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QUESTION 21
The news ______ not as bad as we expected.
  • C have been
  • B was
  • A were
  • D are
Answer: 'News' is an uncountable noun and is always treated as singular, so it takes a singular verb.
QUESTION 22
By the end of his vacation, he ______ over ten books.
  • C will have read
  • B will be reading
  • D reads
  • A will read
Answer: The phrase 'By the end of...' indicates an action that will be completed by a certain future time, which requires the future perfect tense.
QUESTION 23
She ______ English for five years before she moved to England.
  • B has been studying
  • A studied
  • D was studying
  • C had been studying
Answer: This sentence describes an action that was in progress for a period of time before another action took place in the past. The past perfect continuous is used to show this duration.
QUESTION 24
The concert ______ at 7 PM, so we have plenty of time.
  • A starts
  • D started
  • B will start
  • C is starting
Answer: The simple present tense is used for scheduled events or timetables in the future.
QUESTION 25
It's high time you ______ your homework.
  • D should do
  • A do
  • C have done
  • B did
Answer: The phrase 'It's high time' or 'It's time' is followed by a subject and a verb in the simple past tense to indicate that something should have been done already.
QUESTION 26
He was very tired because he ______ all day.
  • D travelled
  • C had been travelling
  • B has travelled
  • A was travelling
Answer: The reason for his tiredness (a past state) was a continuous action that had been happening before that point. The past perfect continuous tense is used to express this cause and effect.
QUESTION 27
I ______ to visit my grandmother last week.
  • A went
  • B have gone
  • D had gone
  • C go
Answer: The phrase 'last week' indicates a specific time in the past, so the simple past tense is the correct choice.
QUESTION 28
Look at those dark clouds. It ______ rain.
  • A will
  • C will be
  • D rains
  • B is going to
Answer: 'Is going to' is used for predictions based on present evidence (the dark clouds).
QUESTION 29
This paper ______ twice weekly.
  • D has appeared
  • C appears
  • A is appearing
  • B appearing
Answer: The phrase 'twice weekly' describes a regular, repeated action, which requires the simple present tense.
QUESTION 30
Shakespeare ______ many famous plays.
  • A has written
  • C was writing
  • B wrote
  • D had written
Answer: Shakespeare is no longer alive, so his actions are confined to a finished period in the past. Therefore, the simple past tense is used.