Quiz 1: beginning – intermediate
Quiz 2: intermediate – advanced
Beg.–Int. ESL
The Tower of Pisa has been under restoration for ten years.
Beg.–Int. ESL
Engineers have been working to save the Tower of Pisa!
Beg.–Int. ESL
The Tower has stood in this location since 1350.
I have been standing in line to get into the Tower since 10:00 a.m.
Beg.–Int. ESL
Have you ever visited Pisa?
I've never visited Pisa.
I haven't ever visited Pisa.
You haven't ever been to Pisa?
Yes, I haven't.
Beg.–Int. ESL
An art committee has photographed the entire Tower of Pisa.
They have been organizing 64,000 photographs.
Beg.–Int. ESL
The committee has recently made a Quicktime VR from the top of the tower.
Beg.–Int. ESL
They have already righted the tower by 14 centimeters.
They haven't straightened it yet. In fact, they don't plan to.
Beg.–Int. ESL
I have been working as a pilot.
I have worked as a pilot.
Beg.–Adv. ESL
I spilled my drink on the carpet. I cleaned it up afterwards. (Done. Finished. I'm not thinking about it anymore.)
You have spilled your drink on the carpet. (Because the spill remains, it is on my mind.)
Beg.–Int. ESL
The weather has been cold since the end of November.
The weather was cold in November.
Mary Morris applied for her passport last month because she will soon be leaving on a trip that she _____ about for many years.
Beg.–Int. ESL
"When the tower was closed to the public a decade ago, officials said it would be open again in just a few years. The ambitious plan to stop the tower's increasing tilt has taken far longer than expected, but officials say it is succeeding."
We have been coming to this beach for fifteen years.
We have been coming to this beach since July, 1995.
Beg.–Int. ESL
awake, beat begin, bite, blow, bring, buy, choose, cost, dig, draw, drive, fall, feel, find, fly, get, go, hang, hear, hit, hold, hurt, know, lay,
Jaycee (spinned, span, spun?) _____the ball on his finger last night.
Beg.–Int. ESL
let, lie, lose, loosen, meet, put, read, ring, run, see, send, shake, shut, sit, slide, spend, stand, stick, swear, swim, teach, tell, throw, upset wear,

Jamie (let) _____the ball drop in yesterday's final play.
Beg.–Int. ESL
Where did you get those jeans?
Where have you been (for the past few hours)?
Wow! He did a backflip!
He has done lots of backflips in his career.