The weather was perfect and so we ___________ the little shelter at the top in just two hours while normally the climbing would have taken at least half an hour longer.
A.were able to reach
B.could reach
C.could have reached
D.might have reached

All the afternoon the kids were out on the beach and co Evs and I _________ some serious talk about what was going wrong in our marriage. With the children around, such discussion would have been impossible.
A.might have
B.were able to have
C.could have had
D.had to have

Doctor Delors was very fluent in English and so I ________ an interpreter, which greatly reduced the cost of the lecture.
A.needn’t have hired
B.didn’t need hire
C.needn’t to have hired
D.didn’t need to hire

"If he were here",he would accompany you on the piano.
A.Supposing he were here
B.Because he were here
C.Were he here
D.Both Aand C

"If she had gone abroad", she would have let you know.
A.Had gone she abroad
B.Had she gone abroad
C.Because she had gone abroad
D.while she had gone abroad

.……….she agreed, you would have done it.
A.if
B.had
C.should
D.would

If I were in your place, I….a trip to England.
A.will make
B.had made
C.would make
D.made

They were travelling on the same train so they ___________. But, of course, we don’t know if they did.
A.may have met
B.should probably meet
C.might meet
D.could meet

He __________ them to promote him to manager; after all, he isn’t even a qualified engineer.
A.shouldn’t be expecting
B.needn’t have expected
C.can’t have expected
D.wouldn’t be expecting

We really should have checked whether the covered bazaar is open on Sundays. We ______ somewhere else, but now we ‘ve wasted our after-noon coming here.
A.visited
B.had visited
C.could have visited
D.have been visiting