Past Tenses C1

-Where's Christine?

-I don't knoW; she .... the office fifteen minutes

ago:

• left

• has left

• had left

• had been leaving

"Why didn't Madeline show up at the party last night?"

"When I called her at 11:00, she...."

• was still studying

• had still been studying

• would still study

• still studied

Did you know that Oscar Wilde ....... in Paris during

his final years?

• has been living

• had lived

• had been living

• lived

"You're looking miserable:

"I ....... on my thesis when my computer suddenly

crashed"

• used to work

• would work

• have been working

• was working

"Did you hear the rain last night?"

"Yes, it ....... all night"

• has poured

• poured

• was pouring

• was poured

"Can't we just order a nice bit of cod?·

"Don't be ridiculous! we ....... all this way to eat

fish and chips".

• haven't been coming

• haven't come

• aren't coming

• hadn't come

" I love your car:

"This old thing? We ....... it for fifteen years:

• had had

• have had

• have been having

• used to have

"What's wrong with Robert?"

"I don't know. He ....... up, slammed the door and

stormed out of the building."

• was getting

• has got

• got

• had got

"Mary is having difficulty fitting In:

"Well, I guess she ....... to this type of work."

• didn't use

• isn't used

• doesn't get used

• hasn't used

"Every Christmas Eve all the family .... .. the tree

together."

• would have decorated

• would decorate

• had been decorating

• used to decorating