Test 14: When - while - where

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Test 14: When - while - where - as soon as

- When
- while
- where
- as soon as

___ you tell him about it when you ___ him?
- A) did / see
- B) does / saw
- C) will / see
- D) would / see
- E) do / will see
Tomorrow when you ___ the sun ___ .
- A) woke up / shines
- B) have woken up / was shining
- C) wake up / will be shining
- D) will wake up / will shine
- E) woke up / shined
When my sister ___ at the college 2 years ago she ___ to learn several foreign languages.
- A) was studying / tried
- B) studies / tries
- C) studied / was trying
- D) was studying / was trying
- E) studies / trying
When I ___ that morning the sun ___ high in the sky.
- A) will wake up / had shone
- B) have waken up / shines
- C) shall wake up / was shining
- D) woke up / was shining
- E) woke up / will be shining
When I ___ the letter I wondered what ___ .
- A) got / had happened
- B) get / happens
- C) got / happened
- D) had got / had happened
- E) got / has happened
I ___ to know when you ___ .
- A) don’t want / will come
- B) shall want / come
- C) want / had come
- D) didn’t want / come
- E) didn’t want / are coming
When I ___ home my mother ___ me that my friend ___ me an hour before.
- A) had come / told / had called
- B) came / told / called
- C) came / told / had called
- D) was coming / told / called
- E) came / was telling / had called
I ___ still, when you ___ .
- A) am working / will return
- B) shall be working / return
- C) was working / are returning
- D) shall have been working / have returned
- E) was working / are returned
When Harris ___ her she ___ Paris.
- A) is meeting / was leaving
- B) met / was leaving
- C) had met / left
- D) meets / left
- E) met / will leave
When he ___ in London, it ___ heavily.
- A) arrive / rains
- B) arrives / rained
- C) arrived / was raining
- D) will arrive / rains
- E) arrived / is raining
It ___ when we ___ home.
- A) rained / came
- B) rained / was coming
- C) was raining / came
- D) will rain / came
- E) rained / shall come
When we ___ the beach the rain ___ already ___ .
- A) leave / has / started
- B) will leave / have / started
- C) left / had / started
- D) left / have / started
- E) are leaving / was / starting
What ___ you ___ when I ___ ?
- A) did / do / returned
- B) are / doing / shall return
- C) will / be doing / return
- D) do / do / return
- E) have done / am returning
When I ___ him up they said that he ___ an hour ago.
- A) call / left
- B) called / has left
- C) should call / has left
- D) call / leaves
- E) called / had left
When you ___ me up yesterday it ___ hard.
- A) rings / will rain
- B) rang / was raining
- C) will rang / will rain
- D) ring / rains
- E) had rung / had rained
When the woman was out a postman ___ a letter.
- A) brings
- B) bring
- C) brought
- D) had brought
- E) has brought
I hope it ___ when you ___ to London.
- A) doesn’t rain / will get
- B) is raining / get
- C) won’t be raining / get
- D) will rain / will get
- E) rained / have got
When the lesson ___ we ___ home.
- A) are over / go
- B) is over / goes
- C) is over / shall go
- D) will be over / go
- E) will be over / shall go
What ___ you ___ when your father returned?
- A) will / do
- B) were / doing
- C) was / do
- D) will / be doing
- E) were / do
When we ___ in Seville we ___ sightseeing.
- A) are / went
- B) were / went
- C) shall be / go
- D) are / go
- E) had been / go
___ when he was painting the ceiling.
- A) He found his passport
- B) He burnt his hand
- C) He bought a new car
- D) He wrote a letter
- E) He fell off the ladder
It ___ since morning when we ___ .
- A) has rained / went out
- B) had been raining / went out
- C) was raining / go out
- D) rained / will go out
- E) rained / went out
When I ___ back to the table, six soldiers ___ there.
- A) came / were sitting
- B) comes / were sitting
- C) has come / sit
- D) came / are sitting
- E) came / will sit
When I ___ younger I ___ an idea of a wife who ___ with me in my thoughts as well as aims.
- A) was / had / will be
- B) was / had / would be
- C) had been / had / is
- D) have been / have / will be
- E) was / had had / had been
When I ___ school I ___ the university.
- A) shall finish / shall enter
- B) finish / enter
- C) shall finish / enter
- D) finish / shall enter
- E) finish/entered
I visited my sister when she ___ in Moscow.
- A) lived
- B) lives
- C) were lived
- D) is living
- E) were living
We ___ have our supper when our mother ___ from the market.
- A) shall / comes
- B) - / comes
- C) - / will come
- D) shan’t / come
- E) shall / come
The passengers ___ for the train for 20 minutes when it ___ into the station.
- A) waited / pulls
- B) had waited / pulled
- C) had been waiting / pulled
- D) will wait / had pulled
- E) are waiting / was pulled
Yesterday when I ___ her she ___ me about you.
- A) have met / told
- B) was meeting / told
- C) have met / would tell
- D) have met / tell
- E) met / had told
When I came in my mother ___ dinner.
- A) cooked
- B) were cooking
- C) will cook
- D) have cooked
- E) was cooking
When I ___ home, I ___ a friend of mine.
- A) was going / met
- B) go / meet
- C) was going / was meeting
- D) are going / meet
- E) were going / met
I ___ terrible when I ___ that morning.
- A) felt / wake up
- B) feels / wake up
- C) felt / woke up
- D) feel / woke up
- E) felt / had woken up
When they ___ about it there ___ much trouble.
- A) finds out / be
- B) found out / were
- C) is finding out / is
- D) find out / will be
- E) found out / had been
Lane ___ through the morning papers when the telephone ___ .
- A) was looking / rang
- B) were looking / rang
- C) are looking / rung
- D) have looked / ring
- E) looked / is ringing
A ship ___ near the Malta Islands when the men on board ___ a dolphin in the water.
- A) was fishing / noticed
- B) fished / noticed
- C) was fishing / will notice
- D) is fishing / noticed
- E) fished / notices
How fast ___ you ___ when the accident ___?
- A) were / driving / happened
- B) did / drive / was happening
- C) will / drive / had happened
- D) are / driving / will happen
- E) - / drive / happens
I ___ my hand when I ___ the dinner.
- A) was burning / cooked
- B) had burnt / am cooking
- C) shall burn / shall cook
- D) burnt / was cooking
- E) have burnt / cooked
We ___ ready when you ___ home.
- A) are / will come
- B) shall / come
- C) shall be / will come
- D) shall be / come
- E) will be / came
Two hours ago when the children ___ in the yard a terrible storm ___ .
- A) were playing / began
- B) played / began
- C) were playing / were beginning
- D) played / were beginning
- E) play / begins
It ___ for three hours when we ___ home.
- A) will have been raining / came
- B) is raining / come
- C) rained / came
- D) rains / came
- E) had been raining / came
While we ___ an article mother ___ dinner.
- A) were translated / was cooking
- B) were translating / cooked
- C) have been translating / is cooking
- D) translated / had cooked
- E) are translating / was cooking
He looked at the carpet while ___ for her answer.
- A) to wait
- B) be waiting
- C) waiting
- D) waited
- E) having waited
While the woman ___ her children quickly passed her and ___ upstairs.
- A) was talking / was going
- B) was talking / went
- C) talks / went
- D) were talking / went
- E) talked / went
I understood that while the student ___ I couldn’t enter the room.
- A) would be examined
- B) is examining
- C) was examined
- D) was being examined
- E) is examined
While we ___ sightseeing the students ___ the book.
- A) went / were reading
- B) to go / were reading
- C) went / are reading
- D) go / were read
- E) have gone / have read
While you ___ a rest, we ___ the task.
- A) were having / did
- B) have / do
- C) shall have / done
- D) have had / did
- E) is having / do
While he ___ to school his elder brother ___ from the Institute. His brother is a teacher now.
- A) had gone / graduated
- B) has been gone / will graduate
- C) is going / has been graduating
- D) went / graduated
- E) goes / graduated
___ while he was having breakfast.
- A) He climbed the fence
- B) His pen stopped writing
- C) He fell off the ladder
- D) He bit his tongue
- E) He painted the ceiling
Mary ___ Nick where he ___ after graduating from the University.
- A) asked / works
- B) ask / would work
- C) ask / worked
- D) asked / would work
- E) asked / has worked
We ___ into the room where the old man ___ . He was seriously ill.
- A) go / lies
- B) goes / lie
- C) went / is lying
- D) went / was lying
- E) was going / was lying
Mrs. Black ___ into the room where her husband ___ and began to cry.
- A) comes / sits
- B) came / was sitting
- C) came / sat
- D) came / were sitting
- E) was coming / sat
As soon as he___ to Copenhagen he___ us a letter.
- A) get / send
- B) gets / sends
- C) gets / will send
- D) got / should send
- E) got / has sent
I ___ you as soon as we ___ the contract.
- A) shall call / sign
- B) call / sign
- C) called / sign
- D) would call / sign
- E) is calling / are signing
As soon as I ___ the result I ___ you know.
- A) hear / shall let
- B) will hear / will let
- C) hear / let
- D) heard / let
- E) have heard / let
As soon as the guests ___ we ___ our party.
- A) will come / began
- B) comes / begin
- C) will come / begin
- D) come / shall begin
- E) come / begin
I was in the supermarket. As soon as I ___ for the goods somebody ___ me.
- A) paid / would push
- B) had paid / pushed
- C) have paid / pushed
- D) pay / will push
- E) have paid / is pushing
As soon as we ___ the house we ___ to it.
- A) shall build / move
- B) build / shall move
- C) will build / shall move
- D) built / shall move
- E) build / move
As soon as he ___ to see me, we ___ chess.
- A) will come / shall play
- B) comes / shall play
- C) will come / play
- D) comes / play
- E) came / play

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