1. --- Oh, dear. I forgot the air tickets. --- You ______ something.
A. have left
B. are always leaving
C. are leaving
D. always left
2. --- I ______ so busily recently that I ______ no time to help you with your math.
--- That’s OK. I can manage it by myself.
A. have been working; have
B. have worked; had
C. am working; will have
D. had been working; had had
3. Remember to send me a photo of us next time you ______ to me.
A. are writing
B. will write
C. has written
D. write
4. He ______ at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him.
A. will speak
B. is going to speak
C. had to speak
D. was going to speak
5. --- I beg your pardon, but I didn’t quite catch you. --- Oh, I ______ myself.
A. am talking to
B. talked about
C. have talked to
D. was talking to
6. I ______ ping-pong quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the New Year.
A. will play
B. have played
C. played
D. play
7. I first met Tom 10 years ago. He ______ in a radio factory at that time.
A. had worked
B. has worked
C. was working
D. has been working
8. --- What ______ when I phoned you? --- I ______ my work, and I wanted to go out.
A. have you done; finished
B. were you doing; have finished
C. did you do; had just finished
D. were you doing; had just finished
9. --- Have you finished the report? --- No. I ______ it all this week.
A. will do
B. had done
C. have done
D. have been doing
10. I can guess you were in a hurry. You ______ your sweater inside out.
A. had worn
B. wore
C. were wearing
D. are wearing
11. --- We ______ that you would fix the TV set this week.
--- I’m sorry. I ______ to fix it this week, but I’ve been too busy.
A. had expected; had intended
B. are expecting; had intended
C. expect; intend
D. expected; intend
12. --- Why? Tom, your shirt is so dirty! --- Mum, I ______ my storeroom downstairs.
A. cleaned
B. have cleaned
C. was cleaning
D. have been cleaning
13. They won’t buy new clothes because they ______ money to buy a new house.
A. save
B. are saving
C. have saved
D. were saving
14. The traffic in our city is already good and it ______ even better.
A. gets
B. got
C. has got
D. is getting
15. --- I will come to attend your lecture at 10:00 tomorrow.
--- I’m sorry, by then my lecture will have ended and I ______ my guests in my office.
A. is being met
B. will meet
C. will be meeting
D. will have met
