Tenses Test 9

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1) I’m sorry I’m late __________________ long?

2) I ______________ for someone to come and repair my washing- machine since ten o’clock that morning.

3) A: I heard you had an accident.

    B: Yes, but nobody ______________.

4) By the end of this century, only 20% of the world’s population ______________ in developed countries.

5) She won’t help you until you ______________.

6) Since the industrial revolution and advent of the internal combustion engine, we __________ the Earth’s natural resources at a rate never seen before.

7) On July 1987, the world’s population officially reached five billion – a landmark date – but the peak ________________ yet.

8) I _______________ eight kilos in the last two months. It is high time I _______________ some weight.

9) Air pollution _________________  over the past 40 years and so have admission to hospital and deaths associated with asthma.

10) Further details ________________ after the meeting is over.

11) The doctor asked the nurse how long the patient _________________ unconcious.

12) It’s time we ______________ more to protect the countryside.

13) Go and ask that man what he ____________ here. He wasn’t invited.

14) Tomorrow’s meeting ______________ by the Minister of State.

15) The Minister _____________________ about unemployment in Parliament tomorrow.

16) He ______________ the play, but there were no seats left.

17) If Napoleon _________________ Europe, the history of the last century would have been very different.

18) As it is foggy, the flight __________________ probably ________________.

19) His wife ______________ by a dozen doctors but none of them have found what is wrong with her.

20) They ______________ to build this motorway three years ago, and they still ______________ it.