IELTS Band 9 – Grammar: Verb Tenses (20 Questions)

In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith ________ that the ‘invisible hand’ of the market guides self-interest towards the common good; a thesis that remains central to modern economics.

________ we to have fully understood the ecological consequences of industrialization a century ago, the environmental policies of today would be fundamentally different.

The satellite imagery, ________, confirms the alarming rate of glacial melt.

The hypothesis rested on a single premise, ________, a view that is no longer tenable.

Little ________ that their discovery would revolutionize the field of genetics.

The board’s recommendation is that a new CEO ________ immediately to restore investor confidence.

The foreign minister is understood ________ his resignation as early as next week, though no official statement has been released.

________ further evidence to come to light, the case will be reopened.

The poet’s early work is characterized by a romanticism that ________ in his later, more cynical pieces.

On no account ________ to be taken from the secure facility.

It is a matter of some debate whether the universe ________ to expand indefinitely or will eventually collapse.

The report is claimed ________ the full extent of the financial mismanagement.

The professor, ________ to have a formidable intellect, often intimidated his new students.

Her 1925 novel, though largely forgotten now, ________ remarkably prescient in its depiction of technological alienation.

The company’s stock price plummeted. Investors ________ confidence for months, and the disappointing earnings report was simply the final trigger.

The archaeological team is confident that by the time the excavation is complete, they ________ the full extent of the ancient settlement.

Not until the final manuscript ________ submitted was the research team able to relax.

By this time next year, the international space agency ________ the lunar surface for over a decade.

It is a foundational principle of the judiciary that justice ________, but also be seen to be done.

In his seminal work, Foucault ________ the archaeology of knowledge, a concept that fundamentally reshaped the humanities.