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Sentence Completion (Tenses)

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Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

We ______ for you as long as you wish.

  1. shall wait

  2. waits

  3. will be waiting

  4. waited


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 This is the case of simple future tense 

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I will not go out now as it _______ and I have no umbrella.

  1. was raining

  2. were raining

  3. is raining

  4. has been raining


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 This is the case of present continous tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He would have helped you, If you ________ him.

  1. meet

  2. had met

  3. have met

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

She ________ the college since June, 1997.

  1. attend

  2. had been attending

  3. has been attended

  4. have been attended


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He had completed the work before his father _______.

  1. come

  2. had come

  3. have come

  4. came


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ________ the letter before he arrived.

  1. have written

  2. has written

  3. had written

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The antecedent in time of simple past 'he arrived' is past perfect 'had wriiten'.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

If you _______ another music stream, you could _____ better growth.

  1. learned, got

  2. learn, got

  3. learn, get

  4. learnt, will get


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 This is the case of simple present tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He spoke as though he _______ very angry.

  1. was

  2. be

  3. is

  4. were


Correct Option: D

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

The bell ______ just now.

  1. has rung

  2. had rung

  3. is ringing

  4. will ring


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 "Just now" denotes present tense , so 1 is correct

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I _______ when you came in.

  1. am sleeping

  2. was sleeping

  3. sleep

  4. will sleeping


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 This is the case of past tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

How much did that dress cost which she _______ to the ball?

  1. wore

  2. wear

  3. wears

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 This is the case of past tense

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He ______ like a brave man when he was attacked.

  1. to fight

  2. fight

  3. fought

  4. is fighting


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Since this is the case of past tense , Hence 3 is correct

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

If he is honest, he _______.

  1. will prosper

  2. prosper

  3. prospered

  4. is prospering


Correct Option: A

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I _______ my dinner last night with him.

  1. have

  2. had

  3. has

  4. was


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 "Last night" denotes past tesne. Hence, "had" is correct

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He ________ me that he had never met you.

  1. told

  2. tell

  3. has told

  4. will tell


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of past tense, hence 1 is correct

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

You will succeed, if you ________ hard.

  1. worked

  2. had worked

  3. work

  4. are working


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

He saw that the clock _________.

  1. have stopped

  2. had stopped

  3. was stopping

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 This is the case of past tense , hence 2 is correct.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Why do you _________ late every day?

  1. come

  2. came

  3. has come

  4. had come


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Since this is an "interrogative" sentence, Hence we will use first form of the verb

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ______ here for the last ten years.

  1. lived

  2. has been living

  3. had been living

  4. was living


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 "Last 10 years" denote past tense. Since, this is the case of past perfect continous tense , hence 3 is correct.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Please lend me this book when you ________ it.

  1. read

  2. will read

  3. had read

  4. are reading


Correct Option: C

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Sunil _______ on me daily when he goes to school.

  1. call

  2. calls

  3. called

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Since this is the cse of simple past tense , he is singulare so it will take singular verb.

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Clive ______ the British Empire in India.

  1. found

  2. founded

  3. find

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 "Whenever we talk about establishment we use "founded"

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

He ________ since morning.

  1. had read

  2. has been reading

  3. have been reading

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the case of present prefect continous tense, hence 2 is correct

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ________ him yesterday.

  1. not meet

  2. did not meet

  3. have met

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Directions: Fill in the blanks by choosing the right preposition from the given alternatives.

When I first _______ him, he ____ religion.

  1. meet, study

  2. met, was studying

  3. meet, studying

  4. met, study


Correct Option: B
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