Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

7. – Have you posted the invitations? – Yes, they … already been posted.

A) has B) had C) have D) were

8. Louise showed great … with me when I was ill and irritable.

A) patiently B) patience C) impatiently D) patient

9. It is very hard to earn money. Don`t waste it for … things you don`t need.

A) being bought B) to buy C) buy D) buying

10. By the way, that … me something I was supposed to be doing this afternoon.

A) reminds B) remains C) remembers D) memorizes

11. The small Texas school … I attended carried out a tradition every year during the eighth grade graduation.

A) whom B) that C) who D) when

12. Martin Luther King … for civil rights for more than a decade when he received the Noble Peace Prize in 1964.

A) has been working B) had been working C) worked D) was working