Verb Tenses

--- Do you know this city at all?
--- No, this is the first time I __________ here.
1. was
2. came
3. am coming
4. have been
--- Can I join your club, Dad?
--- You can when you __________ a bit older.
1. get
2. will get
3. are getting
4. will have got
--- I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
--- Oh, not at all. I __________ here only a few minutes.
1. was
2. had been
3. have been
4. will be
I don't really work here; I __________ until the new secretary arrives.
1. just help out
2. am just helping out
3. have just helped out
4. will just help out
If a book is __________, it will surely _________ the reader.
1. interested ------ interest
2. interesting ------ be interested
3. interested ------ be interesting
4. interesting ------ interest
He is late again today. I'll __________ that he will not be late tommorow.
1. see it
2. see to it
3. will make it sure
4. will make
The happy moment I had looked forward to __________ at last.
1. came
2. coming
3. come
4. to come
Tom has just arrived, but I didn't know he __________ until yesterday.
1. had come
2. came
3. was coming
4. will come
When I __________ across a new word, I look it up in the dictionary.
1. come
2. am coming
3. will come
4. came
Everything __________ by the time you get there.
1. will have been ready
2. had been ready
3. was ready
4. has been ready