1. Research … that cycling can help patients overcome their illnesses.

a) has showen b) is showing c) has shown d) showed

2. According to yesterday’s newspapers, astronomers in Australia … a planet in a galaxy close to our

own.

a) has discovered b) discovered c) have discovered d) are discovering

3. Just as I … into the bath the fire alarm … off.

a) got/went b) gets/has gone c) was getting /went d)was getting/was going

4. She returned to the house where she … .

a)was staying b) had been staying c)stayed d) had stayed

5. Get out of the building! It sounds like the generator … .

a) will be exploding b) explodes c) is going to explode d) is exploding

6. You … my reply by now.

a) should received b) might has received c) should have received d) could be received

7. When I was young, children … leave school when they were 14.

a) might b) can c) could d) allowed to

8. Just like his father, he … before he was thirty.

a) becomes bald b) has become bald c) became bald d) was becoming bald

9. There will need to be a redevelopment of the railway station. We recommend that the railway
station … be redeveloped.

a) is b) was c) being d) –

10. Simon started to learn Spanish when he was 25. He is still learning Spanish. When he’s 40, he …
Spanish for 15.

a) will be learning b) will be c) will have learned d) will have been learning