XII - Tenses & Modals

Fill in the blanks with suitable verb form of the verbs given in the brackets.

1. I think he _______________ Chennai next morning.(reach)

• Should reach

• Reached

• Will reach

• did not reach

2. My mother was tired yesterday because she _____ well the night before. (not sleep)

• did not sleep

• Had not sleep

• Had not slept

• Had not sleeped

3. Scientists predict that by 2050, man _____ on Mars (land)

• land

• will land

• had landed

• must land

4. I _______ football now. (play)

• Plays

• Am playing

• Is playing

• had playing

5. Every one ______ (sleep) when the earthquake hit the small town.

• Sleeping

• Was sleeping

• Sleeped

• were sleeping

6. Where _____ (you spend) last night?

• was spend

• did you spent

• Did you spend

• Had spent

7. Dev usually ______ the car speedily. (drive)

• Drove

• Drive

• Drives

• Had driven

8. This _____ not an easy problem to solve. (Be)

• Am

• Is

• Are

• Has

9. They ______ (talk) about me when I interrupted their conversation.

• Were talking

• Was talking

• had talked

• are talking

10. We ______ (construct) this building since January.

• Have been constructing

• had construct

• Will construct

• will have been constructing