Grammar | MCQs

Explanation

"She was reading a book" is in the past continuous tense, indicating an action that was ongoing in the past

Structure:

The past continuous tense is formed using:

• The past tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (was/were)
• The present participle (the "-ing" form) of the main verb.

Explanation

The sentence "Diana will have sung the song" is correct because it uses the future perfect tense 

Structure: The structure for the future perfect tense is:

Subject + will have + past participle of the verb

In this case: Diana (subject) + will have (auxiliary verb) + sung (past participle of "sing")

Explanation

"We use 'has won' to indicate that Argentina has won the football World Cup in the past,

The use of 'has' implies a connection between the past action (winning the World Cup) and the present or current state."

Explanation

Hurry up! (identify the type of sentence)​

It is a sentence that expresses a direct command, request

Imperative sentences do not contain a subject.

Explanation

Professor tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.

it is a simple sentence.

because the above sentence consists of only one clause, with a single subject (Professor) and predicate.

Explanation

Went is the past tense of go.

Go is an irregular verb, and its past tense is went.

Gone is the past participle of go. 

Explanation

He gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.

اس نے دو سال پہلے سگریٹ نوشی ترک کر دی تھی۔ وہ روزانہ 40 سگریٹ پیتا تھا۔

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The term "modal" means expressing mood and mood is a way to express the attitude of the speaker.

Option C is the correct answer because it denotes past habits.

ND13-07-2023

Explanation

Hence, in the given sentence: His courage won him honor is a simple sentence 

Honor is used as a noun in the sentence

ND27-5-2023

Explanation

• She’s my best friend Hence I will lend her my car.
• وہ میری بہترین دوست ہے اس لیے میں اسے اپنی کار ادھار دوں گا۔
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• "Hence" can be used in the middle of a sentence without punctuation.
• In this case, hence typically will be used to join two statements that have the same subject

Explanation

If I am here, I shall come to you.

This is a first conditional sentence, used to express a real or possible situation in the future.

The structure is:

If + present tense, shall/will + base verb

So:

"If I am here" (present tense)

"I shall come to you" (future action)