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[#496] Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The first pyramids of Egypt _________ around 3000 BC.

(A) was built

(B) built

(C) were built

(D) were building

Correct Answer

(C) were built

[#497] Although manufacturers . . . . . . . . electric cars as prototypes for a number of years now, it will be a long time before they . . . . . . . . common.

(A) produced/are becoming

(B) have been producing/become

(C) produce/will become

(D) are producing/became

Correct Answer

(B) have been producing/become

[#498] Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Yesterday he _________ lunch in a restaurant.

(A) had

(B) has

(C) eats

(D) is having

Correct Answer

(A) had

[#499] He always . . . . . . . . up at 5 a.m.

(A) gets

(B) will get

(C) is getting up

(D) none

Correct Answer

(A) gets

[#500] Rewrite the following sentence using the correct tense of the verbs givenin the brackets: We had been walking for about ten minutes when we suddenly __ (realise) we _ (move) in the wrong direction.

(A) realise, moved

(B) realised, moved

(C) realised, had moved

(D) realised, were moving

Correct Answer

(D) realised, were moving