You needn’t hurry her; she _______ it by the time you are ready.

A. will have finished                B. will finish

C. will be finishing                 D. has finished

 Our team was ahead during the first half, but we ________ in the last ten minutes.

A. had lost                                       B. would lose

C. were losing                                    D. lost

 — Look! How long ________ like this?

 —Three weeks! It’s usual here that rain _______ without stopping these days of the year.

A. has it rained; pours              B. has it been raining; pours

C. is it raining; is pouring           D. does it rain; pours

 — Hello, Jim. I________ to see you today. Sonia said you ________ ill.

   —Oh, I’m OK. 

A. don’t expect; were         B. haven’t expected; are

C. am not expecting; are       D. didn’t expect; were

 —I’ve bought a box of chocolates for our daughter.

  —Oh, how good a dad! But she doesn’t like sweet things. ________ that?

A. Don’t you know       B. Haven’t you known

C. Didn’t you know      D. Hadn’t you known

 —Look! Someone has spilt coffee on the carpet.

 —Well, it ________ me.

A. isn’t   B. wasn’t    C. hasn’t been        D. hadn’t been

 ―Isn’t it hard to drive downtown to work?

  —Yes, that’s why I ________ to work by train.

A.have been going    B. have gone

C. was going        D. will have gone

 ―Look! It looks as if it _______ going to rain. We must hurry.

―OK. 

A. was      B. is    C. were      D. will be

 ―Is Paul playing both soccer and tennis for the school?

―He_______. But now he has given up playing tennis.

A. is     B. has    C. was       D. had

________ Suez Canal brought ________ east and ________ west closer.
  A.The; the; the                B./; the; the                C.The; /; /        D./; /; /