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Tenses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Five of the Solomon Islands .... whole by rising sea levels, .... a glimpse into the future of other low-lying nations, such as the Netherlands and Italy.

a)

are being swallowed/ having offered

b)

had been swallowed/ being offered

c)

will be swallowed/ having been offered

d)

were swallowed/ offered

e)

have been swallowed/ offering

2.

Science .... our every question, but it .... humanity's best tool yet for tackling our greatest challenges.

a)

may not answer/ had remained

b)

must not answer/ has remained

c)

should not answer/ will remain

d)

can not answer/ remained

e)

might not answer/ remains

3.

For a long time, scientists .... aware that the Earth's atmosphere is not static, but is in constant motion, producing areas of ever-changing pressure around the globe, but from 1700 onward, scientists .... to discover how and why large-scale atmospheric movements occur.

a)

had been/ have begun

b)

would have been/ had begun

c)

have been/ began

d)

would be / were beginning

e)

were/ would have begun

4.

In recent years, linguists .... whether the homogenising effects of TV, film, and the Internet .... to eliminate many so-called regionalisms in the language in the US.

a)

ponder/ were beginning

b)

have pondered/ have begun

c)

have been pondering/ will have begun

d)

are pondering/ will be beginning

e)

pondered/ will begin

5.

From asteroid strike to nuclear war, humanity .... all kinds of existential threats, yet, if humankind disappeared tomorrow, nobody knows what kind of planet we .... behind.

a)

faced/ should be leaving

b)

has faced/ would be leaving

c)

had faced/ may be leaving

d)

is facing/ have to be leaving

e)

faces/ must be leaving

6.

After .... victorious from World War I, structural problems and massive debt plunged Great Britain into an economic crisis that .... into the middle of the 1930s.

a)

to emerge/ was lasting

b)

having been emerged/ has lasted

c)

having emerged/ would have lasted

d)

emerging/ lasted

e)

being emerged/ had lasted

7.

A number of studies have concluded that a given level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere .... less warming than previously .... .

a)

is producing/ to think

b)

has produced/ thinking

c)

produces/ thought

d)

has been producing/ having thought

e)

had produced/ being thought

8.

Anyone who .... unusual reactions to antihistamines (medicines that relieve or prevent the symptoms of some kinds of allergy) in the recent past .... his or her physician know before taking the drugs again.

a)

used to have / might let

b)

had had / must have let

c)

was having / could let

d)

has had / should let

e)

had / might have let

9.

By 2.5 million years ago, when they began ---- stone tools, early humans had understood that they ---- the natural world to their own advantage.

a)

to have made / had to alter

b)

to make / used to alter

c)

making / could alter

d)

having made / should have altered

e)

to have been making / must have altered

10.

New research ---- that mother monkeys ---- to other females to help share the burden of raising increasingly dependent offspring.

a)

had suggested/ were turning

b)

suggests/ had turned

c)

suggested/ have turned

d)

has suggested/ turn

e)

will suggest / are turning

11.

Patients with implants or electronic devices put inside their bodies ---- using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because the machine's magnet ---- these objects within the body, causing damage.

a)

should not be examined/ must move

b)

could not be examined/ had to move

c)

may not be examined/ used to move

d)

cannot be examined/ could move

e)

must not be examined / ought to move

12.

In the age of steam, with new railroad ---- across Europe and the US, engineers began ---- even more applications for the steam engine.

a)

to spread/ finding

b)

having spread/ to have found

c)

spreading/ to find

d)

to have spread/ find

e)

spread/ having found

13.

The technological advancements that once made nations prosperus, such as the internal combustion engine, ---- to shatter empires during the first World War, on a scale few people ---- before the outbreak of the war.

a)

had been used/ should have imagined

b)

should have been used/ used to imagine

c)

would have been used/ might have imagined

d)

were used/ could have imagined

e)

must have been used/ can imagine

14.

Tomatoes are so widely consumed that they represent a vehicle ---- beneficial nutrients to those who ---- expensive seasonal berries.

a)

having introduced/ would not afford

b)

introducing/ could not afford

c)

to have introduced/ may not afford

d)

to introduce/ cannot afford

e)

being introduced/ might not afford

15.

With the development of agriculture, humans ---- to transform more and more extensively the environments in which they ----.

a)

had begun/ had been living

b)

are beginning/ were living

c)

began/ lived

d)

have begun/ were going to live

e)

would begin/ have been living

16.

Any student who ---- 4 years in high school or college attempting to learn a second language ---- the struggle of trying to memorize vocabulary, verb conjugation or tenses

a)

was spending/ had to appreciate

b)

spends/ has to appreciate

c)

had spent/ should have appreciated

d)

has spent/ can appreciate

e)

is spending / used to appreciate

17.

For many consumers from all over the world, the Internet is the first place ---- for useful information that ---- them about what they buy

a)

to look/ will inform

b)

looking/ has informed

c)

to have looked/ informs

d)

to be looking/ is informing

e)

having looked/ will have informed

18.

Behind every architectural masterpiece ---- a brand new technology without which these structures ----a few years ago.

a)

has been/ didn't have to be built

b)

is/ couldn't have been built

c)

had been/ would not have been built

d)

was/ need not have been built

e)

will be/ should not have been built

19.

Philosophy didn't play a large part in Roman culture, other than Stoicism, which ---- by the Romans, for itsemphasis on virtuous conduct and ---- one's duty.

a)

is to be admired/ to have done

b)

is admired/ to do

c)

had been admired/ having done

d)

was admired/ doing

e)

could be admired/ being done

20.

You ---- good about helping others when you see how it ---- a difference for someone else.

a)

feel/ will have made

b)

are feeling/ had made

c)

will feel/ has made

d)

felt / is making

e)

had felt/ will make