| 1 | My sister ( ) in reading comic books and missed the train. | |||
| absorbed | has absorbed | was absorbing | was absorbed | |
| 2 | He worked very hard to get the promotion, ( ) to fail. | |||
| despite | except | yet | only | |
| 3 | If he had spent more time studying for the exam, he ( ) a university student now. | |||
| will | would be | will have been | would have been | |