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  Quiz #11 - Perfect Tenses (Have, Has, etc...)
 
 
 
Directions: For questions 1-10, read the following sentences and choose the answer that best fits from the choices. When you are finished, click on the "Check My Answers Now" button to see your score. You can also compare how you did versus other students by clicking on the name of the test you just completed. REMEMBER to enter a nickname.
 
1. Joe goes out. An hour later, the phone rings and the caller says "Can I speak to Joe?"
You say: I'm afraid he ______ . (go out)
  hasn't go out
has going out
has went out
has gone out
 
2. After lunch you go to see a friend at her house. She says "Would you like something to eat?"
You say: No, thank you. I ______ lunch. (have)
  has had
had just have
have just had
had having
 
3. You are eating in a restaurant. The waiter thinks you have finished and starts to take your plate away.
You say: Wait a minute! ______ . (not/finish)
  I had finish
I have going to finished
I have finished
I haven't finished
 
4. You know that a friend of yours is looking for a job. Perhaps she has been successful. Ask her.
You say: ______ a job yet? (find)
  Have she found
Has you found
You have find
Have you found
 
5. You are going to a restaurant this evening. You phone to reserve a table. Later your friend says "Shall I phone to reserve a table?"
You say: No, I ______ it. (do)
  have done already
having already done
have already done
done already
 
For the following sentences, choose whether "been" or "gone" is appropriate.
 
6. Jim is on holiday. He's ______ to Italy.
  been
gone
 
7. Oh! I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Have you ______ waiting long?
  been
gone
 
8. Janice isn't here at the moment. She's ______ to the shop to get a newspaper.
  been
gone
 
9. Tom has ______ out. He'll be back in about an hour.
  been
gone
 
10. "Are you going to the bank?" "No, I've already ______ to the bank."
  been
gone
 
 
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09/08/2008 12:17 AM
Russian sumo wrestlers expelled for marijuana (AP)

Sumo wrestlers Hakurozan, front, and Roho, both from Russia, leave a room after attending a meeting at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on Monday September 8, 2008.  The two brothers were fired from the Japan Sumo Association after they were found positive for marijuana use, Japanese press reports said. Roho has publicly denied using the drug. Kyodo News also reported that Hakorozan has made a similar denial. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - Two popular Russian sumo wrestlers were slapped with lifetime bans from Japan's ancient national sport for allegedly using marijuana and the head of the Japan Sumo Association resigned Monday to take responsibility for the scandal, officials said.


09/07/2008 11:46 PM
Koike launches bid to be Japan's first female PM (AFP)

File photo of Yuriko Koike in Tokyo, who announced a bid to become Japan's first female prime minister.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Yuriko Koike, a former television anchorwoman and defence minister, on Monday announced her bid to become Japan's first female prime minister.