-----Tom. You look very bored and tired.

 -----Yes, I ______ my father on the farm until seven o’clock this morning.

   A. have been helping    B. had helped      C.was helping     D. am helping

-----Tom. You look very bored and tired.

 -----Yes, I ______ my father on the farm until seven o’clock this morning.

   A. have been helping    B. had helped      C.was helping     D. am helping

I ___________ my father to give up smoking, but he didn’t listen to me.

A. persuaded               B. advised                  C. suggested              D. promised

I ____ my father ____ and he did so.

A. advised; to stop smoking      B. tried to persuade; to give off smoking

C. persuaded; to give up smoking   D. suggested; to stop to smoke.

—Jim,have you finished reading Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince??

—No.I______ my father on the farm all day yesterday.

A.would help                       B.had helped

C.was helping                     D.have been helping