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Choose the correct answer or phrase to fill in the blank. Each question has only one correct answer.

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_______ we get to the meeting, the presentation will have started.

  • As soon as
  • By the time
  • Whenever
  • Until

Does he remember what he was doing _______?

  • at the time
  • usually
  • every day
  • the time

It's ages _______ I played golf.

  • ago
  • for
  • since
  • when

Tom's ______ popped out for a moment. He'll be back soon.

  • yet
  • since
  • already
  • just

________, we'll have to bite the bullet and buy a new car.

  • Once
  • Eventually
  • Now
  • By the time

________ he hasn't managed to find a new job.

  • By now
  • So far
  • To now
  • Until

Jack's _______ complaining about his boss. He should find a new job.

  • sometimes
  • forever
  • every time
  • usually

Janet hasn't been feeling well ______.

  • of late
  • still
  • already
  • until now

My grandmother doesn't get out much _________.

  • day by day
  • recently
  • nowadays
  • already

Janus shopping mall opens _______.

  • last week
  • now
  • next week
  • to now

John will have finished the report _______

  • at the moment.
  • by next Monday.
  • on Sundays.
  • for I arrive.

I used to play tennis _________.

  • last week.
  • when I was a teenager.
  • two months ago.
  • since 1998.

___________, she had already left for the airport.

  • By the time I arrived
  • As soon as I arrived
  • After I arrived
  • During my arrival

I began using a computer ________.

  • ten years ago.
  • since 1996.
  • for fifteen years.
  • sometimes.

I'll be on vacation _________.

  • by 2007
  • three times this year
  • this time next week
  • sometimes

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