STARS WORLD ENGLISH 12 - REVISION FIRST TERM 2

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 under

• was under

• has undergone

• had undergone

They ____ married for two years or so when Roy employed 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