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Fill in the Blanks

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All Contextual Vocabulary 2563 Prepositional Usage 2021 Tense and Aspect 1751 Determiners 1005 Phrasal Verbs 949 Confusable Vocabulary 908 Pronoun Antecedent 867 Subject-Verb Agreement 735 Collocations 654 Idiomatic Expressions 627 Conjunctions and Connectors 557 Modals 390

Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (II).

The servant ______ (I) ______ to the market. It is hoped that he ______ (II) ______ the market. By now, he ______ (III) ______ fruits and vegetables and must be coming back.

  1. has reached

  2. will have reached

  3. had reached

  4. had been reaching

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The paragraph relates to the Perfect Tense and as per the sense conveyed in the blank, the Future Perfect Tense is required .        Answer: (2)

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank in the following sentence using the correct option.

He __________ an application for the post of General Manager.

  1. has submitted

  2. was submitted

  3. were submitted

  4. submitted
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'has submitted' is the only correct option because helping verb (has) is used with the main verb (submitted) in it. In the other options, no such helping verb is used. So, they do not come under Past Perfect Tense.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (III).

The servant ______ (I) ______ to the market. It is hoped that he ______ (II) ______ the market. By now, he ______ (III) ______ fruits and vegetables and must be coming back.

  1. have bought

  2. had bought

  3. will have bought

  4. will have been buying

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The paragraph relates to the Perfect Tense and as per the sense conveyed in the blank, the Future Perfect Tense is required . Answer: (3)