VERB TENSES

This is the latest hews from Timbuktu. Two-thirds of the city______in a fire.

• A. has been destroyed

• B. were destroyed

• C. was destroyed

• D. have been destroyed

Something tells me that you____to a single word I ____in the past ten minutes.

• A. haven’t been listening - have said

• B. haven’t listened — had said

• C. hadn’t listened - said

• D. didn’t listen - was saying

When the original star of the play_____ ill, M ary______ an unexpected chance to play the leading role.

• A. fell - got

• B. has fallen - would get

• C. was falling - has got

• D. falls - has been getting

W e______up the hill for half an hour when we realized

w e______ in the direction of the castle.

• A. were walking - haven’t been going

• B. had been walking - weren’t going

• C. have been walking - didn’t go

• D. had walked - wouldn’t be going

Scientists examining bodies of ancient people______evidence of malaria in people who______at least three thousand years ago.

• A. found - have lived

• B. find - had lived

• C. have found - lived

• D. had found - would be living

“You went to Chile, didn’t you?” “No, but I ______to Peru, which is right next door.”

• A. was going

• B. had gone

• C. was gone

• D. did go

The existence of many stars in the sky______us to suspect that there may be life on another planet.

• A. lead

• B. leading

• C. have led

• D. leads

The launch of the first liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926 ______ by flight historians______as significant as the Wright Brothers’ flight.

• A. has considered - to be

• B. was considered - to be

• C. is considered - to be

• D. has been considered - has been

When I was young, I ______ always walk to school in the morning.

• A. would

• B. could

• C. will

• D. did

“Do you need this paintbrush?” “Ah, yes.______it to me, please?”

• A. Do you pass

• B. Will you pass

• C. Are you passing

• D. Are you going to pass