Sequence of Tenses- Self Assessment Test No 4

Choose the correct option of the following:

Subject-verb agreement is a very important English rule to study for any competitive exam. There are four options (A, B, C, D), and only one of them is grammatically correct. 

1. The novice scientists had been working on the research project for almost three years before she _____ her groundbreaking discovery.


 ANSWER= (D)   
Explanation:  Past Perfect before the Simple Past 

2. _____ outside, I make hot chocolate and take it by the fireplace.


 ANSWER= (D)   
Explanation:  Simple Present Tense     

3. Recently, the largest bank in the area ____ its interest rate on loans; the directors _____ to stimulate borrowing.  





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:   Tow independent clauses with the use of semi-colon    

4. Wait a minute please, he  ____ on the phone.    





 ANSWER= (D)  
Explanation:    'Simple Present Tense '   

5. I sang while she ____ last night.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   'Past continuous with Simple Past'     

6. The teacher said that honesty never ____ unrewarded. 





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   Proverb with Past Tense   

7. They have already ____ many letters to the president, but he has not replied to anyone.   





 ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation:   'Present Perfect Tense'  

8. If the car _____ right instead of taking the left, the driver would have avoided the accident. 





 ANSWER= (A)  
Explanation:   'Third conditional sentence'   

9. He went off the day after I ____ my last haircut about a month ago. 





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  Simple Past tense with the use of 'ago' 

10. The more you ____, the more you _____ behind.   





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'The more you take, the more you leave behind. is a proverb

11.  Eyewitness said a concert was being held in the hall when the brawl ______. 





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  Past Indefinite Tense     

12. Most of the students, who have applied for the job, have been ____.   





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  Present Perfect Tense

13. If there were two opportunities available. why _____ ? 





 ANSWER= (D)  
Explanation:  'Why didn't you inform me?' 

14. ____ I have known it before, I could have let you know. 





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  'The Third Conditional Sentence is used to talk about an imaginary or unreal situation  

15. If you _____ gunfire across the border, you know that another group of refugees will arrive before long. 



 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'First Conditional Sentence'  

16.  Last week this town received extraordinary rainfall and ____ a situation very similar to a torrential flood.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  Combination of Past Indefinite Tense

17. As soon as the cashier ____ the money, the burglar snatched the money and shot it off.  



 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  Past Indefinite with Past Continuous Tense

18. Because of Iskandria's geographical location, it ____ since the inception of civilization.  




 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:   Present Perfect Continuous Tense    

19. You must wait here until your father ____.    




 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   Clause with until or unless is used with not   

20. By the time John noticed the doorbell, it ____ three times.  




 ANSWER= (D)  
Explanation:   'Past Perfect Tense with Past Indefinite Tense 

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