Simple present tense

The Brooklyn Bridge ...a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City

• is

• am

• are

• was

The Brooklyn Bridge ... technically a suspension bridge

• was

• is

• are

• am

The Manhattan Bridge ..... a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m)

• have

• had

• has

• having

This bridge..... to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge

• is refering

• was referred

• referred

• is referred

The Manhattan Bridge ...... an icon of New York City

• becoming

• became

• becomes

• become

The two towers ..... to be high and bulk enough to serve fundamental purposes

• was designed

• are designed

• is designed

• designed

The two towers .... the enormous weight of the roadway and cables

• support

• supported

• supporting

• supportive

Suspension bridges can easily .... distances between 2,000 and 7,000 feet

• cross

• crossing

• crossed

• crosses

The suspension cables, on the other hand, ...... the bridge's tension forces

• receiving

• received

• receives

• receive

The end of the suspension cables ..... by anchorages

• are secured

• secured

• is secured

• are securing