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Times & Tenses

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Multiple Choice

She _____ (lie) in bed since last night, and it _____ (look) like she may lie there for the rest of the day.

• has been lying, looks

• had been lying, looked

• has been laying, looks

• had been laying, looked

Multiple Choice

Hazel told him what _____ (happen) to his cat, so he _____ (run) to the clinic to see how it _____ (be).

• had happened, ran, was

• has happened, had run, was

• had happened, had ran, is

• had happened, was running, is

Multiple Choice

The police _____ (investigate) the robbery that _____ (take) place last week. So far, they _____ (discover) nothing and _____ (arrest) no one.

• are investigating, took, have discovered, have arrested

• were investigating, taken, had discovered, had arrested

• have investigated, took, had discovered, have arrested

• are investigating, taken, had discovered, had arrested

Multiple Choice

He ______ there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

• were waiting

• waited

• have been waiting

• had been waiting

He had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

What tense is this?

Multiple Choice

While we ______ with Alice, someone knocked on the door.

• were chatting

• had been chatting

Multiple Choice

Farah ______ in the garden for 2 hours when her friends went to the cinema.

• was sitting

• had been sitting