1. By the time they arrived at the beach, it ….. to rain.
A. was starting B. started C. had started D. had been starting
2. By 2012, Sandra ….. ten countries in Europe.
A. had already been visiting B. was already visiting C. already visited D. had already visited
3. They ….. for two hours before they found the house.
A. have walked B. had been walking C. walked D. are walking
4. The children were cold. They ….. in the snow all afternoon.
A. had played B. had been playing c. were playing D. played
5. 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
6. This time last week, I ….. an exam.
A. sat B. had sat C. had been sitting D. was sitting
7. While Arnold was fixing the window, he ….. off the ladder.
A. fell B. was falling C. had fallen D. had been falling
8. Lucy was gardening ….. Adam was painting the kitchen.
A. when B. as soon as C. after D. while
9. Mark ….. tennis every day during the summer holidays.
A. is playing B. had played C. had been playing D. played
| 10. Matthew ….. an expensive mountain bike last year.
A. was buying B. had bought C. bought D. had been buying
11.I’m sure we ….. the match tomorrow.
A. will be winning B. are going to win C. are winning D. will win
12. I expect we ….. there in half an hour.
A. are being B. will be C. are D. will have been
13. Paul ….. in Oxford for five years by the end of the month.
A. will be working B. will have been working C. will work D. is going to work
14. I ….. see the Picasso exhibition at the National Gallery tomorrow.
A. am going to B. will have gone to C. will be going to D. will go to
15. It’s really cold today. I think it ….. .
A. will be snowing B. is going to snow C. will snow D. will have been snowing
16. Andrew ….. sixteen years old on May 1st.
A. is being B. is going to be C. will be D. will have been
17. This time next week, I ….. to Jamaica.
A. fly B. will be flying C. will fly D. am going to fly
18. He ….. to Paris by the time I arrive in London.
A. will have flown B. will be flying C. is going to fly D. will have been flying
19. A young girl ….. by a firefighter yesterday.
A. is rescued B. was rescued C. has been rescued D. had been rescued
20. I don’t like ….. what to do.
A. telling B. to tell C. being told D. been told
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