Tenses - TOEIC Practice (MS. Lê Thảo)

Key word: Next year

The correct answer is "has increased." This is because the sentence is referring to an action that has already taken place in the past. The use of "has" in the answer choice indicates that the total production of colored televisions has already experienced an increase of twenty percent since the development of the new manufacturing process.

The word "ago" is the correct answer because it completes the sentence in a grammatically correct way. The sentence states that the final revisions of Spacecraft the Movie were completed two weeks _________. The word "ago" fits perfectly in this context, indicating that the revisions were completed two weeks in the past.

The correct answer is "has installed". This is because the sentence is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that was completed in the past but has relevance to the present. The word "has" is the auxiliary verb used with the subject "finance team" to indicate that the team has already completed the action of installing the new automated system.

The subject is 'An excellent manager' --> singular

The correct answer is "reduced" because it is the past participle form of the verb "reduce." In the sentence, it is indicating that the prices of all school supplies have already been lowered to sixty percent for the back-to-school blowout sale.

The correct answer is "have been developing". This is because the sentence is referring to an action that started in the past (since the beginning of the year) and is still ongoing. The present perfect continuous tense "have been developing" is used to describe an action that started in the past and is still happening in the present.

The correct answer is "was sent" because the sentence is in the past tense and requires a past tense verb form. "Was sent" is the correct past tense form of the verb "to send" in this context.

The correct answer is "make". In this sentence, "Paradise Resort" is requesting that the guests take action to make reservations at least a month in advance. The verb "make" agrees with the subject "guests" in the third person plural form.

Key words: meetings --> passive; until Friday afternoon --> future

The board considered Mr. Brown's idea but ultimately decided to choose Ms. Bower's idea instead. This implies that they did not accept or approve of Mr. Brown's idea, which is why the correct answer is "rejected."

The correct verb in the sentence is "help" because the subject, "Reports," is plural. In English, verbs must agree with their subjects in number. Plural subjects like "Reports" take the base form of the verb, without an "s." Therefore, "Reports help body builders" is correct. "Helps" would be used for singular subjects, and "helping" or "to help" would not fit the sentence structure properly for this context.

The correct answer is "have been working" because the sentence is referring to an ongoing action that started in the past and is still continuing in the present. Using the present perfect continuous tense ("have been working") is appropriate in this context.

The correct answer is "expects" because the verb "expects" agrees with the subject "Our professor" and indicates that the professor has a current expectation for the final research papers to be submitted before May 16.

The subject is 'the cost' --> passive

Key words: over the last two years --> present perfect; the subject is 'the rate' --> singular; increase --> always in active.