Question

1. She _____________________ that report for six days.
a) have been writing; b) was writing; c) has been writing; d) has being written
2. This year the team at Yale _________on a study of rice farming in Indonesia.
a) has been working; b) was working; c) has worked; d) has being worked
3. The professor ___________ a lecture when the earthquake happened.
a) was giving; b) giving; c) has been giving; d) gave
4. The forecast concludes that infection rates _____________ next month
a) will have been peaking; b) was peaking; c) shall peak; d) will peak
5. The report was published in June. It showed that in 2021 profits __________ by 55 per cent
a) had increased; b) have increased; c) will be increased; d) has being increased
6. Currently, student numbers are falling but class sizes _______________
a) have been rising; b) are rising; c) will be rising; d) were rising
7. Two years ago the university ____________ its first PhD school
a) has been opened; b) was opening; c) has been opening; d) opened
8. Since the summer house prices ______________ steadily.
a) have increased; b) has increased; c) has been increasing; d) has being increased
9. The Connors family _______________ the company until 1981.
a) have been running; b) was ran; c) has been running; d) ran
10. They _________ the results and found several errors.
a) have been checked; b) was checking; c) has been checking; d) checked
11. We collected the data and _____________ the two groups.
a) have been compared; b) was comparing; c) has been compared; d) compared
12. The city ____________________ by a severe hurricane.
a) was being flooded; b) were flooded; c) was flooded; d) flooded
13. The report ______________________ by 12 June.
a) must finished; b) must be finished; c) will finish; d) finished
14. Professor Hicks _____________ the findings of the research
a) has been questioned; b) was questioned; c) questioned; d) will be questioned
15. The trend to smaller families _______________ in the last decade
a) had speeded up; b) has speeded up; c) will be speeded up; d) has being speeded up

Answer 1

1. c

2. a

3. a

4. c

5. b

6. b

7. d

8. c

9. a

10. d

11. d

12. c

13. b

14. c

15. b