Advanced Grammar Test on English Verb Tenses-3

1. Of course nobody knows what the outcome of the election ………… but at the moment Malcolm …………. as the most likely candidate

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

3. When he …………. that very rash promise he didn’t realise what he ……………. himself in for.

4. For nearly a decade most governments in the world …………… to find ways of combating environmental problems.

5. Actually, most of the crimes that ……….. last year were not connected with violence, but this is not the picture that ………. up from watching TV coverage of the topic.

6. Obviously there …………… a remarkable improvement in the condition of the patient since he ………….. surgery.

7. It wouldn’t have surprised me if he ………………. after that incident.

8. It is hoped that by the end of the century the growth rate of the world population ……………….. substantially.

9. Before the nationwide vaccination campaign ………….., the infant mortality rate ………….. to an alarming extent.

10. They ……………. the advantages and the disadvantages of the takeover when I ……….. them an hour or so later.