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

We were not going to stop. The campaign should go on until every bike ………. marked with the now reflective paint. Just think how many lives it may save.
A.will have been
B.was
C.has been
D.will be

Don’t ask me to show you the slides before my wife………….them. Call it censorship if you like.
A.seeing
B.will have seen
C.has seen
D.saw

“Is it true you plan to hold a press conference?" - “Yes, as soon as the first results…………….known. It’s important to be quick.”
A.will be
B.will have been
C.are
D.were