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57 multiple-choice questions on English: Tenses from English, each with the correct answer and, where available, a teacher's explanation. Read through them to revise the chapter, then practise the same questions one by one to test yourself.

51. This time tomorrow I to Islamabad.

  1. have travelled
  2. will be travelling
  3. travel
  4. will travel

Answer: B) will be travelling

Explanation: In progress at a future moment – future continuous. Tenses · Future tenses

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52. I to Islamabad three times this year.

  1. had been
  2. am going
  3. have been
  4. went

Answer: C) have been

Explanation: "This year" (unfinished period) – present perfect. Tenses · Present tenses

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53. Work hard lest you fail.

  1. would
  2. should
  3. will
  4. shall not

Answer: B) should

Explanation: "Lest" is followed by "should" + V1 (never "not"). Tenses · Sequence of tenses

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54. Look at those clouds! It rain.

  1. is
  2. is going to
  3. will be
  4. shall be

Answer: B) is going to

Explanation: Prediction based on present evidence – "going to". Tenses · Future tenses

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55. Look! The children in the garden.

  1. play
  2. have played
  3. played
  4. are playing

Answer: D) are playing

Explanation: "Look!" signals an action happening now – present continuous. Tenses · Present tenses

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56. He to school every day.

  1. go
  2. is going
  3. goes
  4. gone

Answer: C) goes

Explanation: Habit – present indefinite with -s for "he". Tenses · Present tenses

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57. I a letter when the lights went out.

  1. was writing
  2. had written
  3. am writing
  4. wrote

Answer: A) was writing

Explanation: An action in progress interrupted in the past – past continuous. Tenses · Past tenses

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