Past Tenses Review

By that time, she ____ enough merits to earn a raise.

• has done

• had done

• did

When the alarm ____, she ____ to finish her work for the day.

• went off, was trying

• went off, tried

• was going off, tried

I ____ this company for thirty years and I ___ never ___, for a moment, about the possibility of quitting.

• had run, had never thought

• was running, did never think

• have run, have never thought

The CEO ___ barely ___ the rumours of embezzlement of public money when the news of unlawful evasion of taxes ____.

• was barely addressing, broke out

• had barely addressed, broke out

• had barely addressed, was breaking out

As soon as the two companies ____ the agreement, the new joint venture ____ one hundred workers.

• signed, laid off

• signed, were laying off

• had signed, laid off

The Board of Directors ___ already ___ almost all the services we ____ to provide.

• has already outsourced, used

• has already outsourced, had used

• has already outsourced, have used

I ____ my acceptance speech when I ____ my voice.

• prepared, lost

• was preparing, lost

• was preparing, was losing