Verb Tenses

-- Everyone was at the party except you. What happened?
-- I ______ after Max, my pet dog, at home. He was ill.
1. have looked
2. was looking
3. would look
4. had been looking
That your friend didn't give you a gift on your birthday ______ that he will break away with you.
1. don't mean
2. doesn't mean
3. didn't mean
4. hadn't meant
-- Jack and David are brothers.
-- Oh, I ______ why they looked so alike.
1. was wondering
2. wonder
3. have wondered
4. am wondering
Children won't put on weight so easily if they ______ to eat more fruit and vegetables.
1. persuade
2. were persuaded
3. will persuade
4. are persuaded
I used to drink a lot of fruit juice but these days I ______ mineral water.
1. prefer
2. was preferring
3. preferred
4. prefered
Your job is well done. ______ you ______ for it?
1. Have; paid
2. Have; got paid
3. Did; pay
4. Have; paied
As a UN reporter warns, animals ______ at a speed 100 times faster now than any time in the past since the dinosaurs were wiped out.
1. have died out
2. were dying out
3. were died out
4. are dying out
The computer cost $850, but the price ______ down $50. Do you know that?
1. has come
2. came
3. come
4. comes
-- Did you sleep well last night?
-- Far from that! My next-door neighbor ______ music pretty loud.
1. plays
2. has played
3. would play
4. was playing
I met Tom last month. We ______ each other since we graduated from college.
1. haven't met
2. hadn't met
3. met
4. meet