Sunday, November 24, 2019

CEFR English Exercise - been - being


Please complete the following sentences with a “ been  / being  ”.
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1.                 He had _______ matriculated in the university.
2.                 Don't judge people by their covers. Most of their books are still _______ written.
3.                 A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after _______ told that I'd _______ insulting him.
4.                 The negotiations have _______ fraught with difficulties/problems right from the start.
5.                 Attempts are _______ made to resolve the problem of security in schools.
6.                 The trip has _______ extended to include a few other events.
7.                 Thank you for _______ so honest with me.
8.                 He had _______ miraculously saved from almost certain death.
9.                 There has still _______ no official confirmation of the report.
10.            Thank you, Mother, for your love, your smiles, your faith and trust, but most of all for _______ such a wonderful mother.
11.            The manager rebuked the salesgirl sharply for _______ rude to customers.
12.            The autopsy revealed that the deceased had _______ hit with a blunt instrument.
13.            The most exhausting thing in life is _______ insincere.
14.            A number of forged works of art have _______ sold as genuine.
15.            There is nothing which has not _______ bitter before _______ ripe.
16.            The town has _______ designated a development area.
17.            The rules have now _______ made equally applicable to all members.
18.            I've _______ setting aside a few pounds each week.
19.            He was enjoying all the satisfactions of _______ a parent.
20.            It has _______ confirmed that Lewis's next fight will be against Bruno.
21.            The plan hinges on a deal _______ struck with a new company.
22.            What does youth have that's worth showing off? Have you ever _______ old?
23.            They have _______ living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
24.            Pronouns are often used to refer to a noun that has already _______ mentioned.
25.            Allegations of sexual harassment have led to disciplinary proceedings _______ taken against three naval officers.
26.            She remembers _______ a rather bossy little girl.
27.            The cosmetics have not _______ tested on animals.
28.            The daring of his exploits had _______ hugely magnified by constant telling.
29.            It's _______ ages since we met.
30.            Teenager Matt Brown is _______ hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
31.            At the concluding press conference, both leaders said that the talks had _______ constructive.
32.            I had _______ running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity.
33.            The field has _______ seeded with corn.
34.            The hostages are _______ held in extremely harsh conditions.
35.            New scientific discoveries are _______ made every day.
36.            You can’t touch pitch without _______ defiled.
37.            The dog that has _______ beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
38.            The furniture had _______ left by the previous occupants.
39.            _______ a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it has no time for anything else.
40.            I'm sick of _______ poked and prodded by doctors.
41.            He's terrified of _______ bitten by a snake.
42.            There is nothing which has not _______ bitter before _______ ripe.
43.            Mr. Johnson has _______ proposed as president of the organization.
44.            Many of your suggestions have _______ incorporated in the new plan.
45.            He was in no mood for _______ polite to visitors.
46.            The UN had _______ co-operating with the State Department on a plan to find countries willing to take the refugees.
47.            I dislike _______ away from my family.
48.            There's not much prospect of Mr. Smith's _______ elected as Congressman.
49.            Civil war in the Sudan has _______ grinding on for nine years.
50.            The press was accused of _______ subservient to the government.
51.            The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of _______ abandoned to the care of strangers.
52.            There have _______ several retirements in my office recently.
53.            I've _______ making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket.
54.            A really good friend will make you feel comfortable _______ who you are.
55.            Courage is _______ afraid but going on anyhow.
56.            Your suggestions are _______ followed up by our committee.
57.            The city is _______ sundered by racial tension.
58.            The coach called all the players together to discuss the reasons of _______ beaten.
59.            Have ethnic tensions in the area _______ reduced by intermarriage?
60.            In science, the importance is something that has _______ reached out, not the researcher himself.
61.            If you would have a good wife, marry one who has _______ a good daughter. Thomas Fuller
62.            If your girlfriend is smart, beautiful, and gentle, then please, love her in my place for the time _______.
63.            The animals have all _______ well trained.
64.            I don't anticipate it _______ a problem.
65.            Bob's tickets cost much less than ours - I think we've _______ ripped off.
66.            Thanks for _______ in my life.
67.            I'm afraid my best friend has a best friend of his/her own. It feels like _______ in broken relationship.
68.            They haven't _______ given these rights for eternity - they should justify having them just like most other people have to.
69.            Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always _______ the systematic organization of hatreds.
70.            As a child I remember _______ riveted by my grandfather's appearance.
71.            This suit has _______ in constant wear for two years.
72.            There is strong suspicion on both sides that information is _______ withheld.
73.            Ever since the oil crisis, the industry has _______ in disarray.
74.            To keep the company alive, half the workforce is _______ made redundant.
75.            Your bravery has never _______ disputed.
76.            The hospital is so overcrowded that some patients are _______ treated on trolleys in the corridors.
77.            Our boss has _______ let go.
78.            The meaning of the poem has always _______ a puzzle.
79.            I know I need to go to the dentist but I've _______ putting off the evil day as long as possible.
80.            The novel centers around a witless father who is continually _______ conned by his three children.
81.            There has _______ a rapid acceleration in the growth of industry.
82.            Nothing great in the world has _______ accomplished without passion.
83.            _______ reluctant to think, unwilling to study intensively and under-stand deeply and _______ complacent and satisfied at negligible knowledge all are the cause of poor intelligence, which can be termed as "foolish".
84.            The new computer system is not _______ fully utilized yet.
85.            His views on knowledge economy have _______ accepted with unanimity.
86.            The meat has _______ certified fit for human consumption.
87.            Stop _______ a chicken and try the rollercoaster ride!
88.            The guards were originally hired to watch over the houses as they were _______ built.
89.            She had despaired of ever _______ rescued alive.
90.            Good old Edna - she's a real trouper to do the washing-up without even _______ asked!
91.            He that would know what shall be must consider what has _______.
92.            A bond of friendship had _______ forged between them.
93.            Nothing is a greater misfortune than not _______ able to bear misfortune.
94.            Any hostages in the firing line would have _______ sacrificed.
95.            He's _______ working hard all day.
96.            You have _______ very remiss in fulfilling your obligations.
97.            The secret of _______ miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
98.            He hasn't _______ too well lately.
99.            Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have _______ so happy.
100.        The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have _______ kindness, beauty and truth.
101.        This contract is worthless; you've _______ taken for a ride!
102.        There were dark streaks down her cheeks where she had _______ crying.
103.        He gained a reputation as _______ a staunch defender/supporter of civil rights.
104.        _______ defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
105.        He's _______ unbearable since he won that prize.
106.        There is no longer any stigma to _______ divorced.
107.        There is nothing noble in _______ superior to some other man. The true nobility is in _______ superior to your previous self.
108.        They've _______ best mates since school.
109.        She's _______ touted as the next leader of the party.
110.        I have _______ employed at this job for five years.
111.        Foley has _______ particularly vocal in his criticism of the government.
112.        They built a wall to avoid soil _______ washed away.
113.        The most normal and the most perfect human _______ is the one who most thoroughly addresses himself to the activity of his best powers, gives himself most thoroughly to the world around him, flings himself out into the midst of humanity, and is so preoccupied by his own beneficent reaction on the world that he is practically unconscious of a separate existence.
114.        You've _______ in prison three times according to our records.
115.        I always couple Hemingway and Steinbeck together as _______ typically American writers.
116.        There was a prima facie case that a contempt of court had _______ committed.
117.        No man can be a good ruler unless he has first _______ ruled.
118.        We must allow for his _______ late.
119.        The town had _______ besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors.
120.        African-Americans have _______ complaining about police harassment for years.
121.        They walked out in protest after _______ outvoted by the National Salvation Front majority.
122.        He was spitting blood after _______ hit in the mouth.
123.        Everything ought to be beautiful in a human _______: face, dress, soul and idea.
124.        Thanks for _______ there as a friend so true! Happy Thanksgiving! You are the joy of my life.
125.        All the men were _______ deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not _______ identified.
126.        While the front door is _______ repaired, please use the side entrance.
127.        A good tale is none the worse for _______ twice told.
128.        For centuries, quilting and patchwork have _______ popular needlecrafts.
129.        The country has _______ threatened with complete isolation from the international community unless the atrocities stop.
130.        She was very demotivated by _______ told she had little chance of _______ promoted.
131.        Her wrists chafed where the rope had _______.
132.        I hate to be blunt, Frankie, but she just didn't strike me as _______ very ladylike.
133.        She scolded the child for _______ late for school.
134.        Jackson had _______ a major power-broker in the 1988 Presidential elections.
135.        The rumor has _______ hotly denied.
136.        The village had _______ hurriedly deserted, perhaps because terrorists were in the area.
137.        At first, they refused to sign the agreement, but they caved in when they heard another firm was _______ approached.
138.        A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's _______ dead ten or fifteen years.
139.        We shall put it aside for the time _______.
140.        He's _______ a bit dizzy and confused since the accident. Do you think it’s mild concussion?
141.        A dropped cigarette is _______ blamed for the fire.
142.        Jack was _______ perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
143.        Humanitarian aid is _______ sent to the refugees.
144.        It's _______ a cow of a day.
145.        Her elder sister's _______ acting rather funnily just recently.
146.        He barely escaped _______ pawed by the dog.
147.        Since he lost his job, he's _______ hanging about here.
148.        I am not now that which I have _______.(I am not what I used to be.).
149.        Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human _______ brought a stone.
150.        That is a fair approximation of the way in which the next boss is _______ chosen.
151.        It has _______ alleged that Jack stole the money.
152.        I saw that I had _______ guilty of a careless blunder.
153.        _______ on sea, sail; _______ on land, settle.
154.        Physical perfection in a human _______ is exceedingly rare.
155.        Life, to be worthy of a rational _______, must be always in progression.
156.        He can't bear _______ laughed at.
157.        Only gradually are technologies _______ developed to mechanize the task.
158.        Clothes and blankets have _______ distributed among the refugees.
159.        Campaigners claim that the animals are not _______ kept in humane conditions.
160.        These ideas have always _______ central to Western culture.
161.        The James Bond films are always _______ rerun on television.
162.        The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human _______ a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
163.        The house is _______ built at the moment.
164.        Someone has _______ listening in on my telephone conversation.
165.        Humor has _______ well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest.
166.        I was shut out for _______ five minutes late.
167.        A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after _______ told that I'd _______ insulting him.
·                    liberty, how many crimes have _______ committed in thy name!
168.        He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days before _______ released without charge.
169.        Initiative 10is doing the right thing without _______ told.
170.        The two large classrooms have _______ assigned to us.
171.        No motive for the killing has yet _______ established.
172.        Tim was _______ groomed for a managerial position.
173.        She has _______ pruning the roses.
174.        True friendship isn't about _______ there when it's convenient; it's about _______ there when it's not.
175.        We should put aside and postpone all other reforms; that we have but one task-----the instruction of the people, the diffusion of education, the encouragement of science----on that day a great step will have then _______ taken in our generation.
176.        Nell is _______ touted as the next big thing in Hollywood.
177.        The smoker has _______ labouring under lung disease for many years.
178.        Poverty is not a shame, but the _______ ashamed of it is.
179.        There was a risk of genuine refugees _______ returned to Vietnam.
180.        Jiddu Krishnamurti, lndia-born religious philosopher Aman who does not know what passion is will never know love because love can come into _______ only when there is total self-abandonment.
181.        The group has _______ notoriously fickle in the past.
182.        He was _______ very mysterious, and wouldn't tell me what he was up to.
183.        The stadium has _______ fitted with seating for over eighty thousand spectators.
184.        I'd _______ away for a few days so I had a lot of post waiting for me.
185.        Thanks for _______ such a great teacher. Happy Teacher’s Day.
186.        A month after _______ unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job.
187.        It is possible to learn more of a human _______ in one minute of love than in months of observation.
188.        The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through _______ misunderstood.
189.        The school is specially for children whose schooling has _______ disrupted by illness.
190.        He's _______ deaf and dumb since birth.
191.        For me the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though _______ received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.
192.        The details of the plan are still _______ worked out.
193.        He who fears _______ conquered is sure of defeat. Napoleon Bonaparte
194.        Thanks for _______ such a good mom.
195.        _______ youngsters, we sat modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
196.        Whatever your past has _______, you have a spotless future.
197.        The bus conductor is _______ reviled by a rude man.
198.        The ozone layer surrounding the earth protects our skin from _______ hurt by the ultraviolet rays.
199.        These ridiculous rules and regulations should have _______ done away with years ago.
200.        He that has [hath] _______ bitten by a serpent, is afraid of a rope.
201.        I want to hear your explanation for _______ late.
202.        He is a man with a reputation for _______ tough and unafraid of unpopular decisions.
203.        He had _______ hit on the head.
204.        I'm fed up with _______ put upon by my boss all the time.
205.        A thing is bigger for _______ shared.
206.        His wife must have _______ a saint to put up with him for all those years.
207.        A troubleshooter is _______ appointed to make the prison service more efficient.
208.        She has _______ through a very traumatic experience.
209.        you smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had _______ waiting long.
210.        You deserve a reward for _______ so helpful.
211.        His boss gave him a reprimand for _______ late.
212.        Literary studies have _______ cross - fertilized by new ideas in linguistics.
213.        Dave has always _______ a bit of a drinker.
214.        Foreign governments have _______ consulted about this decision.
215.        It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has _______ stolen.
216.        The media has _______ speaking in glowing terms of the relationship between the two countries.
217.        When peace has _______ broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger.
218.        As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them. A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about _______ tight-fisted and offering more care than presents.
219.        He just breezed in as if he'd only _______ away a day instead of ten years.
220.        His parents tried to discourage him from _______ an actor.
221.        The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which has always _______ the firmest prop of the Treasury.
222.        How long have you _______ unemployed?
223.        Within minutes of _______ introduced they were chatting away like old friends.
224.        I had a nightmare about _______ drowned in a lake.
225.        Happiness isn't about getting what you want. It's about loving and _______ grateful for what you have received.
226.        The president will have to resign for _______ involved in a political scandal.
227.        He had _______ badly maltreated as a child.
228.        I feel almost ashamed that I've _______ so lucky.
229.        Home-made parts are _______ substituted for imported ones.
230.        Iron spikes have _______ welded to the railings around the embassy.
231.        The mere fact of _______ poor makes such children criminals in the eyes of the police.
232.        This actress has _______ divorced from her husband.
233.        Jackie has _______ learning flamenco dancing at an evening class for three years.
234.        Her father has _______ missing since September 1992.
235.        He felt unworthy of _______ married to such an attractive woman.
236.        He's _______ charged with extorting protection money from the shopkeepers.
237.        Initiative is doing the right thing without _______ told.
238.        She certainly hasn't _______ pining while you were away!
239.        People have _______ flocking to the exhibition.

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