Pronoun Test 26

The tense of a sentence denotes a time, whether it is the time now (present), time then (past) or the time to come (future). The verb of a sentence has most to do with the tense. The simple future tense refers to an action that is yet to take place, in the future, the verb is often preceded by 'will' to refer to the future. Option A is in the future tense, "will go" that refers to the action which is yet to take place. In B, 'won't' is a contraction of 'will not', 'Will they not try?', 'will' refers to the future. In option D, the future event is stated "will not eat", the baby 'will not' eat his soup. A, B and D are hence, in the simple future tense. We need to choose an option which is not in the future tense. In option C, 'didn't' is a contraction of 'did not', 'did' is in the past tense, referring to an action that took place in the past. Hence option C is correct, as it isn't in the simple future tense, and options A, B and D are incorrect.

The tense of a sentence denotes a time, whether it is the time now (present), time then (past) or the time to come (future). The verb of a sentence has most to do with the tense. The form in the given sentence 'will speak' is in the simple future tense, it describes an action that is yet to take place. The form of the simple future tense is will + verb, hence option C is correct. The future progressive tense, commonly called the future continuous tense, is of the form will be + present participle (verb form that ends in -ing). It's not the same as the given sentence hence option A is incorrect. The future perfect tense is of the form shall/will have + past participle. The future perfect continuous tense is of the form 'will have been + present participle', the given sentence does not have any of these forms, hence options B and D are incorrect.

Since the tone of the paragraph is in the past tense, as well as the part of the sentence 'he was hungry' indicates a past tone. Hence, option A. and D. can be rejected since they are in the present tense. Now, by the previous 'he was hungry' and the next part of the sentence, 'he was tormented', we can easily figure out that Option C. 'was' is the correct answer. 

Option B is incorrect as the construction is of future perfect progressive.

Option B is the correct answer because the statement is in the past continuous tense, the "past continuous tense" also known as the "past progressive tense" refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past, and hasn't stopped yet.

The given passage is in past tense, hence the underlined word 'wake' is incorrect. 'Wake' is in the simple present tense/future tense form.
Option C: 'Woke' is in the simple past tense, it's the most appropriate option. The sentence sounds complete in meaning: "After many hours of deep sleep, Gulliver woke up."
Hence option C is correct.
Option A: 'Waking' is a present participle. It is used in the present/past continuous tense. But the given sentence does not indicate an action that is continuous. It indicates an action 'to wake up' that completed in the past (simple past tense). Hence option A is incorrect.
Option B: 'Sit' is in the present tense. Also, 'sit' is generally used in the second person narrative 'you sit down'. It isn't used when the subject is in the third person, i.e. Gulliver. Hence option B is incorrect.
Option D: 'Slept' is not relevant to the given sentence, as Gulliver was already in a deep sleep. After deep sleep, one can't sleep 'up' (Gulliver... up). Hence D is incorrect.

The given passage is in the past tense. It states events that have already occurred, as mentioned by the past tense verb "could" in "he could not move...".
The passage is about Gulliver, in the third person point of view.
Option A: 'Was' refers to the past tense. It's the most appropriate option, as the passage is also in the past. Hence option A is correct.
Option B: The verb 'were' is plural. It is used when the subject is plural. (The subject and verb must agree with one another in terms of person and number.)
But, the subject 'he' is singular, hence B is incorrect.
Option C: 'Would' is a modal verb, it is not directly followed by a past participle 'shocked'. It requires an auxiliary verb (like 'have been') to complete its meaning.
Hence C is incorrect.
Option D: 'Has' forms an active voice 'has shocked', whereas the action here is passive.
An active voice indicates that the subject performs an action.
A passive voice indicates that the subject receives the action.
The subject here, 'he', receives the action, 'shocked'.
Hence option D is incorrect.

Here, 'went' in simple past tense is correct because it indicates an action that has already been completed. This form can be used with or without adverb of time. 

The given passage is a narration of events that have already taken place, as suggested by the past tense verbs 'could', 'knew', 'hadn't eaten', etc.
Hence, the correct verb form will be in the past tense.
Option A: 'Exhausted' is a past participle (verb form in the past) that describes the person, Rusty, as exhausted. It is the most suitable option here, hence A is correct.
A participle is a verb form that functions as an adjective (describing a noun), rather than a verb (describing an action).
Option B: 'Exhausting' is a present participle that refers to the current time. It isn't the appropriate option here as the event is in the past.
Option C: 'Exhaust' is a noun, hence it cannot describe another noun. Nouns do not modify other nouns.
Option D: 'Exhausts' is a verb in the simple present tense, whereas the passage indicates the past.
Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.

Option B is correct. The simple future tense can be written in an informal way as: is/am/are + going to + [base form of the verb]. Since the sentence is in first person singular, the construction should be: am going to buy.