Perfect Tense 1

[Meric]

1- Today most of our world ……… been
explored and mapped.

a) will have
b) have
c) has
d) had being
e) would be

2- Ann had just got home when I phoned. She
……… in London.

a) had been
b) has been
c) should have
d) has
e) have

3- It was the third time he ……… in love that
year.

a) had
b) have
c) had been
d) should have
e) would

4- As an actress, however, she ……… played a
variety of young female roles, and has not
merely tried to play ‘herself’.

a) have been
b) has
c) will have
d) would be
e) should

5- Soon a new form of theatre ……… invented:
the radio play.

a) would
b) have been
c) had
d) had been
e) should have
6- This period, especially the years 1850-55,
……… called the American Renaissance.

a) has
b) have been
c) will have
d) have
e) has been

7- By the time he died 500 million copies of his
records ……… sold, more than for any other
rock stars.

a) should have
b) had being
c) had been
d) would
e) should

8- Slavery ……… written into the United States
Constitution in 1787, but a provision had also
been made to abolish the slave trade.

a) would have
b) will have
c) have
d) had
e) had been

9- Lately, Amanda ……… begun to notice
similarities between tom and her husband.

a) should
b) has
c) had been
d) have been
e) would

[Meric]

10- It looked as if it ……… done on purpose.

a) should have
b) would
c) had been
d) has
e) should
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11- In Britain, cigarette advertising ………
banned on television.

a) have
b) should have
c) would have
d) has been
e) had

12- I knew he was strange person. I ………
warned about him.

a) would
b) should
c) had been
d) have
e) have been

13- The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They
……… cooked for too long.

a) has been
b) had been
c) had
d) should have
e) will have

14- When their first child was born, they ………
married for three years.

a) had been
b) has been
c) will have
d) would have
e) have

15- It ……… accomplished with no exertion on
his part and little expense.

a) should
b) had
c) have been
d) had been
e) has been

16- We would all ……… invited if they had seen
us.

a) have
b) had been
c) have been
d) should have
e) has
17- By the early 1990s tens of thousands of lakes
……… destroyed by the acid rain.

a) has
b) should have
c) would be
d) had
e) had been

18- He saw many buildings that ………
constructed by the ancient Romans, and was
very impressed by them.

a) have
b) would have
c) had been
d) has been
e) had

19- If I ……… hungry, I would have eaten
something.

a) had been
b) would
c) would have
d) had being
e) should have

20- I’ve discovered who ……… paying for my
education.

a) had
b) has
c) have been
d) will have
e) has been

[Meric]

21- The sky ……… under observation ever
since civilization began.

a) had being
b) has been
c) have been
d) will have
e) has been

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22- If the illness ……… diagnosed a day earlier
it might have made all the difference.

a) had being
b) will have
c) has
d) had been
e) have

23- Nowadays, flying in hot-air balloons ………
become a sport.

a) would have
b) would
c) has been
d) have
e) has

24-Only when we landed did we see how badly
the plane ……… damaged.

a) should
b) would be
c) has
d) had been
e) should have

25- Governments should lay down safety
specifications for manufacturers, as ………
done in the USA.

a) has been
b) would
c) has
d) have
e) have been

26- The American alligator ……… on the
increase since 1973, when the Endangered
species act gave it protection.

a) had
b) had been
c) have been
d) would
e) has been

27- What would you have done if the train ……..
late?

a) had been
b) would have
c) should
d) had
e) would
28- Zurich, which is an over-populated city
and ……… the heart of banking in Switzerland.

a) has been
b) had been
c) has
d) would
e) have

29- When she arrived I ……… waiting for three
hours.

a) had
b) had been
c) would have
d) should have
e) would be

30- Plenty of evidence has come to light to prove
that he ……… involved smuggling.

a) has been
b) would be
c) have
d) have been
e) will have

[Meric]

31- There were no surrounding walls at Knossos
as in the Mycenaen cities. The palace and the
city ……… protected by a powerful navy.

a) has been
b) should have
c) had been
d) would have
e) have

32- Bird-watching as a hobby began in the late
19th century. Until then many birds ………
killed for sport.

a) would have
b) had
c) should
d) had been
e) will have

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33- Ever since it was published in 1883 Robert
Louis Stevenson’s story of pirate gold, Treasure
Island, ……… popular with readers of all ages.

a) will have
b) should
c) would
d) had
e) has been

34- People from Asia and southern Europe
moved into northern Europe, most of which
……… covered by ice and snow.

a) had been
b) should
c) would be
d) have been
e) should have

35- The purpose of a survey is to understand
how a particular text ……… organized.

a) should
b) would be
c) should have
d) has been
e) had

36- There he saw many buildings that ………
constructed by the ancient Romans, and was
very impressed by them.

a) had being
b) had been
c) should have
d) has been
e) would

37- Scientists ……… working towards radio for
many years before the Italian inventor
Guglielmo Marconi sent his signal in 1895, a
distance of just over 1.6 kilometers.

a) had been
b) has been
c) will have
d) had
e) have

38- The greatest failure of many rich countries
……… to leave their future economies to
chance.

a) has
b) have
c) has been
d) will
e) had been

39- The weather was cold while we were away.
I wish it ……… warmer.

a) had been
b) should
c) has
d) have been
e) had being

40- If he ……… looking where he was going,
he wouldn’t have walked into the wall.

a) had
b) should
c) had being
d) had been
e) have been

[Meric]

41- when I got into my car this morning I found
the radio ……… stolen.

a) would be
b) will have
c) have
d) had been
e) have been

42- The police questioned me where I ………

a) would
b) will have
c) would have
d) had been
e) has been

43- A great dam ……… built across the river
Volta in Ghana to create a lake 400 km long.

a) would
b) has been
c) would have
d) have been
e) should have
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44- They would all have been invited if there
……… room.

a) have
b) had been
c) have been
d) should have
e) would have

45- He founded a school of philosophy which
……… a great influence on thinking people.

a) will have
b) has had
c) had been
d) had been
e) has been

46- A prominent characteristic of the modern
novel, as well as the modern spirit, ……… a
strong sense of the past.

a) have been
b) has been
c) should
d) would
e) could

47- When their first child was born, They ………
married for three years.

a) would
b) has been
c) had being
d) had been
e) have been

48- It is an ancient city that, according to
archeologists, ……… inhabited at least since
the Stone Age.

a) would
b) would have
c) has been
d) would be
e) had

49- He is called the Buddha, or the enlightened
one. He ……… brought up in a great luxury.

a) had been
b) will have
c) have been
d) would
e) would have

50- I ……… three times in the Old Country,
and was fed up with it.

a) had
b) had been
c) would
d) has been
e) should have

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