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QUESTION 171
Choose the correct tense of the verb from the given options.Sita told them that they ........... wrong.
  • A are
  • B will be
  • C were
  • D can
Answer: In reported speech, when the reporting verb is in the past ('told'), the verb in the reported clause shifts to a past form. 'Are' becomes 'were'.
QUESTION 172
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: My grandpa was _______ (suffer) from acute pain in the heart. Within minutes the ambulance _______ (arrive) and it _______ (take) my grandpa to the MR. He was _______ (take) to the intensive-care unit where patients in the danger zone are _______ (admitted).
  • A suffer, arrives, taken, took, admitting.
  • B suffered, arriving, takes, took, admitting.
  • C suffering, arrive, take, taking, admitted.
  • D suffering, arrived, took, taken, admitted.
Answer: The narrative requires past tenses: 'was suffering' (past continuous), 'arrived' (simple past), 'took' (simple past), 'was taken' (past passive), and 'are admitted' (present passive for a general rule).
QUESTION 173
The Bible says love of money is the root of all evil.
  • A past simple
  • B present simple
  • C present perfect
  • D past perfect
Answer: The sentence states a general truth or quotation, which is expressed using the simple present tense ('says', 'is').
QUESTION 174
Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense :The Newspapers _____ its going to be cold today.
  • A say
  • B saying
  • C has said
  • D telling
Answer: The subject 'Newspapers' is plural, so it requires the plural simple present verb 'say' to report the information.
QUESTION 175
Use the correct word in the following -Before the bell rang, the class was ........... to go home.
  • A ready
  • B all ready
  • C was already
  • D were all ready
Answer: 'Ready' is an adjective meaning prepared. 'Already' is an adverb meaning something has happened before now. The sentence needs the adjective 'ready'.
QUESTION 176
Choose the correct word for the following blank.This ____ can be very suitable for commercial college.
  • A bite
  • B site
  • C sight
  • D seen
Answer: 'Site' refers to a location or place. 'Sight' refers to vision. The context is about a location for a college, so 'site' is correct.
QUESTION 177
Unless he _____ the work to my satisfaction, I shall not pay him for it. Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense form:
  • A had done
  • B didn’t do
  • C has done
  • D will doing
Answer: The phrase 'to my satisfaction' implies completion of the work. The present perfect 'has done' indicates a completed action with present relevance, fitting the conditional structure.
QUESTION 178
I _____ him since Monday.
  • A will see
  • B will not see
  • C have not seen
  • D have seen
Answer: The word 'since' indicates a period of time from a point in the past until now. This requires the present perfect tense, 'have not seen'.
QUESTION 179
Which one of the following is a correct sentence ?
  • A I am living here since 1995.
  • B I have been living here since 1995.
  • C I were living here from 1995.
  • D I was living here since 1995.
Answer: To describe an action that started in the past ('since 1995') and is still continuing, the present perfect continuous tense ('have been living') is used.
QUESTION 180
Identify the correct form of tense in the underlined part of the given sentence:When I arrived, Tom was talking on the phone.
  • A Present perfect continuous
  • B Past continuous
  • C Past perfect
  • D Present continuous
Answer: 'Was talking' is formed with the past tense of 'to be' (was) + the '-ing' form of the verb. This is the structure of the past continuous tense.