11. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. While he _____ to school his elder brother ___ from the Institute. His brother is a teacher now.

had gone / graduated
has been gone / will graduate
is going / has been graduating
went / graduated

Detailed SolutionFill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. While he _____ to school his elder brother ___ from the Institute. His brother is a teacher now.

12. Between 1607 and 1733, Englishmen . . . . . . . . thirteen colonies along the east coast of North America and by 1750, nearly two million men, women and children . . . . . . . . in these colonies.

were establishing/will be living
have been establishing/lived
established/had been living
had established/will have lived E. have established/had lived

Detailed SolutionBetween 1607 and 1733, Englishmen . . . . . . . . thirteen colonies along the east coast of North America and by 1750, nearly two million men, women and children . . . . . . . . in these colonies.

13. More than two hundred people . . . . . . . . the tower when the bomb . . . . . . . . in one of the dustbins.

have visited/was exploding
were visiting/exploded
visited/has exploded
are visiting/is exploding E. visit/has exploded

Detailed SolutionMore than two hundred people . . . . . . . . the tower when the bomb . . . . . . . . in one of the dustbins.

14. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:Bill ______ his girlfriend now. That’s the third time he _______ her this evening.

phones/phones
has phoned/phones
is phoning/has phoned
will phone/has phoned

Detailed SolutionFill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:Bill ______ his girlfriend now. That’s the third time he _______ her this evening.

15. Choose the option which completes the following sentence: The library ______ behind the football stadium.

locates
is located
has been located
will be locating

Detailed SolutionChoose the option which completes the following sentence: The library ______ behind the football stadium.

16. The bus . . . . . . . . before we reached the bus stand.

left
has left
had left
will have left

Detailed SolutionThe bus . . . . . . . . before we reached the bus stand.

17. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:I ______ to do it but I ______ no time. I was very busy.

wanted/has
want/had have
wanted/had
would want/have

Detailed SolutionFill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:I ______ to do it but I ______ no time. I was very busy.

18. Complete the sentence with one of the following verbs in the correct form: come/ get/ happen/ look/ make/ start/ stay/ try /work ‘You hard today.’ ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’

are working
are looking
are coming
have got

Detailed SolutionComplete the sentence with one of the following verbs in the correct form: come/ get/ happen/ look/ make/ start/ stay/ try /work ‘You hard today.’ ‘Yes, I have a lot to do.’

19. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets:Julia is very good at languages. She ____ (speak) four languages very well.

speaks
is speaking
has spoken
has been speaking

Detailed SolutionFill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets:Julia is very good at languages. She ____ (speak) four languages very well.

20. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Jasmine is working as a dental assistant. What she does is________ people’s teeth.

clean
cleans
cleaning
to clean

Detailed SolutionChoose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Jasmine is working as a dental assistant. What she does is________ people’s teeth.