- “She ___ to school every day.”
- goes
- is going
- went
- go
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Answer: (A) goes
Habit, third person → goes.
- “Water ___ at 100°C.”
- boil
- boils
- is boiling
- boiled
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Answer: (B) boils
Scientific fact → simple present.
- “Look! The baby ___.”
- has slept
- sleeps
- is sleeping
- slept
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Answer: (C) is sleeping
“Look!” → action in progress.
- “I ___ a headache since morning.”
- have had
- had
- have
- am having
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Answer: (A) have had
since + present perfect.
- “They ___ for two hours.” (still waiting)
- are waiting
- have been waiting
- waited
- wait
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Answer: (B) have been waiting
for + up to now → perfect continuous.
- “I ___ him yesterday.”
- have seen
- saw
- see
- had seen
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Answer: (B) saw
yesterday → simple past.
- “She ___ when the phone rang.”
- cooks
- cooked
- was cooking
- has cooked
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Answer: (C) was cooking
An act in progress interrupted → past continuous.
- “When we reached the station, the train ___.”
- was leaving
- has left
- left
- had left
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Answer: (D) had left
The earlier act → past perfect.
- “He ___ for six hours when I met him.”
- had been working
- was worked
- has worked
- worked
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Answer: (A) had been working
past perfect continuous.
- “I ___ you tomorrow.”
- call
- will call
- called
- have called
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Answer: (B) will call
tomorrow → future.
- “This time tomorrow I ___ in Delhi.”
- was
- am
- will be
- will be flying
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Answer: (D) will be flying
Ongoing future → will be + V-ing.
- “By next June she ___ her degree.”
- completes
- is completing
- will complete
- will have completed
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Answer: (D) will have completed
future perfect.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- I have known him since 2010.
- I am knowing him since 2010.
- I knew him since 2010.
- I know him since 2010.
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Answer: (A) I have known him since 2010.
since + present perfect; “know” is a state verb.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- I am liking tea.
- I like tea.
- I was liking tea now.
- I have been liking tea.
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Answer: (B) I like tea.
“Like” is a state verb.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- She goes to Paris last year.
- She has gone to Paris last year.
- She went to Paris last year.
- She has been going to Paris last year.
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Answer: (C) She went to Paris last year.
last year → simple past.
- “I will tell him when he ___.”
- would come
- is coming
- will come
- comes
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Answer: (D) comes
Present after “when”.
- “If it ___, we will cancel the picnic.”
- rains
- would rain
- rained
- will rain
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Answer: (A) rains
First conditional.
- “If I ___ rich, I would help the poor.”
- am
- was
- were
- will be
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Answer: (C) were
Unreal → were.
- “If he ___ harder, he would have passed.”
- has studied
- studied
- had studied
- studies
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Answer: (C) had studied
Third conditional.
- “I wish I ___ a car.”
- will have
- am having
- have
- had
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Answer: (D) had
wish + past.
- “It is time we ___ home.”
- went
- will go
- are going
- go
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Answer: (A) went
it is time + past.
- “He said that the sun ___ in the east.” (universal truth)
- rose
- rises
- had risen
- was rising
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Answer: (B) rises
Universal truth → present.
- “She said that she ___ ill.”
- has been
- is
- was
- will be
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Answer: (C) was
Main clause past → past.
- “He loved her more than he ___ his own life.”
- had loved
- will love
- loved
- loves
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Answer: (D) loves
Any tense in a comparison.
- “He works as if he ___ a machine.”
- were
- will be
- has been
- is
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Answer: (A) were
as if → were.
- “Shall I ___ the window?”
- opens
- open
- opened
- opening
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Answer: (B) open
V1 after shall.
- “Hardly ___ I left when it rained.”
- was
- have
- had
- did
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Answer: (C) had
Hardly had I left…
- Which is the negative of “She plays”?
- She does not play.
- She is not play.
- She not plays.
- She does not plays.
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Answer: (A) She does not play.
does not + V1.
- Which is the question form of “They lived here”?
- Did they live here?
- Do they lived here?
- Were they live here?
- Did they lived here?
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Answer: (A) Did they live here?
did + V1.
- “Has he ___ the work?”
- finish
- finished
- finishing
- finishes
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Answer: (B) finished
has + V3.
- “Had she ___ the letter before you came?”
- writing
- written
- wrote
- write
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Answer: (B) written
had + V3.
- “He has ___ to Mumbai; he is not here now.”
- went
- going
- been
- gone
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Answer: (D) gone
Still there → gone.
- “I have ___ to Mumbai twice.”
- been
- went
- going
- gone
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Answer: (A) been
Came back → been.
- “She is always ___ about the weather.” (irritating habit)
- complain
- complaining
- complained
- complains
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Answer: (B) complaining
always + continuous = irritation.
- “We ___ a test next Monday.” (fixed plan)
- will have been
- have
- are having
- had
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Answer: (C) are having
A plan → present continuous.
- “The train ___ at 6 a.m. tomorrow.” (timetable)
- is leaving
- will left
- leave
- leaves
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Answer: (D) leaves
Timetable → simple present.
- “Look at those clouds. It ___ rain.”
- is going to
- shall
- would
- will
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Answer: (A) is going to
Based on evidence → going to.
- “Unless you ___, you will fail.”
- work
- do not work
- will work
- worked
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Answer: (A) work
No negative with unless; use the present.
- Which sentence is correct?
- He asked me what my name is?
- He asked me what was my name.
- He asked me what my name was.
- He asked me what is my name?
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Answer: (C) He asked me what my name was.
Indirect question: normal word order.
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