1. VERB TENSES -9
1- An ethnic Korean said he ............. until a Japanese 8- Let nobody enter his room. He ........... to concentrate
detective he had seen insulting a Korean .......... on his work at the moment. His this situation ............
publicly. three hours uninterruptedly every afternoon.
A) won't surrender / will apologise A) tries / will last B) has tried / is lasting
B) isn't surrendering / apologised C) is trying / lasts D) was trying / lasted
C) hadn't surrendered / was apologised E) tried / was lasting
D) was surrendering / was apologising
E) wouldn't surrender / apologized 9- More than three hundred people .......... in that
skyscraper before the earthquake ............ it.
2- I have witnessed at close range the problems
scientists ............. when they ............. to examine A) are living / destroys B) live /has destroyed
phenomena as elusive as language and idea C) have lived / destroyed D) were living / destroy
formation. E) had been living / destroyed
A) were encountering / were trying 10- Casey Martin, who is a professional golfer, ..........
B) are encountering / have tried from a circulatory disorder lately and I think it's
C) have encountered / were tried because he .......... an accident a year ago.
D) encounter / try
E) will encounter / are going to try A) suffered / had had
B) suffers / is having
3- She........... very hard for the exams these days. I think C) has been suffering / had
she really deserves to be called "swot ". D) has suffered / was having
E) was suffering / has had
A) studies B) will be studying
C) is studying D) studied 11- We .......... at a country in that .......... a small movie
E) was studying theatre last summer. Before every evening's
presentation, my husband and I .......... our three- year-
4- So far we........... half of the plan, but we ........... all of it old-son to sit quietly. Except for an occasionally
by next month. whispered question, he .......... in attention.
A) fulfilled / completed A) stayed / had / were instructed / sat were
B) have fulfilled / will have completed B) staying / had / instructed / sat had stayed
C) are fulfilling / will be completing C) have had / were instructing /sat
D) were fulfilling / were completed D) stay / has / have instructed / has sat
E) have fulfilled / have completed E) would stay / had / instructed / had sat
5- The moment his colleagues .............. criticising him, he 12- As a tradition, we ............ cherry-festival every year in
.............. from his seat and .............. upon them . spring, which ............. a great number of people from
neighbouring cities to come together and make new
A) began / rose / rushed friends.
B) had begun / was rising / has rushed
C) begins / is rising / is rushing A) are celebrating / is caused
D) have begun / had risen / rushed B) will celebrate / causes
E) were beginning / has risen / has rushed C) have celebrated / has caused
D) celebrate / causes
6- The number of major ecological disasters, possibly E) are going to celebrate / will cause
volcanic eruptions, that.............. the course of earth's
history over the past 300 million years is said to be 7. 13- The second time he .......... the committee to consider
under which circumstances the employees were
A) were changing B) had changed working, nearly all of the members .......... their backs
C) were changed D) would change to him.
E) have changed
A) was asked / had turned
7- They are continuously making fun of me as I couldn't B) asked / turned
pass the KPDS, but believe me by this time next year I C) would ask / would turn
............. it with a high point. D) was to ask / have turned
E) asks / will turn
A) have passed B) will pass
C) am passing D) had passed
E) will have passed
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2. 14- Their son's illness, once regarded not so 21- Although I........... usually a nervous passenger, I once
serious,.......... day by day so they .......... him to the ........... very frightened on a small commuter plane.
nearest hospital immediately.
A) am not / became
A) worsened / have taken B) have not been / had become
B) was worsening / took C) do not be / become
C) worsens / take D) am not / was becoming
D) has worsened / took E) was not / have become
E) is worsening / have taken
22- The former Supreme Court ______that the sentenced
15- I.......... promising to meet him at the station ________with such accusations.
tomorrow at 7 p.m., but I .......... a large number of
customers at the hour he arrives at the station. A) admitted / should not have been charged
B) has admitted / had better charge
A) have remembered / served C) will be admitted / had been charged
B) remembered / served D) would admit / may be charged
C) had remembered / had served E) is admitting / could have been charged
D) remember / will be serving
E) have remembered / serve 23- It's an undeniable fact that since he ........... the
university, his life ........... much more interesting than
16- It seems this shop........... a considerable ever before.
discount in prices. There is a large crowd of people
inside. A) enters / become
B) entered / has become
A) made B) has made C) will enter / will become
C) is made D) was making D) has entered / became
E) will make E) is entered / becomes
17- It seemed that shop........... a considerable discount 24- Of the 7 attacks conducted previously, merely two
in prices. There was a large crowd of people inside. ________ to hit the targets, but the others ______
just a failure
A) has made B) made
C) had made D) was made A) were able / were
E) would make B) have been able / have been
C) had been able / had been
18- Because we ........... an enormous demand for our D) are able / are
products in the past six months , we ......... opening E) will be able / will be
new factories in order to meet the demands.
25- I wonder how my son still remembers the very first
A) received / consider day I........... him to the zoo in his childhood.
B) were receiving / were considering
C) receive / have considered A) have taken B) will take
D) had received / were considering C) had been taken D) was to take
E) have received / are considering E) took
19- The earliest butter _____ from sheep or goat's milk;
cattle are not thought to have been domesticated
for another thousand years or so.
A) can be
B) may have been
C) would be
D) had been
E) used to
20- Originally ______by the druggist John Stith
Pemberton, Cola ______popular worldwide today.
A) inventing / became
B) having been invented / will have become
C) invented / has become
D) would have been invented / had become
E) may have invented / become
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3. GRAMMAR TEST – 9
CEVAP ANAHTARI
1) C 6) E 11) A 16) B 21) A
2) B 7) E 12) D 17) C 22) A
3) C 8) C 13) B 18) E 23) B
4) B 9) E 14) E 19) B 24) A
5) A 10) C 15) D 20) C 25) E
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