I . . . . . . . . to play the lottery about two years ago, but I . . . . . . . . anything yet.
A. was starting/didn't win
B. started/haven't won
C. start/haven't been winning
D. have started/don't win
E. am starting/wasn't winning
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The French Revolution _________ about 200 years ago.
A. had happened
B. happen
C. happening
D. happened
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For most of the time throughout the picnic, the boys . . . . . . . . football while the girls . . . . . . . . flowers.
A. will play/have been picking
B. are playing/have been picking
C. have played/are picking
D. were playing/were picking
E. had been playing/have picked
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Use one of the following verbs to complete the sentence. believe / make / tell / translateA liar is someone who ____ the truth.
A. do not believe
B. does not tell
C. does not translate
D. do not make
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Complete the sentence using appropriate tense: There's no need to take an umbrella with you. It __________ rain.
A. isn't
B. won't
C. hasn't
D. haven't
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. I'm tired, so I ________ to bed.
A. went
B. have gone
C. am going
D. had gone
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Fill in the blank with the most suitable form of the verb: I ___ (not / like) flying.
A. don't like
B. doesn't like
C. didn't like
D. wasn't like
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Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. We ____ married when I _____eighteen and Roger____twenty.
A. Are / was / was
B. Are / is / was
C. Were / was / was
D. Are / am / was
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The history exam __________ given next Friday.
A. was
B. will be
C. were
D. are
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My brother . . . . . . . . a new BMW and ever since then, he . . . . . . . . about it.
A. was buying/bragged
B. is buying/is bragging
C. has bought/brags
D. buys/has bragged
E. bought/has been bragging
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The hikers . . . . . . . . so tired by the time they . . . . . . . . the top of the hill that I'm sure they'll first want to sit down for a rest.
A. will have got/reach
B. are getting/will have reached
C. had got/reached
D. have got/are reaching
E. were getting/had reached
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The orders were that we . . . . . . . . the area within hours to prevent further loss of life.
A. had evacuated
B. have to evacuate
C. will have evacuated
D. shall have to evacuate
E. had to evacuate
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Read what Sharon says about a typical working day:Sharon: I usually get up at 7 o'clock and have a big breakfast. I walk to work, which takes me about half an hour. I start work at 8:45. I never have lunch. I finish work at 5 o'clock. I 'm always tired when I get home. I usually cook a meal in the evening. I don't usually go out. I go to bed at about 11 o' clock. I always sleep well.Yesterday was not a typical working day for Sharon. Complete the sentence which describes how her day went yesterday: ________ out yesterday evening.
A. She hasn't gone
B. She didn't go
C. She won't go
D. She went
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Replace the underlined verb with the correct verb form, if necessary: This sauce is great. It's tasting really good.
A. has tasted
B. tastes
C. has been tasting
D. no change
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While my parents . . . . . . . . in the shopping centre, a thief . . . . . . . . into their car for the radio.
A. shopped/has broken
B. were shopping/broke
C. have shopped/breaks
D. are shopping/was breaking
E. shop/is breaking
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Choose the correct word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.He cannot meet the classes today because he ____.
A. is ill
B. have illness
C. had been sick
D. will be ill
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Chinese merchants . . . . . . . . trade in Tibet since 1950, when China . . . . . . . . the country.
A. dominate/was invading
B. were dominating/has invaded
C. will have dominated/had invaded
D. had dominated/will be invading
E. have dominated
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Fill in the blank with correct form of verb:Mary ____ to Australia for a while but she's back again now. (go)
A. went
B. is going
C. will go
D. have gone
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By the 16th century, Austria . . . . . . . . so large that its emperor . . . . . . . . all of modern Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Spain as well as parts of Italy and Yugoslavia.
A. has become/ruled
B. was becoming/has ruled
C. was going to become/rule
D. had become/was ruling
E. becomes/has been ruling
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. A: I've planned my future for the next five years. B: That is very clever of you. What _________ when you retire?
A. will you do
B. are you doing
C. have done
D. do you do
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