Question

1. She ....... (read) The Times every day. She ....... (read) The Times, when 1 called on her.

A. is reading, was reading

B. reads, was reading

C. reads, read

D. has been reading, was reading


2. Let me help you with this, ..... .

A. Shall I?

B.Shan't I?

C. Can't I?

D. Should I?




3. "On that day, to visit her house on Garay Street and pay my respects to her father would be

an irreproachable and perhaps unavoidable act of politeness". Irreproachable means:

A. that which cannot be approached

B. that which cannot be delayed

C. that which cannot be changed

D. that which cannot blamed

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4. Choose the correct statement:

A. One needs to constantly upgrade one's skills to cope up with changing times

B. One needs to constantly upgrade one's skills to cope with the changing times

C. One needs to constantly upgrade their skills to cope up in changing times

D. One ne~ds to constantly upgrade hislher skills to cope up with the changing times.



5. I, Peter Stone, ..... an Assistant Editor with The Times of India.

A. is

B. am

C. works as

D. AandC


6. She is one of the finest ....... of our times.

A. writer

B. author

C. poet

D. writers

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Answer 1

Answer:

1-) b

2-) a

6-) writer

5-) d

Answer 2

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1. She reads (read) The Times every day. She was reading (read) The Times, when I called on her.

• Option B is correct.

2. Let me help you with this, Can't I ?

• Option C is correct.

3. "On that day, to visit her house on Garay Street and pay my respects to her father would be an irreproachable and perhaps unavoidable act of politeness". Irreproachable means: That cannot be blamed.

• Option D is correct.

4. The correct statement:

One needs to constantly upgrade one's skills to cope up with changing times.

• Option A is correct.

5. I, Peter Stone, work as an Assistant Editor with The Times of India.

• Option C is correct.
• (correct option should be "work as" because the subject 'I' is in 1st person singular form)

6. She is one of the finest writers of our times.

• Option D is correct.

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1. Present Indefinite Tense :-

It is used

• to express present state.
• to express situation which doesn't change.
• to express universal truth.
• to express future action.
• to express a daily habit.
• Formation : Sub + verb (present form)+ obj.

Past continuous tense :-

It is used to express

• any action happening in the past.
• an action in progress before another action in the past.
• two actions in progress at a time in the past.
• a habit in the past with always or continuous state.
• Formation : Sub + was/were + verb + ing + obj.

2. Question Tags :-

• The tags are used for confirmation of what is said in the statement.
• A positive sentence takes a negative tag and vice versa.
• eg :- It's not raining. Is it ?

3. Verb Forms :-

In present tense

• I takes 'am' verb.
• We takes 'are' verb.
• He/She/Any name takes 'is' verb.
• They takes 'are' verb.