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  • Question 1
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    Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form:
    I __________ a new language. (learn)
    Solution
    Since the speaker talks about a planned event in future, that is learning a language, present continous tense(am/is/are+present particple of the verb) can be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not express this tense, hence, incorrect.
  • Question 2
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    Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence.
    Most animals in the zoos ______ in captivity.
    Solution
    Option A: The auxiliary, 'have' is used to form the perfect tense. Eg: 'have bred' (present perfect tense) and 'have been breeding' (present perfect continuous tense). It is also used along with 'to+ present tense form of the verb' to indicate an obligation. Eg: 'have to breed'. However, 'have+ present tense form of the verb' (have breed) is grammatically incorrect and does not convey any meaning. Hence, option A is incorrect. 
    Option B: The verb form, 'are+being+past tense form of the verb' (are being bred) can be used to form the indicative present continuous tense. However, the verb form, 'are being breed' is grammatically incorrect. Hence, option B is incorrect.
    Option C: The verb form, 'are bred' is in indicative present tense. It indicates as a fact, how the animals in captivity are maintained. As this is grammatically correct, option C is correct.
    Option D: The verb, 'breeds' is in simple present tense form. The subject, 'Most animals' is in the third person and plural form. Along with this subject, the verb in present tense is used without the letter 's'. Hence, 'Most animals breed' is correct. 'Most animals breeds' as given in option D is grammatically incorrect. Hence, option D is incorrect. 
  • Question 3
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    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
    The doctor will be ready in ten minutes. Take a seat while you ________.
    Solution
    Answer : C

    The Present Continuous Tense is used to talk about an action or condition that is happening now, frequently and may continue into the future.

    Here in the question, we see that the speaker is asking the other person to have a seat while they wait for the doctor.

    As the speaker is making reference to the action happening right in the very moment of speaking and also continuing into future (i.e. waiting for 10 minutes), therefore the correct tense to use here is Present Continuous Tense.


    The sentences of Present Continuous Tense are formulated as : to be [am, is, are]  +  verb [present participle]

    The "to be" verbs of various pronouns are:

    • I -- "am"
    • He / She / It -- "is"
    • We / You / They -- "are"

    Here the verb is "wait", it's present participle is : "waiting".

    (formed by adding -ing to the end of the root form of the verb).

    As the pronoun in the sentence is "you", the correct "to be" verb here is "are".

    Therefore the correct formulation here is:  are  +  waiting


    Thus, the correct complete sentence is:

    Take a seat while you ARE WAITING.


  • Question 4
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    Replace the underlined tense form with the correct option, if necessary:The moon is revolving around the sun.
    Solution
    The given statement states a universal truth, which will not change anytime soon. Hence, it's in simple present tense. (The simple present states a habit, a fact or a general truth.)
    The underlined verb "is revolving" is in present continuous. Hence it must be changed to its appropriate tense form and D is incorrect.
    Option A: 'Revolves' is a verb form in the simple present tense. Hence A is correct.
    Option B: 'Has revolved' is in present perfect. It indicates that an action has been completed recently. It does not express a universal truth. Hence B is incorrect.
    Option C: 'Revolved' is in the simple past tense. It describes an action completed in the past. Hence C is also incorrect.
  • Question 5
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    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate tense form:
    "My car isn't working."
    "Ask Joe to look at it. He _________ you."
    Solution
    Answer : A

    Explanation:
    Quotation marks are used to mention the exact words spoken during a conversation.
    So basically it can be understood as the written form of verbal communication.

    And to talk about things that have not happened yet, we use the future tense.
    Specifically we use the simple future tense to talk about things that will start and end in future.

    Looking at the alternatives:
    --will help : "will" is used in sentences of future tense, and with it we use the base / root form of the verb. Now here it is important to know that we use "will" when we are making a rapid/on-spot decision or a prediction.
    --is going to help : future tense; "going to" indicates the intention / plan of the speaker; and with that we use the base form of the verb. Please note that we use "going to" when talking about a decision that was made prior to the conversation.
    --helped : past tense
    --helps : 3rd person present of the verb "help"

    Here, in the second sentence the other person asks the first person to ask Joe to help and then he presents his opinion that he would help him. Also it was his on-spot decision / opinion and it was not pre-planned.
    Thus grammatically most suitable alternative here is "will help".

    Therefore the correct complete sentence is:
    "My car isn't working."
    "Ask Joe to look at it. He WILL HELP you."
  • Question 6
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    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
    I got the computer ____.
    Solution
    Option B is correct.
    the use of "got" in the sentence conveys that it is set in the past. hence the use of "repaired" in the sentence is justified as it is the past tense of "repair".
    option A, "repairing" is present tense.
    option C "repairs" is plural as against a singular activity in the sentence.
    option D, "to repair" sounds as if to convey that the job of the computer is to repair something.
    hence options A, C and D are ill suited answers.
  • Question 7
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    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate tense form:
    "Jane told me you have a place at university."
    "That's right. I _________ Math at St. Andrews in Scotland."
    Solution
    Answer : D

    Explanation :

    Quotation marks are used to mention the exact words spoken during a conversation.
    So basically it can be understood as the written form of verbal communication.

    To have a "place at university" means that a university is willing to accept you as a student.
    Now it is very natural to understand when that conversation was happening the other person had not yet joined the university.

    And to talk about things that haven't happened yet, we use the future tense.
    Specifically we use the simple future tense to talk about things that will start and end in future.

    Looking at the alternatives:
    --has studied : it is grammatically inappropriate here; because "has" is used with 3rd person not first person; "studied" indicates past and not future.
    --am going to study : future tense; "going to" indicates the intention / plan of the speaker; and with that we use the base form of the verb. Please note that we use "going to" when talking about a decision that was made prior to the conversation.
    --study : base / root form of the verb
    --will study : "will" is used in sentences of future tense, and with it we use the base / root form of the verb. Now here it is important to know that we use "will" when we are making a decision or a prediction.

    "That's right" in the second sentence suggests us that the other person had already made the decision of studying at St. Andrews.
    Thus, the grammatically correct alternative is "am going to study".

    Therefore the correct complete sentence is:
    "Jane told me you have a place at university."
    "That's right. I AM GOING TO STUDY Math at St. Andrews in Scotland."
  • Question 8
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    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate tense form:
    "I passed my driving test!"
    "That's great! I ______ some champagne to celebrate!"
    Solution
    Answer : B

    Explanation:
    Quotation marks are used to mention the exact words spoken during a conversation.
    So basically it can be understood as the written form of verbal communication.

    And to talk about things that have not happened yet, we use the future tense.
    Specifically we use the simple future tense to talk about things that will start and end in future.

    Looking at the alternatives:
    --will buy : "will" is used in sentences of future tense, and with it we use the base / root form of the verb. Now here it is important to know that we use "will" when we are making a decision at that particular moment or a prediction.
    --am going to buy : future tense; "going to" indicates the intention / plan of the speaker; and with that we use the base form of the verb. Please note that we use "going to" when talking about a decision that was made prior to the conversation.
    --bought : past tense
    --was buying : past continuous form of the verb

    From the second sentence we get the idea that it was in that particular moment that the person got to know that the first person had passed the test, he/she decided to celebrate it with champagne. Thus it was a decision made at that very particular moment and was not pre-planned.
    Thus grammatically the most suitable alternative is "will buy".

    Therefore the correct complete sentence is:
    "I passed my driving test!"
    "That's great! I WILL BUY some champagne to celebrate!"
  • Question 9
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    Fill in the blank with the correct option.
    Evidence shows that Jackson _____ inside the house at the time of the murder.
    Solution
    Since the sentence refers to the location of Jackson in the past, simple past tense should be used. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to this rule, hence incorrect. 

  • Question 10
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    Fill in the blank with a suitable option:

    We began ________ about next year's holiday two months ago. 
    Solution
    Answer : B

    The Past Tense is used :
    • to refer to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past
    • to describe something that was happening continuously in the past when another action interrupted it
    • to refer to an action that was happening at a precise time in the past
    • to refer to a habitual action in the past

    Here in the question, the speaker is expressing that they had begun talking about the next year's holiday two months ago. A reference is being made to something that began and continued in the past, therefore the correct tense to use here is Past Continuous Tense.

    The sentences of Past Continuous Tense are formulated as :
    past tense of the verb "to be" (was / were)  +  [present participle of the verb]

    "Began" is the conjugation of the irregular verb "to begin",
    and it is in Simple Past Tense.

    "talk" is the base form of the verb, & it's present participle is : "talking"
    (formed by adding -ing to the end of the root form of the verb).

    Therefore the most suitable option here is : "talking".

    Thus, the correct complete sentence is:
    We began TALKING about next year's holiday 2 months ago.
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