Sentence Completion (Tenses)

Tenses (Gapfills)

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

With one bullock dead, Ram ________ no use for the other.

  1. had
  2. is
  3. was having
  4. is having
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

But not many were _____after hearing her wail.

  1. move
  2. moves
  3. moving
  4. moved
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate option.

But, my diary, I ________ it would make you happy.

  1. think
  2. am thinking
  3. was thinking
  4. thought
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

In a shop of the Palais - Royal, they found a chaplet of diamonds which seemed to them exactly like the one they _______.

  1. lost
  2. lose
  3. have lost
  4. had lost
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ____ love to live here.

  1. could
  2. am
  3. would
  4. can
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate options.

Some _______ born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness _____ upon them.

  1. are, thrust
  2. is, thrust
  3. was, thrust
  4. is, thrusted
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

His job was over, he _______ out of the tanker.

  1. come
  2. came
  3. have come
  4. had come
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate option.

She ______ as a maid for over 25 years.

  1. worked
  2. works
  3. had worked
  4. has worked
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

They _______for a few hours before their parents arrived.

  1. has played
  2. had played
  3. have played
  4. was playing
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

I am _____ Mohan in the evening.

  1. meet
  2. met
  3. meetings
  4. meeting
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ________ for you for half an hour!

  1. am waiting
  2. have waited
  3. have been waiting
  4. had been waiting
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Only mad men ________ have survived it.

  1. can
  2. could
  3. would
  4. should
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Will you ____ home tonight?

  1. come
  2. coming
  3. have come
  4. be coming
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Luckily for Ramesh, Bhalari _______ in the neighbourhood of a forest.

  1. situated
  2. had been situated
  3. has situated
  4. was situated
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I _________ to water them.

  1. is trying
  2. am trying
  3. were trying
  4. are trying
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate option.

His birth ________ by many ominous signs, and the astrologer had predicted a great future for him.

  1. was heralded
  2. herald
  3. has heralded
  4. had heralded
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

He told us that the train ______.

  1. had left
  2. left
  3. has left
  4. have left
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I _____ when my wife came home.

  1. had sing
  2. was singing
  3. am singing
  4. sung
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate option.

The peon _______ the bell.

  1. has ring
  2. is ring
  3. has rung
  4. had ring
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

It _________ since morning.

  1. was rain
  2. has been raining
  3. has rained
  4. is raining
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Dog _______ last night.

  1. was barking
  2. had barking
  3. was barked
  4. None of these
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

Gopal had _____ the lion.

  1. kill
  2. killing
  3. killing to
  4. killed
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

______ lunch with me next Monday?

  1. Did you have
  2. Will you have
  3. Do you had
  4. Will you had
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

I ________ him for several days.

  1. have not see
  2. has not see
  3. have not seen
  4. am not seeing
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blank choosing the right form of the given four alternatives.

His voice trembled so much that suspicion _______.

  1. aroused
  2. arouse
  3. has arouse
  4. will have aroused