1. Teacher said, "The earth --- round the sun".
a) moves
b) moved
c) has moved
d) will be moving
Answer: moves
2. Rabindranath's stories often --- surprise endings.
a) had
b) have
c) has
d) have had
Answer: have
3. Karim --- to school regularly.
a) going
b) went
c) goes
d) had gone
Answer: goes
4. Alam always --- the truth.
a) speak
b) speaks
c) spoken
d) spoked
Answer: speaks
5. He -- tennis once or twice a week.
a) is usually playing
b) plays usually
c) usually plays
d) is playing usually
Answer: usually plays
6. When water ---, it turns into ice.
a) froze
b) would freeze
c) will freeze
d) freezes
Answer: freezes
7. I still feel very tired --- in the morning.
a) when I wake up
b) as I wake up
c) when I will wake up
d) while I wake up
Answer: when I wake up
8. The baby --- because it is hungry now.
a) is
b) cries
c) is crying
d) are
Answer: is crying
9. Do not make a noise while your father ---.
a) is being slept
b) is sleeping
c) asleep
d) has slept
Answer: is sleeping
10. Apparently, Suchi --- married in May but she hasn't invited me!
a) is getting
b) gets
c) will get
d) will have got
Answer: is getting
11. Just now he --- his dinner but he says he 'll see you when he 's finished.
a) had
b) is having
c) has had
d) was having
Answer: has had
12. Do you like Paris? I don't know. I -- there.
a) never sent
b) didn't go
c) never gone
d) haven't been
Answer: haven't been
13. Everything is going well. We --- any problems so far.
a) didn't have
b) don't have
c) haven't had
d) won't have
Answer: haven't had
14. We (not have) a holiday since the beginning of the year.
a) did not have
b) have not had
c) had not had
d) are not having
Answer: have not had
15. Dolly (to be) ill for about fortnight.
a) has been
b) was
c) is
d) has
Answer: has been
16. I 'm a teacher, I -- a teacher for 12 years.
a) am being
b) was
c) am
d) have been
Answer: have been
17. Jesmin has lost her passport again. It is the 2nd time this ---.
a) has happened
b) happens
c) happened
d) had happened
Answer: has happened
18. He --- for five hours and is still sleeping.
a) slept
b) was sleeping
c) has slept
d) has been sleeping
Answer: has been sleeping
19. --- English since I was twelve.
a) I 'm learning
b) I have been learning
c) I learn
d) I 've learned
Answer: I have been learning
20. He --- go to his office yesterday.
a) does not
b) did not
c) do not
d) has not
Answer: did not
21. Raju --- here yesterday.
a) has come
b) will come
c) came
d) come
Answer: came
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22. He --- for Dhaka yesterday.
a) Left
b) leaves
c) has lef
d) none
Answer: Left
23. What you (to do) last night?
a) did you
b) you did
c) did you do
d) had you done
Answer: did you do
24. I --- to hospital last Sunday.
a) had to go
b) have gone
c) have to go
d) had go
Answer: had to go
25. David Hockney --- in 1937 in Bradford a town in the north of England.
a) born
b) has born
c) is born
d) was born
Answer: was born
26. Which one is correct?
a) The old man died yesterday.
b) The old man has died yesterday.
c) The old man had died yesterday.
d) The old man was died yesterday.
Answer: The old man died yesterday.
27. Which one is the correct sentence?
a) He has come last night.
b) He had been coming last night.
c) He came last night.
d) He had come last night.
Answer: He came last night.
28. Select the correct sentence.
a) The child was born yesterday.
b) The child has born yesterday.
c) The child has been born yesterday.
d) The child had been born yesterday.
Answer: The child was born yesterday.
29. As soon as I --- the bell ringing, I opened the door.
a) was hearing
b) am heard
c) have heard
d) heard
Answer: heard
30. My uncle arrived while I -- the dinner.
a) was cooking
b) would cook
c) cook
d) had cooked
Answer: was cooking
31. The accused person confessed that he --- the car.
a) stole
b) had stolen
c) would stolen
d) stolen
Answer: had stolen
32. He tried to make it appear that she --- suicide.
a) had committed
b) committed
c) was committing
d) would commit
Answer: had committed
33. She told that she (visit) London next month.
a) visited
b) will visit
c) had visited
d) would visit
Answer: would visit
34. He said that he --- the previous day.
a) has come
b) had come
c) came
d) arrived
Answer: had come
35. An intensive search was conducted by the detective to locate those criminals, who ---.
a) have been escaping
b) are escaping
c) had escaped
d) have had escaped
Answer: had escaped
36. He thanked me for what I (do).
a) had done
b) doing
c) have done
d) done
Answer: had done
37. Hardly had we taken shelter under a big tree ----.
a) then the storm started
b) when the storm starts
c) then the storm starts
d) when the storm started
Answer: when the storm started
38. No sooner had they gone outside than it --- raining.
a) is started
b) has started
c) started
d) had started
Answer: started
39. She told me his name after he ---.
a) Left
b) had Left
c) has Left
d) has been leaving
Answer: had Left
40. I came home after the rain ---.
a) stopped
b) stop
c) was stop
d) had stopped
Answer: had stopped