Olympiad English - Verbs
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
If you ___________ well, you will succeed.
- (a)
do
- (b)
did
- (c)
doing
- (d)
had done
If it _________ too sunny, we will move to the porch.
- (a)
be
- (b)
is
- (c)
were
- (d)
had been
You _________ sleep if you watch scary films before.
- (a)
may
- (b)
will
- (c)
shouldn't
- (d)
can't
If you _______ the plants now, they will bear fruit later.
- (a)
water
- (b)
waters
- (c)
watered
- (d)
will water
You _______ go if you complete the work.
- (a)
could
- (b)
may
- (c)
will not
- (d)
would
If I ______ the book you wanted, I ________ it. I'm sorry I couldn't get it.
- (a)
had found, would have bought
- (b)
found, will
- (c)
had found, bought
- (d)
had found, had not bought
If you ______ onions, you ______ tears.
- (a)
chop, will get
- (b)
chopped, got
- (c)
will chop, would get
- (d)
had chopped, had got
If it _______, I'll _________ the umbrella.
- (a)
rained, used
- (b)
rains, use
- (c)
rain, uses
- (d)
had rained, use
We _______ to Mumbai if we have three days' holidays.
- (a)
went
- (b)
would go
- (c)
are gone
- (d)
be going
If I ________ pocket money, I would save it for a year.
- (a)
get
- (b)
got
- (c)
am getting
- (d)
were to get
I would ask my friends to go with me if I _______ on holidays.
- (a)
will go
- (b)
am going
- (c)
went
- (d)
to go
If I __________ the team leader, I would take all on a cruise.
- (a)
am
- (b)
were
- (c)
have been
- (d)
am to be
If the weather _________ good, we would have sailed for days together. Instead we just had to stay indoors.
- (a)
is
- (b)
to be
- (c)
were
- (d)
had been
I ____ collect a lot of souvenirs if I went travelling.
- (a)
will
- (b)
may
- (c)
should
- (d)
would
If you sprayed an insecticide, __________.
- (a)
all the insects are dying
- (b)
all the insects would die
- (c)
all the insects had die
- (d)
all the insets have been dead
If I didn't come on time, mother _______ worried.
- (a)
was
- (b)
is
- (c)
would have
- (d)
would be
I _______ there if you need my help. So call me.
- (a)
will be
- (b)
would be
- (c)
am
- (d)
were
My father _______ glad if I _______ first in the class.
- (a)
will be, stand
- (b)
is, have stood
- (c)
would be, have stood
- (d)
would have been, had standed
The train _______ the station, when I __________ the platform.
- (a)
will leave, reached
- (b)
left, had reached
- (c)
had left, reached
- (d)
left, reach
I ________ the place and found that the party _______.
- (a)
reach, will have begun
- (b)
reached, would begin
- (c)
would reach, began
- (d)
reached, had begun
The maid ______ the room before the guests arrived.
- (a)
cleaned
- (b)
has cleaned
- (c)
had cleaned
- (d)
would have cleaned
I am very sad that I ________ the race.
- (a)
didn't win
- (b)
don't win
- (c)
haven't won
- (d)
hadn't won
Select option with the correct word of sound for the blank.
I heard a snake _________ in the grass.
- (a)
hiss
- (b)
slither
- (c)
sound
- (d)
bite
Select option with the correct word of sound for the blank.
Bees ________ over the flowers in the garden.
- (a)
flew
- (b)
droned
- (c)
fluttered
- (d)
buzzed
Select option with the correct word of sound for the blank.
The driver _________ the horn and I moved aside.
- (a)
blinked
- (b)
honked
- (c)
blew
- (d)
blown
Select option with the correct word of sound for the blank.
Cows ______ when it is dusk.
- (a)
hiss
- (b)
call
- (c)
bellow
- (d)
squeak
Read the following passage and select the option that can correctly replace the underlined portion.
The atmosphere of the class ______ different. My old teacher allowed us to talk if we had finished our work. The new teacher doesn't allow talking at all. Our old teacher let us eat our snacks in the classroom during break, but our new teacher has forbidden eating snacks in the classroom.
- (a)
is now
- (b)
was now
- (c)
has been since
- (d)
had been then
Read the following passage and select the option that can correctly replace the underlined portion.
The atmosphere of the class is now different. My old teacher allowed us _______ if we had finished our work. The new teacher doesn't allow talking at all. Our old teacher let us eat our snacks in the classroom during break, but our new teacher has forbidden eating snacks in the classroom.
- (a)
talking
- (b)
to talk
- (c)
talked
- (d)
talk
Read the following passage and select the option that can correctly replace the underlined portion.
The atmosphere of the class is now different. My old teacher allowed us to talk if we had finished our work. The new teacher doesn't allow ______ at all. Our old teacher let us eat our snacks in the classroom during break, but our new teacher has forbidden eating snacks in the classroom.
- (a)
talked
- (b)
to talk
- (c)
talk
- (d)
talking
Read the following passage and select the option that can correctly replace the underlined portion.
The atmosphere of the class is now different. My old teacher allowed us to talk if we had finished our work. The new teacher doesn't allow talking at all. Our old teacher let us eat our snacks in the classroom during break, but our new teacher has forbidden _______ snacks in the classroom.
- (a)
ate
- (b)
to eat
- (c)
eating
- (d)
eat