1. I ---- him only one letter up to now.
a) sent
b) have sent
c) shall send
d) had sent
Answer: have sent
2. Do not make a noise while your father --- .
a) is being slept
b) has slept
c) is sleeping
d) asleep
Answer: is sleeping
3. The baby --- because it is Hungary now.
a) is crying
b) is
c) cries
d) are
Answer: is crying
4. When metal becomes hot, it ---.
a) expanding
b) expanded
c) expand
d) expands
Answer: expands
5. When water ---, it tunns into ice.
a) froze
b) would freeze
c) freezes
d) will freeze
Answer: freezes
6. I usually --- breakfast at 6:30 in the morning.
a) eat
b) took
c) ate
d) had
Answer: eat
Explanation: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ā§ 'usually' (āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤) āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ (Habitual fact) āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋ Present Simple Tense (Present Indefinite) āĻšā§āĨ¤ âāĻ¯ā§āĻšā§āĻ¤ā§ Subject āĻšāĻ˛ā§ 'I', āĻ¤āĻžāĻ Verb-āĻāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻž Base Form āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒāĻļāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ 'eat' āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ Present Form-āĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ (took, ate, had) āĻ¸āĻŦ Past FormāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° eatāĨ¤
7. Karim --- to school regularly.
a) went
b) had gone
c) goes
d) going
Answer: goes
8. We often --- a victim of circumstances.
a) fallen
b) fall
c) felt
d) did fall
Answer: fall
9. Teacher said, "The earth --- round the sun."
a) moves
b) moved
c) has moved
d) will be moving
Answer: moves
10. My parents --- in this house since last year.
a) had been living
b) is living
c) were living
d) have been living
Answer: have been living
11. He --- go to his office yesterday.
a) does not
b) did not
c) do not
d) has not
Answer: did not
12. Raju --- here yesterday.
a) has come
b) come
c) will come
d) came
Answer: came
13. The times --- its life in 1785.
a) began
b) had began
c) have began
d) begins
Answer: began
14. What you (to do) last night?
a) did you
b) you did
c) did you do
d) had you gone
Answer: did you do
15. This book --- first published in 1985.
a) has been
b) was
c) is
d) was being
Answer: was
16. While he --- in the garden, a snake bit him.
a) walked
b) walks
c) is walking
d) was walking
Answer: was walking
17. My uncle arrived while I --- the dinner.
a) was cooking
b) would cook
c) cook
d) had cooked
Answer: was cooking
18. We were watching the news when the telephone ---.
a) ringing
b) had rung
c) rang
d) rung
Answer: rang
19. We asked him why he --- telephoned earlier.
a) did not
b) has not
c) had not
d) would not
Answer: had not
20. She told that she (visit) London next month.
a) would visit
b) visited
c) will visit
d) had visited
Answer: would visit
21. He said that he --- the previous day.
a) came
b) had come
c) arrived
d) has come
Answer: had come
22. No sooner had they gone outside than it -- raining.
a) is started
b) has started
c) started
d) had started
Answer: started
23. He had written the book before he ---.
a) retired
b) had retired
c) has retired
d) will be retired
Answer: retired
24. The examination --- before I reached the hall.
a) has started
b) did start
c) had started
d) had been started
Answer: had started
25. The train left after I (reach) the station.
a) reached
b) was reached
c) reach
d) had reached
Answer: had reached
26. She told me his name after he ---.
a) left
b) had left
c) has been leaving
d) has left
Answer: had left
27. I came home after the rain ---.
a) stopped
b) stop
c) was stop
d) had stopped
Answer: had stopped
28. The meeting --- after the Chairman had arrived.
a) has begin
b) has begun
c) begins
d) began
Answer: began
29. My friend --- before I came.
a) will leave
b) had left
c) had been leaving
d) would be leaving
Answer: had left
30. The doctor --- after the patient had died.
a) came
b) had come
c) was come
d) was coming
Answer: came
