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Tenses Q 41–44
41
“By the time you arrive, I ________ the dinner.” Future Perfect
[Choose the correct tense form]✅ Correct Answer: B
Future perfect tense = will have + past participle. Used for an action that will be completed before a specific future time.
“By the time you arrive” signals a future reference point. The action of cooking will be completed before that point — so we use “will have cooked” (future perfect), not “will cook” (simple future).
42
“She ________ in this school since 2018.” Present Perfect
[Choose the correct tense form]✅ Correct Answer: C
Present perfect continuous = has/have + been + verb+ing. Used for an action that started in the past and is still continuing.
‘Since 2018’ shows the action started in the past and continues now. “Has been teaching” (present perfect continuous) correctly shows this ongoing action. “Taught” is simple past — it implies she no longer teaches there.
43
“When I reached the station, the train ________ already.”Past Perfect
[Choose the correct tense form]✅ Correct Answer: D
Past perfect = had + past participle. Used when one past action was completed before another past action.
Two past actions: (1) train left — (2) I reached. The train left BEFORE I reached, so the earlier action takes past perfect “had left”. The later action “reached” takes simple past. This is the standard sequence-of-events rule.
44
“He is crying at the top of his voice.” Which tense is this?Tense Identification
[Identify the tense]✅ Correct Answer: B
Present continuous = is/am/are + verb+ing. Used for actions happening right now at the moment of speaking.
“Is crying” = is + verb+ing = present continuous tense. It shows an action happening right now. Present indefinite would be “He cries.” Past continuous would be “He was crying.” This is a frequently tested tense identification question in SST papers.
Direct & Indirect Speech Q 45–47
45
He said, “I am going to the market.” Choose the correct indirect speech:Indirect Speech
[Choose the correct indirect speech]✅ Correct Answer: B
In indirect speech: (1) ‘said’ stays as ‘said that’ — never ‘told that’. (2) Present continuous “am going” → past continuous “was going”. (3) “I” → “he”.
Three changes are applied: pronoun “I” → “he”; tense “am going” → “was going”; reporting verb “said” + “that”. Option C keeps “I” which is wrong. Option D uses “told that” which is incorrect — ‘told’ must have an object: “told me that.”
46
She said to him, “Please wait here till I return.” Choose the correct indirect speech:Indirect Speech
[Choose the correct indirect speech]✅ Correct Answer: C
For polite requests with ‘please’, the reporting verb changes to ‘requested’ and the structure becomes: requested + object + to + infinitive.
‘Please wait’ is a polite request — so the reporting verb must be ‘requested’. Structure: She requested him to wait there till she returned. ‘Here’ changes to ‘there’ and ‘return’ changes to ‘returned’ (tense backshift).
47
The teacher said, “The sun rises in the east.” Choose the correct indirect speech:Indirect Speech
[Choose the correct indirect speech]✅ Correct Answer: B
Exception rule: Universal truths, scientific facts and habitual actions do NOT change tense in indirect speech.
“The sun rises in the east” is a universal truth — it is always true. In indirect speech, universal truths keep their original tense (simple present). So “rises” does NOT change to “rose”. This is a very important exception frequently tested in SST exams.
Conditionals Q 48–49
48
“If it rains tomorrow, we ________ the match.”First Conditional
[Choose the correct form]✅ Correct Answer: B
First conditional (real/possible future): If + simple present → will + base verb.
First conditional is used for real, possible future situations. “If it rains” (simple present in if-clause) → “we will cancel” (will + base verb in main clause). ‘Would cancel’ belongs to second conditional (unreal/hypothetical situations).
49
“If she had studied hard, she ________ the exam.”Third Conditional
[Choose the correct form]✅ Correct Answer: C
Third conditional (unreal past): If + past perfect → would have + past participle.
Third conditional talks about an unreal situation in the past — something that did not happen. “Had studied” in if-clause → “would have passed” in main clause. This is a completed impossible condition — she did NOT study, so she did NOT pass.
Active & Passive Voice Q 50–52
50
“Someone was building the wall when I arrived.” Choose the correct passive voice:Past Continuous Passive
[Choose the correct passive voice]✅ Correct Answer: C
Past continuous passive = was/were + being + past participle.
“Was building” (past continuous active) → “was being built” (past continuous passive). The structure “was being built” shows an ongoing action in the past. “Was built” = simple past passive; “is being built” = present continuous passive.
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