Open the brackets using one of the Present Tenses or Past Simple/Past Continuous:

1. Jane is away on holiday so Linda _____ (do) her work.
2. The room ____ (smell) of perfume. – You ______ (imagine) things. Nobody _______ (be) in the house since last summer.
3. You three boys look guilty! What ______ (you/do) since I _______ (leave) the room?
4. What _____ (he/do) lately?
5. Mrs Dawson _______ (wait) outside since 10.30.
6. I feel really tired. I ______ (weed) the garden for the last three hours and I _______ (not rest) for a single moment.
7. So far we ______ (not notice) anything unusual.
8. I wonder if Mary ________ (reach) home yet? She ________ (leave) too late to catch the bus.
9. ______(you/go) away this weekend? Or _______(you /run) out of money?
10. I _________ (not understand) what ________ (you /wait) for.
11. What’s the matter? ________ (you/hurt) your ankle? ________ (it /hurt)? How _______ (it/ happen)?
12. I felt rather tired. It _______ (grow) darker and darker and there still was no sign of a rescue team.
13. This meat really ______ (taste) awful! Are you sure it’s fresh?
14. I ______ (do) some shopping yesterday when I_______ (see) that Dutch friend of yours.
15. Do you remember your driving lessons? How long ______ (you /take) them?