Tenses Test 2

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) When you arrived home, we ______________ lunch. If you had come a bit earlier, we could have had lunch together.

2) Mary ____________ the dishes at the moment.

3) The director never ____________ a break while he ____________ on an important issue.

4) Mr. Brown __________ a capable, dedicated doctor, and his patients have missed him ever since his death.

5) If you ______________ me earlier, I could have helped you.

6) If only ___________ enough money, he would have bought that house.

7) “How long have you been with the company?” “I ___________ there for two years by January.’’

8) Your hair is too long. It’s time ______________ a haircut.

9) Since calculators were first introduced, they ____________ to be useful tools for people weak in mathematics.

10) As soon as he ______________, tell him that I want to see him.

11) The commissioner has assured the crowd that the problem ______________ care of as soon as possible.

12) When he saw the crowd, he regretted that he ______________ his ticket earlier.

13) They ______________ for seven hours when they arrived at the border.

14) She complains that she _________________ headaches.

15) Whenever the safety commission __________ its regulations, there are complaints.

16) When he ____________ from that firm at the end of this month, he ____________ there for 30 years.

17) Unfortunately, the train ________________ by the time I reached the platform.

18) Don’t forget that ______________ to our new office by the time you get back from holiday.

19) Our friends _____________ in town since last Monday.

20) Let’s go to the party tonight, _____________?