Tense Exercise with Answer Set-1
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Tense Exercise with Answer Set-1
Directions: In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with correct Tense Form.
1. I _____ your letter yesterday.
[A] had received
[B] have to receive
[C] received
[D] has received
2. The boys _____ to my lecture since 8 O’clock this morning.
[A] were listening
[B] have been listening
[C] had been listening
[D] listened
3. The workers _____ for their pay packet since morning.
[A] would be waiting
[B] were waiting
[C] have been waiting
[D] waited
4. If you _____ to me earlier, I would have easily solved your problem.
[A] were writing
[B] had written
[C] have written
[D] wrote
5. They _____ the village a few days ago.
[A] have left
[B] would have left
[C] left
[D] has left
6. The chair will collapse as soon as any one will _____ on it.
[A] sat
[B] sits
[C] is sitting
[D] sit
7. If I dyed my hair green, everybody _____ laugh at me.
[A] would
[B] did
[C] may
[D] will
8. It is high time that we _____ something about it.
[A] had done
[B] would do
[C] have done
[D] did
9. His father wrote to him, “It is high time you _____ preparing for the forthcoming examination.”
[A] would start
[B] started
[C] had started
[D] have started
10. I wish I _____ with him.
[A] have been
[B] were
[C] am
[D] was
11. Why _____ to me earlier?
[A] did you not spoke
[B] you did the speak
[C] did you not speak
[D] has you not spoken
12. You will fail in the examination _____ work hard.
[A] if you do not
[B] if you did not
[C] if you shall not
[D] if you will not
13. He did not know that you _____ busy.
[A] were
[B] might be
[C] will be
[D] are
14. He will never succeed _____.
[A] however hard he tries
[B] however hardly he tries
[C] however hard he tried
[D] however hard he try
15. The sun _____ before we reached the village.
[A] would have set
[B] would set
[C] had set
[D] set
16. All important people of the country _____ large houses in cities.
[A] have
[B] were having
[C] have been having
[D] has
17. When he got off the train, he realized that a large gathering of his admirers _____ for his arrival for a long time.
[A] is waiting
[B] had been waiting
[C] has waited
[D] are waiting
18. You would have succeeded if you _____ upon my advice.
[A] had acted
[B] would have acted
[C] have acted
[D] acted
19. The bell _____ ringing for two minutes.
[A] has been
[B] had been
[C] have been
[D] is ringing
20. The train _____ before I reached the station.
[A] will have left
[B] leaves
[C] had left
[D] left
21. He is afraid that his criminal record will be held against him _____.
[A] when he apply for jobs
[B] when he applies for jobs
[C] when he should apply for jobs
[D] when he has applied for jobs
22. Rohan _____ this house for 25 years and has no intention of vacating it.
[A] is occupying
[B] will be occupying
[C] has been occupying
[D] occupied
23. By this time tomorrow, I _____ my home.
[A] will be reaching
[B] shall have reached
[C] can reach
[D] reach
24. They _____ for her since morning.
[A] were waiting
[B] have been waiting
[C] wait
[D] are waiting
25. “I wish I _____ a singer” said the little boy.
[A] am
[B] were
[C] was
[D] been
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