She usually ______ (drink) coffee before work., drink, drinks, drank, is drinking, Look! The children ______ (play) in the garden., are playing, played, play, were playing, We ______ (visit) our grandparents last weekend., were visiting, have visited, visited, visit, I ______ (cook) dinner when the phone rang., cooked, had cooked, am cooking, was cooking, My grandfather ______ (work) on a farm when he was young., was working, used to work, works, has worked, They ______ (live) in this city since 2019., are living, had lived, lived, have lived, He ______ (study) English for three hours today., has been studying, is studying, has studied, studied, By the time we arrived, the train ______ already ______ (leave)., has already left, was already leaving, had already left, already left, She was tired because she ______ (work) all night., was working, worked, had been working, has worked, My brother never ______ (watch) horror films., is watching, watches, watched, watch, Why ______ you ______ (laugh) now?, are you laughing, have you laughed, do you laugh, were you laughing, I ______ (lose) my keys yesterday., have lost, lose, was losing, lost, While they ______ (walk) home, it started to snow., had walked, walked, were walking, are walking, We ______ (have) a dog, but now we have a cat., were having, used to have, had, have had, I ______ never ______ (try) Japanese food., have never tried, never tried, had never tried, am never trying, She ______ (wait) for the bus for 40 minutes., waited, is waiting, had waited, has been waiting, They ______ (finish) the project before the deadline., have finished, had finished, were finishing, finished, Tom was exhausted because he ______ (run) for over an hour., ran, was running, has run, had been running, My parents always ______ (support) me., support, supports, supported, are supporting, Listen! Someone ______ (knock) at the door., has knocked, knocks, is knocking, knocked, Sarah ______ (meet) her best friend in 2018., has met, was meeting, met, meets, I ______ (read) a book when my sister came in., was reading, had read, read, am reading, We ______ (live) near the sea when we were children., were living, have lived, live, used to live, He ______ just ______ (finish) his homework., just finished, has just finished, had just finishing, is just finishing, They ______ (work) here since January., worked, have been working, had worked, are working, The teacher ______ already ______ (start) the lesson when we entered., was already starting, has already started, had already started, already started, She ______ (cry) because she ______ (argue) with her friend., was crying because she had argued, had cried because she was arguing, cried because she argues, is crying because she has argued, Water ______ (boil) at 100°C., is boiling, has boiled, boiled, boils, What ______ you ______ (do) at the moment?, were you doing, are you doing, do you do, have you done, My uncle ______ (travel) to Spain last summer., travelled, has travelled, was travelling, travels, While I ______ (drive), I saw an accident., drove, am driving, had driven, was driving, I ______ (wear) glasses, but now I use contact lenses., was wearing, have worn, used to wear, wear, We ______ (know) each other for ten years., knew, know, had known, have known, He ______ (learn) French since he was a child., had learned, has been learning, learned, is learning, By 9 p.m., they ______ (eat) dinner., had eaten, have eaten, ate, were eating, She was angry because someone ______ (use) her computer., has used, was using, had been using, used, My father usually ______ (leave) home at 7 a.m., leaves, leave, is leaving, left, They ______ (decorate) the house right now., decorate, decorated, are decorating, have decorated, I ______ (not/see) Anna since last month., didn't see, haven't seen, don't see, hadn't seen, The children ______ (play) football when it began to rain., had played, are playing, played, were playing, We ______ (go) to that restaurant every Friday when we lived nearby., have gone, were going, went, used to go, The movie ______ already ______ (begin) when we arrived., was already beginning, has already begun, had already begun, already began, They ______ (travel) around Europe for two months., are travelling, have been travelling, travelled, had travelled, He ______ (sleep) for several hours before I woke him up., had been sleeping, slept, has slept, was sleeping, My sister always ______ (help) me with my homework., help, helped, helps, is helping, Why ______ your brother ______ (wear) a suit today?, was your brother wearing, is your brother wearing, has your brother worn, does your brother wear, I ______ (break) my phone last week., have broken, was breaking, break, broke, She ______ (write) emails all morning, so she needed a break., had been writing, wrote, has written, was writing, We ______ never ______ (be) to Australia., were never, had never be, are never being, have never been, Before he moved to London, he ______ (live) in a small village for many years., had been living, lived, was living, has lived

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