1. Choose the correct answer

30.Choose the correct answer.
But for your help we ... in time.
A) hadn't finished
B) would not finish
C) should not have finished
D) didn't finish


31. Choose the correct answer.
Once you ... 16, you ... to stay out on Saturdays until midnight, but before then, you have to be home by 10.00.
A) were turning / were allowed
B) turned / have been allowed
C) are turning / may have allowed
D) have turned / will be allowed


32. Choose the correct answer.
Since the negotiators ... an agreement at any moment, we all hoped, wrongly, that the new peace agreement ... by Christmas.
A) are promising / is operating
B) have promised / operates
C) will promise / is going to operate
D) promised / would be operating


33. Choose the correct answer.
... cheerfully in the spring sunshine, the paper boy handed her ,,The Guardian’’.
A) To sing
B) To have sung
C) Sung
D) Singing


34. Choose the correct answer.
Let nobody enter his room. He ... to concentrate on his work at the moment. His this situation ... three hours uninterruptedly every afternoon.
A) tries / will last B) has tried / is lasting
C) is trying / lasts D) was trying / lasted


35. Choose the correct answer.
With modern production methods and transportation, butter can be shipped thousands of miles and can be stored ... months ... losing its flavor and quality.
A) in / through B) until / at
C) for / without D) over / against
36. Choose the correct answer.
I wish I ... for dinner as it looks delicious, but unfortunately, I have to collect my mother for her sister’s house now.
A) had stayed
B) would stay
C) can stay
D) could stay


37. Choose the correct answer.
A: I wonder if Dee enjoyed my lemon dessert.
B: Well, she must have. She ... for a second helping if she ... the first.
A) won’t ask / hasn’t been enjoying
B) hadn’t asked / wouldn’t have enjoyed
C) wouldn’t have asked / hadn’t enjoyed
D) wasn’t asking / wouldn’t be enjoying