Question

1.As my friend and I _______, my cell phone _______. *
A. are having a gossip - was ringing
B. were having a gossip - rang
C. had a gossip - rang
D. had a gossip - was ringing
2.We should not make the final decision yet since _______ two more meetings in April and May. *
A. there will have been
B. there had been
C. there are to be
D. there have been
3.My application came too late. By the time it reached the Agency, all the funds _______ distributed. *
A. were being
B. have been
C. had been
D. would have been
4.Without any warning he _______ the boy on the chest. 
A. striked
B. stroke
C. stroked
D. struck
 
5.I was rather surprised seeing Mr Salt's name on the list because he _______ invited. Last time he got drunk and offended our Chinese visitors. *
A. was not being
B. was not to be
C. wouldn't have been
D. wouldn't be
6.Both witnesses, who were giving widely conflicting accounts of the incident, _______ on one important detail: the driver of the van was a young woman in a baseball cap. *
A. didn't agree
B. had agreed
C. have been agreeing
D. did agree
7.With trembling hands I _______ both ends of the rope together, hoping it would be strong enough to hold two people. *
A. knot
B. have knot
C. knotted
D. have been knotting
8.Even in the first few months the language was not a problem as he _______ it since his student days. *
A. had studied
B. was studying
C. has been studying
D. studied

Answer 1

1.As my friend and I _______, my cell phone _______. *
A. are having a gossip - was ringing
B. were having a gossip - rang
C. had a gossip - rang
D. had a gossip - was ringing
2.We should not make the final decision yet since _______ two more meetings in April and May. *
A. there will have been
B. there had been
C. there are to be
D. there have been
3.My application came too late. By the time it reached the Agency, all the funds _______ distributed. *
A. were being
B. have been
C. had been
D. would have been
4.Without any warning he _______ the boy on the chest. 
A. striked
B. stroke
C. stroked
D. struck
 
5.I was rather surprised seeing Mr Salt's name on the list because he _______ invited. Last time he got drunk and offended our Chinese visitors. *
A. was not being
B. was not to be
C. wouldn't have been
D. wouldn't be
6.Both witnesses, who were giving widely conflicting accounts of the incident, _______ on one important detail: the driver of the van was a young woman in a baseball cap. *
A. didn't agree
B. had agreed
C. have been agreeing
D. did agree
7.With trembling hands I _______ both ends of the rope together, hoping it would be strong enough to hold two people. *
A. knot
B. have knot
C. knotted
D. have been knotting
8.Even in the first few months the language was not a problem as he _______ it since his student days. *
A. had studied
B. was studying
C. has been studying
D. studied