1.
Many years ago I______ to spend New Year's Eve with my family.
A
Has decided
B
Decided
C
Was deciding
2.
I _____new year with my parents but I had nowhere to go, and being with my family seemed preferable to being on my own.
A
Hadn't normally spent
B
Wasn't normally spending
C
Didn't normally spend
3.
When my parents _____
the door
A
Opened
B
Had been opening
C
Were opening
4.
I could see they ______, and that they were genuinely happy to see me.
A
Had smiled
B
Were smiling
C
Smiled
5.
I _____ separated to them due to my stressing work as a lawyer, and for them, seeing me was the confirmation that I wasn't dead in my office.
A
Was being
B
Was
C
Had been
6.
I ________ nothing new or exciting to tell them, just the same sad old stories.
A
Had had
B
Had
C
was having
7.
I ________ from crappy relationship to another. The same old routine.
A
was going
B
had been going
C
went
8.
During dinner, I _______ a few glassfuls of whisky.
A
Had drunk up
B
drank up
C
was drinking up
9.
I_____something to ease the pain,
A
was needing
B
had needed
C
needed
10.
because for the whole evening my sisters _______
at me horribly, I couldn't stand it anymore.
A
had been looking
B
looked
C
had looked
11.
My own sisters______ me
A
hated
B
has hated
C
was hating
12.
Then I had a moment of realisation; I __________ that they hated the success I _______.
A
discovered/reached
B
discovered/had reached
C
had discovered/ was reaching
13.
When we finished dinner I _________ my glass.
A
was raising
B
had raised
C
raised
14.
'I'm getting a promotion' I said. My parents _______
at me with some kind of hope.
A
had been looking
B
looked
C
had looked at me
15.
Parents always support you. But my sisters just _____
down, in sign of jelaousy.
A
had looked
B
looked
C
had been looking
16.
Althoug, they knew perfectly I ________ the best year at the office, and that this opportunity was perfect, not in even then they were happy for me.
A
was having
B
hadn't had
C
had been having
17.
After that day, I ________
that look in my sisters' eyes every day, every time
