1.	I really admire Hollywood director Martin Scorsese, and I like all the movies that he has directed. In fact, I __________ one of them right now.	2.	Stan surprised his family when he told them that they will go to Italy in the summer. They are so excited because they __________ to go there.
	will watch was watching am watching have watched		would always want have always wanted are always wanting were always wanting

3.	Adam was sick the whole weekend. He was really upset __________ he was not able to play in Saturday’s basketball game.	4.	Vincent can’t find his wallet anywhere. If only he were not so forgetful, he __________ a difficult time looking for it.
	while although however because		would not have was not having has not had cannot have

5.	When Laura got tired of waiting for the contest results, she left to have lunch. “They _________ the announcement by the time that I finish,” she thought.	6.	Sophia is nervous about the upcoming spelling contest. She _________ until midnight last night, but she still doesn’t feel ready for the contest.
	will probably make have probably made will probably have made are probably making		could study has studied is studying studied

7.	Samantha and Lisa agreed to meet at the cinema tonight. Samantha __________ there when Lisa called to cancel their movie date.	8.	We went to the top of the Empire State Building for a view of the entire city. They say it’s the __________ building in New York.
	was already heading already heads already headed will already be heading		taller tall most tall tallest

9.	Why are you always so tired when you get to work? Do you think that you __________ less exhausted if you had a car?	10.	Nicole wants to study at the University of Bologna in Italy. Right now, she __________ Italian so that she can apply for a scholarship there.
	are would be had been will have been		had learned was learning is learning has learned

11.	The Robinsons are planning to have a picnic in the park today. They will leave the house __________ their mother finishes preparing the food.	12.	My cousins from Ontario, Canada recently arrived to pay us a visit. They __________ so much since the last time we saw them.
	since before because as soon as		are growing have grown were growing had been growing

13.	Tina and her sisters wish they could give their father a surprise birthday party. If only they __________ enough money, they would surely make it special.	14.	Bill is trying to decide which type of flowers to send Kate - roses or tulips. Sam thinks that tulips are __________ than roses.
	can have will have had have had		better best good more good

15.	Anne can’t wait to show her dad the sweater she is knitting for him. By the time that he arrives, she __________knitting it.	16.	Were you able to talk to John this morning? I spoke to him a while ago, and he said that he __________ when you called him.
	was finishing will have finished finished has been finishing		was sleeping has slept is sleeping will sleep

17.	This morning, Ms. Brown asked her students a difficult question. She asked, “What would you do if you __________ president for one day?”	18.	Yesterday, Jane discovered an easier way to get to her office. She was glad that the streets were __________ those on her usual route.
	should be had been were wil be		less busy as not as busy as the least busiest as least busier than

19.	Russell likes to read crime and mystery novels. Right now, he __________ John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief.	20.	The Eiffel Tower in Paris was built in the late 1880s. Since then, it ________ one of the most recognized landmarks in the world.
	will reading had been reading has read is reading		has become becomes will have become is becoming

21.	Helen really liked the skirt that she saw at the mall today. If only she had a few extra dollars, she __________ and buy it.	22.	Our class was supposed to go on a fieldtrip last Friday. __________, it rained so hard that our teacher had to cancel our trip.
	has gone goes was going would go back		Yet Although However So

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