41. Now, can you tell me what ……………..all this time I was away?

a) you done b) you have been doing c) you did

42. Peter boasts (himself) of ……………….presented with a medal for his work.

a) to have been b) having been c) to had been

43. The stranger asked me whether I ……………..where the post-office was.

a) know b) knew c) knows

44. They would ………….for hours on end.

a) quarrel b) quarrels c) quarrelled

45. I …………from you for quite a long while.

a) didn’t hear b) haven’t heard c) haven’t been heard

46. Miriam …………….ever since she was a girl.

a) sang b) had been singing c) has sung

47. How long ago …………….here?

b) have you arrived b) did you arrive c) you arrived

48. I’ll ask John about the matter if I …………..him tomorrow.

a) meet b) will meet c) met

49. You ……………..me before that you couldn’t swim.

a) can tell b) could tell c) could have told

50. If I only ………………you like sweets, I might have brought you some.

a) had known b) knew c) have known