The teacher         the office for a few minutes when we arrived. We didn’t meet him.

• A. have left
• B. had left
• C. had been away from
• D. left

—I hear the beginning of this movieis very exciting.
—What a pity! When I got to the cinema yesterday, the film          for several minutes.

• A. began
• B. had begun
• C. had been on
• D. has been on

Yesterday I met Sandy. We          each other since finishing middle school.

• A. haven’t seen
• B. didn’t see
• C. hadn’t seen
• D. don’t see

He         to play the piano before he was 11 years old.

• A. had learned
• B. has learned
• C. learned
• D. learns

Tom was disappointed because most of the guests         when he         at the party.

• A. left; had arrived
• B. left; arrived
• C. had left; had arrived
• D. had left; arrived

By nine o’clock yesterday evening, we         our work.

• A. have finished
• B. finished
• C. had finished
• D. finish

They         all their money, so they had to walk home.

• A. spend
• B. had spent
• C. have spent
• D. will spend

She didn’t pass the exams because she         her lessons well.

• A. wasn’t prepared
• B. wasn’t been prepared
• C. hadn’t prepared
• D. was preparing

—What did Bob ask you just now?
—He wanted to know how long         when he reached the cinema.

• A. the film had started
• B. the film will start
• C. the film had been on
• D. the film started

—Did you meet Tom at the airport?
—No. His plane          by the time I         there.

• A. has taken off; got
• B. took off; had got
• C. took off; arrived
• D. had taken off; arrived