Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. At the airport they reported the flight (…)

1) being delayed; 2) to be delaying; 3) to have been delayed.

#2. I suggest (...) a taxi if we don't want to miss the train.

1) taking; 2) to be taking; 3) take.

#3. Dictionary-making, since computers (...) the routine out of it, has become fun.

1) have taken; 2) had taken; 3) took.

#4. Your face seems familiar to me. We (...) somewhere.

1) should have met; 2) must meet; 3) must have met.

#5. The first English colony in North America (...) by the Pilgrims who sailed from the English city of Plymouth in the Mayflower in 1620.

1) was founded; 2) was found; 3) founded.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. We've delayed ( ... ) the date of the wedding to please everybody.

1) fixing; 2) fix; 3) to be fixing.

#2. Look at him! He ( ... ) the same clothes for years.

1) wears; 2) has been wearing; 3) had been wearing

#3. When I came up to the post office, it was closed. I ( ... ) a bit earlier.

1) can't come; 2) must have been coming; 3) ought to have come

#4. A Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, was marooned on one of the islands between 1704 and 1709, and his experiences are supposed ( ... ) the novel Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.

1) to inspire; 2) to be inspired; 3) to have inspired.

#5. They were afraid of ( ... ), so they were considering where to hide the money.

1) be robbed; 2) being robbed; 3) be robbing.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. If you accepted my proposal we (...) the contract immediately.

1) signed; 2) would sign; 3) will sign.

#2. She grew (...) with his constant excuses.

1) impatient; 2) impatiently; 3) satisfied.

#3. In the evening while I was reading newspapers she (...) TV.

1) had watched; 2) has watched; 3) was watching.

#4. Can I have this letter (...), please.

1) photocopied; 2) photocopying: 3) being photocopied.

#5. Under any circumstances you (...) the safe unlocked.

1) must not leave; 2) you must leave; 3) must have left.

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Fill in the gaps with the appropriate grammar form:

#1. He would never have made such a stupid mistake if he (...) so tired.

1) had been; 2) would have been; 3) has been.

#2. The copy editor looked (...) when I saw her in the morning.

1) sadly; 2) sad; 3) nervously.

#3. She wanted to know if the “Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (...)

1) will be translated; 2) is being translated; 3) had been translated.

#4. It isn't clear how far the ozone layer (...) by aerosol sprayers.

1) has been damaged; 2) had been damaged; 3) would be damaged.

#5. Rarely (...) so much responsibility before I started this job.

1) I had had; 2) had I had; 3) I had.

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