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

Question 41 : They_____at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.

A. were waiting        B. will be learning    C. had been waiting  D. are learning

Question 42 : We_____for her ring for two hours and then we found it in the

bathroom.

A. had been looking  B. were looking        C. will be learning    D. have been learning

Question 43 : Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he_____in the rain too long.

A. was singing         B. will be learning    C. is singing             D. had been singing

Question 44 : When police were investigating the road accident, they discovered that the driver_____two road accidents before.

A. had been involved in                            B. had been being involved in

C. will be involving in                             D. will have involved in

Question 45 : They_____anyone while they were walking home because it was raining.

A. weren’t seeing     B. hadn’t see            C. didn’t see            D. weren’t seen

Question 36 : I agree that while the soup was OK, the meat was too dry - we_____

it about 20 minutes too long.

A. had roasted          B. roast                    C. had roast             D. have been roasting

Question 37 : At this time last night while people were talking to each other, he_____his book.

A. was reading         B. is reading             C. have read             D. reads

Question 38 : While we_____in the park, Mary fell over.

A. ran                      B. are running          C. had been running D. were running

Question 39 :_____I was listening to music, I heard the doorbell.

A. When                  B. While                  C. If                         D. Because

Question 40 : How long_____English before she went to London?

A. did she learn        B. had she been learning

C. have she learnt     D. was she learning

Question 31 : They_____for five years when they finally had a child.

A. will have been married                         B. had been married

C. have married                                        D. will be marrying

Question 32 : When she_____her work, she_____to the cinema.

A. finished - had gone                              B. was finishing - had been going

C. had finished - went                              D. had been finishing - was going

Question 33 : At the time of our first meeting there was a considerable difference between me and him; he_____articles in magazines for over five years while I was practically unknown.

A. had been publishing                             B. was publishing

C. has been publishing                             D. published

Question 34 : The house_____to the ground by the time the firemen_____

A. burned - had arrived                             B. had burned - arrived

C. was burning – arrived                          D. burned - was arriving

Question 35 : I_____the accident when I was waiting for the taxi.

A. saw                     B. was seeing           C. had been seeing   D. have seen

Question 26 : The secretary_____until she_____her work.

A. hadn’t left - finish                                 B. don’t leave - had finished

C. didn’t leave - had finished                    D. wasn’t leaving - finished

Question 27 : The teacher asked the boy why he_____his homework.

A. have done            B. did                      C. have been doing   D. hadn’t done

Question 28 : She_____the letter when she_____she_____it to the wrong address.

A. posted - had realized - sent                   B. had posted - realized - had sent

C. was posting - realized - had sent           D. have posted - had realized - had sent

Question 29 : Hardly_____a mile when it had a flat tyre.

A. had the car gone   B. did the car go       C. had the car go      D. do the car go

Question 30 : The weather_____far worse than we_____.

A. is - have expected                                                                B. was - was expected

C. was - have been expecting                   D. was - had expected

Question 21 : At 8.am yesterday they_____dinner while we_____TV.

A. will be having - will be watching          B. were having - were watching

C. are having - are watching                     D. will have had - will have watched

Question 22 : When I went out, the sun_____.

A. will be shining     B. is shining             C. was shining         D. had been shining

Question 23 : We_____to the station when it_____to rain.

A. were walking - began                           B. had been walking - began

C. have been walking - begins                  D. will be walking - begin

Question 24 : The servant dropped two cups while she_____up last night.

A. is washing                                           B. had been washing

C. have been washing                              D. was washing

Question 25 : Almost everybody_____by the time we arrived.

A. have been leaving                                B. had left                C. was leaving   D. have left

Question 16 : I and my mom_____comic at this time last night.

A. read                     B. had been reading  C. have read             D. were reading

Question 17 : At lO.pm last night, my younger brother_____games online.

A. had been playing  B. was playing         C. will be playing     D. have been playing

Question 18 : People_____all trees along the streets at this time two years ago.

A. are planting                                          B. will have been planting

C. were planting                                       D. will be planting

Question 19 : She_____her homework at this time yesterday morning?

A. Was-doing           B. Had - been doing C. Do-do                  D. Will - be doing

Question 20 : They_____dinner when we_____.

A. had - was coming                                 B. had had - came

C. come - will be coming                         D. were having - came

Question 11 : He_____a cup of coffee every morning many years ago.

A. have been drinking                              B. drank

C. had drunk                                            D. was drinking

Question 12 : Yesterday she_____to pay me for my helping her but I didn’t accept.

A. will offer             B. was offering         C. had offered          D. offered

Question 13 : There_____a lot of grass in the garden last summer.

A. had been              B. were                    C. have been            D. will be

Question 14 : It’s time we_____something to help him.

A. will do                 B. had done              C. did                      D. was doing

Question 15 : Mr Brown_____in Paris when the Second World War broke out.

A. lived                    B. was_____living    C. had lived             D. will live