All tenses Intelligent Business Upper-Intermediate unit 1

Our two senior partners [1] (know) each other ever since they [2] (form) a strategic alliance , and they continue to develop and strengthen their partnership.

• 1. know

  2. formed

• 1. have been knowing

  2. have formed

• 1. have known

  2. formed

• 1. have known

  2. have formed

The merger between the two companies [1] (progress) steadily for months before it [2] (be) finally [3] (complete).

• 1. had progressed

  2. had been

  3. completed

• 1. had been progressing

  2. is

  3. complete

• 1. has been progressing

  2. has been

  3. completed

• 1. had been progressing

  2. was

  3. completed

Our company [1] (make) acquisitions throughout the year in order to expand our operations and strengthen our foothold in the market.

• 1. will have made

• 1. had made

• 1. has been making

• 1. had been making

Our company [1] (decide) to go into hibernation for the next few months in order to restructure and regain its financial footing.

• has decided

• was decided

• was deciding

• has been deciding

In the near future, companies [ ] (strive) to continuously increase shareholder value by improving their operations and investing in new technologies.

• will be striving

• strive

• have strived

• will have strived

The company [1] (make) a takeover bid while investors [2] (be) anxiously watching the present situation.

• 1. make

  2. are

• 1. is making

  2. are

• 1. will be making

  2. will be

• 1. are making

  2. will be

The small business [1] (falter) under the pressure of the large conglomerate, leaving it vulnerable and unable to compete in the market. As a result, the conglomerate [2] (be able) to take advantage of the situation and expand its market share.

• 1. has been faltered

  2. was able

• 1. had faltered

  2. is able

• 1. is faltered

  2. was able

• 1. had faltered

  2. was able

The company [1] (currently engage) in vertical integration strategies in order to strengthen its competitive position in the future, while also [2] (explore) new business opportunities in the present.

• 1. is currently engaging

  2. exploring

• 1. has been currently engaging

  2. explored

• 1. was currently engaging

  2. exploring

• 1. is currently engaging

  2. has been exploring