Several years later I ________ (find out) that during during all the time I _______ (write) to my penfriend, my mother ________ (open) and reading my replies!
found out / had been writing (had written) / had been opening
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I ______ (not understand) what _________ (go on). Several people _______ (shout) at me, and one passer-by _______ (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.
did not understand / was going on / were shouting (shouted) / was waiving (waved)
25
I ______ (know) I _______ (do) well in my exams even before I ________ (receive) the official results.
knew / had done / received
25
So far we ______ (not notice) anything unusual, but we _______ (not pay) very close attention.
haven't noticed / haven't been playing
20
I'm sorry I ________ (not come) to class lately.
have not come / have not been coming
15
I ________ (work) late in the evenings for the past fortnight.
have been working
15
I wonder if Jill _________ (reach) home yet? She ________ (leave) too late to catch the bus.
has reached / left
20
Here is the news. The Home Office ________ (announce) that the two prisoners who _______ (escape) from Dartmoor prison earlier this morning ________ (give themselves up) to local police.
has announced / escaped / have given themselves up
25
________ (you / make up) your minds? What _______ (you decide) to do?
Have you made up / have you decided
20
Harry ________ (leave) home rather suddenly and we _______ (not hear) from him since.
left / have not heard
20
Recent research _______ (show) that Columbus _______ (not discover) America, but that Vikings ______ (land) there five hundred years before him.
has shown / did not discover / landed
25
_______ (something / happen) to the phone lines? I ______ (try) to get through to Glasgow for the past hour.
Has something happened / have been trying
20
Bill ______ (get) that new job, but he _______ (complain) about it ever since.
