, live c) -, live
My mother … a bad headache.
a) have got b) has got c) does
… you remember your first teacher?
a) are b) do c) does
… he go in for sports?
a) do b) is c) does
… your daughter speak French?
a) does b) do c) is
When … he get up?
a) does b) do c) is
Where … they spend their summer holidays?
a) do b) does c) are
Why … he sometimes miss classes?
a) do b) does c) is
What … his friends do on Sundays?
a) do b) are c) does
… he want to become a driver?
a) does b) do c) is
Test 6
Choose the right variant:
Who … her address?
a) knows b) know c) knowing
Who … their invitation?
a) take b) takes c) taking
Who … English books in the original?
a) reads b) read c) reading
Who … to bed at 11 p.m.?
a) go b) goes c) going
Who … a brother in Krasnodar?
a) has b) have c) having
Who … to music every day?
a) listen b) listens c) listening
Who … six lessons every day?
a) has got b) have got c) do have
What … your sister have in her room?
a) does b) do c) is
Who … tea or coffee in the morning?
a) has b) have c) is
Who … a camera?
a) has got b) have got c) does got
Test 7
Choose the right form of the verbs from the brackets.
Devonshire is a very lovely place when it (don’t \ doesn’t) rain.
I don’t want to see Jack. I (don’t \ doesn’t) like him.
I (don’t \ doesn’t) know where Lady Stubbs is.
What (do\ does) you want to know, Inspector?
Let us turn! I (don’t \ doesn’t) want to go near her.
I (don’t \ doesn’t) think you ought to dress up as a silly person because you are so pretty.
I (don’t \ doesn’t) believe him.
(Do \ Does) they keep bees.
I (don’t \ doesn’t) like that song.
His crime (don’t mean\ doesn’t mean\ mean\ means) nothing to him.
Test 8
Choose the right form of the verbs from the brackets.
His wife (is\ are) a fine lady from London.
By the way you (am\ is\ are) a friend of the Eliots, I believe.
The whole thing (seem\ seems) quite fantastic.
“I really (know\ knows) nothing about her”, said Miss Brews.
She (am\ is\ are) an excellent secretary.
She (wait\ waits) for him to turn.
He (teach\ teaches) English at some private school in Marylebone.
They (spend\ spends) their summer in the country.
His wife (have\ has) a headache and has gone to bed early.
Her father (work\ works) at one of the local farms, I think.
Test 9
Choose the right variant:
… you having supper?
a) is b) are c) do
What … he writing?
a) is b) do c) does
Where … they working now?
a) is b) are c) do
… the children planting trees?
a) is b) are c) do
What … they talking about?
a) is b) are c) do
Who … riding a bicycle?
a) is b) are c) does
What … he listening to?
a) is b) are c) does
Why … the boy running so fast?
a) is b) are c) does
… the children decorating the room?
a) is b) are c) do
It … raining outside.
a) is b) are c) does
Test 10
Choose the right form of the verb from the brackets.
I’m interested in what you (say\ are saying) about yourself.
“I’m not going to take it, Herb. You (waste\ wastes\ it wasting\ are wasting) your time, really.”
We (gather\ are gathering) mushrooms in summer.
Where is Kate? – She (does\ is doing) her homework.
Helen usually gets up late in the morning. She always (hurries\ is hurrying) to school.
Hello, Bill! Where you (do… hurry\ are… hurrying)?
Don’t disturb him! He (prepares\ is preparing) for his examination.
Water (boils\ is boiling) at 100° C.
Turn off the gas! The milk (boils\ is boiling).
Take your umbrella! It (rains\ is raining).
Test 11
Choose the right form of the verb from the brackets.
Don’t shout! The pupils of the fifth form (write\ are writing) a composition.
Look! Peter (dances\ is dancing) with Jane.
Mary (dances\ is dancing) all modern dances very well.
It often (rains\ is raining) in England.
Look! The children (play\ are playing) with the dog in the yard.
She (gives\ is giving) milk to her kitten every morning.
She (waters\ is watering) flowers in the classroom now.
The children are in the forest now. They (gather\ are gathering) mushrooms.
Why (do you wear\ are you wearing) your spectacles now?
The sky is blue. The sun (shines\ is shining) brightly now.
Test 12
Choose the right variant:
I … never been to London.
a) have b) am c) do
… he ever travelled by plane?
a) has b) does c) is
He … never played tennis.
a) has b) have c) is
The boy … passed all his exams.
a) have b) does c) has
My neighbour … bought a new car.
a) is b) has c) have
They … read a lot of English books this year.
a) have b) has c) do
I … already answered her letter.
a) has b) have c) is
She … learnt the poem by heart.
a) has b) have c) is
The teacher … already explained the rule.
a) have b) does c) has
Tom … already painted the fence.
a) has b) have c) is
Test 13
Choose the right variant:
I’m afraid I … my book at home.
have left b) have forgotten c) has left
Has the secretary come …?
ever b) never c) yet
Alan … in the bank for a year.
has work b) has worked c) have worked
… you … a good journey?
have, had c) had, have d) have, have
Granny … ill for a fortnight.
have been b) has been c) have be
We have seen some good films … .
recently b) ever c) just
Sue … her friends since she left for England.
haven’t seen b) hasn’t seen c) haven’t see
I … the rhyme. Could you listen to me?
have learnt b) has learned c) have learn
I have … done my homework.
recently b) yet c) already
He is the most handsome man I … .
have ever seen b) has never seen c) have just see
Test 14