1. Hey, look where you are going !
Oh, I’m terribly sorry, ______.
(A) I’m not noticing
(B) I wasn’t noticing
(C) I haven’t noticed
(D) I don’t notice

2. Nancy is not coming tonight.
But she ______ !
(A) promises
(B) promised
(C) will promise
(D) had promised

3. Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don’t know whether she has finished it.
(A) has written
(B) wrote
(C) had written
(D) was writing

4. Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
I am tired. I ______ the living room all day.
(A) painted
(B) had painted
(C) have been painting
(D) have painted

5. My mother ______ meat from the butcher once a week.
(A) is buying
(B) has bought
(C) buys
(D) will have bought

6. The groom, together with his parents, ______ the guests.
(A) is greeting
(B) have greeted
(C) are greeting
(D) were greeting

7. None of the new equipment ______ yet.
(A) has arrived
(B) have arrived
(C) were arriving
(D) are arriving

8. ______ she ______ a lot of friends at the party ?
(A) Does, makes
(B) Did, make
(C) Did, made
(D) Do, make

9. Nobody ______ the telephone an hour ago.
(A) is using
(B) were using
(C) was using
(D) has used

10. If I ______ some money I would not have to borrow now.
(A) am saving
(B) have saved
(C) saved
(D) had saved

11. A river ______ downstream.
(A) flows
(B) will flow
(C) is flowing
(D) was flowing

12. She ______ a maid by next year.
(A) employs
(B) employed
(C) has employed
(D) will have employed

13. He ______ never ______ since he nearly ______ .
(A) has … swum, drowned
(B) had … swum, was drowning
(C) was … swimming, drowned
(D) did … swum, had drowned

14. We ______ jungle-trekking.
(A) are disliking
(B) have disliked
(C) dislike
(D) were disliking

15. The members ______ for a new committee in the coming meeting.
(A) were voting
(B) are voting
(C) had voted
(D) have noted

16. They ______ ready for his moment for weeks.
(A) get
(B) get getting
(C) will get
(D) have been getting

17. ______ Pam and Bobby ______ the rules ?
(A) Were, knowing
(B) Does, knows
(C) Are, knowing
(D) Do, know

18. Shareen ______ her driving test on the first attempt.
(A) is passing
(B) passed
(C) was passing
(D) has been passing

19. The old lady ______ for a long time before she ______ away.
(A) had been suffering, passed
(B) was suffering, had passed
(C) is suffering, passed
(D) has suffered, was passing

20. I ______ an appointment with the dentist soon.
(A) make
(B) made
(C) will make
(D) have made

21. The people next door ______ a lot of noise until past midnight.
(A) was making
(B) has made
(C) are making
(D) were making

22. A journalist ______ to interview you later today.
(A) came
(B) will be coming
(C) had come
(D) has been coming

23. The clerk ______ the money from the bank by one o-clock.
(A) is withdrawing
(B) had been withdrawing
(C) has withdrawn
(D) will have withdrawn

24. Charles ______ his father in the shop until school ______ .
(A) was helping, will start
(B) helped, was starting
(C) is helping, starts
(D) has helped, is starting

25. The Bridge ______ last year.
(A) is built
(B) has been built
(C) has built
(D) was built