Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:
a. The earth _____ round the sun. (move, moves, moved)
b. My friends _____ the film yesterday. (see, saw, have seen)
c. It started to rain while we _____ tennis. (are playing, had played, were playing)
d. I _____ English for five years. (have been studying, study, am studying)
e. The train _____ before we reach the station. (arrives, will have arrived, had arrived)
f. Don't disturb me. I _____ my work. (do, did, am doing)
g. Fortune _____ the brave. (is favouring, will favour, favours)
h. I _____ the letter before you arrived. (had written, wrote, will write)
i. He _____ us next week. (will have met, will have been meeting, will be meeting)
j. Perhaps we _____ Delhi next month. (visit, will visit, visited)
Answers
Choose the correct verb from those in brackets:
- a. The earth _____ round the sun. (move, moves, moved)
Correct sentence:- The earth moves around the Sun.
(the given sentence is in present tense therefore the verb will be present tense)
- b. My friends _____ the film yesterday. (see, saw, have seen)
Correct sentence:- My friends saw the film yesterday.
(Here, the given sentence is in the past tense, hence the verb that will be used is in the past tense.)
- c. It started to rain while we _____ tennis. (are playing, had played, were playing)
Correct sentence:- It started to rain while we were playing tennis.
(Here, in the given sentence the activity is in the past tense, hence the verb were playing is being used)
- d. I _____ English for five years. (have been studying, study, am studying)
Correct sentence:- I have been studying English for five years.
(Here, in the given sentence, the activity is being continued in the present, therefore present continuous tense has been used)
- e. The train _____ before we reach the station. (arrives, will have arrived, had arrived)
Correct sentence:- The train had arrived before we reach the station.
(Here, in the given sentence, the activity has already been done in the past, therefore tense is past perfect tense)
- f. Don't disturb me. I _____ my work. (do, did, am doing)
Correct sentence:- Don't disturb me. I am doing my work.
(Here, in the given sentence, the person is currently doing the work, therefore the tense is in the present tense.)
- g. Fortune _____ the brave. (is favoring, will favor, favors)
Correct sentence:- Fortune favors the brave.
(Here, in the given sentence, the tense will be present tense.)
- h. I _____ the letter before you arrived. (had written, wrote, will write)
Correct sentence:- I had written the letter before you arrived.
(Here, in the given sentence, the activity has been done before some event, therefore past perfect tense is used)
- i. He _____ us next week. (will have met, will have been meeting, will be meeting)
Correct sentence:- He will be meeting us next week.
(Here, in the given sentence, the future tense is used.)
- j. Perhaps we _____ Delhi next month. (visit, will visit, visited)
Correct sentence:- Perhaps we will visit Delhi next month.
(Here, in the given sentence, the future tense is used.)
1. moves 2. saw 3. are playing 4. I am 5. am doing