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QUESTION 131
Fill in the blank with the correct option. Spring --------- come again.
  • A will
  • B has been
  • C have been
  • D is
Answer: The sentence expresses a future certainty or prediction. The modal verb 'will' is used to indicate a future action.
QUESTION 132
Choose the correct tense of the verb in bracket from the options that follow:If I were you, I (buy) a car.
  • A shall buy
  • B will buy
  • C should buy
  • D bought
Answer: This is a second conditional sentence used for giving advice. While 'would' is most common, 'should' is also used, especially in British English, to mean the same thing in this context.
QUESTION 133
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate form of the verbs from the options given below-We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody ____ into the office during the night.
  • A had broken
  • B has broken
  • C had brake
  • D has brake
Answer: The break-in happened before the arrival at work. To show an action that occurred before another past action, the past perfect tense 'had broken' is used.
QUESTION 134
Fill in the blank with the correct option: Neither of the two books ____ found useful.
  • A were
  • B has
  • C was
  • D did
Answer: The word 'Neither' is singular and requires a singular verb. Therefore, 'was' is the correct choice.
QUESTION 135
Select the correct form of the tense from the verbs given in the brackets -Very unwillingly he (turn) down the sound of the TV and (go) to answer the door bell.
  • A turned, went
  • B turning, went
  • C turned, go
  • D turns, go
Answer: The sentence describes a sequence of two completed actions in the past. Both verbs should be in the simple past tense: 'turned' and 'went'.
QUESTION 136
Fill in the blank with the correct option:Ram as well as his brothers .......... coming today.
  • A are
  • B were
  • C is
  • D have been
Answer: When two subjects are connected by 'as well as', the verb agrees with the first subject. The first subject, 'Ram', is singular, so the verb must be 'is'.
QUESTION 137
Choose the correct sequence of tenses.He _____ because his feet _____ dirty.
  • A bathed, was
  • B was bathing, were
  • C was bathing, are
  • D was bathing, will be
Answer: The reason for the action is described in the past. 'Was bathing' (past continuous) is the action, and 'were' is the correct past tense verb for the plural noun 'feet'.
QUESTION 138
There ...... four hundred people in the hall now.
  • A is
  • B are
  • C were
  • D was
Answer: The word 'now' indicates the present tense. The subject, 'four hundred people', is plural, so the plural verb 'are' is required.
QUESTION 139
Fill in the blank with the correct option given below-I .............. him in New York in 1986. That was many years ago.
  • A meet
  • B have met
  • C met
  • D had meeted
Answer: The specific year '1986' indicates a completed action in the past. The simple past tense 'met' is the correct form to use.
QUESTION 140
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the options given below -They are ............ in the hall for the class.
  • A altogether
  • B at together
  • C all together
  • D all to gather
Answer: 'All together' means everyone in a group. 'Altogether' means completely or on the whole. The context requires the meaning of everyone being in the same place.