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Parts of speech classify words according to their function as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Questions may test a word that changes class by context, such as a noun used as a verb or an adjective formed from a participle.
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- A. Eat, drink
- B. Ate, drink
- C. Eat, drank
- D. Ate, drank
Explanation: Because the sentence is in simple past tense, and the simple past forms of the verbs are "ate" and "drank," which correctly show completed…
Correct answer: Ate, drank- A. Goes
- B. Has gone
- C. Had gone
- D. Went
Explanation: Went is used when one has gone somewhere in the past. Word "ago" in the sentence is showing that the sentence is in past indefinite tense.
Correct answer: Went- A. Break
- B. Broke
- C. Broken
- D. Breaking
Explanation: We never use two past forms in one sentence . Since did is used broke cannot be used.
Correct answer: Break- A. Taking
- B. Takes
- C. Took
- D. Take
Explanation: Since Now is used , it indicates that the work is being done now. For this, we use present continuous tense.
Correct answer: Taking- A. Earns
- B. Has earned
- C. Is earning
- D. Earn
Explanation: The given sentence is in the present tense (Indefinite). So, 'earns' is the correct option.
Correct answer: Earns- A. Made
- B. Makes
- C. Are making
- D. Make
Explanation: The given sentence shows the habit of children. So, 'make' should be used to fulfil the requirements of the present indefinite tense.
Correct answer: Make- A. Shine
- B. Shined
- C. Shone
- D. Shining
Explanation: Shone will be the right answer because shone is the past participle form of shine.
Correct answer: Shone- A. Bit
- B. Bite
- C. Bitten
- D. Biting
Explanation: 'Bitten' is the past particle of 'bite'. Past Tense should be used as the word could indicate past tense.
Correct answer: Bitten- A. Write, Hoping
- B. Am writing, Hope
- C. Wrote, Am hopeful
- D. Writing, Hope
Explanation: Since the author hasn't written his book yet, it is an action yet to be completed so am writing will be said.
Correct answer: Am writing, Hope- A. Runs
- B. Running
- C. Has run
- D. Ran
Explanation: Option C demonstrates proper use of subject-verb agreement in regards to the given statement."Runs" is in the present tense, which does…
Correct answer: Has run- A. Came
- B. Come
- C. Has come
- D. Comes
Explanation: Singular nouns, e.g. bus, are conjugated with "comes".
Correct answer: Comes- A. Use
- B. Used
- C. Used to
- D. Use to
Explanation: The speaker is telling us about his behavior in the past which has now changed.
Correct answer: Used to- A. Help
- B. Helps
- C. Has helped
- D. Is helping
Explanation: Helps should be used as God is specific noun and sentence is in third person and present tense.
Correct answer: Helps- A. Rains
- B. Is raining
- C. Was raining
- D. Has been raining
Explanation: "Now" indicates present continuous tense. Option B, "is raining" is the only present continuous tense in given options
Correct answer: Is raining1295. Demonstrate control of tenses and sentence structure.A girl _ (ride) an elephant around the ring.
- A. Ride
- B. Was riding
- C. Rode
- D. Will ride
Explanation: The correct answer is 'rode' because the sentence describes a completed action that happened in the past.
Correct answer: Rode- A. Laugh
- B. Laughs
- C. Laughing
- D. Laughed
Explanation: It cannot be option A, because there is no first-person participle. Cannot be option B, because there is no third-person participle.
Correct answer: Laughed- A. Move
- B. Moved
- C. Moves
- D. Moving
Explanation: If the sentence is from the narrator's perspective we always use the simple past form of the verb until and unless the narrator mentions…
Correct answer: Moved- A. See
- B. Saw
- C. Will see
- D. Seen
Explanation: Past tenses of verbs come after nouns, in this case, the proper noun "Maryam".
Correct answer: Saw- A. Present
- B. Past
- C. Future
- D. None of these
Explanation: The given sentence is in past tense due to the presence of the past participle of "get", which is "got."
Correct answer: Past- A. Will have been working
- B. Will be working
- C. Will work
- D. Worked
Explanation: Correct option is A because "By next Saturday" indicates future tense and option A displays perfect future tense structure.
Correct answer: Will have been working