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enThe Silly King: Multiple Choice Grammar Test (Level A2)
There was a king who (1) _______ that he was clever and could paint very well. His pictures (2) _______ very bad, but the people he showed them to were afraid of the cruel king and said that they (3) _______ his pictures very much. One day the king showed his pictures to a famous painter (4) _______ lived in that country and asked: “I want what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? (5) _______ I a good painter or not?”. The painter looked at the (6) _______ pictures and said: “My lord, I think your pictures are bad, and you (7) _______ a good painter”. The king got very angry and sent the painter to prison.
After two years the king wanted to see the painter again. “I was very angry with you, indeed, because you (8) _______ my pictures. Now I’ll forget all about it and you are a free man again and I am your friend again,” he said. For many hours the king talked to the painter and invited him to dinner. After dinner the king showed his new pictures and asked:” Well, how (9) _______ my pictures now?” But the painter didn’t answer. He turned to the soldier who (10) _______ near him and said: “Take me back to prison!”
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | thought | thinks | was thinking | was thought |
| 2 | were | was | are | is |
| 3 | will like | liked | like | were liking |
| 4 | which | who | whom | whose |
| 5 | Was | Does | Am | Do |
| 6 | king’ | kings | king | king’s |
| 7 | will never | were never | are never | will never be |
| 8 | were not like | are not like | didn’t like | do not like |
| 9 | do you like | will you be liking | are you like | were you like |
| 10 | was stand | was standing | standing | was stood |
1.A; 2.A; 3.B; 4.B; 5.C; 6.D; 7.D; 8.C; 9.A; 10.B
