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QUESTION 31
I was watching TV when she ______ in.
  • A came
  • D has come
  • C had come
  • B was coming
Answer: A short, completed action (she came in) interrupted a longer, ongoing past action (I was watching TV). The simple past is used for the interrupting action.
QUESTION 32
He behaves as if he ______ the king.
  • B was
  • A is
  • D has been
  • C were
Answer: The subjunctive mood is used after 'as if' to talk about an unreal or hypothetical situation. 'Were' is used for all subjects.
QUESTION 33
By the time I am 50, I ______ the world.
  • A will travel
  • C travel
  • B will have travelled
  • D am travelling
Answer: This describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future ('by the time I am 50'). The future perfect tense is appropriate.
QUESTION 34
She is not here. She ______ out.
  • D is going
  • C went
  • A has gone
  • B had gone
Answer: The action of going out happened in the past, but the result (she is not here) is in the present. The present perfect tense connects a past action to the present.
QUESTION 35
The patient ______ before the doctor arrived.
  • C had died
  • D was dying
  • B has died
  • A died
Answer: The patient's death occurred before the doctor's arrival. The past perfect tense is used for the earlier of two past actions.
QUESTION 36
We ______ for his call since 5 PM.
  • B have been waiting
  • D waited
  • C were waiting
  • A are waiting
Answer: 'Since 5 PM' indicates an action that started in the past and continues up to the present moment, requiring the present perfect continuous tense.
QUESTION 37
If I had known, I ______ you.
  • A would tell
  • D told
  • C would have told
  • B will tell
Answer: This is a third conditional sentence, used for unreal past conditions. The structure is 'If + past perfect, would have + past participle'.
QUESTION 38
The headmaster ______ to speak to you.
  • C is wanting
  • A wants
  • B want
  • D has wanted
Answer: 'Want' is a stative verb and is not typically used in the continuous tense. The subject 'The headmaster' is singular, so the verb takes an '-s'.
QUESTION 39
I ______ a strange dream last night.
  • D see
  • C had seen
  • B saw
  • A have seen
Answer: The time expression 'last night' points to a specific, completed time in the past, requiring the simple past tense.
QUESTION 40
Don't get off the bus until it ______.
  • D has stopped
  • C stopped
  • B will stop
  • A stops
Answer: In future time clauses with conjunctions like 'until', 'when', 'after', etc., we use the simple present tense, not the future tense.