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A small stone struck the windshield while we _______ down the gravel road.
A.drive
B.were driving
C.had driven
D.had been driving

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After she ________ hospital, she had a long holiday.
A.leaves
B.is leaving
C.left
D.has left

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The minute I got the news about Sue I ________ my parents.
A.phoned
B.was phoning
C.had phoned
D.have phoned

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I was sure that I ________ him before.
A.met
B.had met
C.have met
D.was meeting

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I ___ the new Harry Potter book now, so you can borrow my copy if you like.
A.finish
B.am finishing
C.have finished
D.had finished

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When she saw a snake at her feet, she ________.
A.screamed
B.was screaming
C.had screamed
D.screams

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After Jessica ____ her degree, she intends to work in her father's company.
A.will finish
B.finishes
C.finished
D.is finishing

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the provided one.
‘ I am really sorry I made serious mistakes, John’, said Jane.
A.Jane asked John for being made serious mistakes.
B.Jane apologized to John for making serious mistakes.
C.John apologized Jane for making serious mistakes.
D.Jane apologized John for making serious mistakes.

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the provided one.
During my dinner, the phone rang.
A.While I was having dinner, the phone had rung.
B.While I had dinner, the phone rang.
C.While I was having dinner, the phone rang.
D.While I was having dinner, the phone was ringing.

Read the passage and choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks.
In the United states of American, English is (31)_______the national language, the language of the American nation. Four hundred years ago, some English people sailed to the North American to live (32)________ and they (33)_________ the English language to this new country. After them came people from all the countries of Europe. And they all learned English (34)_________they made it a little different from British English. In the USA now people speak American English. Very many words are the (35)___________ in American and in British English, but the American people do not speak the English language in the same way as people in England.
A.and
B.or
C.but
D.so