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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
The question specifically tests the usual contrast between a regular habit and a temporary current situation. Choose the correct pair: “Neha usually ___ to work by bus, but this week she ___ from home while her office is being renovated.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Usually” presents travel by bus as a regular habit, so the simple present “travels” is required for the intended habitual meaning.
• “This week” and the renovation context present working from home as a temporary current situation, so the present continuous “is working” is required for the intended contrast.
• The shift from simple present to present continuous is deliberate and consistent because the two clauses express a routine and a temporary situation.
• “This week” and the renovation context present working from home as a temporary current situation, so the present continuous “is working” is required for the intended contrast.
• The shift from simple present to present continuous is deliberate and consistent because the two clauses express a routine and a temporary situation.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Choose the correct pair: “While the electrician ___ the faulty wire, the lights suddenly ___ back on.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The repair was already in progress when the shorter event occurred, so “was repairing” is past continuous.
• The lights coming back on is presented as a completed event at that past moment, so “came” is simple past.
• The two different past forms are consistent because they express an ongoing background action and an interrupting event.
• The lights coming back on is presented as a completed event at that past moment, so “came” is simple past.
• The two different past forms are consistent because they express an ongoing background action and an interrupting event.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Choose the correct form: “By the time the guests arrived, the cook ___ the main course, and it was ready to serve.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The preparation was complete before the later past event of the guests’ arrival.
• The past perfect “had prepared” clearly marks the earlier completed past action.
• The statement that the dish was ready to serve confirms completion rather than an action still in progress.
• The past perfect “had prepared” clearly marks the earlier completed past action.
• The statement that the dish was ready to serve confirms completion rather than an action still in progress.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which sentence maintains a clear and consistent past-time narrative?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Yesterday” establishes a finished past-time frame.
• “Entered,” “checked,” and “left” are all simple past forms describing successive completed events in that frame.
• The other options contain unjustified shifts into present, continuous, perfect, or mixed forms.
• “Entered,” “checked,” and “left” are all simple past forms describing successive completed events in that frame.
• The other options contain unjustified shifts into present, continuous, perfect, or mixed forms.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Choose the correct form: “Asha ___ the principal since she joined this school in 2021.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Since she joined this school in 2021” gives the starting point of a state that continues to the present.
• “Know” is normally stative in this meaning, so the present perfect simple “has known” is standard.
• The continuous forms are not normally used with stative “know,” while the simple present does not express the past-to-present starting point.
• “Know” is normally stative in this meaning, so the present perfect simple “has known” is standard.
• The continuous forms are not normally used with stative “know,” while the simple present does not express the past-to-present starting point.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Choose the correct form: “So far this term, the school ___ four science exhibitions.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “So far this term” refers to an unfinished period extending up to the present.
• The present perfect “has organised” reports completed events within that continuing time period.
• The simple past would normally place the events in a finished past period, while the past perfect needs a later past reference point.
• The present perfect “has organised” reports completed events within that continuing time period.
• The simple past would normally place the events in a finished past period, while the past perfect needs a later past reference point.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Choose the correct form: “Last term, the school ___ four science exhibitions.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Last term” is a finished past-time expression.
• The simple past “organised” is the standard form for completed events in that finished period.
• The present perfect is not normally used with a definite finished past period such as “last term.”
• The simple past “organised” is the standard form for completed events in that finished period.
• The present perfect is not normally used with a definite finished past period such as “last term.”
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
The examination runs from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Choose the correct form: “At noon tomorrow, the candidates ___ the examination.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• At noon, the examination will already have started and will not yet have finished.
• The future continuous “will be writing” describes an activity in progress at a specified future time.
• The future perfect would imply completion by noon, which contradicts the stated 1:00 p.m. finishing time.
• The future continuous “will be writing” describes an activity in progress at a specified future time.
• The future perfect would imply completion by noon, which contradicts the stated 1:00 p.m. finishing time.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
All answer sheets must be completely checked before 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. Choose the correct form: “By 6:00 p.m., the evaluators ___ every answer sheet.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “By 6:00 p.m.” sets a future deadline by which the checking must be complete.
• The future perfect “will have checked” expresses completion before or by that future reference point.
• The future continuous would describe an activity still in progress and would not match the required completed result.
• The future perfect “will have checked” expresses completion before or by that future reference point.
• The future continuous would describe an activity still in progress and would not match the required completed result.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Choose the correct sentence for a future event introduced by “when.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• In an ordinary future-time clause introduced by “when,” English normally uses a present tense form rather than “will.”
• “Arrives” correctly appears in the time clause, while “will begin” expresses the future event in the main clause.
• The other options misuse “will,” use an inappropriate past form, or contain an incorrect verb form.
• “Arrives” correctly appears in the time clause, while “will begin” expresses the future event in the main clause.
• The other options misuse “will,” use an inappropriate past form, or contain an incorrect verb form.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Choose the correct sentence for this future condition.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• In an ordinary real future condition, the if-clause normally uses the present simple.
• “If the rain stops” is therefore consistent with the future main clause “the match will resume.”
• The other options either use “will” unnecessarily in the if-clause or contain incorrect tense and verb forms.
• “If the rain stops” is therefore consistent with the future main clause “the match will resume.”
• The other options either use “will” unnecessarily in the if-clause or contain incorrect tense and verb forms.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which completion demonstrates the legitimate choice to retain the present tense because the reported information is still a general scientific fact? “Our science teacher explained yesterday that water ___ at 100°C at standard atmospheric pressure.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The question specifically asks for the form that demonstrates retention of the present tense for information that remains generally true.
• “Boils” is simple present and expresses the continuing scientific fact.
• English does not require mechanical backshift when reported information is still true; the present tense can therefore be retained in this context.
• “Boils” is simple present and expresses the continuing scientific fact.
• English does not require mechanical backshift when reported information is still true; the present tense can therefore be retained in this context.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Choose the sentence whose tense shift is justified by the change in time reference.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Was closed” correctly refers to the finished past time “yesterday.”
• “Is open” correctly refers to the present time “today.”
• Changing tense is necessary here because the two clauses refer to different time periods; consistency does not mean using one tense mechanically.
• “Is open” correctly refers to the present time “today.”
• Changing tense is necessary here because the two clauses refer to different time periods; consistency does not mean using one tense mechanically.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Choose the correct form: “Before the inspection began at 11:00, the technicians ___ all the safety checks by 10:45.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The safety checks were already complete by 10:45, before the inspection began at 11:00.
• The past perfect “had completed” clearly marks the earlier completed action relative to the later past event.
• The explicit completion time rules out an ongoing past-continuous interpretation.
• The past perfect “had completed” clearly marks the earlier completed action relative to the later past event.
• The explicit completion time rules out an ongoing past-continuous interpretation.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
When the bus finally arrived at 9:30, the passengers were tired because they ___ for more than an hour.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The waiting started before and continued up to the later past reference point when the bus arrived.
• The past perfect continuous “had been waiting” emphasizes the duration of the activity before that past event.
• The present perfect continuous uses a present reference point, while the other past forms do not express the same prior duration as clearly.
• The past perfect continuous “had been waiting” emphasizes the duration of the activity before that past event.
• The present perfect continuous uses a present reference point, while the other past forms do not express the same prior duration as clearly.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Identify the inconsistent verb form in the sentence: “Last night, Mira finished the report, checks the figures, and emailed it to her supervisor.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Last night” establishes a finished past-time frame for the sequence.
• “Finished” and “emailed” are simple past forms, but “checks” is present simple and breaks the intended past narrative.
• The consistent correction is “checked,” producing three successive simple past actions.
• “Finished” and “emailed” are simple past forms, but “checks” is present simple and breaks the intended past narrative.
• The consistent correction is “checked,” producing three successive simple past actions.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Identify the verb phrase that should be corrected: “I have met the new coordinator yesterday at the training centre.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Yesterday” is a definite finished past-time expression.
• Standard English normally uses the simple past, so “have met” should be changed to “met.”
• The present perfect is generally incompatible with a finished past-time adverbial such as “yesterday.”
• Standard English normally uses the simple past, so “have met” should be changed to “met.”
• The present perfect is generally incompatible with a finished past-time adverbial such as “yesterday.”
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Choose the sentence that correctly presents Rahul’s tiredness at a past reporting point and an activity continuing before that point.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Said” establishes a past reporting point, and “was tired” consistently locates Rahul’s state at that past time.
• “Had been working” is past perfect continuous and places the continuing work before the past state of tiredness while emphasizing duration from dawn.
• The other options mix present, past, and future reference in ways that do not match the stated past-time relationship.
• “Had been working” is past perfect continuous and places the continuing work before the past state of tiredness while emphasizing duration from dawn.
• The other options mix present, past, and future reference in ways that do not match the stated past-time relationship.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Choose the correct sentence.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Reached” establishes a past reference point.
• The train’s departure happened before that past arrival, so the past perfect “had already left” clearly marks the earlier event.
• The other options mix present and past reference or fail to express the required earlier-past relationship.
• The train’s departure happened before that past arrival, so the past perfect “had already left” clearly marks the earlier event.
• The other options mix present and past reference or fail to express the required earlier-past relationship.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Choose the option that correctly completes both clauses: “The research team ___ the fieldwork last month, and it ___ the data now.”
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• “Last month” is a finished past period, so “completed” is the appropriate simple past form.
• “Now” indicates an activity currently in progress, so “is analysing” is appropriate.
• The tense shift is required because the two clauses refer to different times and different stages of the research process.
• “Now” indicates an activity currently in progress, so “is analysing” is appropriate.
• The tense shift is required because the two clauses refer to different times and different stages of the research process.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: C. travels / is working సమాధానం: C.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. was repairing / came సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. had prepared సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: B. Yesterday, Ravi entered the office, checked his mail, and left at noon. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. has known సమాధానం: C.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. has organised సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. organised సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. will be writing సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. will have checked సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. When the principal arrives tomorrow, the meeting will begin. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. If the rain stops before noon, the match will resume. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. boils సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. The library was closed yesterday, but it is open today. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. had completed సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. had been waiting సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. checks సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. have met సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Rahul said that he was tired because he had been working since dawn. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. When I reached the station, the train had already left. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. completed / is analysing సమాధానం: A.