Part 2 MCQ Verbs or Correct Tense, Competitive exams, for School, HS, SSC, Bank & Insurance, Defence (Army, Navy & Air force) IAS & all state PCS, Teachers recruit ment (TET), CLAT, GATE, GRE and all entrance Exams

MCQ part 2 Verbs: Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs by choosing the best out of four options given below each question -

Quiz

 

1. No sooner did she.................me than she tried to run away.
   
   1.   watch
   2.   had watched
   3.   watched
   4.   watching
2. Would you................some ice cream?
   1.   like to have
   2.   be liked having
   3.   be liking to have
   4.   liked to be loving
3. The gypsies................the village a few days ago.
   1.   have left
   2.   would have left
   3.   left
   4.   had left
4. If they put..................about the crabs they would not have decided to picnic there.
   
   1.   had known
   2.   did know
   3.   knew
   4.   were knowing
5. Since .................. charge he came here on at least eight occasions
   
   1.   had assumed
   2.   assumed
   3.   have been assumed
   4.   had been assuming
6. I ...............of him since he left this city.
   1.   was never heard
   2.   have never been heard
   3.   had never been heard
   4.   have never heard
7. Last summer the students went to the village and ........ farmers.
   
   1.   for helping the
   2.   helped the
   3.   to help
   4.   had to help the
8. He overheard all that his friend....
   1.   had commented
   2.   has comments
   3.   was commented that
   4.   has been commented
9. The old man could not remember where he .................his money.
   
   1.   deposits
   2.   is depositing
   3.   will deposit
   4.   had deposited
10. Two years have passed since he .......here
    
    1.   has come
    2.   come
    3.   came
    4.   had come
11. The mechanic....... the vehicle since this morning.
    1.   repaired
    2.   repairing
    3.   has been repairing
    4.   will be repairing
12. There will be a rush for seats when the train .........
    1.   will arrive
    2.   arrived
    3.   is arriving
    4.   arrives
13. I have.......... Lakshmi for the past twelve years.
    1.   know
    2.   knew
    3.   known
    4.   knows
14. The engineers................ this bridge since last year
    1.   have repaired
    2.   had repaired
    3.   have been repairing
    4.   are repairing
15. It was said of Akbar that he rarely ......................... more than three hours a day
    
    1.   sleeps
    2.   is sleeping
    3.   had slept
    4.   slept
16. There ………..any message from my teacher since she moved to London.
    1.   isn't
    2.   wasn't
    3.   hasn't been
    4.   hadn't been
17. I ............ hard to establish the validity of the theory from morning
    1.   have been trying
    2.   had tried
    3.   tried
    4.   am trying
18. He told me that he……………. the movie.
    1.   is finished
    2.   was finished
    3.   had finished
    4.   not finished
19. If I ……………. a doctor. I would serve the poor.
    1.   am
    2.   had been
    3.   were
    4.   was
20. The officer ……………… the car to speak to the driver
    1.   stops
    2.   has stopped
    3.   stopped
    4.   had stopped
21. Ballu... in several other states when he decided to work in Kolkata.
    1.   had worked
    2.   worked
    3.   had been working
    4.   working
22. They reached the railway station before the train........
    
    1.   had been left
    2.   was leaving
    3.   had left
    4.   left
23. Night came on and the room....................dark.
    1.   will grow
    2.   is growing
    3.   has grown
    4.   grew
24. It has been years since I last..................him.
    
    1.   had met
    2.   meet
    3.   met
    4.   have met
25. She......college last that day.
    1.   was reaching
    2.   reaching
    3.   is reached
    4.   reached
26. The sun...............brightly.
    1.   Shone
    2.   shining
    3.   Shine
    4.   is shine
27. Lokesh was busy when we..... to see him
    1.   go
    2.   went
    3.   gone
    4.   goes
28. The minister.. .........on the petition before it was taken up for discussion.
    1.   could sign
    2.   signed
    3.   had signed
    4.   must sign
29. When we got home last evening we found that the guest.........
    
    1.   have arrived
    2.   has arriving
    3.   is arriving
    4.   had arrived