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

Answer 2

1. c) has been writing
2. a) has been working
3. a) was giving
4. c) shall peak
5. a) had increased
6. b) are rising
7. d) opened
8. a) have increased
9. d) ran
10. d) checked
11. d) compared
12. c) was flooded
13. b) must be finished
14. a) has been questioned
15. b) has speeded up