In the World of Grammar

1. How long ___________ for you report before I came? - For two hours.
were you preparing
had you been preparing
did you prepare
had you prepared
2. At the age of twenty my father ________ work and study.
was combining
had been combining
combined
had combined
3. He _______ home by six o'clock yesterday.
had come
came
had been coming
was coming
4. When I _______ him this morning, he _______ ice-cream.
saw, ate
saw, was eating
was seeing, had been eating
had seen, had eaten
5. This little boy _______ a crocodile.
had never seen
never saw
has never seen
was never seeing
6. What __________ at six o'clock yesterday?
had you been doing
were you doing
did you do
had you done
7. I _______ to the Caucasus two years ago.
went
had gone
was going
goes
8. They ___________ down the river for many hours before they came to the village.
were sailing
had sailed
had been sailing
sailed
9.Hardly I _______ out, when it _______ raining.
went,started
was going, had started
had gone, started
had been going, started
10. It _______ for two hours more before it stopped.
had been raining
had rained
was raining
rained
11. He _______ for Moscow yesterday.
was leaving
left
had left
had been leaving
12. Kate _______ for her husband for four hours when he came at last.
had waited
waited
was waiting
had been waiting
13. What _______, when _______ to him yesterday?
was he studying, came
did he study, came
had he been studying, was coming
had he studied, came
14. What text _______ yesterday?
did he translate
had he translated
had he been translating
was he translating
15. They _______ from America.
had just returned
have just returned
just returned
was just returning
16. You are out of breath. You _______?
had you been running
have you been running
are you running
were you running
17. He said that he _______ to phone his friend.
forgot
was forgetting
had forgotten
has forgotten
18. _______ late for the appointment yesterday?
did he be
had he been
was he
has he been
19. He _______ to spend his summer vacation in the South last year.
went
is going
was going
had been going
20. He _______ into the room, _______ something and went away.
had come, took
came, took
came, was taking
came, had taken

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