Exercise1. Choose the correct answer (30 marks)

1. By the time we ____, everyone had left.

A. arrived               B. had arrived

2. I _____ two days ago.

A. finished               B. had finished              

3. He asked me to give his book back but I ____________ it.

A. have lost               B. had lost               C. was lost               D. lost

4. I was very late. When I arrived, the conference _____.

A. was already starting               B. started               C. had already started

5. I ____ of it until you mentioned it.

A. didn't hear               B. hadn't heard

6. I ____ enough time to finish the exam.

A. didn't have               B. hadn't had               C. Both A and B.

7. The police arrested him because he _____ a gun.

A. carried               B. was carrying               C. had carried

8. if I ____, I'd tell you.

A. knew               B. had known               C. Both A and B.

9. She _________ the ocean before she moved to Vancouver.

A. had never seen              B. never seen

C. have never seen             D. had never saw

10. Until last month, I _____ it before.

A. didn't try               B. hadn't tried

11. The teacher ________ out when I arrived in the classroom.

A. have gone                        B. has gone              C. had gone

12. I ______ my document before the power went out in the computer lab.

A. had save               B. have saved

C. had saved            D. saved

13. When they arrived we _________ the test.

A. had already started                  B. have already started

C. started                              D. already starting

14. George _________ his furniture before he moved to Japan.

A. have sold             B. had sold

C. had sell                 D. sold

15.  Larry _________ his homework already by the time Roy came over.

A. finished                B. has finished                     C. had finished

16. I ________ a little Spanish before I went to Mexico.

A. studied                 B. had studied                     C. had study             D. have studied

17. Ruth ________ an Australian until she met John.

A. had never met    B. have never met              C. never have met

18. I ________ such majestic mountains before I went to Banff.

A. never saw                        B. had never seen C. never have seen

19. ________ visited Toronto before your trip last summer?

A. Have you ever                B. You had

C. Had ever you                              D. Had you ever

20. He pulled out a gun and everybody _____ away.

A. ran               B. was running               C. had run