Mixed Tenses & Adj (-ed/ -ing).

Taking exams can sometimes be (1) for students.

• staggered

• staggering

• staggers

• staggerous

Andrea and Noah are both S3 students who (2) with bad exam-taking skills and exam fright since they were in S1.

• 2. has struggled

• 2. struggles

• 2. had struggled

• 2. have struggled

Their grades (3) for 3 years because of their struggles.

• 3. have been fluctuating

    

• 3. has fluctuated

•   3. fluctuates

    

• 3. are fluctuating

They always (4) exams to be a source of anxiety and stress, and they are (5) that their struggles (6) them back from successfully graduating.

• 4. finds

•   4. find

   

•  4. found

•   4. has found

They always (4) exams to be a source of anxiety and stress, and they are (5) that their struggles (6) them back from successfully graduating.

• 5. worring

    

• 5. have worried

•   5. worries

   

•  5. worried

They always (4) exams to be a source of anxiety and stress, and they are (5) that their struggles (6) them back from successfully graduating.

• 6. is holding

    

• 6. was holding

•   6. will hold

    

• 6. will have held

For Andrea, she failed many exams because she ​ (a)   too much time on one question and didn’t manage her time well.

• had spent
• spends
• is spending
• spending

Noah, on the other hand, finds exams to be (8) especially when he received an excessive amount of exam questions. One example was when he (9) a lot while he was taking the S2 Math exam and couldn’t finish any questions.

 

• 8. had overwhelmed

   

•  8. overwhelmes

   

•  8. overwhelmed

   

•  8. overwhelming

Noah, on the other hand, finds exams to be (8) especially when he received an excessive amount of exam questions. One example was when he ​ (a)   a lot while he was taking the S2 Math exam and couldn’t finish any questions.

• was sweating
• are sweating
• is sweating
• sweats

They ​ (a)   the S3 graduation exam on 15^th June.

• are having
• has
• had
• have had