While we … on the phone the children … fighting.
A.are talking – start
B.were talking – were starting
C.were talking – started
D.talked – started

By the time you arrive at the hotel, I … the dinner.
A.will prepare
B.will be preparing
C.would have prepared
D.will have prepared

When I …, she … for Dallas ten minutes ago.
A.was coming – left
B.came – left
C.had come – had left
D.came – had left

If he had told me that he … at home, I wouldn’t have come to visit him.
A.wasn’t
B.isn’t
C.won’t be
D.hadn’t been

Mary will have finished all her work …
A.as soon as her boss returned
B.by the time her boss returns
C.until her boss will return
D.when her boss will return

…for my train the morning, I met an old school friend.
A.Until I had been waiting
B.When I had been waiting
C.While I was waiting
D.As I will be waiting

She got up, did exercise, and … (work.)
A.had worked
B.worked
C.would work
D.was working

No sooner had he arrived in Rome … he was kidnapped.
A.when
B.then
C.while
D.than

By the time you arrive in Italy, we … the house.
A.will paint
B.are painting
C.will have painted
D.have painted

My mother was cooking … my father was watering the plants.
A.when
B.while
C.before
D.as