TENSE - EXERCISE

EXERCISE 1
1. All animals ______ on other animals or plants.
A. feed B. feeds C. fed D. feeeding
By 1970, rice an important crop in the South.
(A). being (B) was (C) has been (D) was being
3. The word "comet" from the Greek adjective komete, which means "wearing long hair".
A.come (B) has come C. comes (D) came
4. Computers and new method of communication revolutionized the modern office.
A.have B. that have C. to have (D) has
5. Birds all over the world in distance up to thousand of miles.
A.migrating B. migrate C. migrated D. are migrated
6. Generally speaking, every person the potential to be a teacher, to some extent.
A.has B. having C. to have D. have
7. Even if the unemployment rate_______ sharply, the drop may still be temporary.-
A.to drop B. have dropped C. is dropping D. drops
8. Napoleon ________ the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.
A. attacked B. is attacking C. has attacked D. attacking
9. America`s first globe maker was James Wilson, who_______ and blacksmith in his earlier life.
A. a farmer hag been B. had been a farmer C. farming D. being a farmer
10. Before , they used horse-drawn wooden carts.
A.farmers have had tractors C. having tractors farmers
B. tractors owned by farmers D. farmers had tractors
11. The rebuilding of the Inca capital Cuzco was________ in the 1460s.
A.begun B. began C. beginning D. begin
12. A home computer _________ an opportunity for convenient and effiction work at home.
A.provides B. which provides C. to be providing D.providing it
13. Cellulose, which for making paper, can be found in all plants.
A.is used B. are used C. uses D. is using
14. A partnership is an association of two or more individuals who _____together to develop a business.
A. worked B. work C. they work D. are working
15. The growth of two-income families in the United States of people moving to a new social class.
A.has resulted in millions B. millions of results C. results of millions D. resulting in millions
16. A great deal of thought has into the designing of a concert hall.
A.went B. to go C. going D. has been
17. Petroleum on every continent and beneath every ocean.
A. is found B. are found C. found D. find
18. By far the most famous member of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s____ Langston Hughes.
A.has been B. was being C. was D. had been
19. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, _________ .
A. his wife was sleeping B. his wife slept C. his wife has slept D. his wife has been sleeping
20. I`m sure he to do it.
A.will try B. try C. does try D. to try
21. I`ll write to you often whether you to me or not.
A.write B. wrote C.writes D. writing
22. The number of students entering Phuong Dong University over last few years.
A,have raised B. have rises C.has raised D. has risen
23. They had gone, there`s nothing
A.to leave B. leaving C.leave D. left
24. Susan as a nurse for three years before her marriage.
A.has worked B. worked C.has been working D. is working
25. Prices considerable since his time.
A.raise B. have raised C.rose D. have risen
26. Where all this morning? It`s nearly midday.
A.were you B.have you been C.are you D. are you being
27. By the year 2000, many people currently employed their jobs.
A.have lost B. will be losing