1) Nesma first met her best friend when she ………. at primary school. (PT 1a) 

                  a. has been                   b. was being                   c. was                       d. is 

2) What ………. at midday yesterday? (PT 1a)       

         a. are you doing                 b. were you doing                    c. you were doing                 d. have you done

3) Kamal ………. an English person before he met my friend Jack. (PT 1a) 

             a. did not meet                  b. has not met                        c. won’t meet                       d. had not met 

4) Before there was a bus to her village, Mona and her brother…………..to school. (PT 1a)

           a. had always walked                   b. were walking                   c. have always walked                   d. walk 

5) When we saw the hotel, we ……… that it was a great place for a holiday. (PT 1a) 

           a. were knowing                 b. had known                  c. have known                           d. knew 

6) The writer wrote his first story when he ………. at university. (PT 1b) 

            a. was being                       b. had been                  c. was                      d. has been 

7) Dina………. the test when the teacher told them to stop. (PT 1b) 

           a hasn’t finished                  b. hadn’t finished            c. not finishing                      d. haven’t finished 

8) The car………. fast when it hit the tree. (PT 1b)

               a. was moving                           b. moves                   c. has moved                    d. is moving 

9) The police know what the thief ………. at eight o’clock last night. (PT 1b)

             a. has done                  b. does                 c. was doing                d. is doing 

10) The tourists …... walking until they had reached the top of the mountain. (PT 1b)

                 a. didn’t stop              b. stopped                    c. haven’t stopped                      d. won’t stop

11) I ………. the office until I had checked that all the doors were locked. (PT 1b)

                  a. won’t leave                    b. wouldn’t leave                  c. hadn’t left                    d. wasn’t left 

12- Maya ..........................the fruit carefully before she bought it. (P T)

           a. had checked                          b.  checks                 c. has checked                  d .checking 

13- Ahmed’s grandmother……… ill when he visited her yesterday. p t

                a. was seeming                          b .had seemed                    c .seemed                   d. has seemed 

14. When I was younger, I ................ go swimming every day.

                 a- usually                         b- used                     c- use                       d- used to

15- While ……………… Egypt, tourists enjoy sightseeing. 

             a) visiting                    b) was visiting                     c) visited                     d) was visited 

16-When was the last time that you…………………. your cousins? 

                              a. have seen                   b. seeing                     c. saw                  d. see 

 17-ali always……..to work when he was young. 

                 a-walked                   b-walks                 c-is walking                        d-was walking 

18- My company …………..an important meeting last month.

                a. have             b. has                 c. had                      d. is having 

19-when I woke up, my father…………..so I didn't see him.

             a-left                    b-had left                      c-had been leaving                       d-has left 

20-………….….leaving the shop I remembered that I had forgotten my wallet there

             a-before                    b-after                   c-as                   d-when 

21- The students …………………the book before the lesson started. 

                      a- are reading                b-had read                 c- have read           d -reads 

22- Hassan couldn’t answer the phone because he …………….…………his father’s car

          a. washed                 b .was washing              c. had washed                     d.has washed

23-As soon as I got to the station, I realised that I ……… my train. 

              a) had missed                   b) missed                  c) have missed                  d) miss

24-she……………….answer the question , until she had looked at it twice

                   a-doesn't                            b-couldn't                    c-won't                    d-don't

25-While she was studying, I ………………..television. 

               a-watched               b-watching                       c-will watch                           d-was watching 

26-Heba was sitting in a traffic jam when her train……….. the station. 

               a -leave                       b -has left                        c- left                      d -has been leaving 

26) When I was in Sharm El-Sheik, I........ a lot. 2018

                a. have sunbathed             b. was sunbathing              c. would sunbathe                 d. sunbathed 

27) .............. reaching the airport, Ali found out that he had left his suitcases at home. 2018 

               a. On              b. While                   c. When            d. Despite 

28) By the time Mohammed was 22, he ...................... the military service. 2018 

          a. is joining                       b. was joining               c. had joined               d. joined

29) I ............... already left the house when it began to rain. 2018 

                  a. have                    b. has                  c. had                    d. was 

30-I didn’t answer the phone because I …………………………… 

                 a-was praying                    b- had prayed                c-have prayed                    d-prayed. 

31) I turned off the light before ................. to bed. 2018 

                 a. go                  b. going                  c. went                 d. to go 

32) By 2012, I ................ three novels. It was a great achievement for me. 2017

               a. had written              b. will have                c. had been writing                 d. was writing 

33-As soon as we arrived at school, the first lesson................ 

               a- had begun                   b- began                       c- begins                    d- has begun 

34) Ahmed’s car was hit by a driver who ........ at mad speed. 2016

              a. was driving                   b. drive                      c. was driven                   d. drives

35) "Did you go to the party?" - No, I................ . 2016

                 a. didn’t invite                b. hadn’t invited                c. wasn’t invited                 d. invited

36) President Sadat died in 1981, before that our army........the Suez Canal. 2016 

               a. crossed                     b. had crossed                  c . have crossed                   d. was crossing 

37) Having ....................... the shopping, mother started to prepare lunch. 2015

                a. do              b. she did                   c. she does                       d. done 

38) She arrived to the cinema late. The movie .................twenty minutes earlier. 2014 

                  a. has begun                   b. had begun                    c. was beginning              d. began 

39) No sooner ............................. the noise than we rushed to the spot. 2014

              a. had we heard                b. did we hear              c. we had heard                  d. we did hear 

40. Yesterday evening, we ………………for our English test when all the lights went out. 

               a) revising                b) were revising                 c) revised                 d) had revised 

41. It was dark when we reached the beach because the sun …………….…. down.

                     a) went               b) had gone                     c) was going               d) gone 

42. After Mona had played the piano, she…………………. her sister with her homework. 

          a) was helping                  b) had helped                 c) helped                     d) will help

43- She didn’t see the thief since she……………..TV. 

             a) had watched                    b) has watched               c) watched              d) was watching 

44-They couldn't go swimming because they ............….. their swimsuits.

          a) forget               b) have forgotten          c) had forgotten               d) will forget 

45-…..............seeing the accident, the motorists drove more carefully.

             a) On          b) Without             c) Despite             d) when 

46-No sooner ............... he seen the police than he ran away.

             a) do                  b) does             c) had                      d) did

47-Walaa ………..down the stairs this morning and broke her leg.

             a) was fallen                   b) fall                  c) fell                  d) have fallen 

48-my car................until I had taken it to the mechanic.

                a-repaired                 b-wasn't repaired                c-didn't repair                  d-doesn't repair 

49. I telephoned the police after I…………the accident. 

          a) had seen                b) was seeing                  c) seeing                        d) having seen 

50. I……….my own computer for three years before anything went wrong with it. 

             a) had               b) have                   c) had had                d) was having 

51-While she ……………her homework, my sister was listening to music. 

          a) doing                b) had done               c) was doing                 d) did 

52. We arrived half an hour late. The film ................ half an hour earlier.

                   a- began                 b- was beginning                 c- had begun              d- has begun

53-On seeing the fire, the man …………………… the fire brigade.

          a. had called              b. was called                 c. was calling                   d. called