Tenses Test 6

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) When a product _________ to be defective, a company must take remedial measures.

2) While the thief ______________ by the police, he ______________ over a fence into someone’s yard.

3) A policeman has put a ticket on Robert’s car. Robert __________ furious when he __________ it.

4) Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, there ______________ a steady move to the cities.

5) I ______________ the match on Eurosport when you ______________.

6) The windows ____________________ since the cleaning woman ______________ ill.

7) Details of the discovery ______________ this month at a meeting in London.

8) About 100 heart operations a year _________ at this hospital.

9) I’ve arranged everything. We ______________ on a picnic at the weekend.

10) He was half-way to the airport when he realized he ______________ the tickets on the breakfast table.

11) Many of the houses  ______________ during the earthquake and they ______________ yet.

12) Pierre and Maria Curie __________________ radium while they ____________ research work.

13) Most of the world’s population ____________ in a nuclear war.

14) We ______________ down to dinner when a fire ______________ out in the kitchen.

15) In many parts of the world trees and lakes ______________ by acid rain.

16) UNICEF ______________ for the welfare of all children since it ______________.

17) While the robbers _____________ the money, the police ______________ in.

18) Arriving home, I ______________ that our flat ______________ into.

19) Tom _______________ unemployed since he lost his job as a mechanic.

20) Why don’t you have a mechanic ____________ your car?