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TENSES - TEST (3)

5. Before Samuel Johnson ---- his dictionary in 1775, people
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen in England ---- about the state of the English language.
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) was publishing / have been concerned
1. Since it erupted last week, a Spanish island volcano which
---- over 500 structures and forced more than 6,000 people B) publishes / were concerned
to leave the area ---- enormous clouds of ash and molten C) has been publishing / will have been concerned
rock even today.
D) published / had been concerned
A) has been burying / will release
E) had been publishing / are concerned
B) buries / would release
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 Harvard 6. Scientists ---- that lions ---- extinct by the end of the century
University ---- that, by the age of three, most children ---- unless some precautions are taken to save them.
the potential to understand about 1000 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

3. Initially, Copernicus was condemned in the 17 century 7. As a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement
th
when he ---- that the Earth ---- round the Sun. (NAFTA), its neighbours ---- Mexico with imported corn
lately, and therefore in Mexico and Central America today
A) claimed / goes 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, new 8. The history of human civilisation ---- much to the
species ---- their habitats by means of their tremendous techniques we ---- to manipulate water resources.
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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