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By the time the committee finally __________ its decision next Friday, the researchers __________ on the project for more than three years.
A) announces / will work
B) will announce / will have been working
C) announces / will have been working
D) announced / have worked
Answer: C) announces / will have been working
She __________ for the company for ten years before she finally __________ to move abroad last summer.
A) had been working / decided
B) was working / had decided
C) has worked / decided
D) worked / decides
Answer: A) had been working / decided
At this time tomorrow, we __________ through the mountains while the rest of the group __________ at the hotel.
A) will be driving / is resting
B) are driving / rested
C) drive / will rest
D) have been driving / rests
Answer: A) will be driving / is resting
He looked exhausted because he __________ all night preparing the presentation that he __________ this morning.
A) had been working / was delivering
B) has worked / delivers
C) was working / had delivered
D) worked / is delivering
Answer: A) had been working / was delivering
By next year, scientists predict that they __________ a cure that __________ millions of lives.
A) discover / saves
B) will have discovered / will save
C) discovered / saved
D) have discovered / saves
Answer: B) will have discovered / will save
I __________ him several times this week, but he still __________ none of my messages.
A) contacted / replied
B) have contacted / has replied to
C) contact / is replying
D) had contacted / replied to
Answer: B) have contacted / has replied to
When I arrived at the station, the train __________ already, and everyone who __________ for it was gone.
A) left / waited
B) had left / had been waiting
C) has left / waits
D) was leaving / waited
Answer: B) had left / had been waiting
If everything goes according to plan, by the end of this month the company __________ its new branch and __________ over 200 employees.
A) opens / hires
B) will have opened / will have hired
C) opened / hired
D) has opened / hires
Answer: B) will have opened / will have hired
Right now she __________ to prove that the theory which scientists __________ for decades is actually incorrect.
A) tries / believed
B) is trying / have believed
C) tried / had believed
D) has tried / believe
Answer: B) is trying / have believed
Before they __________ the contract tomorrow, both parties __________ every clause in detail.
A) sign / will review
B) will sign / review
C) sign / will have reviewed
D) signed / reviewed
Answer: C) sign / will have reviewed
I am always coming, but never arrive. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow
What occurs once in a year, twice in a week, but never in a day?
Answer: The letter E
If you throw me out the window, you’ll leave a grieving wife. But leave me in the middle of the door, and I might save somebody’s life. What am I?
Answer: The letter N
What has one head, one foot, and four legs?
Answer: A bed
I am not alive, but I can die.
I do not breathe, but I need air.
What am I?
Answer: Fire
The more honest I am, the harder I am to see.
What am I?
answer: glass
I can be broken without being touched.
I can be given and taken away.
What am I?
Answer: A promise
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Answer: Your brain / mind
What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow?
The letter ‘W’
If the vice president were to die, who is supposed to be president?
The President
By the time the rescue team finally reached the mountain village, the storm ______ for more than twelve hours, and several roads ______ completely by landslides.
A) raged / blocked
B) had been raging / had been blocked
C) was raging / were blocked
D) has raged / have been blocked
Answer: B) had been raging / had been blocked
Explanation:
If she ______ more attention to the warning signs earlier, she ______ the problem before it became serious.
A) paid / can solve
B) had paid / might have solved
C) has paid / could solve
D) would pay / had solved
Answer: B) had paid / might have solved
Explanation:
This is a third conditional (past unreal):
The group of students, each of whom ______ responsible for submitting an individual report, ______ asked to remain after class.
A) are / were
B) is / was
C) was / were
D) were / was
Answer: D) were / was
Explanation:
The manager said that the new policy ______ by the board the following week and that all employees ______ about it in advance.
A) will approve / informed
B) would be approved / would be informed
C) had approved / were informed
D) was approving / inform
Answer: B) would be approved / would be informed
Explanation:
Reported speech in the past shifts future → would
Passive future in reported speech:
Rarely ______ such an impressive performance from a young musician, and the audience ______ standing for several minutes after the concert ended.
A) we had seen / remained
B) had we seen / remained
C) we saw / had remained
D) had seen we / remain
Answer: B) had we seen / remained
Explanation:
After negative adverbs like rarely, never, hardly, inversion is needed: