Question 19 : Many of the people who attended Major Gordon's funeral_____him

for many years.

A. didn't see             B. wouldn't see         C. haven't seen         D. hadn't seen

Question 20 : Seeing Peter's handwriting on the envelope, she_____the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.

A. was tearing          B. tore                     C. had tom               D. has tom

Question 21 : We were both very excited about the visit, as we_____each other for ages.

A. never saw            B. didn't see             C. hadn't seen          D. haven't seen

Question 22 : What made you think he_____in the Royal Air Force?

A. must have to be    B. had been              C. was being            D. had had to be

Question 23 : Without turning my head in the direction of the gate I_____a small

object just under the fence.

A. spotted                B. had spotted          C. have spotted        D. was spotted

Question 24 : With just one exception, the report says, each of the trees that was cut down_____very expensive treatment for periods of up to ten years.

A. had to be undergone                            B. was undergone

C. has undergone                                     D. had undergone

Question 25 : They_____married for two years or so when Roy enployed a very

attractive Indian secretary in his Glasgow office.

A. only have been     B. were only            C. have only been    D. had only been

Question 13 : I wasn't sure how Belinda would react because I_____her long.

A. didn't know                                          B. wasn't knowing

C. hadn't been knowing                            D. hadn't known

Question 14 : I wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he_____.

A. was already left                                    B. already left

C. had already been leaving                     D. had already left

Question 15 : When we_____to the airport, I realized that I_____my passport at home.

A. got - had left        B. got - was left        C. got - left              D. had got - had left

Question 16 : He_____the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.

A. hold                     B. held                     C. has been holding  D. has held

Question 17 : When I met Walters about two years before his death he didn't seem satisfied. He_____no major book since he settled in Uganda.

A. has published                                       B. could have published

C. published                                             D. had published

Question 18 : Throughout the campaign we_____our candidate's photographs on

the walls of public buildings, hoping to attract women's votes.

A. have been hanging                                                               B. hanged

C. hung                                                    D. have hung

Question 6 : I_____out last night but at the last minute I_____that I had a quiz

this morning

A. was going - realized                            B. went - realized

C. had gone - would realize                      D. would go — have realized

Question 7 : She hasn't paid as much attention to her children as she_____ since she_____working.

A. does - starts                                         B. did - started

C. was doing - was starting                      D. has done - would start

Question 8 : My brother_____at the road when he_____into a hole.

A. wasn't looking - was falling                  B. didn't look - has fallen

C. wasn't looking - fell                             D. won't look - fall

Question 9 : Magellan_____the first European who_____through the strait.

A. was - was sailing                                 B. was being - was sailing

C. had been - sailed                                  D. was - sailed

Question 10 : The first self-sufficient village in Britain_____the Norman's idea.

They were some strange invaders who_____to change the country in a better way.

A. was - hoped                                         B. is - have hoped

C. have been - were hoping                      D. was being - had hoped

Question 11 : Linda only_____the film after she_____the book.

A. understood - read                                 B. understood - had read

C. had understood - read                          D. understood - was reading

Question 12 :_____you ever_____on TV before you_____in this reality show?

A. Had ... appeared - took part                  B. Have ... appeared - took part

C. Did ... appear - had taken part              D. Would ... appear - took part

Exercise 12 : Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 1 : We_____to the hospital to visit Mike when he_____to say that he was fine.

A. were driving - was calling                    B. drove - called

C. were driving - called                            D. drove - was calling

Question 2 : What_____to you on Sunday night?

A. happen                B. happened             C. was happening     D. would happen

Question 3 : Last night, we_____for you for ages but you never_____up.

A. waited - showed                                   B. would wait - showed

C. were waiting - were showing                D. waited - was showing

Question 4 : We_____our quality time when the unexpected guest_____.

A. had - came                                           B. were having - came

C. had been having - came                       D. have had - would have come

Question 5 : Since they_____us they_____to visit us last Sunday, we_____forward to the day.

A. were telling - came - looked                 B. would tell - would visit - would look

C. told - would come - were looking         D. tell - are coming - will look

Question 46 : Although at that time my knowledge of German was very poor, I _____most of what they said.

A. understood                                           B. have understood

C. managed to understand                        D. didn’t understand

Question 47 : We watched the film The Godfather last night. We had seen the film about 3 times before but we watched it again because John_____it.

A. had been seeing   B. had never seen     C. have never seen   D. have been eating

Question 48 : We_____for nearly 100 kilometres before we finally found a service

station we could stop at.

A. had driven           B. have been driving C. had been driving  D. have driven

Question 49 : I_____a student in Moloxop School in 1998.

A. was                     B. were                    C. to be                    D. to was

Question 50 : When I got home I realised that while I_____someone had stolen my wallet.

A. had walked          B. have been walking                               C. have walked  D. had been walking