English MCQs

John ________ to join the medical college, but he ______ to get admission.

A. Wanted, had failed

B. Had wanted, failed

C. Had wanted, had failed

D. Want, failed

I ___ the assignment before the bell ___

A. Had finished, rang

B. Finished, had rung

C. Had finished, had rung

D. Finish, will ring

After ___ into the bus we discovered that we ______ the wrong one.

A. Got, boarded

B. Getting, had boarded

C. Get, boarded

D. Getting, board

When I ________ to the hospital, the doctor ________ the operation.

A. Went, had performed

B. Had gone, performed

C. Went, performed

D. Go, performed

In the morning, he ________ a torn shirt but in the evening he changed it.

A. Is put on

B. Had put on

C. Has put on

D. Was put on

Last week some wicked people ________ brown sugar into the town but they were arrested.

A. Smuggle

B. Smuggled

C. Have smuggled

D. Are smuggling

I ______ a number of detective novels when I was a child.

A. Read

B. Was read

C. Had read

D. Have read

Last year they ______ a high wall around the house.

A. Build

B. Built

C. Was building

D. Had build

I _________ French from my friend who ______ in France.

A. Learn, lives

B. Learnt, lives

C. Learn, lived

D. Had learnt, lives

Jim Corbett ________ animals, but he _______ several man-eaters.

A. Loved, would kill

B. Loved, killed

C. Loved, had killed

D. Love, kill