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Choose the best answer from the alternatives given for each question.

1. I lost the key that he _____ to me.
- A) gives
- B) had given
- C) was given
- D) given

2. When they came home, she ____ dinner.
- A) was cooking
- B) has been cooked
- C) had already cooked
- D) only A and C

3. I _____ the doctor since last Sunday.
- A) haven’t met
- B) didn’t meet
- C) wasn’t meet
- D) don’t meet

4. These olive trees ____ by the settlers who found our city over a hundred years ago.
- A) planted
- B) was planted
- C) had planted
- D) have planted
- E) were planted

5. Would you mind if I _____ your mobile?
- A) use
- B) have used
- C) had used
- D) used

6. She ____ all the rooms alone for hours that she feels tired now.
- A) has been cleaning
- B) has just cleaned
- C) is cleaning
- D) had been cleaned

7. I was sure that I ____ him somewhere before.
- A) had saw
- B) saw
- C) had seen
- D) am seen

8. When the guests arrived, lunch ____ yet.
- A) was cooking
- B) wasn’t cooked
- C) had not been cooked
- D) Both B and C

9. The laboratory result _____ by next week this time.
- A) will be known
- B) will have known
- C) will be know
- D) is known

10. When you ____ me last night, I ____ Romeo and Juliet.
- A) called / was reading
- B) called / was watching
- C) called / was read
- D) A and B

11. The man ____ to bed after he ____ off the TV.
- A) had gone / had switched
- B) had gone / switched
- C) went / had switched
- D) went / switched

12. The old man _____ soon unless he _____ the medicine properly.
- A) would recover / took
- B) wouldn’t recover / took
- C) wouldn’t recover / didn’t take
- D) would recover / didn’t take

13. That HIV positive mother would have infected her baby unless all the vital cares had been taken during her delivery. This means:
- A) care was taken thus the baby is not infected with the virus
- B) care was taken but the baby is infected with the virus
- C) care was not taken thus the baby is infected with the virus
- D) care was not taken and the baby is not infected with the virus

14. I badly need to talk to him about her, please tell him _____ you meet him by chance.
- A) if
- B) when
- C) while
- D) since
- E) all

15. _____ you turn on the radio, check if the socket is set properly or not.
- A) Before
- B) After
- C) Since
- D) Until
- E) none

16. Doctors have been looking after the patient _____ she was admitted into the hospital.
- A) while
- B) after
- C) since
- D) only A and C
- E) only B and C

17. ______ last July, the weather becomes much warmer than ever.
- A) Since
- B) Beginning from
- C) Before
- D) After
- E) All except C

18. Possibly, the house _____ with a better price if they _____ for a bit.
- A) couldn’t be sold / waited
- B) could have been sold / had waited
- C) could be sold / waited
- D) all

19. If the detective _____ many questions, the eyewitness ______ very irritated.
- A) doesn’t ask / will become
- B) had asked / might have become
- C) asks / becomes
- D) asked / would become
- E) all but not A

20. ‘If donkeys were fishes, they would live in water.’ The meaning of this sentence is:
- A) It is possible for a donkey to become fish and to live in water.
- B) A fish can change itself into a donkey if needed.
- C) There is no possibility for a donkey to be a fish thus never able to live in water.

Answer :

Final answer:

Explanation of correct answers to the English exercise questions related to grammar and verb tenses.

Explanation:

Exercise:

  1. He gives coffee.
  2. Without warning, John entered the room.

Answer 1: B/ had given

Answer 2: C/ had already cooked

Answer 3: A/ haven’t met

Answer 4: E/ were planted

Answer 5: A/ use

Answer 6: A/ has been cleaning

Answer 7: C/ wasn’t cooked

Answer 8: A/ will be known

Answer 9: B/ called/ was reading

Answer 10: D/ went/ switched

Answer 11: B/ wouldn’t recover/ took