He ........................the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.
A.hold
B.held
C.has been holding
D.has held

Throughout the campaign we ………..our candidate’s photographs on the wall of public buildings, hoping to attract women’s votes. However, we were only moderately successful.
A.have been hanging
B.hanged
C.hung
D.have hung

Several months after the bombing most of the houses……………..in ruins.
A.lied
B.lay
C.were laying
D.laid

Seeing Peter’s handwriting on the envelope, she ………..the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.
A.was tearing
B.tore
C.had torn
D.has torn

“Will it be all right if I ask Mr Bueno to come in the afternoon?” “Well, I’m to get the file on his bank tomorrow. And I’d rather not meet him before I……………it.”
A.have seen
B.had seen
C.saw
D.will see

Tim doesn’t seem to be particularly fond of his school but, of course, when he declares that the very day he…………….he’ll make a bonfire to bum all his books, this is some sort of exaggeration.


A.will have graduated
B.will graduate
C.is going to graduate
D.graduates

It’s more than an hour that I…………….here, and she still……………. I wonder.

if there's a problem of some kind.
A.have been waiting - hasn't arrived
B.have waited - didn’t arrive
C.am waiting - isn’t arriving
D.wait - doesn’t arrive

“Can we use the court now?" - “Not yet. But as everything is ready, we can start as soon as they…………..
A.finished
B.have finished
C.will finish
D.will have finished

So far, Teddy……………ten kilos.
A.has been losing
B.lost
C.had lost
D.has lost

Last year about 30 per cent of disability benefits went to people with no health problems; you shouldn’t be surprised then if they send you to some medical tests before your pension……………….extended.
A.is
B.will be
C.will have
D.was