1. Slow and steady ___ the race.
a) win
b) both
c) wins
d) ×
Answer: wins
2. You had better ___ home.
a) to go
b) gone
c) go
d) went
Answer: go
3. He decided to take a taxi lest he --- be late.
a) would
b) could
c) should
d) might
Answer: should
4. It is high time we --- the place.
a) are leaving
b) left
c) leave
d) have left
Answer: left
5. Rahim walks as if he ___ lame.
a) is
b) had been
c) has
d) were
Answer: were
6. I wish I --- a king.
a) am
b) is
c) was
d) were
Answer: were
7. I wish I (be) a great businessman.
a) is
b) am
c) were
d) was
Answer: were
8. He told me that he --- in Spain the previous year.
a) has been working
b) had worked
c) had been worked
d) had been working
Answer: had worked
9. Why are you so hungry? “Oh, I --- breakfast this morning.”
a) hadn't
b) didn't
c) didn't have
d) haven't
Answer: didn't have
10. The teacher said, “The earth ___ round the sun.”
a) moves
b) has moved
c) moved
d) will move
Answer: moves
11. The bell had already been ___.
a) rang
b) ranged
c) rung
d) ringed
Answer: rung
12. The examination --- before I reached the hall.
a) has started
b) had started
c) had been started
d) did start
Answer: had started
13. The train had started before ___.
a) we had reached the station.
b) we reached the station.
c) we were reaching the station.
d) we had been reaching the station.
Answer: we reached the station.
14. I --- here since 2012.
a) have been living
b) lived
c) live
d) am living
Answer: have been living
15. Four and four --- eight.
a) made
b) make
c) makes
d) are
Answer: makes
16. He ___ home yesterday.
a) has come
b) came
c) comes
d) come
Answer: came
17. Some days ___ since my father died.
a) are passed
b) passed
c) have passed
d) had passed
Answer: have passed
18. The headmaster and secretary --- present at the last meeting.
a) have
b) were
c) is
d) was
Answer: was
19. Try hard lest you ___ fall.
a) may
b) might
c) should
d) would
Answer: should
20. He said that he ___ not come to the meeting room.
a) will
b) shall
c) would
d) should
Answer: would
21. No man can ___ alone.
a) live
b) lives
c) lived
d) living
Answer: live
22. I never thought I --- here again.
a) would come
b) shall come
c) will come
d) had come
Answer: would come
23. The bird has --- away.
a) flew
b) flown
c) Flied
d) Fled
Answer: flown
24. Have you ___ the letter?
a) written
b) write
c) wrote
d) to write
Answer: written
25. There ____ six seasons in Bangladesh.
a) is
b) are
c) was
d) has
Answer: are
26. I ___ have since 1980.
a) live
b) am living
c) have been living
d) lived
Answer: have been living
27. It has been raining --- dogs since morning.
a) cats and
b) rats and
c) seriously
d) continuously
Answer: cats and
28. I would rather starve --- beg.
a) to
b) and
c) than
d) none
Answer: than
29. Everybody should ___ their old parents.
a) look at
b) look after
c) look over
d) none
Answer: look after
30. Everyone should ___ the truth.
a) to speak
b) speak
c) spoken
d) speaking
Answer: speak
