TEST TENSE CONTRAST: (25-22; 21-19; 18-15; 14-11; 10-0)

1. Choose the correct alternative. 10 p.

Unfortunately, when Sarah's big day a) arrived / was arriving, things b) have gone / went disastrously wrong. For a start, it
c) was raining / has been raining and as the traffic was so heavy, she d) arrived / was arriving nearly ten minutes late for
her interview. Then while she e) was crossing / has crassed the road, a passing bus f) spIashed / was spIashing her with
water. But inside the building her luck g) changed / has changed. 'Mr Fortescue h) is expecting / has expected me,' she
i) was telling / told the receptionist. 'He j) hasn't arrived / didnt arrive yet,' she was told. 'Just take a seat.' Perhaps
everything would be all right after all!

2. Read the text about climate change. Choose the correct form, A ar B, to complete the sentence. 15 p.
At the moment, scientists agree that the world's climate a)__B__ warmer over the past 50 years, but they disagree about the
causes. Some believe that human activities b) ______ climate change. They argue that for 1,000 or 2,000 years before 1850,
when records c) ______, the temperature was more or less stable. Short warm or cold periods d) ______during that time, but
the climate always e) ______ to the same level. However, since the Industrial Revolution, human beings f) ______ more and
more fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. In 1800 the atmosphere g) ______ around 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide
(CO2). Since then there h) ______ an increase of about 31%. This extra carbon dioxide i) ______ the world's temperature
because of the greenhouse effect. Other scientists disagree that human activities over the past 50 years global warming.
They point out that volcanoes and other natural processes k) ______ CO2 into the atmosphere, and that human activity I)
______ a rise in CO2 of only three per cent. In 1999, 156 countries m) ______ the Kyoto protocol, part of a United Nations
agreement on climate change, which n) ______ into force in 2005.They o) ______ to reduce their emissions of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases, although so far, some countries, such as the USA and Australia, p) ______ any action.
a. A) became B) has become i. A) raised B) has raised
b. A) caused B) have caused j. A) caused B) have caused
c. A) began B) have begun k. A) always released B) have always released
d. A) occurred B) have occurred I. A) contributed B) has contributed
e. A) returned B) has returned m. A) signed B) have signed
f. A) burned B) have burned n. A) came B) has come
g. A) contained B) has contained o. A) agreed B) have agreed
h. A) was B) has been p. A) did not take B) have not taken

TEST TENSE CONTRAST: (25-22; 21-19; 18-15; 14-11; 10-0)

1. Choose the correct alternative. 10 p.
Unfortunately, when Sarah's big day a) arrived / was arriving, things b) have gone / went disastrously wrong. For a start, it
c) was raining / has been raining and as the traffic was so heavy, she d) arrived / was arriving nearly ten minutes late for
her interview. Then while she e) was crossing / has crassed the road, a passing bus f) spIashed / was spIashing her with
water. But inside the building her luck g) changed / has changed. 'Mr Fortescue h) is expecting / has expected me,' she
i) was telling / told the receptionist. 'He j) hasn't arrived / didnt arrive yet,' she was told. 'Just take a seat.' Perhaps
everything would be all right after all!

2. Read the text about climate change. Choose the correct form, A ar B, to complete the sentence. 15 p.
At the moment, scientists agree that the world's climate a)__B__ warmer over the past 50 years, but they disagree about the
causes. Some believe that human activities b) ______ climate change. They argue that for 1,000 or 2,000 years before 1850,
when records c) ______, the temperature was more or less stable. Short warm or cold periods d) ______during that time, but
the climate always e) ______ to the same level. However, since the Industrial Revolution, human beings f) ______ more and
more fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. In 1800 the atmosphere g) ______ around 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide
(CO2). Since then there h) ______ an increase of about 31%. This extra carbon dioxide i) ______ the world's temperature
because of the greenhouse effect. Other scientists disagree that human activities over the past 50 years global warming.
They point out that volcanoes and other natural processes k) ______ CO2 into the atmosphere, and that human activity I)
______ a rise in CO2 of only three per cent. In 1999, 156 countries m) ______ the Kyoto protocol, part of a United Nations
agreement on climate change, which n) ______ into force in 2005.They o) ______ to reduce their emissions of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases, although so far, some countries, such as the USA and Australia, p) ______ any action.
a. A) became B) has become i. A) raised B) has raised
b. A) caused B) have caused j. A) caused B) have caused
c. A) began B) have begun k. A) always released B) have always released
d. A) occurred B) have occurred I. A) contributed B) has contributed
e. A) returned B) has returned m. A) signed B) have signed
f. A) burned B) have burned n. A) came B) has come
g. A) contained B) has contained o. A) agreed B) have agreed
h. A) was B) has been p. A) did not take B) have not taken