Choose the correct answer
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