GRAMMAR TEST 2

When we went back to the bookstore, the bookseller _______ the book we wanted.

• sold    

• had sold

• sells

• has sold

By the end of last summer, the farmers _______ all the crop.

• harvested

• had harvested

• harvest

• are harvested

The director _______ for the meeting by the time I got to his office.

• left 

• had left

• leaves

• will leave

My mother told me she _______ very tired since she came back from a visit to our grandparents.

• was

• had been

• is

• has been

Susan _______ her family after she had taken the university entrance examination.

• phoned   

• phoned   

• phones 

• is phoning

How many cities you and your uncle _______ by July last summer?

• visited

• had visited

• did you visit  

• had you visited

Miss Jane _______ typing the report when her boss came in.

• didn’t finish

• hadn’t finished

• doesn’t finish  

• can’t finish

Peter was in New York last week; he _______ in Washington D.C. three days earlier.

• was 

• had been

• is

• was being

Three women, none of whom we _______ before, _______ out of the hall.

• saw-had come

• had seen-came

• saw-came

• had seen-had come

They _______ through horrible times during the war years.

• lived

• had lived

• live

• are living