WorksheetsTenses
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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.
are being swallowed/ having offered
had been swallowed/ being offered
will be swallowed/ having been offered
were swallowed/ offered
have been swallowed/ offering
Science .... our every question, but it .... humanity's best tool yet for tackling our greatest challenges.
may not answer/ had remained
must not answer/ has remained
should not answer/ will remain
can not answer/ remained
might not answer/ remains
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.
had been/ have begun
would have been/ had begun
have been/ began
would be / were beginning
were/ would have begun
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.
ponder/ were beginning
have pondered/ have begun
have been pondering/ will have begun
are pondering/ will be beginning
pondered/ will begin
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.
faced/ should be leaving
has faced/ would be leaving
had faced/ may be leaving
is facing/ have to be leaving
faces/ must be leaving
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.
to emerge/ was lasting
having been emerged/ has lasted
having emerged/ would have lasted
emerging/ lasted
being emerged/ had lasted
A number of studies have concluded that a given level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere .... less warming than previously .... .
is producing/ to think
has produced/ thinking
produces/ thought
has been producing/ having thought
had produced/ being thought
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.
used to have / might let
had had / must have let
was having / could let
has had / should let
had / might have let
By 2.5 million years ago, when they began ---- stone tools, early humans had understood that they ---- the natural world to their own advantage.
to have made / had to alter
to make / used to alter
making / could alter
having made / should have altered
to have been making / must have altered
New research ---- that mother monkeys ---- to other females to help share the burden of raising increasingly dependent offspring.
had suggested/ were turning
suggests/ had turned
suggested/ have turned
has suggested/ turn
will suggest / are turning
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.
should not be examined/ must move
could not be examined/ had to move
may not be examined/ used to move
cannot be examined/ could move
must not be examined / ought to move
In the age of steam, with new railroad ---- across Europe and the US, engineers began ---- even more applications for the steam engine.
to spread/ finding
having spread/ to have found
spreading/ to find
to have spread/ find
spread/ having found
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.
had been used/ should have imagined
should have been used/ used to imagine
would have been used/ might have imagined
were used/ could have imagined
must have been used/ can imagine
Tomatoes are so widely consumed that they represent a vehicle ---- beneficial nutrients to those who ---- expensive seasonal berries.
having introduced/ would not afford
introducing/ could not afford
to have introduced/ may not afford
to introduce/ cannot afford
being introduced/ might not afford
With the development of agriculture, humans ---- to transform more and more extensively the environments in which they ----.
had begun/ had been living
are beginning/ were living
began/ lived
have begun/ were going to live
would begin/ have been living
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
was spending/ had to appreciate
spends/ has to appreciate
had spent/ should have appreciated
has spent/ can appreciate
is spending / used to appreciate
For many consumers from all over the world, the Internet is the first place ---- for useful information that ---- them about what they buy
to look/ will inform
looking/ has informed
to have looked/ informs
to be looking/ is informing
having looked/ will have informed
Behind every architectural masterpiece ---- a brand new technology without which these structures ----a few years ago.
has been/ didn't have to be built
is/ couldn't have been built
had been/ would not have been built
was/ need not have been built
will be/ should not have been built
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.
is to be admired/ to have done
is admired/ to do
had been admired/ having done
was admired/ doing
could be admired/ being done
You ---- good about helping others when you see how it ---- a difference for someone else.
feel/ will have made
are feeling/ had made
will feel/ has made
felt / is making
had felt/ will make
