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He ___ the email before he left the office.
A. sends
B. had sent
C. has sent tomorrow
D. is sending
Correct Answer: B
The sending occurred before another past action, so past perfect is appropriate.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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By next December, the company ___ this product for five years.
A. will sell
B. will have been selling
C. sold
D. is selling yesterday
Correct Answer: B
Future perfect continuous expresses duration up to a future point.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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I ___ him for years before we became colleagues.
A. know
B. had known
C. have known now
D. am knowing
Correct Answer: B
Past perfect can describe a state that existed before another past event.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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She usually ___ early, but today she ___ late.
A. arrives / is coming
B. is arriving / comes
C. arrive / came
D. arrived / comes
Correct Answer: A
Simple present expresses habit; present continuous expresses a temporary current situation.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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I will inform you as soon as the result ___.
A. will arrive
B. arrives
C. arrived
D. would arrive
Correct Answer: B
Future time clauses after 'as soon as' use the present simple.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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If the weather ___ fine tomorrow, we will travel.
A. will be
B. is
C. was
D. would be
Correct Answer: B
A first conditional uses the simple present in the if-clause.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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He said he ___ the payment the following week.
A. will make
B. would make
C. makes
D. has made
Correct Answer: B
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, 'will' normally backshifts to 'would'.
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This is the first time I ___ this software.
A. used
B. have used
C. had use
D. use yesterday
Correct Answer: B
'This is the first time...' normally takes the present perfect.
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She ___ for two hours before the bus finally arrived.
A. waited
B. had been waiting
C. has waited
D. is waiting
Correct Answer: B
Past perfect continuous emphasizes duration before another past event.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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By 10 a.m. tomorrow, he ___ his interview.
A. will have completed
B. will be completing
C. completes
D. completed
Correct Answer: A
Future perfect describes an action completed before a specified future point.
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At 10 a.m. tomorrow, he ___ his interview.
A. attends
B. will be attending
C. attended
D. has attended
Correct Answer: B
Future continuous describes an action in progress at a specific future time.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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When I saw her, she ___ to a client.
A. spoke
B. was speaking
C. has spoken
D. had speak
Correct Answer: B
An action in progress at a past moment takes the past continuous.
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I ___ this book three times so far.
A. read yesterday
B. have read
C. had read before 2010
D. am read
Correct Answer: B
'So far' commonly takes the present perfect.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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He ___ in Karachi since 2018.
A. lives
B. has lived
C. lived yesterday
D. is live
Correct Answer: B
'Since 2018' indicates a situation beginning in the past and continuing to the present.
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By the time the guests arrived, we ___ dinner.
A. prepared
B. had prepared
C. have prepared
D. are preparing
Correct Answer: B
The earlier of two past actions is commonly expressed with the past perfect.
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Choose the correct sentence.
A. She has finished the assignment yesterday.
B. She finished the assignment yesterday.
C. She had finish the assignment yesterday.
D. She finishes the assignment yesterday.
Correct Answer: B
A definite finished past time such as 'yesterday' requires the simple past.
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Choose the correct completion: 'There ___ little hope of recovery.'
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. have
Correct Answer: C
'Hope' is uncountable here, so the singular verb 'is' is correct.
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Choose the correct completion: 'There ___ several reasons for the delay.'
A. is
B. are
C. has
D. was
Correct Answer: B
The notional subject 'several reasons' is plural, so 'are' is correct.
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Choose the correct sentence.
A. The committee has submitted its unanimous report.
B. The committee have submitted its unanimous report in every context.
C. The committee has submit its report.
D. The committee are submitted its report.
Correct Answer: A
When a collective noun acts as one unit, singular agreement is appropriate.
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Choose the correct completion: 'All of the advice ___ useful.'
A. are
B. were
C. is
D. have
Correct Answer: C
'Advice' is uncountable and singular.