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1.

  He ______ for many years despite the doctor's warning.
               
    (A) smoke  
(B) had smoked
    (C) smokes  
    (D) had been smoked  
               
2.   Father ______ to take us to the circus but he put if off when Mother fell ill.
               
    (A) had promised  
(B) promises
    (C) had been promised  
    (D) had been promising  
               
3.   By the time he left school, he ______ a job in a firm.
               
(A) have found
(B) had found
    (C) had been finding  
    (D) had been found  
               
4.   If we ______ for directions, we would not have lost our way.
               
    (A) had asked  
(B) asked
    (C) had been asking  
    (D) had been asked  
               
5.   He said that he ______ the movie before.
               
    (A) seen  
(B) have seen
    (C) had seen  
    (D) had been seeing  
               
6.   The police ______ many people but they had not come up with any concrete evidence yet.
               
    (A) questioned  
(B) was questioning
    (C) questioned  
    (D) had been questioning  
               
7.   When I ______ my hands, I sat down to have my dinner.
               
    (A) washed  
(B) had washed
    (C) have washed  
    (D) had been washing  
         
8.   She wouldn't have screamed if you _____ the living daylights out of her.
         
    (A) didn't frighten  
    (B) don't frighten  
    (C) hadn't frightened  
    (D) haven't frightened  
         

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    Answers

1C   2A   3B   4A   5C   6D   7B   8C

 
     
 

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