Verb Tenses | MCQs

Explanation

Here “Yesterday” shows past indefinite tense.

Second form of a verb is used in PIT in simple sentences.

Come is the first while Came is the second of the verb.

Explanation

"Has been arrested" is in the present perfect passive voice, where "arrested" functions as a past participle verb.

The structure has been + past participle indicates a completed action.

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Explanation

"Minutes ago" indicates a completed action in the past, so simple past tense is used.

Correct sentence: "He went out five minutes ago."

Explanation

See is a verb.

Second form: Saw

Third form: Seen

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Explanation

Till means the same thing as until.

Till is not an abbreviation of until—it's actually older than until—and it should not be written with an apostrophe.

Explanation

Only the finite verbs (verbs that show or decide the tense of the whole sentence) undergo voice change. Here ‘will have completed’ is the finite verb.

(Incidentally, the verb ‘get’ in the subordinate clause ‘by the time we get there’ is intransitive in nature. It has no object in this context.)

Explanation

The preposition since is used to show point of time e.g. Since 2015, Since May etc.

 The preposition for is used to show period of time e.g. For 3 days, For one hour etc.

Explanation

A direct object is a word or phrase that receives the action of the verb.

The students eat cake,

the direct object is cake; the word eat is the verb and cake is what's being eaten.