Fill in the blanks with the correct options:
1. Jennifer _______ on the little rocks carefully avoiding the muddy puddles.
a) hops
b) hopping
c) was hopped
d) hopped
Answer: d)
2. Derrick _______ rice these days because the doctor advised him to do so.
a) is avoiding
b) avoided
c) will avoid
d) has avoided
Answer: a)
3. We want to __________ the Mayflower bridge before nine p.m. so that we can reach the castle on time.
a) crosses
b) was crossing
c) crossed
d) cross
Answer: d)
4. Rivaan ________ the beautiful sunrise in his camera.
a) captured
b) had capturing
c) will captured
d) capturing
Answer: a)
5. Hopefully, Susan is going to _______ her chores in an hour.
a) finishes
b) finished
c) finishing
d) finish
Answer: d)
6. My grandchildren are fond of _______ chess with me.
a) plays
b) will play
c) playing
d) were played
Answer: c)
7. Chris has ___________ the details of the California trip, but he clearly _________ the highlights of the same.
a) forgotten, remembers
b) forgot, remembers
c) forget, remembered
d) forgetting, remembering
Answer: a)
8. The two friends _______ their ways to pursue higher education in different countries.
a) parts
b) parting
c) parted
d) were parts
Answer: c)
9. Davis _______ tennis every Thursday afternoon with his friends here.
a) plays
b) played
c) will playing
d) is playing
Answer: a)
10. The ferocious-looking dog kept ________ at us until its owner took it inside the house.
a) barked
b) barks
c) will bark
d) barking
Answer: d)
11. Identify the tense of the given sentence:
He washes his car every week. (CREST 2021-22)
a) present continuous
b) present perfect
c) present indefinite
d) past indefinite
Answer: c)
12. Shelly was ________ a file when the phone rang.
a) reads
b) reading
c) read
d) will read
Answer: b)
13. Next year, we ________ a trip to the mountains.
a) takes
b) took
c) taking
d) will take
Answer: d)
14. Right now, Zayn is ________ on his laptop.
a) work
b) works
c) working
d) worked
Answer: c)
15. Mindi is happy because she ________ a new car last month.
a) buy
b) buys
c) buying
d) bought
Answer: d)
16. Fill in the blank with the correct past simple tense:
Sorry, I ________ hear you at the door. (CREST 2023-24)
a) didn't
b) wasn't
c) am not
d) aren't
Answer: a)
17. They ________ their house next year and shift to London.
a) sell
b) sells
c) will sell
d) selling
Answer: c)
18. Alice ________ her friend at the mall yesterday with her father.
a) see
b) saw
c) seeing
d) sees
Answer: b)
19. Jack’s father is ________ the lawn right now so, he’ll have tea later.
a) mow
b) mows
c) mowed
d) mowing
Answer: d)
20. The artist ________ a beautiful painting last week.
a) paint
b) paints
c) painting
d) painted
Answer: d)
