CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
She is ___ university student.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. no article
Correct Answer: B
'University' begins with the consonant sound /juː/, so 'a' is correct.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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Choose the correct sentence.
A. He is a honest man.
B. He is an honest man.
C. He is the honest man.
D. He is honest man.
Correct Answer: B
'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the 'h' is silent, so 'an' is used.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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She acts as if she ___ everything.
A. knows
B. knew
C. has known
D. will know
Correct Answer: B
For an unreal or contrary-to-fact comparison after 'as if', a past form is commonly used.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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I will call you when I ___ home.
A. will reach
B. reach
C. reached
D. would reach
Correct Answer: B
In a future time clause introduced by 'when', use the present simple rather than 'will'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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He ___ for an hour before the doctor arrived.
A. waited
B. has waited
C. had been waiting
D. was waited
Correct Answer: C
The past perfect continuous emphasizes duration before another past event.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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At this time tomorrow, we ___ for Lahore.
A. travel
B. will be traveling
C. have traveled
D. traveled
Correct Answer: B
The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a particular future time.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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By next June, she ___ her degree.
A. completes
B. completed
C. will have completed
D. has completed
Correct Answer: C
The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specified future time.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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This is the first time I ___ such a beautiful place.
A. saw
B. had seen
C. have seen
D. see
Correct Answer: C
'This is the first time...' is normally followed by the present perfect.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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Hardly had he reached home when it ___.
A. starts raining
B. started raining
C. has started raining
D. will start raining
Correct Answer: B
After the past-perfect first event, the second past event normally takes the simple past.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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No sooner ___ the bell rung than the students rushed out.
A. has
B. had
C. did
D. was
Correct Answer: B
The structure is 'No sooner had + subject + past participle + than...'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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It is time we ___ home.
A. go
B. went
C. will go
D. have gone
Correct Answer: B
After 'It is time', a past tense often expresses that an action should happen now.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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I wish I ___ harder for the test.
A. study
B. studied
C. had studied
D. would study
Correct Answer: C
For regret about the past, 'wish + past perfect' is used.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Sentence Structure and Correction
I wish I ___ the answer.
A. know
B. knew
C. will know
D. have known
Correct Answer: B
After 'wish' for a present unreal situation, the past tense is used: 'I wish I knew'.
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If he had studied harder, he ___ the exam.
A. would pass
B. will pass
C. would have passed
D. passed
Correct Answer: C
A third conditional uses 'if + past perfect' and 'would have + past participle'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
A. am
B. was
C. were
D. will be
Correct Answer: C
In formal hypothetical conditionals, 'were' is used for all persons: 'If I were you'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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If it ___ tomorrow, we will cancel the match.
A. will rain
B. rains
C. rained
D. would rain
Correct Answer: B
In a first conditional, the if-clause uses the simple present and the main clause uses 'will'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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He said that he ___ the work the next day.
A. will finish
B. would finish
C. finishes
D. has finished
Correct Answer: B
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, future 'will' normally backshifts to 'would'.
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When I entered the room, they ___.
A. talked
B. were talking
C. have talked
D. had talk
Correct Answer: B
An action already in progress when another past action occurred takes the past continuous.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
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I ___ this book for two weeks.
A. have had
B. am having
C. had
D. have been having
Correct Answer: A
'Have' meaning possession is normally stative and is used in the present perfect: 'have had'.
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She ___ here since 2020.
A. works
B. worked
C. has been working
D. is working
Correct Answer: C
'Since 2020' indicates an action that began in the past and continues to the present, so the present perfect continuous is appropriate.