Question 1

My brothers ...... six slices of pizza each so far!

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have eaten

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are eating

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have been eating

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eat

Question 2

It's six months since I ...... a holiday.

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have had

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have

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haven't had

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have been having

Question 3

You must be exhausted - you ...... for two hours now.

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have been running

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are running

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have run

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run

Question 4

Our teacher ...... that your the cleverest boy in the class.

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thinks

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is thinking

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has been thinking

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has thought

Question 5

The economic situation in this country ...... worse every day.

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is getting

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has been getting

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has got

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it gets

Question 6

My aunt ...... to Paris ten times - and she's saving up to go again.

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has been

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goes

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is going

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has gone

Question 7

The critic ...... your soup right now, chef, so we'll soon see what she thinks.

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is tasting

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tastes

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has tasted

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has been tasting

Question 8

...... in this part of the city for long?

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Have you been living

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Are you living

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Do you live

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You have been living

Question 9

Polly ...... to her friend for over six years.

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hasn't written

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hasn't been writing

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has to write

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isn't writing

Question 10

Here ...... the bus at last!

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comes

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is coming

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has come

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it is coming

Question 11

Why...... silly questions?

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are you always asking

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have you always asked

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have you always been asking

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do you ask always

Question 12

I ...... Indian curry before.

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have never eaten

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never eat

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am never eating

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have never been eating

Question 13

I ...... the bus this week because my car is in the garage.

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am taking

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have taken

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have been taking

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take

Question 14

The neighbour's dog ...... all morning.

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has been barking

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barks

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has barked

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is barking

Question 15

She's ...... Australia for quite some time now. I don't think she's ever coming back.

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been in

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gone in

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gone to

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been to

Question 16

When I was young, we ...... sailing every weekend.

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would go

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used to going

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were used to going

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had gone

Question 17

My sister crashed the car while she ...... out of the garage.

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was backing

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had been backing

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backed

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had backed

Question 18

It was the most beautiful thing that anyone ...... to him in his life.

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had ever said

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had ever been saying

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was ever saying

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said ever

Question 19

By the time they arrived, we ...... dinner and were watching a film.

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had finished

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were finishing

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finish

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have been finishing

Question 20

I ...... football regularly when I was a teenager.

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played

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had played

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was playing

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had been playing

Question 21

...... to school with my brother?

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Did you use to go

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Did you use to going

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Were you used to go

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Were you used to going

Question 22

Why were his clothes dirty? ...... trees?

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Had he been climbing

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Did he climb

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Was climbing

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Had he climb

Question 23

It was the first time I ...... a crocodile.

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had seen

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was seeing

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had been seen

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saw

Question 24

The manager was leaving the office when the phone ...... .

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rang

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was ringing

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had been ringing

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had rung

Question 25

By midnight, I ...... for five hours, but I carried on.

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had been studying

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was studying

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had studied

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studied

Question 26

I ...... him for years, then yesterday he turned up at my house.

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hadn't seen

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haven't seen

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had to see

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wasn't seeing

Question 27

By the time he ...... to the bank, it had already closed.

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got

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had got

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has got

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was getting

Question 28

They ...... out for six months when they decided to get married.

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had been going

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had gone

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went

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used to go

Question 29

She was watching the children as they ...... in the pool.

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were swimming

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would swim

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had swum

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had been swimming

Question 30

He had a coffee after he ...... some biscuits.

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had had

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has had

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would have

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was having

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