31. Since both teams __________ exceptionally well recently, no one knew what _________ from the match.
a. are playing/to be expecting b. have played/ having expected
c. play/ to have expected d. had been playing/to expect
32. When ________ house, we asked the owner of the car in front of the building _________ his vehicle so
that the van carrying our possessions could park there.
a. moving/to move b. having moved/ moving
c. to be moving/ move d. to move/having moved
33. It took me so long ___________ home that some of the flowers I had bought earlier in the day had
dropped so much that even _________ them in water couldn’t revive them.
a. getting/to have put b. to be getting/ to put
c. to get/ putting d. to have got/ having put
34. _________twice, he didn’t want to try again.
a. Fail b. Failing c. Having failed d. To fail
35. While Tom __________ , Amely____________a documentary on TV.
a. was reading / was watching b. read/watches
c. read/watched d. reads/watching
36. Marvin __________ home, ____________on the computer and __________his emails.
a. come/ switching/ check b. came / switched / checked
c. coming/switch/checking d. coming/ switched/ checked
37. The thief _____________into the house, _________ the jewels and ___________ without a trace.
a. sneaked /stole / left b. sneaking/stolen/ leave
c. sneaks/ stole/leave d. have sneaked/stolen/ left
38. Nobody ____________while the teacher ______________the tenses.
a. listen/explain b. listening/is explaining
c. listened / was explaining d. listens/was explaining
39. While we __________a sight-seeing tour, our friends _____________ on the beach.
a. doing/ lie b. have done/lied c. were doing – were lying d. do/ lying
40. He __________in the country for ten years when he first __________to London.
a. has lived/ come b. had lived /came c. lived/ came d. lives/ came