English grammar in use

Евгений Власенко Координатор раздела по изучению английского языка

Небольшой тест позволит тем, кто изучает английский с BBCRussian.com, проверить, насколько хорошо они владеют грамматическим аспектом языка.

Use the verb in brackets in its appropriate form:

1. The Olympic Games _______ for about eleven hundred years, until Emperor Theodosius banned them for religious reasons in 394 A.D. (hold)

2. Bad news never _______ people happy. (make)

3. It's a difficult question. I wish I _______ the answer. (know)

4. Nobody came to the meeting because Angela _______ to tell people about it. (forget)

5. Next month she _______ tennis professionally for exactly 20 years. (play)

6. St. Basil's Cathedral _______ in the 18th century. (build)

7. The conference delegates _______ a draft resolution from 10 a.m. till midnight yesterday. (discuss)

8. Elisabeth II _______ the Queen for 50 years. (be)

9. You will understand English better when you _______ here another month. (be)

10. When I heard his story, I could not help _______. (laugh)

11. The amount of crime _______ for the last ten years and we can't stop this process. (increase)

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