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32. I___ never___ to Cambridge, but I once ___ Oxford.

A) did / go / visit
B) have / been / visited
C) have / been / had visited
D) was / visiting / had been visiting
E) will / have gone / don’t visit

33. We ___ to wait because the man ___ .

A) told / was questioned
B) were told / questioned
C) were told / is questioned
D) told / was being questioned
E) were told / was being questioned

34. They didn’t know that he ___ from the University in 1990 and

then ___ abroad.
A) had graduated / is working B) graduated / works
C) graduated / was working

D) was graduating / worked

E) had graduated / worked

35. We learned that he ___ the office 5 minutes before he ___ .

A) left / returned

B) had left / returned

C) would leave / returned

D) would have left / came

E) had left / had returned

36. - ___ you ___ him this week?

- Yes, I ___ him on Sunday.
A) did / see / saw

B) did / see / have seen

C) have / seen / see

D) do / see / saw

E) have / seen / saw

37. I ___ my interview with the vice-president when my daughter

___ me.
A) had / were calling

B) was having / had called

C) have had / called

D) had / called

E) was having / called

38. Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he ___ .

A) had been / has retired

B) had been / had retired

C) was / had retired

D) had been / retired

E) was / retired

39. I went out of the house. It ___ . It ___ for two weeks.

A) rained / was raining
B) had rained / was raining
C) was raining / had been raining
D) had been raining / was raining
E) was raining / rained

40. After long consideration we ___ to the conclusion our behavior

___ .
A) came / had been justified
B) came / will be justified
C) will come / would be justified
D) are coming / will justify
E) has come / are being justified

41. The plan ___ for two hours when he ___ .

A) had been discussed / came
B) is discussed / comes
C) will be discussed / come
D) has been discussed / comes
E) was discussed / would come

42. Christopher Columbus didn’t know where he ___. When he landed

he didn’t know where he ___ when he got back to Spain he didn’t
know where he ___.
A) was sailing / was / had been
B) had sailed / was / was
C) is sailing / had been / has been
D) will be sailing / will be / will have been
E) would sail / hadn’t been / haven’t been

43. That day after Mr. Brown ___ the letter he ___ me to clarify some

details.
A) has studied / phoned

B) studied / phoned

C) had studied / phoned

D) had studied / had phoned

E) studied / is phoning

44. When Christopher Columbus ___ 14 he ___ a sailor.

A) is / became

B) was / became

C) was / becomes

D) are / become

E) were / became

45. When Mr. Brown ___ to the party all the guests ___ at the table.

A) come / sat

B) came / are sitting

C) came / were sitting

D) comes / sit

E) came / had sat

46. Nick ___ he ___ his homework by 4 o’clock.

A) say / has done

B) said / had done

C) says / do

D) said / does

E) said / has done

47. The American ___ the question slowly so that we ___

A) repeated / should understand
B) repeat / understood
C) repeats / would understand
D) repeated / understand
E) repeats / understands

48. My sister ___ in Florida for one year when we ___ to New York.

A) has lived / came

B) have lived / come

C) lived / come

D) had lived / came

E) live / came

49. He came to the writing table and ___ through the letters which

___ for him.
A) look / was waiting

B) looked / were waiting

C) looks / has been waiting

D) looked / waiting

E) looks / are waiting

50. Ann ___ her work by 4 o’clock and ___ shopping.

A) finished / went

B) finishes / will go

C) had finished / went

D) has finished / go

E) will finish / went

51. He ___ he ___ lunch an hour before.

A) say / had

B) said / would have

C) says / shall have

D) said / had

E) said / had had

52. When we ___ the station the train ___ already ___ .

A) reach / has / left

B) reached / had / left

C) reach / was / leaving

D) shall reach / - / left

E) were reaching / were / leaving

53. I knew that she ___ Miss Betsy, because I remembered how my

mother ___ her.
A) was / had described

B) is / described

C) would be / had described

D) had been / described

E) has been / describes

54. She said that Bob ___ as he ___ research work.

A) was busy / was doing

B) was busy / had done

C) was busy / have done

D) was busy / would be doing

E) is busy / will be doing

55. He says he ___ his friend whom he ___ for many years.

A) meets / didn’t see

B) met / hadn’t seen

C) met / haven’t seen

D) will meet / sees

E) meet / doesn’t see

56. That day when we were in the restaurant each one ___ what he

___ .
A) receive / orders

B) received / had ordered

C) is receiving / is ordering

D) will receive / would order

E) is received / is ordered

57. - What ___ you ___ here?

- I ___ for my friend.
- How long ___ you ___ for him?
- For twenty minutes.
A) are / doing / am waiting / have / been waiting
B) do / do / am waiting / do / wait
C) are / doing / wait / have / been waiting
D) have / done / am waiting / are / waiting
E) are / doing / am waiting / are / waiting

58. Julia has overslept again. She is going ___ late to her work. “I had

better ___ a taxi” she thinks.
A) being / take

B) to be / take

C) be / to take

D) to be / to take

E) to be / taking

59. They ___ just ___ and ___ supper now.

A) have / come / are having

B) had / come / are having

C) have / come / is having

D) had / come / had

E) have / come / have

Mixed Tenses

Book 1 Part C