Grammar - Tenses
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Choose the suitable past tense verb
The boys____________ (play) cricket.
- (a)
were playing
- (b)
will play
- (c)
are playing
- (d)
played
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They ___________ (eat) mangoes.
- (a)
ate
- (b)
eaten
- (c)
will eat
- (d)
are eating
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She ______________ (come) yesterday.
- (a)
comes
- (b)
had came
- (c)
has came
- (d)
came
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My father ___________ (return) from Mexio.
- (a)
will return
- (b)
had returned
- (c)
returns
- (d)
has returned
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Now we _____________ (live) in the welfare state.
- (a)
will be living
- (b)
was living
- (c)
are living
- (d)
has been living
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The teacher _____________ (open) the lid of the jar.
- (a)
opened
- (b)
opens
- (c)
has opened
- (d)
had opened
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The workers ________ (paint) the walls.
- (a)
were painting
- (b)
are painting
- (c)
had painted
- (d)
paints
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The manager _____________ (instruct) his subordinates to complete the given work in time.
- (a)
was instructing
- (b)
will instruct
- (c)
instructs
- (d)
instructed
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He ______________ (bring) me a gift on my birthday.
- (a)
is bringing
- (b)
brought
- (c)
has brought
- (d)
will bring
They ____________ (play) hockey.
- (a)
will play
- (b)
played
- (c)
are playing
- (d)
was playing
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I __________ (have) my breakfast.
- (a)
has
- (b)
had had
- (c)
had
- (d)
have
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The peon ___________ (ring) the bell.
- (a)
rung
- (b)
rings
- (c)
is ringing
- (d)
will ring
I ___________ (sleep) well last night.
- (a)
slept
- (b)
sleeps
- (c)
had slept
- (d)
was sleeping
She and her friend ____________ (play) tennis.
- (a)
plays
- (b)
play
- (c)
will be playing
- (d)
was playing
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An old man ____________ (climb) out of a first floor window!
- (a)
was climbing
- (b)
is climbing
- (c)
climbing
- (d)
climbs
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I often ___________ (drink) milk before going to bed.
- (a)
drinks
- (b)
be drinking
- (c)
drink
- (d)
drunk
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Who ____________ (make) the tea today?
- (a)
makes
- (b)
make
- (c)
is going to make
- (d)
made
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When I _________ (arrive) at the party, everybody _______________ (dance).
- (a)
arrived/were dancing
- (b)
arrive/dances
- (c)
arrived/was dancing
- (d)
had arrived/were dancing
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They were good friends. They _________ (know) each other for a long time.
- (a)
knew
- (b)
knows
- (c)
had known
- (d)
were known
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He ____________ (play) in a Tennis match on Friday.
- (a)
will play
- (b)
will be playing
- (c)
is playing
- (d)
was playing
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I _____________ (believe) it when I see it.
- (a)
will believe
- (b)
shall believe
- (c)
believes
- (d)
am believing
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Geetha ____________ to the United Kingdom last week.
- (a)
go
- (b)
went
- (c)
was gone
- (d)
was going
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I ___________ English at present
- (a)
am teaching
- (b)
is teaching
- (c)
was teaching
- (d)
taught
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Columbus __________ America.
- (a)
discover
- (b)
discovers
- (c)
discovered
- (d)
none of these
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My son ____________ just now from London.
- (a)
has arrived
- (b)
arrived
- (c)
is arriving
- (d)
will arrive
All planets _____________ round the sun
- (a)
revolve
- (b)
revolves
- (c)
are revolving
- (d)
none of these
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Sheela usually ____________ tea. Today she ___________ coffee.
- (a)
drinks, drinking
- (b)
drink, was drinking
- (c)
drank, was drunk
- (d)
drinks, in drinking
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Whenever he __________ his mouth, he says rubbish.
- (a)
open
- (b)
opens
- (c)
is opening
- (d)
opened
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If you_______ fast, you _________ the train.
- (a)
walk, catches
- (b)
walks, catch
- (c)
walked, catch
- (d)
walk, will catch
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When I first met him he___________ (work) in a restaurant.
- (a)
was working
- (b)
worked
- (c)
is working
- (d)
works