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1. "Did Peter find him in the office?" "No. While Peter _____ for him, a message came that he wouldn't come in."
   1.   ?    has waited
   2.   ?    was waiting
   3.   ?    has been waiting
   4.   ?    is waiting
2. "What are you doing?" "I _____ to find my watch."
   1.   ?    try
   2.   ?    tried
   3.   ?    've tried
   4.   ?    'm trying
3. At the meeting yesterday the president _____ to solve he problem.
   1.   ?    was promised
   2.   ?    has promised
   3.   ?    promised
   4.   ?    had promised
4. When she woke up this morning, it _____.
   1.   ?    was raining
   2.   ?    rained
   3.   ?    has rained
   4.   ?    has been raining
5. _____ able to reach Jack on the phone yet?
   1.   ?    Are you
   2.   ?    Have you been
   3.   ?    Were you
   4.   ?    Have you
6. _____ given delicious food at the party yesterday?
   1.   ?    Have you
   2.   ?    Have you been
   3.   ?    Did you
   4.   ?    Were you
7. _____ young Thomson recently?
   1.   ?    Did you see
   2.   ?    Had you seen
   3.   ?    Were you seeing
   4.   ?    Have you seen
8. "_____ that letter yet?" "No, I'm just typing it."
   1.   ?    Are you writing
   2.   ?    Have you written
   3.   ?    Did you write
   4.   ?    Were you writing
9. "Is your sister at home?" "No, she isn't. She _____ to the theatre."
   1.   ?    went
   2.   ?    was going
   3.   ?    has gone
   4.   ?    has been going
10. "What is this strange smell?" "The milk _____."
    1.   ?    burnt
    2.   ?    had burnt
    3.   ?    has burnt
    4.   ?    was burning
11. "When did you last speak English?" "I _____ English since I was at school."
    1.   ?    didn't speak
    2.   ?    don't speak
    3.   ?    haven't spoken
    4.   ?    wasn't speaking
12. "Why does this steak smell so strange?" "I _____ it, you know."
    1.   ?    had burnt
    2.   ?    have burnt
    3.   ?    burn
    4.   ?    was burning
13. A few years ago you never _____ a woman standing in a bus.
    1.   ?    have seen
    2.   ?    saw
    3.   ?    had seen
    4.   ?    could see
14. As soon as he _____, tell him to call me back, please.
    1.   ?    arrives
    2.   ?    is arriving
    3.   ?    will arrive
    4.   ?    would arrive
15. As soon as she _____ in New York, she'll ring us up.
    1.   ?    was
    2.   ?    will be
    3.   ?    is
    4.   ?    would be
16. Ask her to come and see me when she _____ her work.
    1.   ?    finish
    2.   ?    finished
    3.   ?    will finish
    4.   ?    has finished
17. At that time we _____ in Paris.
    1.   ?    were living
    2.   ?    used to live
    3.   ?    would live
    4.   ?    have been living
18. "Have you ever met Tom?" "Yes, we _____ at the concert."
    1.   ?    met
    2.   ?    have met
    3.   ?    were meeting
    4.   ?    had met
19. "Have you seen the Tower of London?" "No, when I was in London I _____ the time."
    1.   ?    have never had
    2.   ?    never have
    3.   ?    had never had
    4.   ?    never had
20. "Mum's in hospital." "_____"
    1.   ?    I'll go and see her at once.
    2.   ?    I'm going to go and see her now.
    3.   ?    I'm going and seeing her now.
    4.   ?    I go and see her at once.
21. Our children will be pleased when they _____ the new toys.
    1.   ?    will see
    2.   ?    are seeing
    3.   ?    will have seen
    4.   ?    see
22. David _____ work at five.
    1.   ?    was finished
    2.   ?    finished
    3.   ?    has finished
    4.   ?    had finished
23. Don't ask for another book until you _____ this one.
    1.   ?    don't finish
    2.   ?    haven't finished
    3.   ?    have finished
    4.   ?    didn't finish
24. Don't take that book, please. I _____ it.
    1.   ?    am reading
    2.   ?    read
    3.   ?    am read
    4.   ?    want read
25. Don't worry! When you _____ come next time, we'll talk about it.
    1.   ?    -
    2.   ?    will
    3.   ?    would
    4.   ?    should
26. Everybody who _____ can go home now.
    1.   ?    finished
    2.   ?    finishing
    3.   ?    has finished
    4.   ?    had finished
27. He had an accident and _____ to hospital.
    1.   ?    took
    2.   ?    was taken
    3.   ?    had been taken
    4.   ?    has brought
28. He will come as soon as he _____ the news.
    1.   ?    will hear
    2.   ?    will be hearing
    3.   ?    will have heard
    4.   ?    hears
29. How long _____ her? Oh, only for a couple of months.
    1.   ?    do you know
    2.   ?    are you knowing
    3.   ?    have you known
    4.   ?    have you been knowing
30. I _____ anyone so amusingly absent-minded.
    1.   ?    has never known
    2.   ?    have never known
    3.   ?    never know
    4.   ?    could never known
31. I _____ my father since April.
    1.   ?    didn't see
    2.   ?    won't see
    3.   ?    haven't seen
    4.   ?    wouldn't seen
32. I _____ my piano since I was 18.
    1.   ?    got
    2.   ?    have
    3.   ?    have got
    4.   ?    have had
33. I _____ near the house when a tile _____ off the roof. It nearly hit me.
    1.   ?    was walking - fell
    2.   ?    was walking - has fallen
    3.   ?    walked - had fallen
    4.   ?    had walked - fell
34. I _____ you are wrong.
    1.   ?    know
    2.   ?    knew
    3.   ?    am knowing
    4.   ?    was knowing
35. I can't call him now because I _____ his telephone number.
    1.   ?    have lost
    2.   ?    was lost
    3.   ?    had lost
    4.   ?    have been losing
36. I can't find my dictionary; I wonder whether Mary _____ it now.
    1.   ?    have
    2.   ?    has
    3.   ?    had
    4.   ?    is having
37. I didn't know you were here already. When _____?
    1.   ?    have you arrived
    2.   ?    had you arrived
    3.   ?    did you arrive
    4.   ?    were you arriving
38. I don't know what the road is like now because I _____ the place for twenty years.
    1.   ?    haven't seen
    2.   ?    don't see
    3.   ?    wasn't seeing
    4.   ?    didn't see
39. I don't remember what _____ last night at two a.m.
    1.   ?    I was doing
    2.   ?    I done
    3.   ?    I have been doing
    4.   ?    was I doing
40. I have liked cowboy movies ever since I _____ a child.
    1.   ?    was
    2.   ?    have been
    3.   ?    am
    4.   ?    had been
41. I know all about her new job because I _____ her for a few minutes yesterday.
    1.   ?    have seen
    2.   ?    saw
    3.   ?    have been seeing
    4.   ?    see
42. I very much hope it'll rain soon. We _____ a drop for over a month.
    1.   ?    didn't have
    2.   ?    haven't
    3.   ?    haven't had
    4.   ?    hadn't
43. I'm sorry I can't answer your question, I _____.
    1.   ?    wasn't listening
    2.   ?    haven't listened
    3.   ?    don't hear
    4.   ?    wasn't hearing
44. I'm sorry, I can't talk to you any longer because I _____ dinner.
    1.   ?    'm making
    2.   ?    was making
    3.   ?    've made
    4.   ?    make
45. I've heard about the book, but I _____ it yet.
    1.   ?    don't read
    2.   ?    didn't read
    3.   ?    haven't read
    4.   ?    hadn't read
46. If you'd written earlier, I'd have known when you _____ to go on holiday.
    1.   ?    will want
    2.   ?    would want
    3.   ?    wanted
    4.   ?    would intend
47. Jack, you are back again at last! We _____ you for such a long time.
    1.   ?    have to see
    2.   ?    haven't seen
    3.   ?    didn't see
    4.   ?    aren't seeing
48. John _____ this film 2 months ago.
    1.   ?    have seen
    2.   ?    has seen
    3.   ?    saw
    4.   ?    was seeing
49. Look! Two boys _____.
    1.   ?    fight
    2.   ?    are fighting
    3.   ?    is fighting
    4.   ?    are being fighting
50. My aunt _____ in the park when I met her.
    1.   ?    had walked
    2.   ?    walked
    3.   ?    was walking
    4.   ?    had a walking
51. My brother and my sister _____ about something when I _____ into the room.
    1.   ?    was arguing - walked
    2.   ?    argued - walked
    3.   ?    were arguing - was walking
    4.   ?    were arguing - walked
52. Oil _____ on water.
    1.   ?    will float
    2.   ?    is floating
    3.   ?    floats
    4.   ?    used to float
53. Ouch! I _____ my finger!
    1.   ?    have cut
    2.   ?    cut
    3.   ?    had cut
    4.   ?    was cutting
54. Paper money _____ for over a thousand years.
    1.   ?    used
    2.   ?    has used
    3.   ?    has been used
    4.   ?    was been used
55. Robert _____ in Kenya a few weeks ago.
    1.   ?    is arriving
    2.   ?    arrives
    3.   ?    has arrived
    4.   ?    arrived
56. She _____ cold. I'll lend her my coat.
    1.   ?    is looking
    2.   ?    was looking
    3.   ?    looks
    4.   ?    has been looking
57. Television _____ only for the last fifty years.
    1.   ?    exists
    2.   ?    is existing
    3.   ?    was existing
    4.   ?    has existed
58. That house is in a terrible state! You can see it _____ for years.
    1.   ?    isn't painted
    2.   ?    hasn't been painted
    3.   ?    wasn't painted
    4.   ?    hadn't been painted
59. The car was empty but the engine _____.
    1.   ?    run
    2.   ?    has run
    3.   ?    runs
    4.   ?    was running
60. The carnival begins on Tuesday and _____ until Saturday.
    1.   ?    continued
    2.   ?    continues
    3.   ?    has continued
    4.   ?    was continuing
61. The first time you _____ London was in 1963, wasn't it?
    1.   ?    visited
    2.   ?    have visited
    3.   ?    was visiting
    4.   ?    visit
62. The last time _____ to the library was last week.
    1.   ?    I have gone
    2.   ?    I have been
    3.   ?    I was
    4.   ?    I went
63. The possibility of man's travelling to the moon _____ proved.
    1.   ?    has been
    2.   ?    -
    3.   ?    has
    4.   ?    will have
64. The tensions of the modern world _____ produced a troubled society.
    1.   ?    has
    2.   ?    have
    3.   ?    had been
    4.   ?    had
65. They _____ to the cinema whenever they can.
    1.   ?    have gone
    2.   ?    would have gone
    3.   ?    are going
    4.   ?    go
66. They have been fighting ever since they _____ married.
    1.   ?    got
    2.   ?    had got
    3.   ?    have got
    4.   ?    have been getting
67. This house is often empty because the owners _____ abroad 5 times a year.
    1.   ?    are going
    2.   ?    used to go
    3.   ?    were going
    4.   ?    go
68. This old man was a general in the war. Now he _____ on a pension.
    1.   ?    is living
    2.   ?    lives
    3.   ?    's been living
    4.   ?    's lived
69. Unless he _____ today he'll be too late.
    1.   ?    starts
    2.   ?    doesn't start
    3.   ?    started
    4.   ?    didn't start
70. Unless he _____ with me I'll probably get lost.
    1.   ?    comes
    2.   ?    would come
    3.   ?    came
    4.   ?    would have come
71. We _____ sold better garden tools.
    1.   ?    have never
    2.   ?    has never
    3.   ?    never have
    4.   ?    never has
72. We invited your sister last week, but she _____.
    1.   ?    didn't yet say that yes
    2.   ?    hadn't yet said that yes
    3.   ?    hasn't said yes yet
    4.   ?    didn't yet say yes
73. What a beautiful geranium! Who _____ it there?
    1.   ?    has put
    2.   ?    had put
    3.   ?    has been putting
    4.   ?    put
74. What was he doing when you _____ sight of him?
    1.   ?    had caught
    2.   ?    caught
    3.   ?    have caught
    4.   ?    were catching
75. When _____ English?
    1.   ?    has he begun to study
    2.   ?    did he begin to study
    3.   ?    did he begin study
    4.   ?    has he begin study
76. When Daddy entered the room, the children _____ hide-and-seek. Daddy told them to stop it.
    1.   ?    played
    2.   ?    have played
    3.   ?    were playing
    4.   ?    had played
77. When I was cleaning the house, I _____ some old letters.
    1.   ?    was finding
    2.   ?    have found
    3.   ?    found
    4.   ?    was found
78. When I went in, he _____ a TV programme so intently that he didn't hear me.
    1.   ?    watched
    2.   ?    had watched
    3.   ?    was watching
    4.   ?    has been watching
79. When the bank _____ three weeks ago, the police were there waiting for the robbers.
    1.   ?    were broken into
    2.   ?    has been broken into
    3.   ?    had been broken into
    4.   ?    was broken into
80. When the phone rang, she _____ a letter.
    1.   ?    writes
    2.   ?    has written
    3.   ?    will write
    4.   ?    was writing
81. When we _____ lunch, we'll go for a walk.
    1.   ?    have
    2.   ?    had had
    3.   ?    had have
    4.   ?    have had
82. Where _____ the book?
    1.   ?    did you put
    2.   ?    have you put
    3.   ?    were you put
    4.   ?    are you put
83. Which sentence is correct?
    1.   ?    I've been to Japan in 1989.
    2.   ?    I've been in Japan once.
    3.   ?    He was in Japan since 1981.
    4.   ?    He's been to Japan once.
84. Which sentence is correct?
    1.   ?    We've been here for two hours.
    2.   ?    It's two hours we are here.
    3.   ?    We've been here since two hours.
    4.   ?    We are here since two hours.
85. While everyone else _____, she _____ quietly in the kitchen.
    1.   ?    laughed - cryed
    2.   ?    was laughing - was crying
    3.   ?    was laughed - cried
    4.   ?    laughed - was cried
86. While I _____ to the assistant, the manager found my receipt.
    1.   ?    complained
    2.   ?    have been complaining
    3.   ?    have complained
    4.   ?    was complaining
87. Who _____ Hamlet?
    1.   ?    wrote
    2.   ?    has written
    3.   ?    has been writing
    4.   ?    had written
88. You _____ a beautiful cake. It tastes delicious.
    1.   ?    had made
    2.   ?    have made
    3.   ?    did
    4.   ?    had done
89. You are drinking your third cup of coffee. How many cups _____ a day?
    1.   ?    did you drink
    2.   ?    you drink
    3.   ?    do you drink
    4.   ?    have you drunk