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33. The Browns ___ out of town last Sunday and ___ a good time there.

A) were going/had

B) went/are having

C) went/had

D) are going/were having

E) goes/has

34. Before answering the telephone he ___ down the table.

A) laid

B) was lying

C) had laid

D) lay

E) has laid

35. Who ___ at the meeting yesterday?

A) speak

B) speaks

C) spoke

D) had spoken

E)  will  speak

36. He met me with the bird in his hand. It ___ curiously at me.

A) looks

B) was looking

C) has been looking

D) would look

E) should look

37. Nick ___ yesterday.

A) will not come

B) hadn’t come

C) didn’t come

D) hasn’t come

E) came not

38. I knew that he ___ the same paper each morning.

A) was bought

B) buys

C) is buying

D) bought

E) had bought

39. He asked the children who ___ the book.

A) tore

B) tear

C) tears

D) had torn

E)  will  tear

40. Who ___ on a hike yesterday?

A) did go

B) will go

C) has gone

D) went

E) had went

41. I ___ to do it but I ___ no time. I was very busy.

A) wanted/has

B) want/had have

C) wanted/had

D) would want/have

E) have wanted/shall have

42. - What a luck. I haven’t seen you for ages.

- When ___ we ___ last time?
A) did / meet

B) have / met

C) had / met

D) did / met

E)  will  /  meet

43. In the summer of 1868, Melville Bell ___ on a lecture tour in the

USA and Canada.
A) goes

B) had gone

C)  went

D) have gone

E) has gone

44. He ___ his work before you came.

A) finished

B) finishes

C) has finished

D) had finished

E) finish

45. Why ___ he go to Great Britain last month?

A) did

B) was

C)  will

D) had

E)  has

46. Did you ___ or ___ the potatoes?

A) mince/peeled

B) minced/peeled

C) minced/peeling

D) peels/minced

E) mince/peel

47. When she ___ they ___ and he left the house.

A) had come/quarreled

B) came/quarreled

C) has come/quarreled

D) comes/would quarrel

E) came/had quarreled

48. - Who had left the room by the time I came yesterday?

A) Tom did

B) Tom does

C) Tom had

D) Tom has

E) Tom was

49. Neither your parents nor I ___ very glad of the fact that you failed

your Math exam.
A) has been

B) have been

C) were

D) was

E) are

50. What ___ you ___ at 5 p.m. yesterday?

A) did/do

B) have/been doing

C) would/do

D) were/doing

E) will/do

51. Who ___ to see me last week?

A) comes

B) will come

C) came

D) has come

E) have come

52. They didn’t believe him and ___ to laugh.

A) begin

B) begins

C) began

D) had begun

E) have begun

53. Children didn’t ___ to school because it ___ Sunday.

A) went/was

B) go/were

C) have gone/was

D) gone/was

E) go/was

54. The train ___ at 8.30 p.m. today, but as a rule it ___ at 8.00 p.m.

sharp.
A) has left / starts

B) left / started

C) left / has started

D) has left / has started

E) have left / starts

55. The moon ___ and it ___ surprisingly light at night yesterday.

A) is rising / is

B) rose / was

C) had risen / was

D) was rising / were

E) rose / had been

56. Who ___ him yesterday?

A) has seen

B) did see

C) saw

D) have seen

E) sees

57. He ___ nobody about his secret that day.

A) don’t tell

B) tell

C) didn’t tell

D) told

E) doesn’t tell

Past Tenses

Book 1 Part C