Q1. Fill the blank in the following sentence by choosing the correct tense from the options given below:
It ____ since early morning.

Q2. Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate tense form:
The radio ____ since 10 p.m. yesterday. The neighbours were getting disturbed because of it.

Q3. She ____ this gymnasium for the last two years and has no plans of partnership.

Q4. I ____ for jobs on jobhunt.com these days with the hope that I might get called for interviews.

Q5. Jubin ____ the plum cake by this time tomorrow.

Q6. If he sticks to his exercise regime, he ____ his ideal weight by the end of this year.

Q7. He hinted that he ____ some pocket money.

Q8. Choose the correct tense form of the verbs in brackets:
I (sleep) soundly when a loud cry in the street (wake) me up.

Q9. Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense:
The newspapers ____ it’s going to be cold today.

Q10. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject:
Three parts of business ____ left for me to do.

Q11. Very unwillingly he (turn) down the sound of the TV and (go) to answer the door bell.

Q12. After months of recession the economy ____ picking up.

Q13. The accident victim ____ by the time they ____ him to the hospital.

Q14. Rita didn’t see me wave to her. She ____ in the other direction.

Q15. The police officer stopped us and asked us where ____.

Q16. 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.

Q17. By tomorrow afternoon, the plane carrying medicines for war victims ____ off for Ukraine.

Q18. “Is dad in?” “No, he isn’t. He ____ home an hour ago. He ____ yet.”

Q19. The old houses in town ____ unsafe by the authorities.

Q20. Aditi has been working here ____.

Q21. Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:
I ____ her ____ a long time, ____ she was a child.

Q22. Fill in the blanks with the correct use of the sequence of tenses:
He ____ always ____ his keys.

Q23. If they ____ that picture lower, people would be able to see it.

Q24. If you ____ a skeleton in the cellar, don’t mention it to anyone.

Q25. They withheld his results. He ____ the proof of his age.

Q26. She remarked that she ____ annoyed with him for his lack of sympathy for the victim.

Q27. He rested his horse, as it ____.

Q28. Now that we ____ safe we paused to take a breath.

Q29. Newton discovered that the force of gravity ____ apples fall.

Q30. By November, next year she ____ her second book of poems.

Q31. By the end of March, I ____ doing this job for six years.

Q32. We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody ____ into the office during the night.

Q33. THERE ____ FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THE HALL NOW.

Q34. THE STARS ____ AT NIGHT.

Q35. DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. THE CHILDREN ____ ON THE ROAD.

Q36. HUNDREDS OF BOOKS ____ EVERY YEAR BUT ONLY A FEW OF THEM ARE OF USE TO STUDENTS.

Q37. MICA ____ IN RAJASTHAN.

Q38. MUCH ____ SINCE THEY WERE HERE LAST.

Q39. NO SOONER DID THE TRAIN ____ AT THE PLATFORM THAN THE PASSENGERS RUSHED TOWARDS IT.

Q40. You’re out of breath. ____?

Q41. The secret of her fitness is that she ____ up before sunrise for an hour’s speed walk.

Q42. RAM CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE ____ BUY A PIANO.

Q43. THE RAINY SEASON ____ MUCH HARM TO THE CROPS THIS YEAR.

Q44. AS HE ____ NOT THERE, I SPOKE TO HIS MOTHER.

Q45. I KNEW THAT THEY ____ IN THIS COMPANY BEFORE SO I ASKED ABOUT THE BOSS.

Q46. I ____ HIM SINCE MONDAY.

Q47. MEERA ____ HER ENGLISH LESSON LAST NIGHT WHEN FATHER CAME IN.

Q48. IF I HAD TOLD THE TRUTH, ____ PUNISHMENT.

Q49. THE NOISE OUTSIDE ____ MY PERFORMANCE.

Q50. THE BIBLE SAYS LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. (Which tense?)

Q51. I GET UP EARLY AND EAT MY BREAKFAST LISTENING TO THE RADIO. (Which tense?)

Q52. I SEE A FLAT STRETCH OF GROUND. (Which tense?)

Q53. The Commonwealth Games ____ place every four years.

Q54. He ____ because his feet ____ dirty.

Q55. They ____ him yesterday.

Q56. If you had asked me, I ____ you.

Q57. I wish I ____ typing.

Q58. Jim ____ to continue the course, even though it ____ difficult.

Q59. I ____ Rakesh at the Zoo yesterday.

Q60. Here ____ the Indigo!

Q61. Abdul ____ to be a doctor since his childhood.

Q62. Do you ____ something burning?

Q63. THE NEWSPAPER ____ IT ____ GOING TO BE COLD TOMORROW.

Q64. The radio ____ since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.

Q65. I ____ never ____ her to lose her temper.

Q66. It ____ when I got up.

Q67. By the time he returned, I ____ ten pages of my report.

Q68. How long ____ learning English?

Q69. He gave the picture to me because he ____ me.

Q70. They ____ looking after orphans since 1980.

Q71. Both Mansi and Milli ____ the answer.

Q72. Do you (speak) English?

Q73. The teacher taught us that the earth ____ round.

Q74. After the French Police had successfully used dogs, the German authorities too ____ of using them.

Q75. I ____ to call on you yesterday evening, but it rained.

Q76. I ____ a play by Pinter.

Q77. Spring ____ come again.

Q78. Cattle ____ driven all over the fields.

Q79. Temperature tomorrow ____ much the same as today.

Q80. I ____ (write) a letter this morning.

Q81. If he ____, what are we to do?

Q82. When I arrived, Tom was talking on the phone. (Identify the tense of the underlined part)

Q83. If I were you, I (buy) a car.

Q84. You (pass) the exam, if you had studied hard.

Q85. Her father accompanied by all her uncles ____ late.

Q86. Bread and butter ____ good for health.

Q87. It’s time we ____.

Q88. I ____ him in New York in 1986. That was many years ago.

Q89. “The child ____ for the last one hour.”

Q90. Choose the correct sentence (tenses):

Q91. New cycle routes ____ and speed limits ____ on selected routes.

Q92. When he woke up, his friend ____ left.

Q93. Unless he ____ the work to my satisfaction, I shall not pay him for it.

Q94. If you ____ your passport you must call the Embassy.

Q95. Ajay ____ to Gurgaon last week to visit his parents.

Q96. “Hello, Jim, I didn’t expect to see you today. Sonia said you ____ ill.”

Q97. The letter ____ have arrived by now.

Q98. Neither of the two books ____ found useful.

Q99. PRAKASH ____ TENNIS FOR AN HOUR WHEN THE NEWS OF HIS SELECTION CAME IN.

Q100. Since 2016, a food insecurity crisis has been ongoing in Yemen which ____ (start) during the Yemeni Civil War. The UN ____ (estimate) that the war ____ (cause) an ____ (estimate) 130,000 deaths from indirect causes which ____ (include) lack of food, health services, and infrastructure.

Q101. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb:
Nothing can ____ (dampen) the excited anticipation of ____ (camp) more than a dark, rainy day. Even the most adventurous campers can ____ (lose) some of their enthusiasm on the drive to the campsite if the skies ____ (is) dreary and damp. After ____ (reach) their destination, campers must then “set up camp” in the downpour.

Q102. 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.

Q103. 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).

Q104. Fill in the blanks using the correct tense (of the verb):
As soon as the teacher ____ (enter) the class, she ____ (start) teaching the new chapter. She did not ____ (realise) that a few students ____ (miss) from the class.

Q105. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb:
A student did not ____ (spell) the word Liaison correctly! The spelling was ____ (confuse) to him though he knew how to pronounce it. He ____ (write) Laison! As a result, the only option the teacher felt to correct him was to ____ (ask) him to write the word correctly 100 times! This is ____ (call) Imposition in the teachers’ jargon!

Q106. 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.

Q107. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb:
Green forests have been ____ (cut) down, verdant valleys have been fallowed and ____ (plough) mercilessly and then ____ (leave) dry and fallow, free-flowing streams ____ (stop), diverted, or ____ (hem) all in the pursuit of greater and greater material advancement.

Q108. Directions: Choose the correct sentence from the following:

Q109. Directions: Fill in the blanks using the correct tense of the verb:
Currently, the entire world is ____ (experience) the desolation and the devastation of a deadly virus, the new disease of COVID-19, emerging from the new coronavirus SARS-CoV 2, has ____ (spread) throughout the world, ____ (affect) more than 200 countries and hundreds of people, with ____ (discourage) morbidity and mortality figures, all this ____ (start) at the end of December 2019, specifically on the 31st.

Q110. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
At the age of 58 he was already old, and his firm, ____ body had become feeble and trembling.

Q111. Fill in the blanks using the correct tense (of the verb):
When I (open) the door, I ____ (see) a man on his knees. He ____ (listen) to our conversation and I ____ (wonder) how much he ____ (hear).

Q112. SHE ____ FOR A WALK EVERY DAY AS THE DOCTOR HAS ADVISED HER TO DO SO IF SHE WANTS TO GET WELL SOON.

Q113. GAURAV ____ FOR A WALK EVERY DAY.

Q114. WATER ____ AT 0 DEGREE CELSIUS.

Q115. Choose the correct word for the following blank:
This ____ can be very suitable for commercial college.

Q116. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:
In that Queen’s ____ there was peace.

Q117. Choose the correct option:
Jayaram is ____ than Shreenivas.

Q118. Choose the correct sentence:

Q119. Fill in the blank with the correct option:
Either the boy or the girl ____ at fault.

Q120. Choose the correct tense of the verb:
She looked as if she ____ for years.

Q121. We eat that we ____ live.

Q122. He is ………..

Q123. They are poor ____ happy.

Q124. Mary is ………. than her sisters.

Q125. The student told the teacher to solve the problem. (Choose correct option for the underlined “told”)

Q126. EACH OF THE GIRL SCOUTS ………… A COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Q127. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECT SENTENCE?

Q128. I don’t like this ………. policy of pleasing people.

Q129. They are ………… in the hall for the class.

Q130. Not everybody shares my ………..

Q131. Before the bell rang, the class was ……….. to go home.

Q132. It is time you ………(stop) playing.

Q133. Raman saw that the clock ………… .

Q134. Sita told them that they ……….. wrong.

Q135. John as well as Tom ……….. waiting for you.

Q136. We have had his speech yesterday. (Choose the correction for the underlined part “have had”)

Q137. Improve the sentence: “In spite of age he is my senior.”

Q138. Ram as well as his brothers ………. coming today.

Q139. IF IT RAINS, THEY …… WET.

Q140. WHAT’S THAT TERRIBLE NOISE? THE NEIGHBOURS …… A PARTY.