Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. By the year 2050, many people currently employed __________ their jobs.
A. have lost B. will be losing C. will have lost D. are losing
2. Susan _________ as a nurse for 3 years before her marriage.
A. has been working B. has worked C. worked D. is working
3. Since they had that big argument, he crosses the street whenever he _______ her.
A. saw B. sees C. will see D. is seeing
4. This time tomorrow I __________ in the swimming pool.
A. am relaxing B. relax C. will be relaxing D. relaxed
5. At the end of this month, we _________ here for 10 years.
A. will have been living B. are living
C. live D. will be living
6. The beach was so crowded the other day that we __________ difficulty finding an empty spot.
A. have B. have had C. had D. have been living
7. Robert __________ for the company for very long before he was promoted.
A. hasn't been working B. didn't work
C. hadn't been working D. wasn't working
8. _____________ ? Your eyes are red.
A. Did you cry B. Have you been cried
C. Were you crying D. Have you been crying
9. He looked tired because he __________ for 6 hours.
A. ran B. was running C. has been running D. had been running
10. In 1875, archeologists __________ the ruins of the Olympic Stadium in Greece.
A. discovered B. were discovering C. have discovered D. had discovered
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. We ________ very hard at the office lately as we are negotiating an important contract.
A. are working B. were working C. have been working D. had been working
2. You can't believe a word he says. He _________.
A. always lies B. is always lying C. has always lied D. will always lie
3. I often find things on the beach. I __________ this very old bottle yesterday.
A. found B. was finding C. has found D. had been finding
4. They ________ the new bridge by the end of the year.
A. will complete B. will have completed
C. have completed D. had been completing
5. He said he _________ his homework since 7 o'clock.
A. did B. has done C. had been done D. had been doing
6. A taxi collided with his car ten minutes ago but the police ________ yet.
A. has not come B. have not come C. did not come D. had not come
7. At this moment tomorrow night I ________ on a ship.
A. sleep B. shall sleep C. shall be slept D. shall be sleeping
8. Before leaving home in the morning, she _________her mother she ________ in the factory that afternoon.
A. had told-would work B. told-would work
C. told-works D. had told-worked
9. Before you mentioned him, I __________ of that author.
A. never hear B. have never heard
C. had never heard D. never heard
10. By the end of this year, Tom __________ English for 3 years.
A. will be studying B. has studied
C. will have studied D. has been studying