1. The department store __________ (open) at 9:00 a.m.

2. He _____________ (go) there when he ____________ (finish) his work.

3. We ______________ (live) in this part of the country for three years.

4. I _____________ (drink) coffee at the moment.

5. Nick ___________ (work) in several companies since he _________

(graduate) from college.

6. When _______ you _________ (leave) home for school yesterday?

7. We _______________ (wait) in the classroom for ten minutes

before our teacher ________________ (arrive).

8. The secretary ____________ (talk) on the phone when her boss

___________ (come) in.

9. According to the weather forecast it ___________ (rain)

tomorrow all day long.

10. Who __________ (take) my notebook? It ________ (be) on my desk a minute ago.

11. At two o’clock this afternoon the colleagues ___________ (have) lunch at work.

12. Excuse me I ___________ (look) for a post office. Is there one near here?

13. I _____________ (not, leave) the house before the postman _____________
(bring) the mail.

14. Mrs. Smith ________ (be) busy last weekend because her grandchildren
__________ (stay) with her.

15. You can't see this talk show on TV tonight, they __________
(show) it only next Sunday.

16. I ___________ (not, understand) what you _______ (mean).

1. opens

2. will go, finishes

3. have been living

4. am drinking

5. has worked, graduated

6. did leave

7. had been waiting, arrived

8. was talking, came

9. will rain

10. has taken, was

11. were having

12. am looking

13. won’t leave, brings

14. was, were staying

15. will show

16. don’t understand, mean