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Tenses - Test - 3

Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun 5. Before Samuel Johnson ---- his dictionary in 1775,
düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. people in England ---- about the state of the English
language.
1. Since it erupted last week, a Spanish island volcano A) was publishing / have been concerned
which ---- over 500 structures and forced more than
6,000 people to leave the area ---- enormous clouds of B) publishes / were concerned
ash and molten rock even today.
C) has been publishing / will have been concerned
A) has been burying / will release D) published / had been concerned

B) buries / would release E) had been publishing / are concerned
C) has been burying / has released
D) has buried / is releasing
E) was burying / released

2. A 13-year study of early childhood development at 6. Scientists ---- that lions ---- extinct by the end of the
Harvard University ---- that, by the age of three, most century unless some precautions are taken to save
children ---- the potential to understand about 1000 them.
words.
A) had anticipated / become
A) showed / have had
B) anticipated / will become
B) will show / will have
C) will anticipate / have become
C) had shown / are having
D) have anticipated / had become
D) has shown / have
E) anticipate / will have become
E) shows / had had

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3. Initially, Copernicus was condemned in the 17 7. As a result of the North American Free Trade
century when he ---- that the Earth ---- round the Sun. Agreement (NAFTA), its neighbours ---- Mexico with
imported corn lately, and therefore in Mexico and
A) claimed / goes Central America today maize ---- under attack.
B) had claimed / has gone A) have flooded / had come

C) has claimed / had gone B) are flooding / is coming
D) claims / went C) were flooding / comes
E) was claiming / was going D) have flooded / has come
E) had flooded / will come

4. As soon as dinosaurs ---- from the face of the earth, 8. The history of human civilisation ---- much to the
new species ---- their habitats by means of their techniques we ---- to manipulate water resources.
tremendous adaptability to any ecological niche.
A) owed / learned
A) have vanished / will have taken over
B) had owed / had been learning
B) were going to vanish / would be taking over
C) will owe / were learning
C) vanished / took over
D) owes / have learned
D) vanished / had taken over
E) has owed / are learning
E) vanish / will take over

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