Choose the correct option of the following MCQs.

1. The earth ______ round the sun.

a. move b. moves c. moved
2. My friends _____the Prime Minister yesterday.
a. see b. have c. seen d. saw
3. I _____him only one letter up to now.
a. sent b. have sent c. send
4. She ______worried about something.
a. looks b. looking c. is looking
5. It started to rain while we ______tennis.
a. are playing b. were playing c. had played d. have played
6. He ______fast when the accident happened.
a. is driving b. was driving c. drove
7. He _____asleep while he was driving.
a. falls b. fell c. has fallen d. was falling
8. The plane____ at 3:30
a. arrives b. will arrive c. has arrived d. had arrives
9. I will phone you when he _____back.
a. comes b. will come c. has come d. had come
10. When I get home, my dog _____at the gate waiting for me.
a. sits b. will be waiting c. has been waiting d. had been waiting
11. I _____ the Joshis the evening.
a. visit b. will visit c. had visit d. have visit
12. Look at those black clouds. It______
a. will rain b. is going to rain
13. The train ______before we reach the station.
a. arrives b. will have arrived
14. Unless we _______ know we can't be on time.
a. start b. will start
15. I ______into town later on do you want a lift
a. drive b. will be driving
16. The next term ______on 16th
a. begins b.is beginning
17. I am sure she _______the exam
a. passes b. will pass
18. I _______home next Sunday
a. go b. am going
19. I _____you one of these days, I expect.
a. see b. will be seeing
20. Help! I ____fall.
a. will fall b. am going to fall
21. She has bought some cloth; she _____herself a blouse.
a. will make b. is going to make
22. I _____your house this afternoon. It is on my way home from work.
a. will be passing b. am passing
23. Hurry up! The programme _____
a. will start b. is about to start
24. This book is not long. I ____it by launch time.
a. will be reading b. will have read
25. I _____Rahim at the zoo.
a. saw b. have seen c had seen
26. I ____Kumar this week.
a. have not seen b. did not seen c. am not seeing
27. This paper ____twice weekly.
a. is appearing b. appears c. appearing
28. Ashok fell off the ladder when he _____the roof.
a. is mending b. was mending c. mended
29. The headmaster ___to speak to you
a. wants b. is wanting c. was wanting
30. I _____a new bicycle last week.
a. bought b. have bought c. had bought
31. It _____since early morning
a. rained b. since morning c. has been raining
32. Here are your shoes ; I ____them
a. just clean b. just cleaned c. have just cleaned
33. I _____a lot of work today.
a. did b. have done c. had done
34. I _____something burning.
a. smell b. am smelling c. have been smelling
35. Look! The sun ______over the hills.
a. rises b. is rise c. is rising
36. She _____unconscious since four o` clock.
a. is b. has been c. was
37. He used to visit us every week, but he ____now.
a. rarely comes b. is rarely coming c. really come
38. We ____for his cell since 4:20.
a. are waiting b. were waiting c. have been waiting
39. Every day last week my aunt ____a plate
a. brake b. broke c. was breaking
40. I know all about that film because I ____it twice
a. saw b. have seen c. had seen
41. Our guests _____: they are sitting in the garden.
a. arrived b. have arrived c. had arrived
42. I ____him since we met a year ago
a. didn’t see b. haven’t seen c. hadn`t seen
43. We ____our breakfast half an hour ago
a. finished b. have finished c. had finished
44. She jumped off the bus while it ____.
a. moved b. had moved c. was moving
45. When we went to the cinema, the film ________.
a. already started b. had already started c. would already start
46. I _____for half an hour when it suddenly started to rain.
a. have walked b. have been walking c. had been walking
47. When I _____ my dinner I went to bed
a. had b. have had c. had had
48. Men _____to abolish wars up to now, but maybe they will find a way in the future
a. never managed b. have never managed c. will have never managed
49. I _____English for five years
a. study b. am studying c. have been studying
50. I ____Kumar this week.
a. haven`t seen b. didn`t seen c. am not seeing
51. The more haste, the less speed
a. Epigram b. Irony c. Climax d. Litotes
52. I must be taught my duty, and by you !
a. Paradox b. exclamatory c. Irony d. apostrophe
53. HE makes no friend, who never made a foe.
a. Epigram b. Similie c. Hyperbole d. Metaphor
54. Charity suffereth long and is kind
a. metaphor b. simile c. Personification d. apostrophe
55. Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
a. interrogative b. negative c. Synecdoche d. Oxymoron
56. Exult, O shores and ring O bells!
a. Apostrophe b. Epigram c. Oxymoron d. Paradox
57. We had nothing to do, and we did it very well.
a. epigram b. paradox c. Synecdoche d. Climax
58. They speak like saints, and act like devils.
a. Simile b. Epigram c. antithesis d. Metonymy
59. The best way to learn a language is to speak it
a. Epigram b. oxymoron c. Metaphor d. Hyperbole
60. Let not ambition mock their useful toil
a. Anthesis b. Synecdoche c. Epigram d. paradox