Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks: I'm going out now. If anybody ________ (phone) while I _______ (be)out, can you take a message?
A. will phone .... will be
B. phoned ... was
C. is phoning ... am
D. phones ... am
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. We can't disturb him now. He ____.
A. operate
B. will operate
C. has operated
D. is operating
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. I __________ my teeth every morning.
A. Brushing
B. Brush
C. Brushes
D. To brush
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I expect you . . . . . . . . bored with working at the Post Office by this time next year and . . . . . . . . for a more interesting job.
A. have become
B. will have looked
C. were becoming
D. are going to look
E. will have become
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Put the verb into the correct form: ' _______ (you/go) out last night?' 'No, 1 was too tired.'
A. Have you gone
B. Did you go
C. Had you gone
D. Do you go
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The fisherman . . . . . . . . more fish in one night than ever before, so when they anchored in the harbour, they . . . . . . . . with joy at the thought of their reward.
A. had been catching/will sing
B. will have caught/sang
C. had caught/were singing
D. caught/have been singing
E. have caught/will be singing
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Because you . . . . . . . . half of the ingredients as I . . . . . . . ., you probably aren't hungry at all now.
A. were eating/have prepared
B. have eaten/prepared
C. have been eating/prepare
D. ate/was preparing
E. eat/have been preparing
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Choose appropriate option to fill in the blank:I was born in London but I ___________ (grow) up in the north of England.
A. have grew
B. grew
C. am growing
D. had grown
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. I ______him three months ago.
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Because I . . . . . . . . a long way from my work, I . . . . . . . . lots of time going to and from work.
A. live/waste
B. lived/have wasted
C. have been living/wasted
D. am living/have been wasting
E. was living/am wasting
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. She ________ a sweater last Tuesday.
A. buys
B. bought
C. is buying
D. will buy
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. A: Why are you late? B: I ________ on the wrong bus.
A. get
B. got
C. am getting
D. will get
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Tony is a wonderful singer; his mother tells me that he . . . . . . . . professionally since she was four.
A. has sung
B. was singing
C. is singing
D. has been singing
E. sings
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence: The popular belief is that it is an endless stretch ofsand where no rain _______(fall) and, therefore no vegetation grows.
A. is falling
B. was falling
C. falls
D. fall
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Complete the sentence with the most appropriate option: There is a hole at the bottom of the boat. A lot of water is coming in through the hole.The boat __________(sink)unless we stop the water from flowing into it.
A. is going to sinking
B. will go to sink
C. will sink
D. is sinking
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Which tense is formed by using "was/were + verb (ing)" ?
A. Past Indefinite
B. Past Continuous
C. Past Perfect
D. Present Perfect
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Fill in the blank with a suitable option: "What ___________ you to do?" "She (the doctor) told me to stay in bed for a few days."
A. will she tell
B. did she tell
C. is she going to tell
D. does she tell
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The swimmer . . . . . . . . to be in difficulty, but he . . . . . . . . to reach the shore in the end.
A. seemed
B. managed
C. seems
D. has managed
E. seemed
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When Sakura . . . . . . . . at the theatre, Shannon was really angry because he . . . . . . . . for her for more than an hour.
A. had arrived/was waiting
B. arrived/was waiting
C. had been arriving/was waiting
D. was arriving/waited
E. arrived/had been waiting
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. After a thorough examination the patient ____ home.
A. was sent
B. were sent
C. are sent
D. to send
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