Choose the right answer:
1. I ... when someone knocked at the doord.
A. was sleeping B. sleeping C. was slept D. have been sleeping
2. After the Sun ... , we saw thousands of fireflies.
A. have set B. had set C. set D. sit
3. When Don arrived we ... coffee.
A. had B. was having C. were having D. have
4. I,ve been waiting for you ... ages!
A. during B. since C. for D. from
5. Cora was reading a letter ... Jimmy phoned her.
A. before B. since C. over D. when
6. I,ve met him ... but I don,t want to see him again.
A. yet B. still C. already D. before
7. How long have you been waiting for ...?
A. the meeting B. meet C. met D. meeted
8. You failed your exam! It,s such a ...
A. disappointment B. disappointingly C. disappointing D. disappointedly
9. His ... causes a lot of problems.
A. active B. activity C. activation D. activator
10. You should be at the university, ...?
A. shouldn,t you B. should you C. isn,t it D. haven,t you
11. They will buy a new car, ...?
A. will they B. do they C. won,t they D. shall they
12. The train ... leave in 15 minutes.
А. mustn,t B. will be C. is to D. are not
13. You,d better look ... your lectures before the exam.
А. while B. through C. until D. after
14. It,s a great chance ... a good impression.
А. you make B. for your making C. for you to make D. you will make
15. I,d rather ... tea without sugar.
А. drink B. drank C. drunk D. to drink
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1. I ... when someone knocked at the door.A. was sleeping
2. After the Sun ... , we saw thousands of fireflies.
B. had set
3. When Don arrived we ... coffee.
C. were having
4. I've been waiting for you ... ages!
C. for
5. Cora was reading a letter ... Jimmy phoned her.
D. when
6. I've met him ... but I don't want to see him again.
D. before
7. How long have you been waiting for ...?
A. the meeting
8. You failed your exam! It's such a ...
A. disappointment
9. His ... causes a lot of problems.
B. activity
10. You should be at the university, ...?
A. shouldn't you
11. They will buy a new car, ...?
C. won't they
12. The train ... leave in 15 minutes.
C. is to
13. You'd better look ... your lectures before the exam.
B. through
14. It's a great chance ... a good impression.
C. for you to make
15. I'd rather ... tea without sugar.
А. drink