Tenses & Verbs
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Q61.Choose correct: "By the time he arrives, we ___ dinner."
Correct Answer: C
Future perfect is used to express completion before a future time.
Q62."Since" introducing time clause uses:
Correct Answer: B
"Since" clauses typically use present perfect in main clause.
Q63."I had better study" — "had better" is followed by:
Correct Answer: C
"Had better" is always followed by base form of verb.
Q64."Used to + V1" expresses:
Correct Answer: B
"Used to" expresses habitual or regular past actions.
Q65.Choose correct: "___ he worked hard, he would have passed."
Correct Answer: B
Third conditional inversion: "Had he worked hard" = "If he had worked hard".
Q66.Choose correct: "By next Monday, I ___ here for a year."
Correct Answer: C
Future perfect continuous for duration up to a future point.
Q67.Choose correct: "He ___ here for twenty years when he retired."
Correct Answer: B
Past perfect continuous for duration up to a past point.
Q68.Choose correct: "He spoke as though he ___ everything."
Correct Answer: D
"As though" takes past perfect in reporting a past claim.
Q69.Choose correct: "I ___ him since we were at university."
Correct Answer: C
Present perfect with "since" for a state continuing to now.
Q70.Choose correct: "If I had more time, I ___ more."
Correct Answer: C
Second conditional: if + past, would + base verb.
Q71.Choose correct: "It is the best film I ___."
Correct Answer: C
"It is the best...I have ever seen" uses present perfect.
Q72.Choose correct: "She ___ her work by 5 PM tomorrow."
Correct Answer: C
Future perfect for completion before a future point.
Q73.Choose correct: "She ___ the letter when the power went out."
Correct Answer: A
Past continuous for an action in progress when another happened.
Q74.Choose correct: "She ___ to school every day when she was a child."
Correct Answer: A
"Used to + infinitive" expresses past habit.
Q75.Choose correct: "The work ___ before the inspector arrives."
Correct Answer: C
Future perfect passive for completion before a future event.
Q76.Choose correct: "This is the first time I ___ sushi."
Correct Answer: C
"This is the first/second time" uses present perfect.
Q77.What tense is: "She is always losing her keys."?
Correct Answer: B
Present continuous with "always" expresses habitual or annoying behavior.
Q78.A number of students ___ absent today.
Correct Answer: A
A number of takes plural verb.
Q79.A pair of shoes ___ on the table.
Correct Answer: A
A pair is singular.
Q80.All that glitters ___ not gold.
Correct Answer: A
All that... is singular phrase.