Grammar | MCQs

Explanation

The sentence "The patient had died before the doctor arrived" uses the past perfect tense.

مریض ڈاکٹر کے آنے سے پہلے ہی دم توڑ چکا تھا۔

It to indicate that one action (the patient dying) happened before another past action (the doctor arriving).

Explanation

The complete sentence would be: "After she had climbed the stairs, her heart almost gave out from exhaustion."

This uses the past perfect tense,

Indicating that the action of climbing the stairs was completed before the subsequent action (her heart almost giving out)

Explanation

The correct verb form is "bought," as the sentence is in the past tense,

indicated by the phrase "last week." "Bought" is the past tense of "buy."

"Buy" is the base form of the verb.

"Buying" is the present participle/gerund form.

"Buys" is the third-person singular present tense form.

Explanation

"let me tell you it will not"

"میں آپ کو بتاتا ہوں کہ ایسا نہیں ہوگا"

"Will" accurately conveys a strong certainty that light will not come.

Explanation

It was raining heavily yesterday, so they did not go out.

کل موسلا دھار بارش ہو رہی تھی اس لیے وہ باہر نہیں نکلے۔

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"did not go" effectively communicates that they remained indoors because of the rain.

Explanation

By the time he was thirty, he had won many tournaments."

جب وہ تیس سال کا تھا، اس نے بہت سے ٹورنامنٹ جیت لیے تھے۔"

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"had won" is used in this sentence to convey the past perfect tense. 

This sentence, "By the time he was thirty" establishes a point in the past.

The action of winning tournaments ("had won") is placed before this past point in time

Explanation

• The sentence should read: "To his horror, he found that he had slept for nearly 24 hours."
• The use of the past perfect tense (had slept) indicates that the action of sleeping started in the past and continued up to the point in the past when he found out how long he had been asleep.

Explanation

The correct answer is: Subject+simple future of the verb 'to do'+base form of the verb.

The Future Simple Tense is formed using the auxiliary verb "will" (or "shall" plus the base form of the main verb. 

The correct structure is:

• Subject + will (or shall) + base form of the verb

For example: I will go, she will study, they will arrive, etc.

Explanation

Ate and eaten are two forms of the irregular verb eat.

1. Ate is the past tense form and
2. eaten is the past participle form.
   

Additional Info

The third-person singular simple present indicative form of "eat" is "eats".

The present participle of "eat" is "eating".

The past participle of " eat" is "eaten".

Explanation

I have been waiting for 3 hours

میں 3 گھنٹے سے انتظار کر رہا ہوں۔

The Tense of the sentence is Present Perfect Continuous tense because "have been waiting" is given in the sentence.

Have been in the form used with any other subject (including the pronouns I, we, and they)

ND18-9-2023