1. Do you like reading?

- Yes , I _________________
have already read ten books this year (ALREADY

READ).

2. A few days ago Dad _____________________

parked his car in front of a No Parking sign

and ___________________
rushed into the shop. When he ______________________
came out

ten minutes later the car was no longer there. He_____________________

wondered if

someone had stolen

________________________ it or if the police

_________________________
had taken it away. (PARK, RUSH, COME, WONDER, STEAL,

TAKE)

3. For the last two years he _________________________a

has been writting history of the American

Civil War.(WRITE)

4. You look very upset. - What _______________________

happened ? (HAPPEN).

5. When we arrived at the stadium, the match ____________________________

had already started

(ALREADY START)

6. When we went to see them last night they _____________________

were playing cards. They said
had been playing
they ______________________cards since six o'clock.(PLAY, PLAY)

7. I am so sorry that I _____________________

had to leave the party so early yesterday

because I ________________________
really enjoyed / was really enjoying myself (HAVE,REALLY ENJOY)

8. Can't you hear? - Someone ________________________

has knocked at the door . -

__________________
Have you answered it? - No, I _________________________
am going in a minute. - I

___________________________________
have just stepped out of the bath (KNOCK, YOU ANSWER,

GO, JUST STEP).

9. The boys _______________________
were playing cards when they heard their father's steps. At

once, they _______________________

hid the cards and
took
__________________________ out their workbooks (PLAY, HIDE, TAKE)

10. These workers are never satisfied . They _______________________

are always complaining (ALWAYS

COMPLAIN)

11. ___________________________everything
Do you believe that the newspapers say? - No, I

___________________________any
don't believe of it. - Then why

______________________________
are you reading newspapers at all? (YOU BELIEVE, NOT

BELIEVE, YOU READ)

12. The train was about to depart when the door _____________
opened and two passengers

_____________________
jumped in (OPEN, JUMP)

13. _____________________the
Have you heard wind? - It ___________________________very
is blowing

strongly tonight (YOU HEAR, BLOW)

14. My aunt normally ___________________________

doesn't bake any cakes but today she

____________________
will bake / is baking one because her sister _____________________
arrives tomorrow

(NOT BAKE, BAKE, ARRIVE)

15. The sun________________

rises in the east and _________________
sets in the west (RISE,

SET).

16. I went into the garden to see what the boys ______________________
were doing (DO).

17. Who _______________________to

were you talking when I came in ? - Oh , I ___________________
was / have been

on the phone with my landlord . (YOU TALK, BE)

18. I _________________
get / am getting the results tomorrow morning (GET)
19. I went into Jack's house but I ________________________
didn't find him anywhere. His mother

____________________________what
didn't know he___________________
was doing at that time (NOT

FIND, NOT KNOW, DO)

20. We ____________________
had been waiting for a full hour when the train finally arrived. (WAIT)

21. How long ____________________

have you been driving? - I _______________________for
have been driving over

five years . (YOU DRIVE, DRIVE)

22. When I _______________

left school I _________________
had cut my hair and

__________________
have worn it short ever since. (LEAVE, CUT, WEAR)

23. When I ___________________through

was looking your books I noticed that you have a copy of

Murder in the Cathedral. (LOOK)

24. The plane that you ____________________

are looking at now ______________________
has just taken off for

Paris (LOOK, JUST TAKE)

25. Tom and James ________________

are having a conversation. Please , don't disturb them

!(HAVE)

26. He __________________
was watching the flowers when it _______________to
started rain (WATER,

START).

27. ___________________
Had you ever been here? - Yes, I _________________
spent my holidays here last

year. Did you have a nice time? - No , it _____________________all

rained the time. (YOU

EVER BE, SPEND, RAIN)

28. Jack ___________________

lost his job last year and ______________________
has been out of

work since then (LOSE, BE)

29. Your fingers are brown. You ____________________

have been smoking too much. (BE, SMOKE)
30. What were you doing
____________________________ between 9 and 12 yesterday ? I

___________________the
was cleaning house. (YOU DO, CLEAN)

31. Housewives ___________to

have work very hard (HAVE).

32. I began English learning English

________________ at a secondary school. Then I

___________________
dropped it for a year and __________________
forgot most of it. After that I

____________________two
spent have been studying
years in Cambridge and ____________________it for the

last six months I in London. (LEARN DROP, FORGET, SPEND, STUDY)

33. Her boss ___________________

was looking up at her when she ________________
came in. "You

_____________________
have been late every morning this week", he said (LOOK, COME, BE).

34. In the evenings I often ______________________

play chess with my next door neighbour.

I ___________________
have played chess with him ever since I _____________
came to live here ten

years ago. He __________________here

has been all his life. He ______________________
inherited

this house from his father, another great chess player (PLAY, PLAY, COME, BE,

INHERIT)

35. I hope it ____________________

doesn't rain / is raining when we leave church (NOT RAIN).

36. Since you gave me your number I ___________________you

have phoned four times. (PHONE)

37. __________________________our
Have you ever met president ? (YOU EVER MEET)

38. John came in with a very dirty face and I wondered what he

________________________
had been doing / had done (DO).

39. They ___________________________in

had been living / had lived Liverpool for ten years when I first met them

(LIVE).

40. I ______________________that
have known for years. (KNOW)