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100
TRUE or FALSE: This tense is used to talk about events in the past where is a specific mention of time.
TRUE
100
While I __________________ (walk) down the street, it began to rain.
was walking
100
I ______________ (meet) Omar, but I haven't met his wife.
have met
100
It ______________________ (rain) all day. It's still raining right now.
has been raining
100
Ever since she enrolled in the university, she ___________ (miss, never) a class due to illness.
has never missed
200
Rita was standing under the tree when it _______________(begin) to rain.
began
200
She _____________________ (help) her brother when the phone rang.
was helping
200
Sam ________________ (be) a teacher for ten years.
has been
200
I ______________________ (think) about looking for a different job. This one doesn't pay enough.
have been thinking
200
He ___________ (play) soccer only a couple of times, so he's not very good at it.
has played
300
She asked me, "___________ you ___________ (hear) that noise last night?"
Did/hear
300
While he ___________________ (clean), he found his missing shirt.
was cleaning
300
We got married in 2010, so we ______________ (be) married for six years.
have been
300
She works at the university. She _______________ (work) there since 2005.
has been working
300
About two years ago, we ___________ (buy) a house.
bought
400
While you were shoveling the snow yesterday, I __________ (make) you coffee.
made
400
While I _________________ (drive), she ___________________ (read) in the back seat.
was driving/ was reading
400
San Jose is the second city we _________________ (live) in.
have lived
400
She __________________ (sleep) for almost eleven hours. Don't you think we should wake her up?
has been sleeping
400
How long ____________ you ____________ (be) married?
have / been
500
Her husband was there too, but I _____________________ (not, meet) him.
did not meet
500
While you _________________ (cleaning) the house, she __________________ (do) the dishes.
were cleaning/was doing
500
___________ you ____________ (try) out your new camera yet?
Have/ tried
500
I'm trying to study. I __________________ (try) to study for the last hour.
have been trying
500
We ____________ (purchase) the house in 2010, so we _______________ (live) there for a few years now.
purchased/ have been living