8th Class English Tenses Question Bank Tenses

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    Read the passage given below and choose the correct options that can replace the underlined portions.
    When the king \[\underline{\mathbf{Q8}}\] them what they \[\underline{\mathbf{Q9}}\], they \[\underline{\mathbf{Q10}}\] they \[\underline{\mathbf{Q11}}\] away the clock to mend it. They said, "We \[\underline{\mathbf{Q12}}\] the clock \[\underline{\mathbf{Q13}}\], as it \[\underline{\mathbf{Q14}}\] to make noises, and the longer hand will \[\underline{\mathbf{Q15}}\] down sometime soon.

    A)  must be                             

    B)  must   

    C)  must have                         

    D)  had had

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     The words required for all the blanks are dependent on each other. The choices [a] and [b] for Q12. are incorrect. Both 'must have' and 'had had' are correct but 'had had' does not go with any choice in question (15). Hence 'must have' for Q (12) is the only correct choice


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