FCE: Test One: Tenses

By the time Elis arrived, they

• had already begun.

• already began

• have already begun.

Our teacher knew about our results a few weeks before he... them to us.

• gave

• has given

• had given

Once the burglar .....any jewellery he found, he.....out of the window to escape.

• had stolen.....would jump

• stole......had jumped

It was the first time I ...the Spanish Steps in Rome.

• had ever been to

• was ever in

• had ever gone to

• had ever been in

In the summer she ....early in the morning.

• would usually get up

• was usually getting up

Before I saw the film Gravity, I ....so interested in space.

• never was

• had never been

• would never be

My family and I ...the possibility of moving abrod long before I got the job.

• had to discuss

• were discussing

• discussed

• had been discussing

How long ...for when the storm broke?

• had they been sailing

• were they sailing

• did they sail

I didn't recognise Jack: he ...so tall since I last saw him.

• was growing

• grew

• had grown

How long ...the robbery for before they actually went ahead with it?

• had the thieves been planning

• had planned

• were planning