English Language MCQ practice free online · page 168

Correct option: A — Analysts have widely presumed that the market will stabilize next quarter.

Analysts have widely presumed that the market will stabilize next quarter. (Correct) (b) Analysts are widely presuming that the market will stabilize next quarter. (Incorrect Tense) (c) Analysts had widely presumed that the market will stabilize next quarter. (Incorrect Tense) (d) That the market will stabilize next quarter has been widely presumed by analysts. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

Correct option: B — The final perimeter check will have been completed by the security team by midnight.

The final perimeter check will have been completed by the security team by midnight. (Correct) (a) The final perimeter check will have completed by the security team by midnight. (‘been’ is missing) (c) The final perimeter check will be completed by the security team by midnight. (Incorrect Modal) (d) The final perimeter check would have been completed by the security team by midnight. (Incorrect Modal)

Correct option: A — The government is constructing a new high-speed rail line across the country.

The government is constructing a new high-speed rail line across the country. (Correct) (b) The government constructs a new high-speed rail line across the country. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The government constructed a new high-speed rail line across the country. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The government has constructed a new high-speed rail line across the country. (Incorrect Tense)

Correct option: D — Can the faulty circuit be repaired by the technician before noon?

Can the faulty circuit be repaired by the technician before noon? (Correct) (a) Could the faulty circuit have been repaired by the technician before noon? (Incorrect Modal) (b) Could the faulty circuit be repaired by the technician before noon? (Incorrect Modal) (c) Can the faulty circuit being repaired by the technician before noon? (Incorrect Verb Form)

Correct option: B — The researchers had carefully documented the experiment results.

The researchers had carefully documented the experiment results. (Correct) (a) The researchers carefully documented the experiment results. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The researchers were carefully documenting the experiment results. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The experiment results were carefully documented by the researchers. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

Correct option: B — The committee is reviewing the reports before publication.

The committee is reviewing the reports before publication. (Correct) (a) The committee reviews the reports before publication. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The reports were reviewed by the committee before publication. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) The committee has reviewed the reports before publication. (Incorrect Tense)

Correct option: A — The collected data had been being analyzed by the research team for weeks before the report was published.

The collected data had been being analyzed by the research team for weeks before the report was published. (Correct) (b) The collected data had be analyzed by the research team for weeks before publishing the report. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The collected data had analyzed by the research team for weeks before the report was publishing. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The collected data had been analyzed by the research team for weeks before publishing the report. (Incorrect Tense)

Correct option: A — The sleeping birds in the trees were startled by the sudden noise.

The sleeping birds in the trees were startled by the sudden noise. (Correct) (b) The sleeping birds in the trees had been startled by the sudden noise. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The sudden noise was startling the sleeping birds in the trees. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) The sleeping birds in the trees are startled by the sudden noise. (Incorrect Tense)

Correct option: A — Unidentified hackers reportedly stole confidential data from the government server.

Unidentified hackers reportedly stole confidential data from the government server. (Correct) (b) Confidential data reportedly was stolen from the government server. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) The government server reportedly lost data to hackers. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) Reporters said hackers had stolen the data. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

Correct option: A — The intern was writing the report when the power failed.

The intern was writing the report when the power failed. (Correct) (b) The intern wrote the report when the power failed. (Incorrect Tense) (c) The intern had been writing the report when the power failed. (Incorrect Tense) (d) The power failed while the report was being written by the intern. (Incorrect Sentence Structure)