1. He usually ______ (go) to bed at 10 PM.
a) go
b) goes
c) going
d) gone
Answer: goes
2. 2. Look! The stars ______ (twinkle) in the sky.
a) twinkles
b) are twinkling
c) twinkled
d) have twinkled
Answer: are twinkling
3. 3. I ______ (not see) him since last Monday.
a) didn't see
b) don't see
c) have not seen
d) had not seen
Answer: have not seen
4. 4. It ______ (rain) since morning.
a) is raining
b) rained
c) has been raining
d) was raining
Answer: has been raining
5. 5. The train ______ (leave) before we reached the station.
a) left
b) had left
c) leaves
d) has left
Answer: had left
6. If it rains, we ______ (not go) out.
a) would not go
b) will not go
c) did not go
d) do not go
Answer: will not go
7. 7. I wish I ______ (be) a king.
a) am
b) was
c) were
d) been
Answer: were
8. 8. He speaks as if he ______ (know) everything.
a) knows
b) knew
c) had known
d) is knowing
Answer: knew
9. 9. The virtue ______ (bring) its own reward.
a) bring
b) brings
c) brought
d) bringing
Answer: brings
10. 10. We had better ______ (stay) home today.
a) stayed
b) to stay
c) stay
d) staying
Answer: stay
11. 11. I cannot help ______ (laugh) at his jokes.
a) laugh
b) laughed
c) laughing
d) to laugh
Answer: laughing
12. 12. Five years ______ (pass) since my grandfather died.
a) passed
b) have passed
c) has passed
d) pass
Answer: have passed
13. 13. While ______ (walk) in the garden, a snake bit him.
a) walk
b) walked
c) walking
d) was walking
Answer: walking
14. 14. The patient ______ (die) after the doctor had come.
a) died
b) had died
c) dies
d) dying
Answer: died
15. 15. He went to the market with a view to ______ (buy) a book.
a) buy
b) bought
c) buying
d) buys
Answer: buying
16. 16. One of the boys ______ (be) absent yesterday.
a) are
b) were
c) was
d) is
Answer: was
17. 17. By this time next year, I ______ (finish) my course.
a) will finish
b) shall have finished
c) finished
d) have finished
Answer: shall have finished
18. 18. It is high time we ______ (change) our food habits.
a) change
b) changed
c) changing
d) have changed
Answer: changed
19. 19. Water ______ (freeze) at 0 degree Celsius.
a) freezes
b) freeze
c) freezing
d) froze
Answer: freezes
20. 20. Yesterday he ______ (come) to our house.
a) comes
b) came
c) coming
d) has come
Answer: came
21. 21. Many a student ______ (waste) his time nowadays.
a) wastes
b) waste
c) wasting
d) wasted
Answer: wastes
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22. 22. Neither Rina nor her friends ______ (be) present today.
a) is
b) was
c) are
d) has
Answer: are
23. 23. Scarcely had he arrived at the station when the train ______ (start).
a) started
b) had started
c) starts
d) starting
Answer: started
24. 24. The mobile phone is worth ______ (buy).
a) buy
b) buying
c) to buy
d) bought
Answer: buying
25. 25. She made me ______ (do) the work.
a) to do
b) doing
c) do
d) done
Answer: do
26. 26. Rice ______ (sell) cheap in the market now.
a) sells
b) is selling
c) is sold
d) sold
Answer: is sold
27. 27. I saw the girl ______ (dance) on the stage.
a) dance
b) danced
c) dancing
d) to dance
Answer: dancing
28. 28. No sooner had the thief seen the police than he ______ (run) away.
a) run
b) ran
c) runs
d) running
Answer: ran
29. 29. He ______ (suffer) from fever for five days before the doctor came.
a) was suffering
b) had been suffering
c) suffered
d) has been suffering
Answer: had been suffering
30. 30. The headmaster and secretary ______ (be) present in the last meeting.
a) were
b) was
c) are
d) is
Answer: was
31. 31. The news ______ (be) shocking to everyone.
a) are
b) were
c) is
d) have been
Answer: is
32. 32. Would you mind ______ (open) the window?
a) open
b) opened
c) opening
d) to open
Answer: opening
33. 33. As soon as the teacher entered the classroom, the students ______ (stand) up.
a) stand
b) stood
c) standing
d) stands
Answer: stood
34. 34. Last night I ______ (have) a terrible dream.
a) have
b) has
c) had
d) having
Answer: had
35. 35. If I had seen him, I ______ (tell) him the news.
a) will tell
b) would tell
c) would have told
d) told
Answer: would have told
36. 36. Ill news ______ (run) apace.
a) run
b) runs
c) running
d) ran
Answer: runs
37. 37. Bread and butter ______ (be) my favorite breakfast.
a) are
b) were
c) is
d) being
Answer: is
38. 38. The price of daily commodities ______ (go) up day by day.
a) is going
b) go
c) goes
d) are going
Answer: is going
39. 39. He ran fast lest he ______ (miss) the train.
a) will miss
b) should miss
c) missed
d) can miss
Answer: should miss
40. 40. The food ______ (cook) by my mother at this moment.
a) cooks
b) is cooking
c) is being cooked
d) cooked
Answer: is being cooked
