a) go b) goes c) gone d) going
✅ Answer: (b) goes
🔷📘 Explanation: Present Indefinite tense, subject third person singular → verb + s/es.
📝 2. They ___ (play) football every evening.
a) plays b) play c) played d) playing
✅ Answer: (b) play
🔷📘 Explanation: Subject plural, Present Indefinite tense → base form.
📝 3. She does not ___ (like) fast food.
a) likes b) like c) liking d) liked
✅ Answer: (b) like
🔷📘 Explanation: After does not verb remains base form, no s/es.
📝 4. Ashish ___ (not eat) rice yesterday.
a) does not eat b) did not ate c) did not eat d) eaten
✅ Answer: (c) did not eat
🔷📘 Explanation: Past Indefinite negative → did not + base form.
📝 5. He ___ (go) to Kolkata last week.
a) goes b) went c) gone d) going
✅ Answer: (b) went
🔷📘 Explanation: Past Indefinite tense → past form of verb.
📝 6. He ___ (come) here tomorrow.
a) comes b) came c) will come d) coming
✅ Answer: (c) will come
🔷📘 Explanation: Future action → will + base verb.
📝 7. He can ___ (do) the work properly.
a) does b) did c) do d) doing
✅ Answer: (c) do
🔷📘 Explanation: After modal auxiliary verb → base form of verb.
📝 8. You must ___ (obey) your parents.
a) obeys b) obey c) obeyed d) obeying
✅ Answer: (b) obey
🔷📘 Explanation: After must → base verb.
📝 9. The sun ___ (rise) in the east.
a) rises b) rise c) rose d) rising
✅ Answer: (a) rises
🔷📘 Explanation: Universal truth → Present Indefinite, singular subject.
📝 10. Ice ___ (float) on water.
a) floats b) float c) floated d) floating
✅ Answer: (a) floats
🔷📘 Explanation: Universal truth, third person singular → verb + s.
📝 11. The work can ___ (do) by him.
a) done b) doing c) be done d) did
✅ Answer: (c) be done
🔷📘 Explanation: Passive voice with modal → can + be + past participle.
📝 12. All the fruits could ___ (take).
a) be taken b) took c) taken d) taking
✅ Answer: (a) be taken
🔷📘 Explanation: Passive with modal → could + be + past participle.
📝 13. I let them ___ (use) my mobile.
a) uses b) use c) used d) using
✅ Answer: (b) use
🔷📘 Explanation: After let → base form verb.
📝 14. You had better ___ (study) hard.
a) study b) studies c) studied d) studying
✅ Answer: (a) study
🔷📘 Explanation: After had better → base form.
📝 15. I need not ___ (do) the work.
a) does b) did c) do d) done
✅ Answer: (c) do
🔷📘 Explanation: After need not → base form.
📝 16. He has ___ (finish) the work.
a) finished b) finishing c) finish d) finishes
✅ Answer: (a) finished
🔷📘 Explanation: Present Perfect tense → has + past participle.
📝 17. They have ___ (eat) rice.
a) ate b) eaten c) eat d) eating
✅ Answer: (b) eaten
🔷📘 Explanation: Present Perfect → have + past participle.
📝 18. He has just ___ (take) his lunch.
a) took b) taken c) taking d) takes
✅ Answer: (b) taken
🔷📘 Explanation: Just → Present Perfect → has + past participle.
📝 19. They have already ___ (come) home.
a) came b) come c) coming d) comes
✅ Answer: (b) come
🔷📘 Explanation: Already → Present Perfect → have + past participle.
📝 20. I have recently ___ (meet) him.
a) met b) meet c) meeting d) meets
✅ Answer: (a) met
🔷📘 Explanation: Recently → Present Perfect → have + past participle.
📝 21. He ___ (write) a letter now.
a) write b) wrote c) is writing d) writes
✅ Answer: (c) is writing
🔷📘 Explanation: Now → Present Continuous tense.
📝 22. They ___ (play) cricket at this moment.
a) play b) playing c) are playing d) played
✅ Answer: (c) are playing
🔷📘 Explanation: At this moment → Present Continuous.
📝 23. Look! The child ___ (cry).
a) cries b) cry c) is crying d) cried
✅ Answer: (c) is crying
🔷📘 Explanation: With Look! immediate action → Present Continuous.
📝 24. He ___ (read) a book when I saw him.
a) read b) was reading c) reads d) reading
✅ Answer: (b) was reading
🔷📘 Explanation: Past Continuous tense (action in progress at past time).
📝 25. The girls ___ (dance) when the guests arrived.
a) are dancing b) danced c) were dancing d) dance
✅ Answer: (c) were dancing
🔷📘 Explanation: Interrupted action in past → Past Continuous.
📝 26. Tomorrow at 5 p.m. I ___ (travel) to Delhi.
a) travel b) travels c) will travel d) will be travelling
✅ Answer: (d) will be travelling
🔷📘 Explanation: Future Continuous tense → will be + ing.
📝 27. By this time tomorrow, I ___ (finish) the work.
a) will finish b) will have finished c) finished d) finish
✅ Answer: (b) will have finished
🔷📘 Explanation: By this time (future perfect) → will have + past participle.
📝 28. When he came, I ___ (already/start) the work.
a) had already started b) have already started c) started d) was starting
✅ Answer: (a) had already started
🔷📘 Explanation: Past Perfect for earlier action.
📝 29. The train ___ (leave) before I reached the station.
a) leaves b) left c) had left d) leaving
✅ Answer: (c) had left
🔷📘 Explanation: Past Perfect → earlier action completed.
📝 30. She said that she ___ (see) him before.
a) saw b) had seen c) seen d) sees
✅ Answer: (b) had seen
🔷📘 Explanation: Indirect speech → Past Perfect.
📝 31. If he ___ (work) hard, he will succeed.
a) works b) worked c) work d) working
✅ Answer: (a) works
🔷📘 Explanation: First Conditional → Present Indefinite in if-clause, future in main clause.
📝 32. If I ___ (be) a bird, I would fly in the sky.
a) was b) were c) am d) be
✅ Answer: (b) were
🔷📘 Explanation: Unreal condition (subjunctive mood) → were for all persons.
📝 33. If you had studied hard, you ___ (pass) the exam.
a) will pass b) would pass c) would have passed d) passed
✅ Answer: (c) would have passed
🔷📘 Explanation: Third conditional → had + V3 → would have + V3.
📝 34. Unless you ___ (help) me, I cannot do it.
a) helps b) helping c) help d) helped
✅ Answer: (c) help
🔷📘 Explanation: After unless/if (first conditional) → Present Indefinite.
📝 35. If it rains, the match ___ (cancel).
a) is cancelled b) will be cancelled c) was cancelled d) cancelling
✅ Answer: (b) will be cancelled
🔷📘 Explanation: Future Passive → will be + V3.
📝 36. Scarcely had he reached the station when the train ___ (leave).
a) leaves b) left c) had left d) leaving
✅ Answer: (b) left
🔷📘 Explanation: Scarcely…when → Past Perfect + Past Indefinite.
📝 37. No sooner had the bell rung than the students ___ (come) out.
a) come b) came c) had come d) coming
✅ Answer: (b) came
🔷📘 Explanation: No sooner…than → Past Perfect + Past Indefinite.
📝 38. Hardly had I finished my work when he ___ (arrive).
a) arrived b) arrives c) had arrived d) arriving
✅ Answer: (a) arrived
🔷📘 Explanation: Hardly/Scarcely…when → Past Perfect + Past Indefinite.
📝 39. I wish I ___ (be) young again.
a) was b) were c) am d) been
✅ Answer: (b) were
🔷📘 Explanation: After I wish (present unreal) → were.
📝 40. I wish I ___ (know) the answer.
a) knew b) know c) knows d) knowing
✅ Answer: (a) knew
🔷📘 Explanation: Present unreal wish → past form of verb.
📝 41. It is high time we ___ (start) our journey.
a) start b) started c) had started d) starts
✅ Answer: (b) started
🔷📘 Explanation: After it is high time → past form of verb.
📝 42. It is time you ___ (go) to bed.
a) go b) going c) went d) gone
✅ Answer: (c) went
🔷📘 Explanation: It is time/high time → past form of verb.
📝 43. He speaks as if he ___ (know) everything.
a) knows b) knew c) know d) knowing
✅ Answer: (b) knew
🔷📘 Explanation: As if / as though (unreal) → past tense verb.
📝 44. He behaves as if he ___ (be) mad.
a) is b) was c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (c) were
🔷📘 Explanation: Unreal comparison → were.
📝 45. I would rather you ___ (stay) at home.
a) stay b) stayed c) staying d) stays
✅ Answer: (b) stayed
🔷📘 Explanation: After would rather/sooner → past form.
📝 46. He talks as though he ___ (see) it with his own eyes.
a) see b) sees c) saw d) seeing
✅ Answer: (c) saw
🔷📘 Explanation: As though/as if (unreal) → past tense.
📝 47. I wish I ___ (have) a car.
a) has b) had c) having d) have
✅ Answer: (b) had
🔷📘 Explanation: Wish for present unreal → past form.
📝 48. If only I ___ (know) this before!
a) know b) knew c) had known d) knowing
✅ Answer: (c) had known
🔷📘 Explanation: If only (past regret) → Past Perfect.
📝 49. He speaks English better than he ___ (write).
a) write b) writes c) writing d) written
✅ Answer: (b) writes
🔷📘 Explanation: Comparison → Present Indefinite.
📝 50. Neither he nor his friends ___ (be) present.
a) is b) was c) are d) been
✅ Answer: (c) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with the nearer subject (friends = plural).
📝 51. Either the headmaster or the teachers ___ (decide).
a) decides b) decide c) decided d) deciding
✅ Answer: (b) decide
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with nearest subject (teachers = plural).
📝 52. Bread and butter ___ (be) his favourite breakfast.
a) is b) are c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Bread and butter (taken as one dish) → singular.
📝 53. Slow and steady ___ (win) the race.
a) win b) wins c) winning d) won
✅ Answer: (b) wins
🔷📘 Explanation: Proverb/universal truth → singular verb.
📝 54. Ten miles ___ (be) a long distance.
a) is b) are c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Distance/period → singular verb.
📝 55. Fifty rupees ___ (be) a small amount.
a) is b) are c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Amount of money → singular verb.
📝 56. None of the boys ___ (be) absent.
a) is b) are c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: None (singular sense) → singular verb.
📝 57. A number of students ___ (be) present.
a) is b) are c) was d) been
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: A number of → plural verb.
📝 58. The number of students ___ (be) increasing.
a) are b) were c) is d) been
✅ Answer: (c) is
🔷📘 Explanation: The number of → singular verb.
📝 59. More than one student ___ (be) absent.
a) are b) were c) is d) being
✅ Answer: (c) is
🔷📘 Explanation: More than one → singular verb.
📝 60. Each of the boys ___ (be) rewarded.
a) are b) were c) is d) being
✅ Answer: (c) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Each, every, everyone → singular verb.
📝 61. Every boy and every girl ___ (be) present.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Every/everyone → singular verb.
📝 62. Neither of the two brothers ___ (be) rich.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Neither of → singular verb.
📝 63. One of my friends ___ (be) a doctor.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: One of + plural noun → singular verb.
📝 64. Many a man ___ (have) tried but failed.
a) have b) has c) having d) had
✅ Answer: (b) has
🔷📘 Explanation: Many a + singular noun → singular verb.
📝 65. Politics ___ (be) a dirty game.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Some nouns like Politics, Physics, Economics → singular meaning → singular verb.
📝 66. The Arabian Nights ___ (be) an interesting book.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Title of a book → singular verb.
📝 67. Mathematics ___ (be) my favourite subject.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Subject names ending in -s (Mathematics, Physics) → singular verb.
📝 68. The wages of sin ___ (be) death.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Proverbial expression → singular verb.
📝 69. The wages of the workers ___ (be) increased.
a) are b) is c) was d) being
✅ Answer: (a) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Wages in ordinary sense → plural verb.
📝 70. The United States ___ (be) a powerful country.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Name of a country → singular verb.
📝 71. The news ___ (be) shocking.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: News is uncountable → singular verb.
📝 72. The committee ___ (be) divided in its opinion.
a) is b) are c) was d) were
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Collective noun (committee) showing division → plural verb.
📝 73. The committee ___ (decide) to hold a meeting.
a) has decided b) have decided c) decided d) deciding
✅ Answer: (a) has decided
🔷📘 Explanation: Collective noun (committee) acting as one unit → singular verb.
📝 74. Fifty minutes ___ (be) enough to finish the exam.
a) are b) is c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Period of time → singular verb.
📝 75. The jury ___ (give) its verdict yesterday.
a) give b) gives c) gave d) giving
✅ Answer: (c) gave
🔷📘 Explanation: Jury acting as one body → singular verb.
📝 76. The jury ___ (be) divided in their opinion.
a) is b) are c) was d) being
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Jury acting as individuals → plural verb.
📝 77. Cattle ___ (graze) in the field.
a) is b) are c) was d) being
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Cattle always plural → plural verb.
📝 78. The police ___ (arrest) the thief.
a) has b) have c) had d) having
✅ Answer: (b) have
🔷📘 Explanation: Police is plural → plural verb.
📝 79. The family ___ (live) in London.
a) lives b) live c) living d) lived
✅ Answer: (a) lives
🔷📘 Explanation: Family considered as one unit → singular verb.
📝 80. The family ___ (quarrel) among themselves.
a) quarrels b) quarrel c) quarreling d) quarreled
✅ Answer: (b) quarrel
🔷📘 Explanation: Family considered as individuals → plural verb.
📝 81. Ten miles ___ (be) a long walk.
a) is b) are c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Distance/measurement → singular verb.
📝 82. Five years ___ (be) a long time.
a) is b) are c) were d) being
✅ Answer: (a) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Period of time → singular verb.
📝 83. The rich ___ (be) not always happy.
a) is b) are c) was d) being
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: The rich/poor → plural sense → plural verb.
📝 84. The poor ___ (be) suffering a lot.
a) is b) are c) was d) been
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: The poor = plural noun → plural verb.
📝 85. Neither the teacher nor the students ___ (be) in the class.
a) is b) are c) was d) been
✅ Answer: (b) are
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with nearest subject (students = plural).
📝 86. Either the principal or the teachers ___ (attend) the meeting.
a) attends b) attend c) attended d) attending
✅ Answer: (b) attend
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with nearest subject (teachers = plural).
📝 87. Neither the boys nor the girl ___ (be) responsible.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with nearest subject (girl = singular).
📝 88. Not only the students but also the teacher ___ (be) happy.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: Verb agrees with nearest subject (teacher = singular).
📝 89. The teacher, with his students, ___ (be) present in the class.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: With, along with, together with, as well as → verb agrees with first subject.
📝 90. The captain, as well as the players, ___ (be) tired.
a) are b) is c) were d) been
✅ Answer: (b) is
🔷📘 Explanation: As well as → verb agrees with first subject (captain = singular).
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