1. The proposal ______ discussed when I called the office this morning.

a. been
b. being
c. was being
d. have been
2. William Penn, a Quaker, ________ the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.
a. Was founded
b. Was found
c. Has found
d. Founded
3. Many books _______ , but one of the best is “How to Win Friends and
Influence People” by Dale Carnegie.
a. Have written about success
b. Written about success
c. Have been written about success
d. About successful

4. In November of 1863, the city of Atlanta _____ during Sherman’s famous

“March to the Sea”.
a. Was completely burned
b. Completely was burned
c. It was burned completely
d. Completely burned it
5. Electron storage rings _____ in investigations of the structure of materials.
a. They are used
b. That are used
c. Used
d. Are used
6. Education in Chile _______ since the government reform in the 1960s.
a. Has improved
b. Been improved
c. Has an improvement
d. Has many improvements
7. Much of the carnage of elephants, giraffes, and big cats _____ uncaring
hunters.
a. Must commit by
b. Must be committed
c. Must have committed
d. Must have been committed by
8. The director agreed that the performance of the company has not been good
these past few years. In fact, its organization _______ now for
improvements.
a. Restructured
b. Is restructuring
c. Is being restructured
d. Is to restructure
9. Coffee probably originally grew wild in Ethiopia in the province of Kaffe, and
from there ______ to southern Arabia.
a. Bringing it
b. It was brought
c. Brought it
d. It brings
10. Do you know that at the moment some amazing experiments_______ by the
university research biologist?
a. Be carried out
b. Are being carried out
c. Carried out
d. To carry out