Fill in the blanks with the correct words (a, b, c, d).
1. Some inventions ... named after their creators.
a) is b) are c) should d) will
2. Until just over a hundred years ago there ….no such instrument as the saxophone.
a) can b) is c) was d) were
3. New inventions ... every day and make our life easier, warmer and longer.
a)are written c) appeared
b)have appeared d) are appearing
4. The French mechanic Charles Bourse ... the idea of transmitting speech electrically.
a)understood c) invented
b) suggested d) realized
5. Nick broke the glass white he ... it.
a) was washing b) washed c) is washing
6. I ... the report yet.
a) haven't made b) am not making c) didn't make
7. By the time I got the station the train
a) left b) had left c) was leaving
8. He always thought that he ... connect his life with an occupation requiring mainly intellectual work.
a) will b) would c) will be d) would be
9. When I saw the girl I was sure I…her before.
a) meet c) have met
b) met d) had met
10. The thunderstorm began while they ... the problems of their school.
a) discussed c) had discussed
b) have discussed d) were discussing
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2. Dad wasn't at home when I came back. He had gone ___ ( go) out twenty minutes before.
3. I wasn't hungry because I had just had___ (just/have) brekfast.
4. Peter saw an urgent message on his table. Somebody had left (leave) it the day before.
5. I apologized I hadn't phoned ( not/phone) her.
6 He told me that he had come back ( come back) a fortnight before.
7. I knew him at once though I had met___ (meet) him many years befor.
8.Mr. Jackson said that he had already bought ( already/buy) everything for lunch.
9. Alice asked her brother where he had arranged (arrange) to meet his friends.
10. We had no car at that time because we had sold (sell) our old one.