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QUESTION 151
Choose the most appropriate tense form to complete the sentence :He rested his horse, as it ________ .
  • A limps
  • B limped
  • C was limping
  • D will limp
Answer: The reason he rested his horse was because of an ongoing action in the past. The past continuous 'was limping' describes this continuous background action.
QUESTION 152
It if rains, they ...... wet.
  • A did got
  • B will get
  • C have got
  • D got
Answer: This is a first conditional sentence (If + present simple, ... will + base verb), which describes a likely future result of a condition. 'will get' is the correct form.
QUESTION 153
Fill in the blanks using the correct tense (of the verb)As soon as the teacher ________ (enter) the class, she _______ (start) teaching the new chapter. She did not ________ (realise) that a few students ______ (miss) from the class.
  • A Entered, started, realise, were missing
  • B Enters, starts, realised, were missing
  • C Entered, started, realise, was missing
  • D Enters, start, realised, were missing
Answer: The narrative is in the past, so 'Entered' and 'started' are correct. After 'did not', the base form 'realise' is used. 'Were missing' describes a continuous state in the past.
QUESTION 154
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Green forests have been _______ (cut) down, verdant valleys have been fallowed and _______ (plough) mercilessly and then _______ (leave) dry and fallow, free-flowing streams _______ (stop), diverted, or _______ (hem) all in the pursuit of greater and greater material advancement.
  • A cutting, plough, has left, stopped, hem.
  • B cut, ploughed, left, stopped, hemmed.
  • C to cut, ploughed, leave, stops, hemming.
  • D cuts, ploughing, leaving, stopping, hemming.
Answer: The sentence uses a parallel structure of past participles to describe a series of actions. 'Cut', 'ploughed', 'left', 'stopped', and 'hemmed' are the correct past participle forms.
QUESTION 155
Ram came to me and said that he ____ buy a piano.
  • A will
  • B would
  • C will be
  • D would be
Answer: In reported speech, when the reporting verb ('said') is in the past, 'will' in the direct speech changes to 'would'.
QUESTION 156
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.After months of recession the economy _____ picking up.
  • A were
  • B is
  • C are
  • D was
Answer: The subject 'economy' is singular. The action is happening now, so the present tense singular verb 'is' is correct.
QUESTION 157
Choose the correct tense form of the verb given in bracket from the option given below to fill in the blank -It is time you .........(stop) playing.
  • A stop
  • B have stopped
  • C stopping
  • D stopped
Answer: The phrase 'It is time' is followed by a subject and a verb in the simple past tense to suggest that something should be done now or in the near future.
QUESTION 158
Choose the correct sentence - (Tenses)
  • A Before you know it, your children will have grown up.
  • B Before you will know it, your children will have grown up.
  • C Before you knew it, your children will have grown up.
  • D Before you shall know it, your children will have grown up.
Answer: In a clause starting with 'before' that refers to the future, the simple present tense ('know') is used, not a future tense.
QUESTION 159
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:Aditi has been working here ______ .
  • A six months ago
  • B six months before
  • C for six months
  • D since six months
Answer: 'For' is used with the present perfect continuous tense to indicate a duration of time. 'Since' is used to indicate a starting point.
QUESTION 160
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Currently, the entire world is _______ (experience) the desolation and the devastation of a deadly virus, the new disease of COVID-19, emerging from the new coronavirus SARS-CoV 2, has _______ (spread) throughout the world, _______ (affect) more than 200 countries and hundreds of people, with _______ (discourage) morbidity and mortality figures, all this _______ (start) at the end of December 2019, specifically on the 31st.
  • A experience, spreading, affected, discourage, start.
  • B experienced, spread, affected, discouraging, starts.
  • C experiencing, spread, affecting, discouraging, started.
  • D experiencing, spreading, affecting, discourages, starting.
Answer: The tenses match the context: 'is experiencing' (present continuous), 'has spread' (present perfect), 'affecting' (present participle), 'discouraging' (present participle as an adjective), and 'started' (simple past for a specific past date).