Replace the underlined verb form with the correct option:The new art gallery has been inaugurated yesterday.
A. is
B. will be
C. had been
D. was
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The Pacific markets . . . . . . . . extremely competitive since the manufacturing capacity of many Far Eastern countries . . . . . . . . to improve at the turn of the decade.
A. are becoming/begins
B. had become/would begin
C. became/have begun
D. were becoming/would have begun
E. have become/began
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. A man ________ by the police last night.
A. arrested
B. was arrested
C. was arresting
D. were arrested
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The Mona Lisa __________ by Leonardo da Vinci.
A. painted
B. were painted
C. is painted
D. was painted
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By 1840, the US Army . . . . . . . . most Eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi.
A. will have pushed
B. have pushed
C. had pushed
D. pushed
E. are pushing
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The given statement has some error. From the given options, which is the correct way of writing the given sentence? He left for America next week.
A. He is leaving for America next week.
B. He will leave for America next week.
C. He would have been leaving for America next week.
D. He was leaving for America next week.
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After years of cheap credit worldwide, the U.S. Federal Reserve . . . . . . . . its short-term rates for two years, and now comes new signs that long-term rates, in the end, . . . . . . . . to rise, too.
A. has been rising/are starting
B. rose/had started
C. will have risen/had been starting
D. was rising/started
E. had risen/have started
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My mother . . . . . . . . her optician tomorrow because her eyesight . . . . . . . . worse since she got this computing job.
A. has visited/is becoming
B. visited/was becoming
C. visits/becomes
D. is visiting/has become
E. was visiting/became
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Helen . . . . . . . . her driving test five times so far without success, but she . . . . . . . . yet.
A. takes/isn't giving up
B. has taken/hasn't given up
C. was taking/didn't give up
D. is taking/doesn't give up
E. took/wasn't giving up
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Frame a suitable statement using the given information:(I / be / at work ) at 10:30 tomorrow morning.
A. I was at work
B. I have been at work
C. I'll be at work
D. I'd been at work
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Don't disturb me. I . . . . . . . . my homework.
A. do
B. doing
C. am doing
D. was doing
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Read the given situation and select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:You arranged to play tennis today. Now you decide that you don't want to play.You say: I don't think ________________
A. I have played tennis (today).
B. I played tennis (today).
C. I'll play tennis (today).
D. I will be playing tennis (today).
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Next weekend, I . . . . . . . . my proficiency exam, so I . . . . . . . . more or less 300 questions so far.
A. am going to have/finished
B. am having/will have finished
C. am to have/finish
D. am having/will finish
E. will have/have finished
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Fill in the blank using the most appropriate future tense form. You will get drenched if you __________ out.
A. Go
B. Are going
C. Shall go
D. Will go
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. We often ________ dinner at six.
A. having
B. has
C. are having
D. have
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When the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli . . . . . . . . a map of Mars in 1877, he . . . . . . . . a large number of straight linear features, which he called "canali", that is, channels.
A. published/has noted
B. had published/was noting
C. has published/notes
D. published/noted
E. would have published/had noted
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Which of the options given below may suitably replace the phrase printed in bold to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence requires no correction, mark (d) as the answer. The scientific method as a rote item in the syllabus had little valued.
A. had belittled value
B. has little value
C. have little value
D. No correction required
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. "Nobody _____ in that country," said Pinocchio to his friend.
A. don't learn
B. are learning
C. learns
D. doesn't learns
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Choose the most appropriate option: You don't know where Liz's mother lives currently. Ask Liz questions about herself and her family.
A. Where has your mother lived?
B. Where will your mother live?
C. Where does your mother live?
D. Where was your mother living?
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Identify the tense used in the following sentence: I will be repairing the roof.
A. Simple Past
B. Future Continuous
C. Future Perfect
D. Future Perfect Continuous
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