Use the correct form of verbs in brackets 

1. That book (lie) .... on the table for week . You ( not read ) ...it yet 
2. You (be) ..... here before ? Yes, I (spend) .... my holidays here last year 
3. We never (meet) ..... him. We don't know what he ( look) .... like 
4. The car (be ) .... ready for him by the time he (come) ...... tomorrow 
5.  On arriving at home I (find ) ...... that she just ( leave) .... a few minutes before 
6. when we ( arrive) .... in London tonight, it probably ( rain ) ......
7. It ( rain ) .... hard . we can't do anything until it ( stop) ....
8. Last night we ( watch) .... tv when the power (fail).....
9. That evening we (stay).....up to talk about the town where he ( live ) ....for some years
10. I ( sit).... down for a rest while the shoes ( repair).....
11. Half way to the office paul ( turn) .... round and (go)..... back home because he ( forget) to turn the gas off 
12. London ( change ) a lot since we first ( come ) ..... to live here 
13. While we ( talk) ..... on the phone the children ( start) ..... fighting and (break) ..... a window 
14. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) in his life 
15. You know she ( stand)... looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes 
16. I ( spend) ... a lot of time travelling since I ( get).... this new  job 

1 when I last saw him, he .... in London 
A has lived           B is living              C was living         D has been living  
2 we .....  Dorothy  since last Saturday 
A don't see           B haven't seen      C didn't see         D hadn't seen 
3 the train ..... half an hour ago 
A has been leaving B left                   C has left             D had left 
4 jack ....... the door 
A has just painted   B paint               C  will have painted   D painting 
5 my sister ...... for you since yesterday 
A is looking        B was looking  C has been looking   D looked 
6 I ....... texas state university now 
A am attending       B attend     C was attending D attended 
7 he has been selling motorbikes ......
A ten years ago     B since ten years    c for ten years ago     D for ten years 
8 Christopher Columbus .....  America more than 500 years ago 
A discovered          B has discovered   C had discovered   D had been discovering 
9 he fell down when he .... towards the church 
A rub         B runs        C was running    D had run 
10 we ...... there when our father died 
A still lived         B lived still     C was still lived    D were still living 

Use the correct form of verbs in brackets 

1. That book (lie) .... on the table for week . You ( not read ) ...it yet 
2. You (be) ..... here before ? Yes, I (spend) .... my holidays here last year 
3. We never (meet) ..... him. We don't know what he ( look) .... like 
4. The car (be ) .... ready for him by the time he (come) ...... tomorrow 
5.  On arriving at home I (find ) ...... that she just ( leave) .... a few minutes before 
6. when we ( arrive) .... in London tonight, it probably ( rain ) ......
7. It ( rain ) .... hard . we can't do anything until it ( stop) ....
8. Last night we ( watch) .... tv when the power (fail).....
9. That evening we (stay).....up to talk about the town where he ( live ) ....for some years
10. I ( sit).... down for a rest while the shoes ( repair).....
11. Half way to the office paul ( turn) .... round and (go)..... back home because he ( forget) to turn the gas off 
12. London ( change ) a lot since we first ( come ) ..... to live here 
13. While we ( talk) ..... on the phone the children ( start) ..... fighting and (break) ..... a window 
14. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) in his life 
15. You know she ( stand)... looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes 
16. I ( spend) ... a lot of time travelling since I ( get).... this new  job 

Use the correct form of verbs in brackets 
1. In all the world, there (be)..... only 14 mountains that (reach) .......above 8,000 meters 
2. He sometimes ( come ) ...... to see his parents 
3. When I (come)....... she (leave)......... for Dalat ten minutes ago 
4. My grandfather never (fly )........ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so 
5. We just (decide) ...... that we (undertake) the job 
6.He told me that he ( take) ...... a trip to California the following week 
7. I knew that this road (be) ..... to narrow 
8  Right now I (attend)  ....... class.Yesterday at this time I (attend)...class 
9. Tomorrow I'm going to leave for home. When I (arrive).... at the airport, Mary (wait)....for me 
10. Margaret was born in 1950. By the year 2005, she ( live)....... on this earth for 55 years 
11.  The traffic was very heavy. By the time I ( get) ..... to Mary's party, everyone already (arrive) .....
12. I will graduate in June . I (see) you in July. By the time I (see)...you, I (graduate)... 
13. I (visit)..... my uncle's home many times when I (be)....... a child 
14.  That book (lie) ....... on the table for week. You (not read) ....... it yet 
15. David (wash).......... his hands. He just (repair)................. the TV set