Linda only ____ the film after she ____ the book.
- understood – read
- understood - had read
- had understood – read
- understood - was reading
____ you ever ____ on TV before you ____ in this reality show?
- Had ... appeared - took part
- Have ... appeared - took part
- Did ... appear - had taken part
- Would ... appear - took part
I wasn't sure how Belinda would react because I ____ her long.
- didn't know
- wasn't knowing
- hadn't been knowing
- hadn't known
I wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he ____.
- was already left
- already left
- had already been leaving
- had already left
When we ____ to the airport, I realized that I ____ my passport at home.
- got - had left
- got - was left
- got - left
- had got - had left
He ____ the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.
- hold
- held
- has been holding
- has held
When I met Walters about two years before his death he didn't seem satisfied. He ____ no major book since he settled in Uganda.
- has published
- could have published
- published
- had published
Throughout the campaign we ____ our candidate's photographs on the walls of public buildings, hoping to attract women's votes.
- have been hanging
- hanged
- hung
- have hung
Many of the people who attended Major Gordon's funeral ____ him for many years.
- didn't see
- wouldn't see
- haven't seen
- hadn't seen
Seeing Peter's handwriting on the envelope, she ____ the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.
- was tearing
- tore
- had torn
- has torn
We were both very excited about the visit, as we ____ each other for ages.
- never saw
- didn't see
- hadn't seen
- haven't seen
What made you think he ____ in the Royal Air Force?
- must have to be
- had been
- was being
- had had to be
Without turning my head in the direction of the gate I ____ a small object just under the fence.
- spotted
- had spotted
- have spotted
- was spotted
With just one exception, the report says, each of the trees that was cut down ____ very expensive treatment for periods of up to ten years.
- had to be undergone
- was undergone
- has undergone
- had undergone
They ____ married for two years or so when Roy enployed a very attractive Indian secretary in his Glasgow office.
- only have been
- were only
- have only been
- had only been
I know too little Dutch to have understood what they were talking about. What I ____ was that their boss would be there the next morning.
- did understand
- didn't understand
- have understood
- could have understood
The driver ____ violently and managed to stop the car just inches from the body lying on the road.
- was braking
- has braked
- braked
- had braked
A columnist ____ in writing a newspaper or a magazine.
- believes
- concentrates
- responds
- specializes
A lot of residents had to ____ from the unexpected hurricane last month.
- protect
- recover
- suffer
- save
The society tries to deal ____ young offenders ____ a variety of ways.
- to - by
- about - to
- with - in
- around - from
After some debate the Moors have agreed to exclude abstract art ____ their daughter's wedding list.
- out of
- from
- off
- beyond
The aircraft, which originally headed ____ Heathrow, had to make an emergency landing at Orly.
- for
- on
- at
- into
Her negligence resulted ____ the loss of a major contract ____ the company.
- to - from
- for- over
- in – for
- into - about
The windows of the class were covered ____ so much dirt that we couldn't see ____ them.
- in – about
- with - through
- of – with
- up-across
____ such an educated woman, she has very little common sense. Don't you agree ____ me?
- Of - about
- From - to
- Through - upon
- For - with
She's longing ____ the day when they can move out ____ the city.
- with-of
- for- of
- by – for
- for- from
You can never rely ____ Anna to provide you ____ information.
- of - with
- for - to
- on - with
- on - by
I don't need a car; we live ____ easy reach of the shops.
- upon
- within
- at
- towards
We couldn't figure ____ why the editor-in-chief had changed his mind about the article.
- out
- up
- down
- through
In the hospital, the case was diagnosed as pneumonia. Before that, she had been treated ____ hay fever.
- for
- on
- against
- from