Precis & Composition
English Tenses
The doorbell is ringing. I _____ it.
A. answer
B. will answer
C. answered
D. have answered
Correct Answer: B
A decision made at the moment of speaking is typically expressed with 'will'.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
He promises that he _____ on time.
A. arrives yesterday
B. will arrive
C. arrived
D. has arrived last week
Correct Answer: B
A promise about future behavior can be expressed with 'will'.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
If you study regularly, you _____ better results.
A. get yesterday
B. will get
C. got
D. have got last year
Correct Answer: B
The main clause of a first conditional normally uses 'will + base verb'.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
I am sure she _____ the interview.
A. passes
B. will pass
C. passed tomorrow
D. has passed tomorrow
Correct Answer: B
A prediction about the future commonly takes 'will + base verb'.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
_____ you please open the window?
A. Do
B. Will
C. Did
D. Have
Correct Answer: B
'Will you...?' is a common form for requests.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
Don't worry; I _____ you with the application.
A. help
B. will help
C. helped
D. have helped
Correct Answer: B
A spontaneous decision or offer made at the moment of speaking commonly uses 'will'.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
I think Pakistan _____ the match.
A. wins
B. will win
C. is winning yesterday
D. has won tomorrow
Correct Answer: B
'Will' is commonly used for predictions based on opinion or belief.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
He _____ on the case for months when new evidence emerged.
A. works
B. had been working
C. has worked
D. is working
Correct Answer: B
The work had been continuing for months up to the past moment when new evidence emerged.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
Which sentence best emphasizes duration before a past event?
A. She worked there for ten years before she resigned.
B. She had been working there for ten years before she resigned.
C. She has been working there before she resigned.
D. She is working there before she resigned.
Correct Answer: B
The past perfect continuous explicitly emphasizes the length of an ongoing activity before a past event.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
He finally passed the exam after he _____ for months.
A. studied
B. had been studying
C. has studied
D. was study
Correct Answer: B
The studying was an extended activity leading up to a later past result.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
The workers _____ the road for weeks before the project was suspended.
A. repaired
B. had been repairing
C. have repaired
D. are repairing
Correct Answer: B
The activity continued for a period before another past event.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
The ground was wet because it _____.
A. rained
B. had been raining
C. has been raining
D. is raining
Correct Answer: B
A past visible result caused by an earlier continuing activity favors the past perfect continuous.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
Before the rain stopped, it _____ continuously for two hours.
A. rained
B. had been raining
C. has rained
D. was rain
Correct Answer: B
The past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an activity before another past event.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
How long _____ they _____ there before the manager came?
A. did / work
B. had / been working
C. have / worked
D. were / work
Correct Answer: B
The question asks about duration continuing up to a past reference point.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
She _____ all night, so her eyes were red.
A. studied
B. had been studying
C. has studied
D. was study
Correct Answer: B
A continuing activity before a past result is expressed with the past perfect continuous.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
They _____ for the bus for thirty minutes before it arrived.
A. waited
B. had been waiting
C. have been waiting
D. were waited
Correct Answer: B
The waiting continued over a period before another past event.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
He was tired because he _____ for five hours.
A. worked
B. had been working
C. has been working
D. was work
Correct Answer: B
The past perfect continuous emphasizes duration before a past point and often explains a past result.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
He said that he _____ the assignment before the deadline.
A. completes
B. had completed
C. has completed
D. will complete
Correct Answer: B
Backshift in reported speech can place an already completed earlier action in the past perfect.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
If I _____ about the vacancy earlier, I would have applied.
A. knew
B. had known
C. have known
D. was knowing
Correct Answer: B
A third conditional uses the past perfect in the if-clause.
Precis & Composition
English Tenses
Hardly _____ the match _____ when it started to rain.
A. did / begin
B. had / begun
C. has / begun
D. was / beginning
Correct Answer: B
'Hardly had ... when ...' is the standard formal construction for two closely successive past events.