The boy must have learnt a little Spanish during his stay as he................. the fax.


  
A.could hardly understand                                   
B. B.did understand
  
C.managed understand                                          
D. D. understood anything of

Without turning my head in the direction of the gate I ………..a small object just under the fence.


             
A.     A. spotted                      
B. B. had spotted                      
C.  C. have spotted                          
D.D. was spotted

Friday will be a bad day for me - I have an extra session and maybe a press conference. I wish your mother………….on Saturday or Sunday. But I know it’s not your fault.
A.didn't come
B.were coming              
C.came                                     
D.had come

What made you think he ……….in the Royal Air Force?


            
A. A. must have to be  
B.B. had been                   
C.C. was being                    
D.D. had had to be

Seeing Peter’s handwriting on the envelope, she ………..the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.


           
A. A. was tearing       
B.  B. tore                           
C. C. had torn                   
D.    D. has torn

Everybody………….here except for Jill two hours ago.
A. is
B.has been
C.can       be
D.was

As soon as I shut the front door I realised that I………….my key in the house.
A.had left                          
B.have left                      
C. left
D.was leaving

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