1. ​You cannot see Tom because he ………..…. ​A. is working​ ​B. was working ​C. has been working ​D. had been working 2. ​When we ____

1. ​You cannot see Tom because he ………..….
​A. is working​ ​B. was working
​C. has been working ​D. had been working
2. ​When we _____ to see him last night he ………..…to music.
​A. come / is listening ​B. had come / listened
​C. came / was listening​D. were coming / had listened
3. ​I ………..…here for ten years before you ………..…last week.
​A. have worked / came​B. have been working / come
​C. was working /​D. had been working / came
4. ​These students ………..…hard since the beginning of the school year because they ………..…their graduation exam next May.
​A. studied / are going to take ​B. are studying / will be taking
​C. study / will have taken​D. have been studying / will take​
5. ​I ………..…no difficulty in learning English since I ………..…to learn it six years ago.
​A. have had / began​B. had had / begin
​C. had / has begun​D. am having / begin​
6. . ​A t the moment John ……….…his new car. He ……..… his car on Sundays.
​A. is washing / often washes ​B. was washing / has often washed
​C. has washed / is often washing ​D. washes / often washed ​
7. ​She sometimes ………..… to turn off the computer before she………..…home.
​A. forgot / had gone​B. has forgot / is going
​C. is forgetting / has gone​D. forgets / goes
8. ​They ………..… good preparations before they ………..… their final examination yesterday.
​A. made / had taken​B. had made / took
​C. have made /take​D. will have made / have taken
9. ​By the time Jack………..… with help, we ……..…the work.
​A. comes / finished​B. comes / will have finished
​C. will come / will have​D. came / have finished
10. ​Jane………..… at my house when you………..….
​A. is / will arrive​B. will be / will arrive
​C. will be / arrive​D. was / had arrived
11.​When I ………..…there, the dinner ……….…, so I had a drink first.
​A. get/ is prepared​B. get/ has been prepared
​C. got/ had been prepared​D. got/ was being prepared
12.​ ………..…along Canary Street, I saw a terrible accident.
​A. While walking​B. While I walking
​C. While I had walked​D. To walk
13. ​Smoking………..…bad for our health, so my father ………..… three years ago.
​A. was / stopped smoking​B. is / has stopped smoking
​C. is / stopped smoking​D. is / stopped to smoke
14. ​He ………..…for her for nearly one hour last night before she ………..….
​A. was waiting / came​B. had been waiting / came
​C. has waited / comes​D. waited / will come
15. ​Right now, Jim ……….the newspaper and Kathy ………..…dinner. Last night at this time, they……..the same thing.
​A. is reading / is making / were doing ​B. reads / makes / had done​
​C. has read / has made / are doing ​D. will read / will make / did
16.​My father usually ………..…beer after meals but now he ………..…tea.
​A. drank / was drinking​B. drinks / is drinking
​C. has drunk / drinks​D. drinks / drinks
17. ​Wars ………..… the most terrible. At the moment, wars……….in some places in the world.
​A. are / happened​B. have been / have been happening
​C. were / are happening​D. are / are happening
18.​Since his bicycle ………. stolen last week, he ………. to school by bus.
​A. has been / goes​B. had been / was going
​C. was / has gone​D. was / went
19. ​Right now I ……….TV. Tomorrow at this time, I……….TV as well.
​A. watch / will watch​B. am watching / will be watching
​C. have watched / will have watched ​D. was watching / am going to watch
20. ​We ……….…your son in the school playing last night. He…….a terrific acting job. ​ in a play before that one?
​A. saw/ was doing / Had he ever acted ​B. were seeing/ did/ Has he ever act
​C. had seen/ had done/ Did he ever act ​D. have seen/ has done/ Will he ever act
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Exercise 3: Choose the best option.
It was ten o’clock in the evening. Peter (1. sit) ……
down on the sofa and thought about the day. What a busy day it had been! This was his first night in his own flat. He (2. live) ……his entire life in the family home, and now for the first time, he (3. be) …… on his own. He sat surrounded by boxes that they (4. not manage) …… to unpack during the day. It had taken months to get all his things together. His mother (5. be) …… very generous, buying him things like towels and mugs. He (6. go) …… into the kitchen and got a beer from the fridge. He suddenly (7. feel) …… very tired and yawned. No wonder he (8. be) …… tired. He (9. be) …… up since six o’clock in the morning. He (10. decide) …… to finish his beer and go to bed.
1.​A. has sat​B. sat​C. was sitting​D. had sat
2. ​A. has lived​B. lived​C. was living​D. had lived
3. ​A. is ​B. was​C. has been​D. had been
4. ​A. don’t manage​B. didn’t manage ​C. hasn’t managed D. hadn’t managed
5. ​A. is being​B. was being​C. has been​D. had been
6. ​A. goes​B. went​C. was going​D. had gone
7. ​A. feels​B. felt​C. was feeling​D. had felt
8. ​A. is​B. was​C. has been​D. had been
9. ​A. is​B. had been being ​C. has been ​D. had been
10. ​A. has decided ​B. decided​C. was deciding​D. had decided