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201. The dog ______ on the sofa all day yesterday.
Answer: The simple past tense of the intransitive verb 'lie' (to rest) is 'lay'.
202. The jury ______ given its verdict.
Answer: When a collective noun like 'jury' acts as a single, unified body, it takes a singular verb.
203. I would not have commented if I ______ the whole story.
Answer: This is a Type 3 conditional sentence. The main clause is 'would not have commented', so the 'if' clause must be in the past perfect tense ('had known').
204. He prevented me from ______ there.
Answer: The preposition 'from' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing).
205. The manager wants this work ______ by tomorrow.
Answer: The verb 'want' is followed by an object ('this work') and a passive infinitive ('to be finished') to show that the subject desires an action to be done to the object.
206. The police ______ investigating the matter.
Answer: The word 'police' is a plural noun and always takes a plural verb.
207. Thousands of people ______ killed in the Earthquaike in’ Gujarat last year.
Answer: The phrase 'last year' indicates a past event. Since 'thousands of people' is a plural subject, the plural past tense verb 'were' is correct.
208. Choose the sentence in which the subject and verb agree.
Answer: The pronoun 'Each' is singular and requires a singular verb. 'Has' is the correct singular verb form, making this sentence grammatically correct.
209. The correct form of words in the brackets are –We suggested (sleep) in hotels but the children were anxious (camp) out.
Answer: The verb 'suggest' is followed by a gerund (-ing form), so 'sleeping' is correct. The adjective 'anxious' is followed by an infinitive, so 'to camp' is correct.
210. Ram _____ in India since independence.
Answer: The phrase 'since independence' indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present. This requires the present perfect continuous tense, 'has been living'.
211. When we went to see him we ____ coffee.
Answer: The first part of the sentence, 'When we went...', is in the past tense. The second action also happened in the past. Since the subject 'we' is plural, the correct passive verb form is 'were provided'.
212. If I _____ a bird. would fly in the sky.
Answer: This is a hypothetical (subjunctive) sentence expressing an unreal situation. In such cases, 'were' is used with the subject 'I' instead of 'was'.
213. The patient had died before the doctor ____ .
Answer: When two actions occur in the past, the action that happened first uses the past perfect tense ('had died'), and the one that happened second uses the simple past tense ('came').
214. If he had worked hard he ______ .
Answer: This is a third conditional sentence, used for unreal past situations. The structure is 'If + past perfect, ... would have + past participle'. Therefore, 'would have passed' is correct.
215. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank with the correct form of verb :Vijaya is my best friend. I __________ her for years.
Answer: The phrase 'for years' signifies an action that began in the past and continues into the present, making the present perfect continuous tense ('have been knowing') the appropriate choice.
216. Select the most appropriate Passive form of the verb to fill in the blank in the given sentence : By this time next week, the sound track of the film ________ remixed by the sound technician.
Answer: The phrase 'By this time next week' points to a future completion time, requiring the future perfect passive tense ('will have been remixed'). Among the options, 'would have been' is used to express a future idea in a past context or a conditional mood, making it the closest fit.
217. You may go wherever you ........
Answer: The sentence is in the present tense ('may go'), so the verb in the dependent clause should also be in the present tense. 'Like' agrees with the subject 'you'.
218. Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb given in the brackets. The options are given below : It ...... (cost) me Rs. 100/- yesterday.
Answer: The word 'yesterday' indicates that the action happened in the past. The past tense of the verb 'cost' is 'cost'.
219. Choose the correct form of the verb from the option below to fill in the blank :She said that she ..... (will) go.
Answer: In reported (indirect) speech, when the reporting verb is in the past ('said'), 'will' changes to 'would'.
220. Select the most appropriate verb form to fill in the blank in the following sentence.Neither she nor I _______ getting the Trophy this year.
Answer: In a 'neither...nor' construction, the verb agrees with the subject that is closer to it. In this sentence, 'I' is closer to the blank, so the verb is 'am'.