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31. When I ___ home, I ___ a friend of mine.

A) was going / met

B) go / meet

C) was going / was meeting

D) are going / meet

E) were going / met

32. I ___ terrible when I ___ that morning.

A) felt / wake up

B) feels / wake up

C) felt / woke up

D) feel / woke up

E) felt / had woken up

33. When they ___ about it there ___ much trouble.

A) finds out / be

B) found out / were

C) is finding out / is

D) find out / will be

E) found out / had been

34. Lane ___ through the morning papers when the telephone ___ .

A) was looking / rang

B) were looking / rang

C) are looking / rung

D) have looked / ring

E) looked / is ringing

35. A ship ___ near the Malta Islands when the men on board ___ a

dolphin in the water.
A) was fishing / noticed

B) fished / noticed

C) was fishing / will notice

D) is fishing / noticed

E) fished / notices

36. How fast ___ you ___ when the accident ___?

A) were / driving / happened

B) did / drive / was happening

C) will / drive / had happened

D) are / driving / will happen

E) - /  drive / happens

37. I ___ my hand when I ___ the dinner.

A) was burning / cooked

B) had burnt / am cooking

C) shall burn / shall cook

D) burnt / was cooking

E) have burnt / cooked

38. We ___ ready when you ___ home.

A) are / will come

B) shall / come

C) shall be / will come

D) shall be / come

E) will be / came

39. Two hours ago when the children ___ in the yard a terrible storm

___ .
A) were playing / began
B) played / began
C) were playing / were beginning
D) played / were beginning
E) play / begins

40. It ___ for three hours when we ___ home.

A) will have been raining / came
B) is raining / come
C) rained / came
D) rains / came
E) had been raining / came

41. While we ___ an article mother ___ dinner.

A) were translated / was cooking
B) were translating / cooked
C) have been translating / is cooking
D) translated / had cooked
E) are translating / was cooking

42. He looked at the carpet while ___ for her answer.

A) to wait

B) be waiting

C) waiting

D) waited

E) having waited

43. While the woman ___ her children quickly passed her and ___

upstairs.
A) was talking / was going

B) was talking / went

C) talks / went

D) were talking / went

E) talked / went

44. I understood that while the student ___ I couldn’t enter the

room.
A) would be examined

B) is examining

C) was examined

D) was being examined

E) is examined

45. While we ___ sightseeing the students ___ the book.

A) went / were reading

B) to go / were reading

C) went / are reading

D) go / were read

E) have gone / have read

46. While you ___ a rest, we ___ the task.

A) were having / did

B) have / do

C) shall have / done

D) have had / did

E) is having / do

47. While he ___ to school his elder brother ___ from the Institute.

His brother is a teacher now.
A) had gone / graduated
B) has been gone / will graduate
C) is going / has been graduating
D) went / graduated
E) goes / graduated

48. ___ while he was having breakfast.

A) He climbed the fence

B) His pen stopped writing

C) He fell off the ladder

D) He bit his tongue

E) He painted the ceiling

49. Mary ___ Nick where he ___ after graduating from the University.

A) asked / works

B) ask / would work

C) ask / worked

D) asked / would work

E) asked / has worked

50. We ___ into the room where the old man ___ . He was seriously

ill.
A) go / lies

B) goes / lie

C) went / is lying

D) went / was lying

E) was going / was lying

51. Mrs. Black ___ into the room where her husband ___ and began

to cry.
A) comes / sits

B) came / was sitting

C) came / sat

D) came / were sitting

E) was coming / sat

52. As soon as he___ to Copenhagen he___ us a letter.

A) get / send

B) gets / sends

C) gets / will send

D) got / should send

E) got / has sent

53. I ___ you as soon as we ___ the contract.

A) shall call / sign

B) call / sign

C) called / sign

D) would call / sign

E) is calling / are signing

54. As soon as I ___ the result I ___ you know.

A) hear / shall let

B) will hear / will let

C) hear / let

D) heard / let

E) have heard / let

55. As soon as the guests ___ we ___ our party.

A) will come / began

B) comes / begin

C) will come / begin

D) come / shall begin

E) come / begin

56. I was in the supermarket. As soon as I ___ for the goods somebody

___ me.
A) paid / would push

B) had paid / pushed

C) have paid / pushed

D) pay / will push

E) have paid / is pushing

57. As soon as we ___ the house we ___ to it.

A) shall build / move

B) build / shall move

C) will build / shall move

D) built / shall move

E) build / move

58. As soon as he ___ to see me, we ___ chess.

A) will come / shall play
B) comes / shall play
C) will come / play
D) comes / play
E) came / play

When - While - Where - As soon as

Book 1 Part C

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400 questions in English Grammar

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