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Sentence Completion

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

The teacher asked the boys whether they ________ the sums.

  1. solve

  2. have solved

  3. had solved

  4. had been solved


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It denotes an activity done before the teacher asks in the past.. So, past perfect will be used.

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

I shall go home during the vacations so that I ________ my brother.

  1. can see

  2. should see

  3. saw

  4. see


Correct Option: A

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

No one could say how the prisoner _______ from the prison.

  1. escaped

  2. would escape

  3. has been escaped

  4. had been escaped


Correct Option: A

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

Our teacher taught us that virtue _______ its own reward.

  1. is

  2. be

  3. can

  4. do


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Other options do not fit the blank. Only 'is' correctly fits the blank.... "Virtue is its own reward."

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

Italy went to war that she ________ her empire.

  1. is extending

  2. extends

  3. extended

  4. was extending


Correct Option: C

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

If I had known you needed money, it _________ a pleasure to help you.

  1. would be

  2. would have been

  3. will be

  4. had been


Correct Option: B

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

The pickpocket confessed that he _________ my pocket.

  1. had picked

  2. has picked

  3. would pick

  4. has been picked


Correct Option: A

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

The passage is so difficult that I ________ comprehend it.

  1. cannot

  2. could not

  3. may not

  4. must not


Correct Option: A

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

In my perplexity I appealed to them to tell me what I _______ to do.

  1. need

  2. should

  3. must

  4. would


Correct Option: A

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

His health has improved since he _________ from the hills.

  1. return

  2. returned

  3. had returned

  4. has returned


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Has improved signifies completion in the present. His return would be in simple past (some point of time when he came).

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

Although they _______ defeated, they did not lose heart.

  1. were

  2. was

  3. are

  4. have


Correct Option: A

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

He would succeed, if he ________.

  1. tries

  2. tried

  3. had tried

  4. try


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 If he tried (past), he would (future of past) succeed. If he tries (present), he will (future of present) succeed.

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

He _________ to his superior officer for promotion.

  1. applied

  2. was applying

  3. is applying

  4. has been applying


Correct Option: A

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

This is the place where Mohan ________.

  1. live

  2. lives

  3. would live

  4. could live


Correct Option: B

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

My wrist watch ________ by a boy.

  1. stolen

  2. was stolen

  3. had stolen

  4. has stolen


Correct Option: B

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

I ________ at his ignorance.

  1. was surprised

  2. surprised

  3. have surprised

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

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

I _________ him for a long time.

  1. know

  2. have known

  3. have know

  4. knew


Correct Option: B

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

Copernicus proved that the earth _________ round the sun.

  1. moves

  2. moved

  3. would move

  4. was moving


Correct Option: A

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

He ________ his speech after the lunch but the chairman declined to permit him to speak.

  1. would resumed

  2. would have resumed

  3. had resumed

  4. has resumed


Correct Option: B

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

In the morning, he _______ a torn shirt but in the evening he changed it.

  1. was put on

  2. had put on

  3. has put on

  4. had been put on


Correct Option: B

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

The song _________ by a beautiful girl.

  1. was sung

  2. sang

  3. sung

  4. had sung


Correct Option: A

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

He was so tired that he _________ scarcely stand.

  1. would

  2. might

  3. could

  4. should


Correct Option: C

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

The boy was so indolent that he _________ pass.

  1. would not

  2. did not

  3. does not

  4. cannot


Correct Option: B

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

Just as I ________ the room, the bell rang.

  1. enter

  2. have entered

  3. entered

  4. would enter


Correct Option: C

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

The work ________ by my brother.

  1. has completed

  2. has been completed

  3. completed

  4. had completed


Correct Option: B
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