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SSC Stenographer Tenses — practice questions

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Tenses in English grammar tell us theRead the answer and worked solution →There are how many main types of tenses in English?Read the answer and worked solution →Which catchword indicates Simple Present Tense?Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She ____ to school every morning.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: They ____ football right now.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: I ____ the book yesterday.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: We ____ in this house since 2010.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: By next year she ____ her degree.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: He ____ to the gym every Sunday.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She ____ for two hours when I called.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: They ____ dinner by the time we arrived.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: I ____ this novel since last week.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: While she ____ , the phone rang.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She will be ____ at this time tomorrow.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: The Sun ____ in the east every day.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: He ____ the report by 5 pm tomorrow.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: I ____ for this company for ten years now.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: She told me that she ____ the song before.Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correct form: Look! The baby ____ at us.Read the answer and worked solution →Fill the correct verb form (Tenses)Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: English TensesRead the answer and worked solution →Swipe: sort each sentence by its tenseRead the answer and worked solution →Pop only the verbs in their Simple Present formRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what tense marksRead the answer and worked solution →Present or past?Read the answer and worked solution →Forms of the verb 'to be'Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: subject and verb must agreeRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: choose the right verb formRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →

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Tenses in English grammar tell us the

  1. Time of the action expressed by the verb
  2. Place of the action expressed by the verb
  3. Person who is the object of the verb
  4. Reason for the action of the verb
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Correct answer: A. Time of the action expressed by the verb

1. The chapter opens by defining 'tense'. 2. Tense tells the time of the action. 3. Past, present and future are the three main tenses. 4. So option A is correct. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Tenses_

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There are how many main types of tenses in English?

  1. Two: past and present only
  2. Three: past, present and future
  3. Four: past, present, future and conditional
  4. One: time of speech only
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Correct answer: B. Three: past, present and future

1. The chapter section on tense lists three. 2. Past tense for completed actions. 3. Present tense for actions happening now. 4. Future tense for actions yet to occur. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on Tenses_

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Which catchword indicates Simple Present Tense?

  1. Last week only
  2. Yesterday only
  3. Tomorrow only
  4. Every day
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Correct answer: D. Every day

1. The chapter lists catchwords for Simple Present. 2. These include: every day, every week, every month, usually, often, always, on Mondays. 3. Yesterday signals past; tomorrow signals future. 4. So 'every day' is the right pick. _Source: SSC Stenographer Study Material, Chapter on Tenses (jkchrome.com, Mistral OCR'd PDF), catchwords for Simple Present_

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