1. Every day I _______ up at 6 o'clock, _______ breakfast at 7 o'clock and _______ for work at 8 o'clock
a. get / eat / leave b. have got / eating / leaving
c. got / ate / left d. will get / have eaten / left
2. Yesterday, I _______ for work late because I _______ to set my alarm.
a. had left / forgot b. was leaving / was forgetting
c. left / had forgot d. had been leaving / would forget
3. By the time we _______ to the train station, Susan _______ for us for more than two hours.
a. will get / has been waiting b. got / was waiting
c. got / had been waiting d. get / will wait
4. I ____ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I _____ next year.
a. am working / will retire b. am going to work / am retiring
c. work / am going to retire d. have been working / retire
5. My mother always the first _______ up and the last _______ to bed.
a. getting / going b. to get / going c. getting / to go d. to get / to go
6. I _______ you last night after dinner, but you _______ there. Where _______ you?
a. was calling / are not / are b. called / were not / were
c. had called / had not been / were d. called / have not been / are
7. The Titanic _______ the Atlantic when it _______ an iceberg.
a. was crossing / struck b. had crossed / was striking
c. crossed / had struck d. is crossing / strikes
8. _______ to come over for dinner tonight?
a. Do you want b. Are you wanting
c. Have you wanted d. Will you want
9. What _______ at this time tomorrow?
a. will you do b. will you be doing
c. will you have done d. will you have been doing
10. I love _______ films but I seldom find time to go the cinema.
a. see b. saw c. seen d. seeing
11. In the last hundred years, traveling _______ much easier and more comfortable.
a. becomes b. has become c. became d. will become
12. In the 19th century, it _______ two or three months to cross North America by covered wagon.
a. took b. had taken c. had taken d. was taking
13. In the past the trip _______ very rough and often dangerous, but things _______ a great deal in the last hundred and fifty years.
a. was / have changed b. is / change
c. had been / will change d. has been / changed
14. Now you _______ from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours.
a. are flying b. would fly c. will fly d. can fly
15. When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
a. was calling / watched b. called / have watched
c. called / was watching d. had called / watched
16. By this time next summer, you _______ your studies.
a. completes b. will complete c. are completing d. will have completed
17. Right now, Jim _______ the newspaper and Kathy _______ dinner.
a. reads / has cooked b. is reading / is cooking
c. has read / was cooking d. read / will be cooking
18. Last night at this time, they _______ the same thing. She _______ and he the Newspaper.
a. are doing / is cooking / is reading
b. were doing / was cooking / was reading
c. was doing / has cooked / is reading
d. had done / was cooking /read