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Tenses for Writing and Speaking
6 IELTS Grammar questions with answers and explanations.
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The number of mobile users ____ rapidly over the last decade.
- 1 is increasing at
- 2 increases
- 3 increased in
- 4 has increased
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Correct answer: has increased
The present perfect links a past period to now.
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In 2010 the figure ____ 20 percent.
- 1 has been
- 2 is
- 3 had been
- 4 was
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By 2030 the population ____ by 10 percent, according to the forecast.
- 1 rose
- 2 rises
- 3 will have risen
- 4 has risen
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Correct answer: will have risen
The future perfect shows completion before a future time.
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When I called her, she ____ dinner.
- 1 cooks
- 2 was cooking
- 3 has cooked
- 4 cooked it
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Correct answer: was cooking
The past continuous shows an action in progress.
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Scientists ____ this disease for many years, but they have not found a cure.
- 1 have been studying
- 2 are studied
- 3 studied
- 4 study
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Correct answer: have been studying
The present perfect continuous stresses duration up to now.
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The graph ____ the percentage of households with internet access.
- 1 showed to
- 2 is showed
- 3 shows
- 4 has been showing to
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Correct answer: shows
Use the present simple to describe what a chart shows.