Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. 1. While her husband was in the army, Janet……………….to him twice a week. A. was writing B. wrote C. was written D. had written 2. We……………..English this time last week. A. learned B. were learning C. have learned D. had learned 3. While mother……………… dinner the phone rang. A. cooked B. had cooked C. has cooked D. was cooking 4. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong …………………down onto the moon, the first person ever set foot on another planet. A. was stepping B. stepped C. has stepped D. was step 5. I’m afraid I must ask you what you…………….. at 11.00 o’clock yesterday. A. do B. did C. were doing D. had done 6. The train…………………. half an hour ago. A. has been leaving B. left C. has left D. had left 7. We …………….. TV when the light …………… A. watched TV / went out B. were watching / went out C. watched TV / were going out D. Both A and B 8. ………………………a car when they were living in London? A. Have they B. Did they have C. Were they having D. have they had 9. Mark was listening to music while his sister……………………………. a book. A. read. B. reads C. is reading D. was reading 10. Stephen…………………. on the phone when I came in. A. talked B. was talking C. has talked D. has been talking 24."What you (do) …………at 5 p.m. yesterday? A. did you do B. did you use to do C. had you done D. were you doing 10. When I came to visit Mike, ...................... A. he is listening to music C. he was listening to music B. he will listen to music D. he has listening to music 11. ........................, we saw an accident A. While we were walking to school B. After we had walked to school C. When we walked to school D. Before we have walked to school 12.My grandfather…………………………. many years ago. A. had died B. has died C. died D. was dying 13. I …………………a newspaper while she was cooking. A. read B. readed C. was reading D. am reading 15. When I got home, I found that water ………….. down the kitchen walls. A. ran B. was running C. has run D. had been running 16."Well done. Jerry, you've passed the driving test!" A. I told Jerry about her passing the driving test. B. I congratulated Jerry on passing her driving test. C. I told that Jerry had passed her driving test. D. I told Jerry that she had done well in her driving test. 17 ."He raised one eyebrow meaningfully". That means ………………… A. One eyebrow was raised in a meaning way. B. He raised one eyebrow in a meaningful way. C. It is a meaningful way to raise his eyebrow. D. He is in a meaningful way to raise his eyebrow. 18. "He spent all his lifetime taking care of the homeless". That means ................... A. He devoted all his life in the care of the homeless people. B. He devoted all his life to the care of homeless people. C. He devoted all his life to take care of homeless people. D. He devoted all his life taking the care of homeless people. 19. Last night at this time, they………the same thing. She……………and he………… the newspaper. A. are doing / is cooking / is reading B. were doing / was cooking / was reading C. was doing / has cooked / is reading D. had done / was cooking /read 20. When I ………… home last night, I ……………….that Jane …………… a beautiful candlelight dinner. A. had arrived / discovered / prepared B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared D. arrived / discovered / was preparing