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1. 1879 the year when Albert Einstein
born.
a) is / is b) had been / was
c) was / had been d) was / was
2. Who she a letter to this morning?
a) was / writing b) was / written
c) does / write d) has / writing
3. He off his jumper because he was hot.
a) took b) was taking c) had been taking
d) has taken
4. The shop where I my jacket from is
closing down.
a) bought b) buy
c) am buying d) had bought
5. A: What time you school today?
B: At four o'clock.
a) have / left b) does / leave
c) did / leave d) are / leave
6. At half past six last night we dinner.
a) are having b) were having
c) have d) had had
7. The food so spicy I couldn't eat it.
a) is b) has been c) had been d) was
8. They the airport as soon as they had
collected their luggage.
a) left b) were leaving
c) are leaving d) had left
9. First, he had dinner, then he the
newspaper.
a) read b) was reading c) had read
d) reads
10. The Rosens abroad for fifteen years
before they moved back to England.
a) had lived b) have lived
c) were living d) have been living
11. Peter to his favourite CD when Paul
in.
a) was listening / came
b) listened / was coming
c) listened / had come
d) had been listening / came
12. Valerie the beds while Mark the
floor.
a) was making / was sweeping
b) was making / swept
c) made / had swept
d) had been making / swept
13. Mary the house by the time it
started to rain.
a) reached b) had reached
c) was reaching d) had been reaching
14. George never eat vegetables when
he was a teenager.
a) didn't use to b) uses to
c) used to d) has been used to
15. I the ambulance siren wailing as I
was walking through the city centre.
a) heard b) was hearing
c) had been hearing d) had heard
16. She a book all night and was very
sleepy the next morning.
a) is reading b) had been reading
c) was reading d) will read
17. Rachel was watering the plants while
her children in the garden.
a) was playing b) were playing
c) had played d) played
18. She her leg so she couldn't go
water-skiing.
a) was breaking b) had broken
c) broken d) had broke
19. Did they travel a lot when they were
first married?
a) using to b) used to
c) use to d) have used to
20. They a table before they went to
the restaurant.
a) are reserving b) had reserved
c) were reserving d) have reserved
21. We for an hour before we found the
perfect picnic spot.
a) had been driving b) have been driving
c) were driven d) were driving
22. Joan and Tim had their first baby five
years .
a) since b) ago c) before d) now
23. By the time she to the bus station,
the bus had already left.
a) was getting b) gets c) got d) had got
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24. This time last Sunday I at my friend's
party.
a) danced b) was dancing
c) had danced d) had been dancing
25. He said that he call me the next day.
a) will b) would c) is going to d) had
26. He asked me if Susie reading his
book.
a) had finished b) was finished
c) finish d) finished
27. He said that he hungry and to
make himself a sandwich.
a) was / was going
b) had been / had gone
c) has been / went
d) was being / was going
28. A: What did Alison say?
B: She said that she pick up the children
on her way home.
a) has b) would c) was d) had
29. We allowed to stay up till midnight
last Friday.
a) were b) will be
c) have been d) had been
30. I them to go sailing with us this
summer.
a) invite b) was inviting
c) invited d) had been inviting
31. He took the knife away from the child
and that it was dangerous.
a) explained b) was explaining
c) explains d) had explained
32. She denied that she the suspect.
a) knew b) knows
c) was known d) has known
33. The burglars out of the bank only to
find themselves surrounded by the police.
a) ran b) are running c) had run d) were
running
34. By 2008, Katie six countries in
Europe.
a) had already been visiting
b) already visited
c) was already visiting
d) had already visited
35. The children were cold. They in the
snow all afternoon.
a) had played b) had been playing
c) were playing d) played
36. This time last week, I an exam.
a) sat b) had sat c) had been sitting d) was
sitting
37. Lucy was gardening Adam was
painting the kitchen.
a) when b) as soon as c) after d) while
38. Paul an expensive mountain bike last
year.
a) was buying b) had bought c) bought
d) had been buying
39. He tennis every day during the
summer holidays.
a) is playing b) had played c) had been
playing d) played
40. While Matthew was fixing the window, he
off the ladder.
a) fell b) was falling c) had fallen
d) had been falling
41. It was a chilly evening. A strong wind
and clouds were covering the sky.
a) was blowing b) blew
c) had blown d) had been blowing
42. They for three hours before they found
the house.
a) have walked b) had been walking
c) walked d) were walking
43. By the time they arrived at the beach, it
to rain.
a) was starting b) started c) had started
d) had been starting
44. Jim was tidying up in the kitchen while
Jen the dog.
a) is feeding b) was feeding
c) has been feeding d) had been feeding
45. Dave in Manchester for several years
before he decided to move to London.
a) will have worked
b) had been working
c) has worked
d) was working
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46. There was no lemonade left because the

girls it all.
a) had been drinking b) had drunk c) are
drinking d) were drinking
47. Erie was sunburnt because he on the
beach for six hours.
a) had been sitting b) has been sitting
c) has sat d) was sitting
48. When I was a child. I go to the cinema
on Sundays.
a) use to b) used
c) would d) get used to
49. What at 10 o'clock last night?
a) have you done b) were you doing
c) had you done d) had you been doing
50. Pierre as a chef for five years, then he
opened his own restaurant.
a) was working b) has been working
c) had worked d) worked

51. She in that house for ten years before

she decided to move.
a) had been living b) has been living
c) lives d) is living

52. I Debbie today while I in the park.

a) was seeing / walked
b) saw / had been walking
c) saw / was walking
d) was seeing / walked