Several months after the bombing most of the houses……………..in ruins.


 
A.   A. lied                
B.          B. lay                              
C.      C. were laying                                
D.    D. laid

Since the Green Contest…………..before the end of the school year, I was against extending the deadline.


  
A.  A. must have been judged                                     
B.  B.had to be judged
    
C.has been judged                                                
D.   D. would have been judged

What great joy it was to receive the news he……………such a long time!


   
A. A. had been waiting for                                         
B.   B.has been waiting
    
C.C. has been waiting for                                             
D.D. has waited

The driver………….violently and managed to stop the car just inches from the body lying on the road.


          
A.A. was braking      
B. B. has braked                       
C. C. braked                         
D.D. had braked

I was very upset to learn that my first opponent would be Sam Miller, who………….part in tournaments for no less than ten years.



A.A.  was taking       
B.B. has been taking                 
C.C. took                             
D.D. had been taking

By criticising the firm at the meeting, Leo……………..his own grave. Did you see how furious the boss was?



A.A. is digging          
B.B. dug                                   
C.C. has been digging         
D.D.   had   dug

At the time of our first meeting there was a considerable difference between me and him; he…………….articles in magazines for over five years while I was practically unknown.
A.A. had been publishing                                                  
B.B. was publishing

C.C. has been publishing                                                     
D.D. published

I……………the envelope to the gate, hoping the girl would be clever enough to find it.



A.A. fast                         
B.    B. have  fastened                      
C.C. fastened                                
D.D. have fast

As it turned out, the real hero of the contest was Dave Baker, a school­boy from Trent, who………….on the skateboard for a couple of months.


    
A.  A. had only been practising                                               
B.B.has only been practising

C.C. was only practising                                                    
D.D. only practised

At my wife’s mention of the hidden treasure, the boy’s eyes…………….with excitement.


     
A.shone                      
B.   B. were shining                           
C.C. have shone                             
D. D. have shined