I tried to phone her, but even as I _____ she was leaving the building.
A.phoned | B.would phone | C.had phoned | D.was phoning |
When he was alive, the old scientist used to say that knowledge ______ from practice and he gained his experience by doing a lot of practical work.
A.was coming | B.had come |
C.comes | D.would come |
He ______ articles for our wall-newspaper these three years, and he ______ about forty articles.
A.has been writing; has written |
B.has been writing; wrote |
C.is writing; has been writing |
D.has written; has written |
--- ______ Betty this morning?
--- Not yet, but she is sure to be here before noon.
A.Have you seen | B.Will you see |
C.Do you see | D.Did you see? |
--- Is Tom still smoking?
--- No. By next Saturday he ______ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.
A.will be | B.will have gone |
C.will have been | D.has been going |
The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They ______ too long.
A.had been cooked | B.were cooked |
C.have cooked | D.cooked |