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EXERCISES – TENSES Exercise E Exercise J
Exercise A 1. smells nice and has 1. invented / had relied upon
1. utilises 2. started to use 2. had been governing / fell into
2. include 3. has been increasing 3. were taking / wanted
3. are debating 4. a required file has got lost 4. had no sooner purchased / commenced
4. express 5. have already known 5. had seen
5. dispute 6. is the second time in history 6. decided / had been defending
6. do not believe 7. is experiencing a period of 7. asked / had experienced
7. claim Exercise F 8. reached / had been evacuating
9. colonised / had been
8. are 1. recently 10. was shooting
9. employs 2. constantly 11. learnt
10. provide 3. occasionally 12. hadn’t been paying / hadn’t paid
11. seems 4. hardly ever / barely Exercise K
12. is developing 5. while 1. will take
13. become 6. so far 2. is going to be
Exercise B 7. barely / hardly ever 3. will live
1. deserve 8. since 4. . are going to have / will be spending
2. need 9. in antiquity 5. am going to spend
3. are thinking 10. after 6. will be / will be
4. involve Exercise G Exercise L
5. concerns 1 __________ 1. will experience / will be experiencing
6. taste 2 are preferring prefer 2. will have achieved / will have become
7. are currently weighing 3 __________ 3. is going to take
4. will have melted away
8. feel 4 __________ 5. will have been studying
9. is becoming 6. will have concluded / will announce
10. see 5 has come comes
6 became become 7. will be
Exercise C 8. will have been rocking
1. have not yet produced 7 had tired tried 9. will introduce / will borrow
2. has released 8 __________ 10. will have to / will eventually realise
3. have announced 9 __________
4. has been searching 10 when after TENSES TEST - 1
5. have refused 11 __________ 1. A
6. has been increasing 12 were finding found out 2. C
7. have been going on 13 has discovered discovered
8. has discovered 14 __________ 3. E
Exercise D 15 __________ 4. B
1. was crossing 16 was trying tried 5. D
2. was descending 17 __________
3. was contemplating 18 had designed designed 6. A
4. spent 19 __________ 7. B
5. were 20 cannot could not 8. E
6. carved
7. recorded 21 __________ 9. D
8. didn’t think Exercise H 10. B
9. amputated 1. explored / had created 11. E
10. got out 2. had been observing / used
11. needed 3. had depleted (depleted) / skyrocketed 12. B
12. managed 4. broke out / had attempted 13. D
13. started 5. had been seeking / had written / obtained 14. C
14. was walking 6. had been yearning / gave
15. ran Exercise I 15. E
16. supplied 1. were facing / were planning 16. B
17. thought 2. had been working
18. arrived 3. were checking
4. had been experiencing
19. rescued
5. were reviewing / had been approaching

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