I _______ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone ______ (listen) to music all night.
didn't sleep / was listening
She _______ (not see) her father since he ________ (start) to work in Marseille two years ago.
has not seen / started
Alan _____ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver _____ (lose) control of his car because he ______ (fall) asleep.
was / lost / had fallen
My car ___________________ (break) down when I ___________________ (drive) home from work. I _____ (fix) it if I ______ (know) what was wrong. But I didn’t so ________ (have) to take it to the garage.
broke / was driving or drove / would have fixed / had known / had
Mrs Smith said that one day she ________ (retire) from teaching. She said that she _____ (spend) her new free time learning about computers.
retire / would spend
While we ________ someone ________ into the house and ________us this note. (fish, break, leave)
were fishing / broke / left
He ______ the bagpipes since six this morning. He __________. (play, just stop)
has been playing / has just stopped
My family have _______ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They _______ (build) a summer house there at the moment.
have bought / are building
Most people _______ at work when the fire ________. (be, start)
were / started
Where __________ tonight? – I _________ out with Peter. (you go, go)
are you going / am going
I just remembered that I ________ the rent yet. I’m surprised that the landlord ________ me up and reminded me. (not pay, not ring)
haven't paid / hasn't rung
If I catch some fish, _________ them for me? (you cook)
will you cook
They ______ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager ____ (tell) them that there were no more tickets.
had been standing / told
I _________ (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – ____ (you see) it too? – No, I _______ (not have) but I _______ (read) the book.
have just seen / have you seen / haven't / read
When you see me next time I _________ my new sunglasses. (wear)
will be wearing
Jonathan ______ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ______ (help) him with his English.
watches / helps
When we reach Land’s End we ___________ 1,500 km. (walk)
will have walked
It won’t be easy to get out of the country. The police ___________ all of the ports. (watch)
are watching
The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he _________ (rob) a bank.
robbed
When I first met him he ____________________ architecture. (study)
was studying
Andy and Mary ____ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They _________ (look forward to) it the whole week.
are going / have been looking forward to
When he ________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He ___________ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
founded / had already written
Linda phoned and explained that she ____________ (not can) to come to the party the next day because she ______ (be) still sick.
would not be able / was
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