GRAMMAR TEST 19.06.

2015
1. We................................snake wells off the Brunei coast since 2005.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Drill
Drilled
Have drilled
Have been drilling

2. Our company first................exploring the Brunei field a long time ago.

a. start
b. will start
c. started
d. was starting
3. How do you .....................computers are used in this method?
a. think
b. thought
c. are thinking
d. are thought
4. The first portable pacemaker..............................in 1957.
a. invented
b. was invented
c. was inventing
d. invent
5. I guess you use barcodes......................the days sales in your store.
a. checking
b. to check
c. is checked
d. was checking
6. Barcodes .......................by airlines to issue boarding passes.
a. used
b. are used
c. were used
d. have been using
7. Here is a brief outline of how a laser machine.............................
a. worked
b. to worked
c. works
d. has been worked
8. The Collider was.......................in September 2008.
a. shut down
b. shuted down
c. touched down
d. broken down
9. One day, while he...........................a bath, he noticed that the level of water in the bath
tub ................as he got in it.

a. was having/rose
b. had/was rising
c. had/rose
d. is having/risen
10. This famous invention .......still...............for irrigation all over the world.
a. was.........using
b. is........used
c. was ..........used
d. has been using
11. The primary component of this fabric was ultrafine glass filaments.................were twisted
into yarns.
a. who
b. which
c. whom
d. whose
12. ...............both systems use computers, sensors and actuators, they differ in one
important way.
a. because
b. while
c. although
d. however
13. The MegaFarma pharmaceutical company .........just................that they are recalling all
stocks of their new drug.
a. has .....announced
b. announced
c. is .....announcing
d. has been.......announcing
14. The equipment has to be capable of ..................the users weight by up to 80%.
a. reduce
b. was reduced
c. has been reduced
d. reducing
15. How long ................................jobs within the petroleum industry?
a. has he done
b. has he been doing
c. is he doing
d. was he doing
16. They ........currently .............information about the drug from thousands of doctors.
a. are..........gathering
b. has been........gathering
c. have been.........gathering
d. are.......gathered
17. The valve at the top of the tank allows the fluid .................., while the one at the bottom
permits it to escape.

a. entering
b. to enter
c. is entering
d. has entered
18. As for the future, to prevent such accidents from...............again, the whole meltdown
warning system was given a major upgrade.
a. happening
b. to happen
c. happen
d. happened
19. While..................the component, turn the board over.
a. hold
b. to hold
c. holding
d. held
20. Next, each damaged magnet was ..................up to the surface.
a. lift
b. lifting
c. to lift
d. lifted