1. Question Let the flowers …………………….
not plucked
not be plucked
not be plucking
not been plucked
2. Question You ………………… to lend me your book
are requesting
requested
are requested
have requested
3. Question When you phoned I ………………… in the garden.
am working
was working
have been working
will be working
4. Question I ……………… my homework. What shall I do now?
did
have done
will do
do
5. Question She ……………… as an expert.
regarded
was regarded
will regard
is regarding
6. Question I think my ankle ……………….
broke
is broken
has been broken
Either ‘is broken’ or ‘has been broken’
7. Quetion She ……………… all her childhood in France.
spend
spends
spent
has spent
Question I ………………… Peter yesterday morning and he told me that he was leaving for his native place.
have seen
had seen
saw
seen
9. Question What ………………… at 4 o’clock yesterday evening?
were you doing
are you doing
will you be doing
did you do
10. Question The phone rang while I ………………… dinner.
had
am having
was having
have been having
11. Question She ………………… in Switzerland for ten years when she was a child.
lived
had lived
has lived
was living
12. Question When we were kids we …………………… our own amusements.
were making
made
had made
are making
13. Question I am not worried about the exam. I ………………… enough to pass.
learnt
have learnt
learn
had learnt
14. Question I ……………………… the book for several weeks now.
have been reading
am reading
was reading
read
15. Question This is the first time that I ………………… her act.
see
16. Question It was the fourth time she ………………… in love that year.
was
had been
has been
is
17. Question ‘You look exhausted.’ ‘Yes, I ……………… non-stop until 6 o’clock.’
have been walking
was walking
had been walking
have walked
18. Question How long …………………… music?
are you learning
have you been learning
were you learning
had you been learning
19. Question He wanted to know when ………………….
I was leaving
was I leaving
I will leave
I am leaving
20. Question She ……………… English fairly well, but she has got a strong French accent.
is speaking
speaks
has spoken
would speak