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28. The children prefer (watch)
TV to (read)
29. It took me three days (find)
out the old photograph.
30. Do you remember (read) __
about it? No, at that time I was too young (read)____
newspaper.
31. My brother is a stamp collector. He started (collect) __ stamps when he was 15 years old.
 32. It's difficult __
(get) used to getting up early.
33. A strange man (watch) coming into your house at the time.
34. Trees (plan)
since it stopped raining.
35. The house (build) _
two years ago.
36. We can't go along here because the road (repair)
now.
37. We (wake)
by a loud noise last night.
38. Today, many serious childhood diseases (can prevent) _by early immunization.
39. Did they let you (use)
 your mobile phone at workplace?
40. The teacher made us (finish)
 all of these exercises before 5 p.m
Exercise 8: Circle the best answer
1. When I last saw him, he in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We ___ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B. left
C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ___ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Christopher Columbus____ American more than 500 years ago.
A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
5. He fell down when he ____ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
6. I’ll come and see you before I _ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
7. John __ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
8. Her brother _ in Canada at present.
A. working
B. works
C. is working
D. work
9. Her father ___ when she was a small girl.
A. dies
B. died
C. has died
D. had died
10. Since , I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
11. Henry ___ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
12. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he __ dinner.
A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
13. I from him since he __ two years ago.
A. hadn't heard; disappeared
B. haven't heard; disappeared
C. didn't hear; has disappeared
D. will not hear; disappears
14. I will tell John about it _.
A. when I will see him this afternoon.
B. when I see him this afternoon.
C. when I saw him this afternoon.
D. after I had seen him this afternoon.
15. I have heard nothing from him since he school.
A. had left
B. left
C. has left
D. leaves
16. He fell down while he _ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
17. Bill’s mother won’t let him go out with his friends __.
A. when he finished his homework
B. after he had finished his homework
C. once he finished his homework
D. until he has finished his homework
18. Her academic performance has greatly improved since she __ her study methods.A. will change
B. changed
C. was changing
D. would change
19. You may not see how important your family is __.
A. after you had lived far from home
B. when you were living far from home
C. until you live far from home
D. as soon as you lived far from home
20. The city has changed a lot since I last it.
A. visited
B. would visit
C. will visit
D. visit
21. He will take the dog out for a walk __.
A. as soon as he finished dinner
B. as soon as he will finish
C. as soon as he has finished
B. as soon as he was finishing
22. Ask her to come and see me __.
A. when she finished her work
B. when she has finished her work
C. after she had finished her work
D. as soon as she was finishing her work.