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101. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:By tomorrow afternoon, the plane carrying medicines for war victims ______ off for Ukraine.
Answer: The phrase 'By tomorrow afternoon' indicates an action that will be completed by a specific time in the future. This requires the future perfect tense, 'will have taken'.
102. In the question below, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the correct alternative which may improve the sentence:In spite of age he is my senior.
Answer: The phrase 'In spite of' needs a noun or pronoun following it. 'His age' is the correct possessive form, making the sentence grammatically correct.
103. Choose the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets :I (sleep) soundly when a loud cry in the street (wake) me up.
Answer: The sentence describes a past action ('woke') that interrupted another ongoing past action. The ongoing action uses the past continuous tense ('was sleeping').
104. Select the correct option.Mary is .......... than her sisters.
Answer: The word 'than' indicates a comparison between two parties (Mary and her sisters). The comparative form of 'tall' is 'taller'.
105. Fill in the blank with correct option. If you ____ your passport you must call the Embassy.
Answer: 'Lose' is a verb meaning to misplace something. 'Loose' is an adjective meaning not tight. The sentence requires the verb 'lose'.
106. Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense :I wish I _____ typing.
Answer: The phrase 'I wish' is used to express a desire for something that is not true in the present. It is followed by the simple past tense, 'knew'.
107. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: Benazir was _______ (assassinate) on December 27, 2007, in Rawalpindi by the Islamic terrorists, when she was _______ (address) one of the election meetings. Her death _______ (postpone) the elections; the Pakistan People’s Party _______ (triumph) at the polls thereby shattering the dream of Nawaz Sharief to _______ (occupy) power.
Answer: The events described are all in the past, requiring past tense verbs ('assassinated', 'postponed', 'triumphed'). An ongoing action in the past uses past continuous ('addressing'), and the infinitive form is needed after 'to' ('to occupy').
108. Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense :I ______ Rakesh at the Zoo yesterday.
Answer: The word 'yesterday' specifies a completed action in the past, so the simple past tense 'saw' is required.
109. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the sentence given below :By the end of March, I ____ doing this job for six years.
Answer: The phrase 'By the end of March' points to a future time. The sentence describes the duration of an action up to that future point, which requires the future perfect continuous tense 'will have been'.
110. Choose the correct tense form -New cycle routes ......... and speed limits ... on selected routes.
Answer: Both subjects ('routes' and 'limits') are plural. The actions have been completed recently, so the present perfect passive voice is used for both: 'have been built' and 'have been reduced'.
111. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form :I ___ never ___ her to lose her temper.
Answer: The phrase 'I have never known' uses the present perfect tense to describe an experience (or lack of it) over a period of time up to the present.
112. I get up early and eat my breakfast listening to the radio.
Answer: The sentence describes a regular habit or daily routine, for which the simple present tense ('get up', 'eat') is used.
113. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:When my friend came to collect her books, I was a little embarrassed as I _____ only one out of the five books that I had borrowed.
Answer: The sentence describes two past actions. The action of reading happened before the friend came. The past perfect tense 'had read' is used for the earlier of two past actions.
114. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb.Raman saw that the clock ............ .
Answer: The action of the clock stopping happened before Raman saw it. The past perfect tense 'had stopped' is used to describe an action that occurred before another past action.
115. She ....... (work) in our office for few months.
Answer: The phrase 'for a few months' indicates a period of time. 'Has worked' (present perfect) suggests an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.
116. Drive cautiously. The children ....... on the road.
Answer: The sentence describes an action happening right now, at the moment of speaking. The present continuous tense 'are playing' is used for this purpose.
117. Choose the correct sentence from the following options :
Answer: Option A is a grammatically correct sentence in reported speech. Options B, C, and D have errors in tense, verb form, or punctuation.
118. Fill in the correct tense choosing from the options. Ajay ____ to Gurgaon last week to visit his parents.
Answer: The phrase 'last week' indicates a specific, completed time in the past. Therefore, the simple past tense 'drove' is correct. 'Drived' is not a word.
119. The rainy season ___ much harm to the crops this year.
Answer: The phrase 'this year' indicates a period that is not yet over but the action is completed. The present perfect tense 'has done' is appropriate for a recent past action with present results.
120. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence :If they ______ that picture lower, people would be able to see it.
Answer: This is a second conditional sentence (If + past simple, ... would + verb), used for hypothetical situations. The past simple form of 'hang' is 'hung'.