XVI. Insert Past Simple, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

1. After some desultory conversation, the director inquired how long he (know) Montanelli.

2. It was almost dinner-time by then, and we (have) no food all day, but neither of us (be) hungry.

3. We (smoke) in silence for some time when he (speak) at last.

4. The party (sail/already) for a week before I could get away from London.

5. Breakfast (be/not/long) on the table when Arthur came tearing into the room.

6. He, who (be) my doctor for some years and (be) also my friend, came at once.

7. Since his first arrival in May he (hang/simply) round the house, helping Ann with the washing up.

8. She (be/not) there more than two months when she fell down a flight of steps and hurt her spine.

9. He (find) that he (stand) stockstill for over half an hour, wrestling with his thoughts.

10. Bertha (look) at her husband since he (come) into the room.

11. For a week he (lie) in a fearful state.

12. I (go) into a fish-and-chip shop in a poor street near the station. I (eat/not) since lunch and I (order) myself a two-penny portion of chips.

13. After she (walk) about three hours, she (arrive) at the Doctor`s house.

XVII. Open the brackets using Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, Past Simple, Perfect, Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous.

Maria Campos (1 become) a rising star in the Progressive Party. She (2 begin) her political career while she (3 study) at Woodsville University. When she first (4 stand) as a candidate for Woodsville, she (5 not win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman (6 ever be) a candidate there before. `They (7 elect) the same man, year after year`, she told me, `and they (8 just laugh) at me when I (9 get up) to speak`. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she (10 show) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who (11 never be) afraid to say what she thinks. In recent months she (12 fight) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason. `I began this campaign because women (13 continually write) to me, complaining of how their husbands (14 treat) them. Sometimes their husbands (15 throw them out) of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law (16 always take) the husband`s side in such cases`. When I (17 interview) Maria Campos last week, she (18 plan) a new campaign on this question. She (19 already persuade) some of the country`s most important legal experts to support her. `The law must be changed`, she (20 tell) me.

XVIII. Open the brackets using Future Perfect or Future Continuous.

1. Citizens of Pacifica! In twelve month`s time, the average income of our people (rise) by five per cent, while inflation (not/rise) at all.

2. By 2012, neighbouring countries (marvel) at our progress, for they (not/equal) our success.

3. In fact, by 2013, we (overtake) Arctica and Atlantica.

4. By 2014, our factories (produce) all the goods we need.

5. By 2015, the number of schools in our country (double).

6. By 2016, we (build) 200 new hospitals.

7. By 2017, you (enjoy) a better standard of living than at any time in our country`s history!