The secretary _______ the report all day and she’s only half way through. * a. types b. is typing c. has typed d. has been typing Companies ___________ billions on training every year. * a. spend b. are spending c. have spent d. have been spending Today more and more companies _________ to enter the market with an innovative project. * a. try b. are trying c. have tried d. have been trying I ______ they ________ outside training yet because in-house on-the-job training _______ cheaper. * a. am thinking, do not arrange, seems b. think, have not arranged, is seeming c. think, has not arrange, seems d. think, have not arranged, seems Nowadays business leaders and government authorities ___________ equal opportunities for entrepreneurs to perform well and to enter healthy competition. * a. encourage b. are encouraging c. have encouraged d. have been encouraging As they ____________ to venture capitalists they got to know a lot about fundraising. * a. talked b. were talking c. had talked d. had been talking Investors were not comfortable until the entrepreneur ___________ the innovative character of his idea. * a. didn’t explain b. was explaining c. had explained d. had been explaining He explained that he ___________ the company for 10 years and they _________ so many trivial complaints. * a. had run ….had never been having b. ran ……….were not having c. had been running …..had never had d. was running ….had never been having Two years ……. (= It’s two years) since I …….the effectiveness of the approach. * a. have passed …….have realized b. passed …….realized c. have passed …….realized d. passed ……….have realized