CELSA - Combined English Language Skills Assessment Verb Tense and Form Questions and Answers

Question 1

By the time the project manager arrives, the team __________ the initial phase of the software development.

Accepted Answer

will have completed

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will complete

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is completing

Answer

completes

Question 2

A client called to complain about a product he _______ the previous week. Which of the following verb forms correctly completes the sentence?

Accepted Answer

had purchased

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has purchased

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purchased

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will purchase

Question 3

If the marketing team had secured a larger budget, they __________ a more extensive advertising campaign.

Accepted Answer

would have launched

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will launch

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would launch

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launched

Question 4

The security guard noticed that the visitor __________ nervously in the lobby for over an hour before his appointment.

Accepted Answer

had been waiting

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waits

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has been waiting

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is waiting

Question 5

Which of the following sentences uses the present perfect continuous tense correctly?

Accepted Answer

They have been renovating the office since last month.

Answer

She is learning Spanish for two years.

Answer

He had been working on the report all day yesterday.

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We will have been living here for a decade next May.

Question 6

The new regulations require that every employee __________ the mandatory safety training by the end of the month.

Accepted Answer

complete

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completes

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to complete

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completed