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Directions: Choose the appropriate verb form and fill in the blank.
It's high time we ______ solving the problem of unemployment.
- start
- started
- have started
- are started
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Mr. Mehra ______ in our organization for the past ten years.
- worked
- had worked
- was working
- has been working
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The gym instructor said, 'just try ______ it at home.'
- to practice
- to have practised
- practising
- and practised
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It ______ very cold yesterday evening.
- had been
- has been
- was
- were
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No sooner had I ______ the answer than the bell rang.
- wrote
- was writing
- written
- been writing
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The higher we go, the cooler it ______.
- becomes
- is becoming
- has become
- became
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If I ______ in your place, I wouldn't have reacted like that.
- was
- have been
- am
- were
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She says, she knows Hindi, but I don't think she ______.
- can
- knew
- does
- had known
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The project ought to ______ done long ago.
- be
- have been
- had been
- bring
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He ______ in as the Minister of Finance yesterday.
- swore
- was swearing
- was sworn
- had sworn
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The cultural program will be cancelled if the minister ______ late.
- will arrive
- has arrived
- arrives
- arrived
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The earth ______ on its axis.
- rotates
- is rotating
- was rotating
- has been rotating
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He spoke as loudly as he ______.
- can
- could
- could have
- would
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I usually ______ lunch at 1 pm everyday.
- has
- is having
- had
- have
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If it rains heavily the match _______.
- will be cancelled
- will cancel
- cancels
- shall cancel
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I am sorry but I _______ what you think.
- will not care
- am not caring
- will not be caring
- don't care
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The growing number of tourists ______ the national income of our country.
- are increasing
- is increasing
- have increased
- will be increasing
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'At your age, I ______ the entrance examination in all seriousness' said his father.
- wrote
- took
- appeared
- gave
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Last year, we ______ our Annual Day Function very grandly.
- celebrated
- celebrate
- had celebrated
- were celebrated
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I shall be grateful to you if you ______ me as on date.
- will appoint
- would appoint
- appoint
- appoints
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Twenty kilometers ______ not a great distance these days.
- are
- is
- have been
- were
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Recently, we _______ him for financial aid.
- approached
- have been approaching
- approach
- have approached
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One ______ oneself to the new surroundings.
- will adapt
- had adapt
- adapts
- must adapt
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Listen! someone ______ at the door.
- was knocking
- has knocked
- is knocking
- knocks
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Before I met my counterpart, I ______ a poor opinion of him.
- have
- had
- have had
- had had