Oh no! I don’t believe it! My mobile phone (’s been/was/is stolen)!
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10
Police say that the bank (’s been/was/was being) robbed in the early hours this morning.
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15
Jim’s too scared to leave the house. He’s convinced he (is/was being/’s being) watched.
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15
These days celebrities (are/were/have been followed) everywhere they go.
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10
Customers who have recently bought a faulty washing machine (have been being/are being/can be) asked to call the company helpline.
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20
If you finish the exam early, you (were/can’t be/are) advised to check your answers carefully.
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15
The builders told us that the extension (could be/has been/should being) finished by the weekend if the weather stayed dry.
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15
The news said that three people ( are/have been/are being) injured in a train crash.
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10
Students are often surprised when we tell them mobile phones (couldn’t/shouldn’t/cannot) be taken into the exam room.
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15
Generally speaking, most teenagers don’t like (to be/to being/to have been) told what to do by their parents.
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20
From next year we need to make some changes so that new students (are being/are/should be) given more support in their first term with us.
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10
By the time Nigel (was arriving/arrived) at the party, everyone (ate/had eaten) and (was dancing/danced).
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25
The boys (had been playing/played) in the garden for hours and when I (went/was going) to check on them, they (had kicked/were kicking) a football around and (laughing/laughed).
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25
She (was thinking/had been thinking) about going to Hawaii to visit her sister for some time, so when she (had lost/lost her job) and was given a generous redundancy package, she immediately (called/had called) her sister to let her know .
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25
I really wish they ________ me about that job. I just want to know if I’ve got it or not! (call)
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20
If only he______us the truth! I wonder why he didn’t?
