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QUESTION 101
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:By tomorrow afternoon, the plane carrying medicines for war victims ______ off for Ukraine.
Answer: The phrase 'By tomorrow afternoon' indicates an action that will be completed by a specific time in the future. This requires the future perfect tense, 'will have taken'.
QUESTION 102
In the question below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the correct alternative which may improve the sentence:In spite of age he is my senior.
Answer: The phrase 'In spite of' needs a noun or pronoun following it. 'His age' is the correct possessive form, making the sentence grammatically correct.
QUESTION 103
Choose the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets :I (sleep) soundly when a loud cry in the street (wake) me up.
Answer: The sentence describes a past action ('woke') that interrupted another ongoing past action. The ongoing action uses the past continuous tense ('was sleeping').
QUESTION 104
Select the correct option.Mary is .......... than her sisters.
Answer: The word 'than' indicates a comparison between two parties (Mary and her sisters). The comparative form of 'tall' is 'taller'.
QUESTION 105
Fill in the blank with correct option. If you ____ your passport you must call the Embassy.
Answer: 'Lose' is a verb meaning to misplace something. 'Loose' is an adjective meaning not tight. The sentence requires the verb 'lose'.
QUESTION 106
Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense :I wish I _____ typing.
Answer: The phrase 'I wish' is used to express a desire for something that is not true in the present. It is followed by the simple past tense, 'knew'.
QUESTION 107
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Benazir was _______ (assassinate) on December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi by the Islamic terrorists, when she was _______ (address) one of the election meetings. Her death _______ (postpone) the elections; the Pakistan People’s Party _______ (triumph) at the polls thereby shattering the dream of Nawaz Sharief to _______ (occupy) power.
Answer: The events described are all in the past, requiring past tense verbs ('assassinated', 'postponed', 'triumphed'). An ongoing action in the past uses past continuous ('addressing'), and the infinitive form is needed after 'to' ('to occupy').
QUESTION 108
Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense :I ______ Rakesh at the Zoo yesterday.
Answer: The word 'yesterday' specifies a completed action in the past, so the simple past tense 'saw' is required.
QUESTION 109
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the sentence given below :By the end of March, I ____ doing this job for six years.
Answer: The phrase 'By the end of March' points to a future time. The sentence describes the duration of an action up to that future point, which requires the future perfect continuous tense 'will have been'.
QUESTION 110
Choose the correct tense form -New cycle routes ......... and speed limits ... on selected routes.
Answer: Both subjects ('routes' and 'limits') are plural. The actions have been completed recently, so the present perfect passive voice is used for both: 'have been built' and 'have been reduced'.