1 [Choose the correct words]

Question
Julie! I 1 _________ you since the time we graduated. Where have you been these past three
years?
Answer
a)
didnt see
b)
dont see
c)
havent seen
d)
hasnt seen
2 [Choose the correct words]
Question
I came across an advertisement in the Melbourne Weekly asking for medical personnel in
Papua New Guinea. My Australian friends who 2 ___________ in a hospital near Bougainville
persuaded me to join them.
Answer
a)
working
b)
were working
c)
have been working
d)
will work

a)
b)
c)
d)

3 [Choose the correct words]

Question
I 3 ____________ from Papua New Guinea where I was serving as a volunteer with the U.N.
medical team in the rural interior. It was a remarkable experience for me, to say the least.
Answer
just return
was just returning
will return
have just returned
4 [Choose the correct words]
Question
The health situation in Papua New Guinea was pathetic. People 4 ___________simply because
of a lack of qualified doctors and medicine.
Answer
a)
had died
b)
will be dying
c)
was dying
d)
were dying
5 [Choose the correct words]
Question
By this time next year, I 5 __________ a specialist, if everything goes well.
Answer
a)
will have became
b)
will become

c)
d)

will have becomes

will have become

6 [Fill in the blank]

Question
A number of explanations 6 (was offered / were offered) as to why the final examinations were
being postponed.
Answer
6) ____________
7 [Fill in the blank]
Question
Anyone who 7 (experience / experiences) symptoms of chest pains and breathlessness
should seek medical help.
Answer
7) _______________
8 [Fill in the blank]
Question
The number of students affected by the flu epidemic 8 (has been rising / have been rising)
since last week
Answer
8) ______________
9 [Fill in the blank]
Question
Dad 9 (just made / had just made) reservations for the whole family to join a pleasure cruise to
the islands off Phuket.
Answer
9) _______________
10 [Fill in the blank]
Question
The hotel staff 10 (was not told / were not told) about their possible retrenchment at the end of
the year unless business improved.
Answer
10) _______________

Questions 11-12
INSTRUCTION: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE SIMPLE PRESENT OR PRESENT
CONTINUOUS TENSE VERBS.

Anwar

What are those workmen doing?

Sivam

They (11 dig )_____________________a hole. I (12 think )

_____________________they (13 want ) ____________________to
lay a drain across the road.

Anwar

Its crazy! I(14 not understand)_________________________.Every

week they (15 dig ) ______________________ a new hole and
(16 cause) ______________________ a new traffic jam! Look, now
they (17block) ______________________ the road with a huge
digger.

Sivam

Stop complaining. The digger (18 start) ___________________ to put

back the earth.

Anwar

19

believe

)___________________

________________________ telephone cables.

they

20

lay)