Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
1. The Sun _______ brightly in the sky.
a) are shining
b) is shining
c) were shining
d) have shining
Answer: b)
2. Laila ______ the rope.
a) has skipping
b) were skipping
c) is skipping
d) will skipped
Answer: c)
3. Robin threw the ball up in the air, but it _____ back on his head.
a) bounces
b) will bounce
c) bounced
d) bouncing
Answer: c)
4. The birds ____ their nests on the orange tree.
a) built
b) was built
c) builting
d) was built
Answer: a)
5. The gorilla _______ effortlessly through the trees in its jungle habitat.
a) swing
b) swinging
c) has swing
d) swung
Answer: d)
6. The tortoise slowly _____ its way across the garden, munching on leaves along the way.
a) has make
b) made
c) making
d) were making
Answer: b)
7. She _____ the flour to remove any clumps before baking the cake.
a) sieve
b) has sieves
c) sieved
d) was sieve
Answer: c)
8. The frog _____ across the pond to reach the other side.
a) jumped
b) was jump
c) jump
d) jumping
Answer: a)
9. Myra _____ the selfie at the restaurant while waiting for her food to arrive.
a) take
b) taking
c) has taken
d) took
Answer: d)
10. He _____ his favourite cartoons the whole Sunday.
a) watched
b) glanced
c) sighted
d) looked
Answer: a)
11. Fill in the blank with a suitable verb form:
It never ______ here in winter. (CREST 2021-22)
a) snowed
b) snowing
c) snow
d) snows
Answer: b)
12. Danny _____ his homework before going out to play soccer with his friends.
a) does
b) did
c) doing
d) has do
Answer: b)
13. Yesterday while walking in the park, we _____ a beautiful rainbow after the rain.
a) see
b) sees
c) seeing
d) saw
Answer: d)
14. Mr Smith _____ the answer sheets before the students left the exam room.
a) collect
b) collecting
c) collected
d) collects
Answer: c)
15. Those children _____ a sandcastle at the beach.
a) build
b) builds
c) building
d) built
Answer: d)
16. Fill in the blank with the correct verb to complete the sentence:
George and Della _________ going to the cinema. (CREST 2022-23)
a) is
b) am
c) are
d) have
Answer: c)
17. We _____ to the top of the mountain last summer.
a) hiked
b) hikes
c) hike
d) hiking
Answer: a)
18. Shelly _______ the book on the table before leaving the room for dinner.
a) lays
b) laid
c) lay
d) laying
Answer: b)
19. The students _______ their science projects with great enthusiasm in science exhibition.
a) present
b) presenting
c) presents
d) presented
Answer: d)
20. Fill in the blank using the most suitable verb form:
Smiths have ______ living here for eight months now. (CREST 2023-24)
a) was
b) is
c) are
d) been
Answer: d)
