English Grammar and Vocabulary Quiz - 29

The correct answer is 'played' to form the past tense of 'play host'. 'Palying' is misspelled and grammatically incorrect. 'Plays' is present tense, and 'play' is base form - neither fits with 'last night' which requires past tense.

Perry Mason is the correct answer - he is Erle Stanley Gardner's most famous fictional lawyer/detective character. Phillip Marlowe was created by Raymond Chandler, Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen (pseudonym), and Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers.

'Sardonic' is the odd one out - it means cynically mocking or scornful, while 'hedonic', 'voluptuous', and 'epicurean' all relate to pleasure, luxury, or sensual enjoyment. Sardonic expresses a cynical attitude rather than pleasure-seeking.

'Inane' is the odd one out - it means silly or lacking meaning, while 'vapid', 'prosaic', and 'insipid' all specifically mean dull, boring, or lacking excitement. Inane is more about foolishness rather than dullness.

'Vociferous' is the odd one out - it means noisy or clamorous, while 'ravenous', 'gluttonous', and 'voracious' all relate to hunger or excessive eating. Vociferous is about making loud noise, not about eating.

'Exacerbate' is the odd one out - it means to make a problem worse, while 'exonerate', 'exculpate', and 'vindicate' all mean to clear someone from blame or guilt. Exacerbate has a negative effect; the others are about absolving guilt.

'Amnesty' is the odd one out - it means a formal pardon, while 'travesty', 'parody', and 'lampoon' all refer to mocking, satirical imitations, or grotesque representations. Amnesty is about forgiveness, not mockery.

'Intransigent' is the odd one out - it means stubborn or uncompromising, while 'querulous', 'petulant', and 'fretful' all relate to complaining, being irritable, or showing annoyance. Intransigent is about refusal to change, not about expressing dissatisfaction.

'Secretitious' is the odd one out because it's a very rare/archaic synonym for secretive. 'Surreptitious', 'furtive', and 'stealthy' are common, widely-used words meaning done secretly or stealthily. Secretitious is essentially an obsolete variant of surreptitious.

'I am playing' uses the present continuous tense correctly with the verb 'to be' (am) followed by the present participle (playing). This form describes an action happening right now. Option A is incorrect because 'played' is past tense and doesn't work with 'am'. Option C incorrectly uses 'will' with past tense 'played'. Option D incorrectly uses 'has' with 'playing' instead of 'am'.

'I have been eating my meal' uses the present perfect continuous tense correctly - 'have' + 'been' + present participle 'eating'. This describes an action that started in the past and continues to the present or has just finished. Options A and B incorrectly use 'eating' after 'have/has' without 'been'. Option D incorrectly uses 'will' with 'eating'.

'He had gone there' uses the past perfect tense correctly with 'had' + past participle 'gone'. This indicates an action completed before another past action. Options A, B, and C are grammatically incorrect - they don't use proper auxiliary verbs with 'gone'. The past perfect requires 'had' + past participle.

Present continuous tense 'It is raining' correctly describes an ongoing weather action. 'It is rained' incorrectly uses passive voice, 'It will rained' misuses future tense with past participle, and 'It will raining' combines 'will' with a present participle without 'be'.

Present perfect continuous 'I have been reading' shows an action started in the past continuing to the present. 'I has been' uses wrong auxiliary for 'I', 'I am been' incorrectly mixes present and past participle, and 'I had reading' lacks the past participle form.

The present perfect tense "has come" is used when an action happened at an unspecified time before now. "Mohan have comes" incorrectly uses "have" with a singular subject and wrong verb form, "is come" mixes present simple with past participle, and "was come" incorrectly pairs past simple with past participle.

Future continuous 'You will be going there' correctly predicts an ongoing future action using 'will be' + present participle. 'You will going' misses the required 'be', 'You had going' misuses past tense, and 'You may going' incorrectly pairs modal with present participle without 'be'.

Future simple 'He will come here tomorrow' correctly states a future action with a time marker. 'He has come' is present perfect tense incompatible with future marker 'tomorrow', 'He is come' incorrectly uses present continuous, and 'He will coming' omits the required 'be'.