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15 Class 9 English questions with answers and explanations.
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She ___ to school every day.
Correct answer: goes
A singular subject takes goes in the simple present.
They ___ football when it started to rain.
Correct answer: were playing
The past continuous shows an action in progress when another began.
I ___ my homework already.
He ___ here since 2020.
Correct answer: has lived
Since with a starting point needs the present perfect.
By next year, she ___ her degree.
Correct answer: will have completed
The future perfect shows completion before a future time.
Choose the correct sentence.
Correct answer: He doesn't like tea.
Does not takes the base form of the verb.
He ____ here since 2015. (live)
Correct answer: has lived
Since a point in time is used with the present perfect.
They ____ cricket when it started to rain. (play)
Correct answer: were playing
The past continuous shows an action in progress in the past.
By next June she ____ her degree. (finish)
Correct answer: will have finished
The future perfect shows an action completed before a future time.
Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?
Correct answer: I have finished my work.
The present perfect uses have or has with V3.
The past participle of write is:
I ____ him yesterday. (see)
Correct answer: saw
Yesterday fixes a finished time, so the past simple is used.
Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius. (boil)
The train ____ before we reached the station. (leave)
Correct answer: had left
The past perfect shows the earlier of two past actions.
Which of these is correct?
Correct answer: I have known him for ten years.
Know is a state verb, and for goes with a period of time.