Question

2. His uncle does not ——————— here.
a) live
b) lives
c) living
d) lived

3. Peter ————————- editing this magazine for twenty five years by next January.
a) will be
b) will have been
c) is
d) would be

4. Peter ——————— two wickets before rain interrupted play.
a) took
b) has taken
c) had taken
d) had took

5. I ———————– him twice before he left for New York.
a) saw
b) have seen
c) had seen
d) seen

6. Edison —————————- newspapers before he became a famous inventor.
a) sold
b) had sold
c) was selling
d) had been selling

7. In my youth I ————————- exercise every day.
a) had taken
b) took
c) was taking
d) had been taking

8. She ——————— for Delhi this evening.
a) is leaving
b) was leaving
c) have been leaving
d) had left

9. Heat ———————- bodies.
a) expanded
b) would expand
c) expands
d) is expanding

10. We ————————— living here since 1990.
a) were
b) are
c) have been
d) had been

11. We ————————- here for ten years now.
a) lived
b) have lived
c) had lived
d) were living

12. Did you ——————- him?
a) seen
b) see
c) saw
d) were seeing

13. Nobody will ever ———————– what happened to her.
a) know
b) knew
c) had known
d) be knowing

14. I could ———————– her if I wanted to.
a) have married
b) marry
c) married
d) be marrying

15. Does she ———————- what she is doing?
a) knows
b) know
c) knew
d) had known

16. When I visited him he ——————— bed-ridden for two months.
a) was
b) has been
c) had been
d) were

17. I ——————– school last year.
a) left
b) had left
c) leaved
d) was leaving

18. There ——————— a famine in Bengal in 1982.
a) was
b) has been
c) were
d) had been

19. Akbar ————————– the Moghul power paramount in India.
a) had made
b) has made
c) made
d) would make

20. John has ———————- home.
a) went
b) go
c) gone
d) going​

Answer 1

Answer: 2. live

3.D

4.C

5. A

6. A

7. B

8. A

9/ C

10. C

11. B

12. B

13. A

14. A

15. B

16. C

17. A

18. D

19. A

20. C

Explanation:

Because these are all question on tenses

Answer 2

• 2. His uncle does not live here.

• 3. Peter is editing this magazine for twenty-five years by next January.

• 4. Peter had taken two wickets before rain interrupted play.

• 5. I saw him twice before he left for New York.

• 6. Edison had sold newspapers before he became a famous inventor.

• 7. In my youth I took exercise every day.

• 8. She had left for Delhi this evening.

• 9. Heat expands bodies.

• 10. We are living here since 1990.

• 11. We have lived here for ten years now.

• 12. Did you see him?

• 13. Nobody will ever know what happened to her.

• 14. I could marry her if I wanted to.

• 15. Does she know what she is doing?

• 16. When I visited him he was bedridden for two months.

• 17. I had left school last year.

• 18. There was a famine in Bengal in 1982.

• 19. Akbar had made the Moghul power paramount in India.

• 20. John has gone home.