TENSES

The Pacific markets _____ extremely competitive since the manufacturing capacity of many Far Eastern countries _____ to improve at the turn of the decade.

• are becoming / begins

• had become / would begin

• became / have begun

• were becoming / would have begun

• have become / began

Today the telephone ____ an indispensable part of our daily life but ____ so.

• had been / had not always been

• had been / had not always been

• is / has not always been

• will be / would not always be

• was / couldn’t always have been

We _____ no problems whatsoever with the dam since it _____ forty years ago.

• had / has been constructed

• have had / was constructed

• had had / had been constructed

• are having / is constructed

• were having / was being constructed

Cabbage ---- as early as 2000 B.C., and the commercial varieties now ---- Brussels sprouts, common cabbage, sprouting broccoli, and kohlrabi.

• might have been cultivated / have included

• had been cultivated / included

• would be cultivated / used to include

• would have been cultivated / can include

• was cultivated / include

The choices we make and the lives we lead ---- by the values we ----.

• would be influenced/ are holding

• are influenced / hold

• had been influenced/were holding

• must have influenced / had hold

• have been influenced / were holding

The once radical notion that birds ________________ from dinosaurs ________________ stronger and stronger since palaeontologists first started taking it seriously a couple of decades ago.

• descended / has grown

• have descended / grew

• had descended / had grown

• descend / is growing

• are descending / was growing

The doctors are of the opinion that if the disorder ____ a few months earlier, it ____ treated successfully.

• had been diagnosed / could have been

• were diagnosed / would be

• has been diagnosed / will be

• is being diagnosed / is being

• were to be diagnosed / has been

Old Danish, one of the languages of the Vikings who -- -- in parts of Britain during the 9th to 11 centuries, ---- a strong influence on the development of English.

• have settled / had had

• had settled/would have

• settle/has

• settled/had

• would settle / will have

By the time he _____ his report to the screening committee, others _____ up with better proposals.

• has presented / had come

• presents / will have come

• will present / came

• had presented / would have come

• was presenting / will be coming

By the time Brahms ____ to compose his symphonies, this form ____ well established.

• was beginning / would have been

• had begun / was

• began / had been

• has begun / has been

• would begin / would be