1. Sobuj entered the room, sat down, and ____ his book.
a) Has opened
b) Had opened
c) Opened
d) Opens
Answer: Opened
2. She will go to Europe for higher studies after she ____ her study at Chittagong University.
a) Finished
b) Has finished
c) Will finish
d) Finishing
Answer: Has finished
3. The University requires that all the students ____ this course.
a) Took
b) Take
c) Have to take
d) Should take
Answer: Take
4. Choose the correct question: The doctor suggested that the patient ____ his weight.
a) Should lose
b) Would lose
c) Loss
d) Lose
Answer: Lose
5. When he got home last night, he found that somebody ____ into the flat.
a) Entered
b) Has entered
c) Had entered
d) Enters
Answer: Had entered
6. Which of the following is correct?
a) He receives the letter when I meet him.
b) He has received the letter when I met him.
c) He had received the later before I met him.
d) He had received the later when I have met him.
Answer: He had received the later before I met him.
7. The thief said that he was ashamed of what he ____
a) Has done
b) Did
c) Had done
d) Done
Answer: Had done
8. The students went to the principal and requested that the examinations ____ postponed.
a) Were
b) Are
c) Be
d) Will be
Answer: Be
9. She ___ from flu when she was interviewed.
a) Has been suffering
b) Suffered
c) Had suffered
d) Had been suffering
Answer: Had been suffering
10. I came home after the rain____.
a) Stop
b) Stopped
c) Was stopped
d) Had stopped
Answer: Had stopped
11. The man ____ down silently and _____ his food.
a) Sits, took
b) Sat, take
c) Sat, had taken
d) Sat, took
Answer: Sat, took
12. He is my best friend now, and ____ for many years.
a) Was
b) Had been
c) Has been
d) Was to be
Answer: Has been
13. The cyclist ____ he crossed the main street.
a) Looked with caution after
b) Had looked cautiously before
c) Was looked cautious when
d) Look cautious when
Answer: Had looked cautiously before
14. The novel ____ with the death of the hero.
a) Is ended
b) Has ended
c) Ends
d) Was ended
Answer: Ends
15. The fire ____ in a jiffy.
a) Spreaded
b) Spread
c) Was spread
d) Has spread
Answer: Spread
16. When metal becomes hot it ____.
a) Expanding
b) Expanded
c) Expand
d) Expands
Answer: Expands
17. If you stay too long in the sun, your skin ____.
a) Burnt
b) Burn
c) Burned
d) Burns
Answer: Burns
18. When water ____, it turns into ice.
a) Will freeze
b) Freezes
c) Would freeze
d) Froze
Answer: Freezes
19. The path ____ paved, so we were able to walk through the path.
a) Was
b) Had been
c) Has been
d) Being
Answer: Had been
20. Choose the correct sentence:
a) I thought he loves me
b) I thought he loved me
c) I thought he will love me
d) I thought he may love me
Answer: I thought he loved me
21. My doctor suggested ____ some exercise.
a) That I get
b) That I got
c) Me to get
d) That we should get
Answer: That I get
22. How many times ____ you? Turn that music down!
a) Do I tell
b) Am I telling
c) Have I told
d) Have I been telling
Answer: Have I been telling
23. Do you like Paris? I don't know. I ___ there.
a) Never went
b) Didn't go
c) Never gone
d) Haven't been
Answer: Haven't been
24. He said that he ___ be unable come.
a) Will
b) Shall
c) Should
d) Would
Answer: Would
25. He had written the book before he ____
a) Retired
b) Had retired
c) Has retired
d) Will be retired
Answer: Retired
26. He has been ill ___ Friday last.
a) From
b) On
c) In
d) Since
Answer: Since
27. He told me his name after he ____ .
a) Left
b) Had left
c) Has left
d) Had been left
Answer: Had left
28. Since 1995, Fatema ____ in Dhaka.
a) Live
b) Lived
c) Has lived
d) Is living
Answer: Has lived
29. I thought that the grass ____ cutting.
a) Needed
b) Needs
c) Need
d) Had need
Answer: Needed
30. He had changed so much since I last saw him that I hardly ____ him.
a) Noticed
b) Distinguished
c) Glanced
d) Recognized
Answer: Recognized
