My friend ... he was very proud of me. a) said
b)told
c)spoke
d) talked
2. They ... me I couldn't stay longer.
a) said
b) told
c)spoke
d) talked
3. She asked ... her in this difficult situation.
a) will I help
b) would I help
c) if I will help
d) if I would help
4. I didn't know ... she wanted to know.
a) that
b) where
c) what
d) which
5. No one said where ... the night.
a) had they spent
b) they had spent
c) they spent
d) did they spent
6. He answered that he ... for a phone call and ... speak.
a) is waiting, can't
b) was waiting, can't
c) was waiting, couldn't
d) is waiting, couldn't
7. He didn't tell us ... to the party.
a) if he will come
b) if he would come
c) whether he will come
d) would he come
8. Mary asked us ... the room on the left.
a) so that we don't enter
b) not to enter
c) to not enter
d) that we didn't enter
9. I have already said that I ... part in this show.
a) won't take
b) haven't take
c) wouldn't take
d) wouldn't be taking
10. Mr. Jones tries to explain that he ... his secretary since Tuesday.
a) hadn't seen
b) hadn't been seeing
c) didn't see
d) hasn't seen
Different Tenses in the Active Voice
Choose the correct answer (a, b, c or d)
11. I remember he ... when I... him.
a) was crying, was seeing
b) cried, saw
c) was crying, saw
d) cried, was seeing
12. I didn't realize they ... to help me at the station.
a) had arrived
b) were arriving
c) arrived
d) arrive
13. My friend ... in Boston at the moment, but he ... from Canada.
a) lives, comes
b) lives, is coming
c) is living, is coming
d) is living, comes
14. They ... all sorts of things here.
a) are selling
b) sell
c) have been selling
d) were selling
15. You look tired. What ...?
a) did you do
b) have you been doing
c) you did
d) you have been doing
16. Did you like the film? — I... it is boring.
a) think
b) thought
c) am thinking
d) was thinking
17. My granny is so absent-minded. She ... things.
a) forgets always
b) always is forgetting
c) always forgets
d) is always forgetting
18. I was told you Mr. Stone before.
a) had met
b) were meeting
c) met
d) meet
19. He ... up, ... his breakfast and
a) had got, had, left
b) had got, had had, left
c) got, had, left
d) had got, had had, had left
20.have changed three flats since I ... in New York.
a) have settled
b) had settled
c) settled
d) settle
