TENSES

Rachel ....... up smoking four years ago and she ....... a cigarette since.

• was giving/doesn't smoke

• has given/wasn't smoking

• gave/hasn't smoked

• has given/didn't smoke

• is giving/isn't smoking

When they ....... in Sydney Harbour, they ....... non-stop for three months.

• anchor/will have been sailing

• were anchoring/sailed

• have anchored/were sailing

• are anchoring/have been sailing

• are going to anchor/have sailed

Listen! The coach ....... the strengths of our opponents because our team....... against them before.

• has explained/weren't playing

• explains/won't play

• is explaining/haven't played

• was explaining/don't play

• will explain/hadn't been playing

Over recent years, many skilled craftsmen and women ....... their jobs in the pottery trade in the UK, but gradually English porcelain ....... its reputation.

• will have lost/will regain

• had been losing/has regained

• lost/regains

• are losing/regained

• have lost/is regaining

After she ....... to turn up for our appointment for the third time, I ....... to meet her again.

• is failing/am refusing

• has failed/had refused

• was failing/will refuse

• had been failing/have refused

• had failed/refused

As the police ....... the road, we ....... a time-consuming detour around the mountain.

• are closing/were making

• will close/had made

• had closed/made

• will have closed/had been making

• close/have made

People ....... down all the world's rain forests before the authorities ....... any action.

• have cut/took

• will have cut/take

• will be cutting/will take

• are cutting/have taken

• had cut/are taking

Since he ....... the Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates ....... one of the richest men in the world.

• was founding/is becoming

• has founded/became

• had founded/will become

• founded/has become

• is founding/becomes

I spoke to him briefly this morning at the meeting, but I haven't seen him .......... then.

• since

• before

• buy

• as

• during

........... she saw the advertisement in the local paper, she telephoned the owner of the apartment immediately.

• Since

• By the time

• While

• During

• As soon as