Tales of the unexplained

c. considered                    d. is going to consider
2. the crazy fans __b_______ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.
  a. were waiting    b. had been waiting   c had waited    d. would wait.
3. the coffee is wonderful! it doesn’t taste like anything i __c___ before.
a. was having    b. have   c. have ever had   d. had ever had
4. listen to the two girls by the window. what language ___c___ ?
a. did they speak        b. were they speaking 
c. are they speaking      d. have they been speaking
5. he ___d____ more than 5,000 english words when he entered the university at the age of 15.
a. has learned   b. would have learned   c. learned  d. had learned
6. by the time jane gets home, her aunt _c____ for london to attend a meeting.
a. will leave   b. leaves    c. will have left   d. left
7. father __d___ for london on business upon my arrival, so i didn’t see him.
   a. has left     b. left     c. was leaving    d. had left
8. millions of pounds’ worth of damage _a___ by a storm which swept across the north of england last night.
a. has been caused        b. had been caused 
c. will be caused          d. will have been caused
9. my brother is an actor. he ___c_____ in several films so far.
a. appears    b. appeared    c. has appeared    d. is appearing
10. the country life he was used to _b_____ greatly since 1992.
a. change    b. has changed    c. changing    d. have changed
11. --- hurry up! alice and sue are waiting for you at the school gate.
   --- oh! i thought they __c______ without me.
a. went     b. are going      c. have gone    d. had gone
12. years ago we didn’t know this, but recent science _c___ that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill. 
a. showed    b. will show    c. has shown   d. is showing
13. --- is bob still performing?