business communication tenses

Q1. I __________ working all afternoon and have just finished the assignment.

• have been

• had been

• shall be

• am

Joseph __________ by everyone after he won the competition

• was congratulated

• congratulate

• shall be congratulated

• have been congratulated

Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “The weatherman forecasted that it’s going to rain.”

• Present indefinite tense

• Future indefinite tense

• Future perfect continuous tense

• Present continuous tense

Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “She speaks less but has strong opinions.”

• Present indefinite tense

• Present indefinite tense

• Past perfect tense

• Past indefinite tense

Fill in the blank with the future perfect continuous tense form of the verb given in the bracket. “We __________ for an hour now.” (wait)

• shall have been waiting

• have been waiting

• shall be waiting

• had been waiting

Sita or her brothers __________ to be blamed.

• is

• has

• are

• was

He __________ in the States but he still does not have a command over the English language.

• have been living

• has been living

• have lived

• living

By the time she was fifteen, she __________ a beautiful singer.

• shall become

• become

• had become

• has becoming

Mathematics __________ difficult by many students.

• is found

• has found

• has been founding

• are found

Identify the tense used in the given sentence. “John met the officer in the evening.”

• Past continuous tense

• Past perfect continuous tense

• Past perfect tense

• Past indefinite tense