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161. The stars ..... at night.
Answer: This sentence states a general truth or fact. The subject 'stars' is plural, so it takes the plural simple present verb 'shine'.
162. The newspaper ____ it ____ going to be cold tomorrow.
Answer: The subject 'newspaper' is singular, so it takes the verb 'says'. The prediction about the weather uses the structure 'is going to be'.
163. Fill in the correct word :Both Mansi and Milli ___ the answer.
Answer: When two subjects are joined by 'both...and...', they form a plural subject. The plural form of the verb in the present tense is 'know'.
164. Fill in the blank with the correct option. The teacher taught us that the earth ______ round.
Answer: When reporting a universal truth or a fact that is still true, the tense does not change. The earth being round is a universal truth, so 'is' is used.
165. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb: The climate is commonly _______ (consider) to _______ (be) the weather _______ (average) over a long period of time, typically 30 years. Earth’s climate is changing and this is _______ (cause) great concern. The changes in the atmosphere have _______ (become) one of the serious threats that the world faces today.
Answer: The verbs fit the grammatical structures: 'is considered' (passive), 'to be' (infinitive), 'averaged' (past participle as adjective), 'is causing' (present continuous), 'have become' (present perfect).
166. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form option :If you had asked me, I ______ you.
Answer: This is a third conditional sentence (If + past perfect, ... would have + past participle), used to talk about unreal situations in the past.
167. After we .....(see) a movie, we returned home.
Answer: The action of seeing the movie happened before the action of returning home. The past perfect tense 'had seen' is used for the earlier of two past actions.
168. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject :Three parts of business ____ left for me to do.
Answer: When a fraction refers to a singular noun (business), the verb is singular. 'Three parts' is considered a single portion of the whole business, so 'is' is correct.
169. Much _____ since they were here last.
Answer: 'Much' is an uncountable, singular pronoun. It requires the singular verb 'has happened' to describe events that occurred between a past point and now.
170. water ______ at 0 degree Celsius.
Answer: This is a scientific fact or universal truth, which is always expressed in the simple present tense. 'Water' is a singular subject, so it takes the verb 'freezes'.
171. Choose the correct tense of the verb from the given options.Sita told them that they ........... wrong.
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'.
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).
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).
173. The Bible says love of money is the root of all evil.
Answer: The sentence states a general truth or quotation, which is expressed using the simple present tense ('says', 'is').
174. Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense :The Newspapers _____ its going to be cold today.
Answer: The subject 'Newspapers' is plural, so it requires the plural simple present verb 'say' to report the information.
175. Use the correct word in the following -Before the bell rang, the class was ........... to go home.
Answer: 'Ready' is an adjective meaning prepared. 'Already' is an adverb meaning something has happened before now. The sentence needs the adjective 'ready'.
176. Choose the correct word for the following blank.This ____ can be very suitable for commercial college.
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.
177. Unless he _____ the work to my satisfaction, I shall not pay him for it. Fill in the blank choosing the correct tense form:
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.
178. I _____ him since Monday.
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'.
179. Which one of the following is a correct sentence ?
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.
180. Identify the correct form of tense in the underlined part of the given sentence:When I arrived, Tom was talking on the phone.
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.