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QUESTION 231
Choose the correct tense and fill in the blank :Here _____ the Indigo !
  • A is come
  • B has come
  • C comes
  • D come
Answer: When a sentence starts with 'Here' or 'There' and the subject follows the verb, the verb agrees with the subject. 'The Indigo' is singular, so the simple present verb 'comes' is used for dramatic effect.
QUESTION 232
Fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the options given below :In that Queen's ....... there was peace.
  • A rein
  • B rain
  • C reign
  • D ran
Answer: 'Reign' refers to the period of rule of a monarch. 'Rein' is a strap used to guide a horse. The context is about a queen's rule.
QUESTION 233
Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense form from the given options.If he ------, what are we to do?
  • A camed
  • B comes
  • C had come
  • D was to come
Answer: This is a first conditional sentence structure (If + present simple, ... present simple/future). The 'if' clause requires the simple present tense, 'comes'.
QUESTION 234
Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Since 2016, a food insecurity crisis has been ongoing in Yemen which _______ (start) during the Yemeni Civil War. The UN _______ (estimate) that the war _______ (cause) an _______ (estimate) 130,000 deaths from indirect causes which _______ (include) lack of food, health services, and infrastructure.
  • A starts, estimates, causes, estimated, included.
  • B starting, estimate, cause, estimated, including.
  • C started, estimates, caused, estimated, include.
  • D started, estimating, causing, estimated, includes
Answer: The tenses align with the facts: 'started' (past event), 'estimates' (present fact), 'caused' (past event being estimated), 'estimated' (participle as adjective), 'include' (present tense for plural 'causes').
QUESTION 235
Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense form from the given options:I ------- to call on you yesterday evening, but it rained.
  • A going
  • B was going
  • C were
  • D will be going
Answer: 'Was going to' is used to talk about a past intention that did not happen. The person intended to call, but the rain prevented it.
QUESTION 236
Fill in the blank with the correct option.We eat that we ...... live.
  • A shall
  • B would
  • C ought to
  • D may
Answer: The phrase 'so that' or just 'that' can be used to express purpose. The modal verb 'may' is used to indicate the purpose or possibility of living.