B) is played

C) are playing

D) is playing

E) was playing

$$$ 15 E

Choose the right form of the verb:

We … to the theatre to-night.

A) is going

B) was going

C) is gone

D) has gone

E) are going

$$$ 16 D

Choose the right form of the verb:

It … when I left the house.

A) is raining

B) were raining

C) have raining

D) was raining

E) is rain

$$$ 17A

Choose the right form of the verb:

What … he … when you called on him?

A) was doing

B) is doing

C) are doing

D) were doing

E) has doing

$$$ 18E

Choose the right form of the verb:

He … a letter when I entered the room.

A) were writing

B) is writing

C) are writing

D) wrote

E) was writing

$$$ 19 A

Choose the right form of the verb:

We … the newspaper when you rang me up.

A) were reading

B) was reading

C) is reading

D) has reading

E) have reading

$$$ 20D

Choose the right form of the verb:

At that time they … the river.

A) is approaching

B) are approaching

C) am approaching

D) were approaching

E) has approaching

$$$ 21 A

Choose the right form of the verb:

At last I saw them. They … up the hill.

A) were climbing

B) was climbing

C) will climbing

D) am climbing

E) is climbing

$$$ 22 C

Choose the right form of the verb:

She listened again. Somebody … at the door.

A) are knocking

B) has knocking

C) was knocking

D) am knocking

E) knocking

$$$ 23 B

Choose the right form of the verb:

I saw Paul at the airport. He … for his brother’s plane to arrive fromCanada.

A) had been waiting

B) was waiting

C) waited

D) had waited

E) are waiting

$$$ 24B

Choose the right form of the verb:

Robert didn’t answer the phone when Mary called. He … a shower and didn’t hear the phone ring.

A) had been taking

B) was taking

C) had taken

D) are taking

E) are not taking

$$$ 25 B

Choose the right form of the verb: