Assam D. El. Ed - General English

SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

SCERT D. El. Ed 2026 – General English MCQs

Tenses and Sentence Structure

Q21. Choose the correct tense: ‘The sun ______ in the east.’
  • A. rise
  • B. rises
  • C. rose
  • D. rising
Correct Answer: B. rises
Explanation: A general truth always takes the Present Simple; ‘sun’ is third-person singular, so ‘rises’ is correct.
Q22. She ______ a book right now.
  • A. reads
  • B. is reading
  • C. has read
  • D. read
Correct Answer: B. is reading
Explanation: ‘Right now’ signals the Present Continuous, the form is ‘is/am/are + V-ing’.
Q23. They ______ in this house since 2010.
  • A. live
  • B. are living
  • C. have lived
  • D. lived
Correct Answer: C. have lived
Explanation: ‘Since 2010’ indicates an action that began in the past and continues, requiring the Present Perfect.
Q24. She ______ when the phone rang.
  • A. reads
  • B. was reading
  • C. has read
  • D. is reading
Correct Answer: B. was reading
Explanation: An ongoing past action interrupted by another past event uses the Past Continuous.
Q25. By the time the doctor arrived, the patient ______
  • A. recovers
  • B. recovered
  • C. had recovered
  • D. has recovered
Correct Answer: C. had recovered
Explanation: The Past Perfect (had + V3) is used for an action completed before another past action.
Q26. I ______ you with the assignment tomorrow.
  • A. help
  • B. helped
  • C. will help
  • D. am helping
Correct Answer: C. will help
Explanation: A decision or promise made about the future uses the Future Simple, ‘will + V1’.
Q27. It ______ since morning.
  • A. rains
  • B. is raining
  • C. has been raining
  • D. rained
Correct Answer: C. has been raining
Explanation: The Present Perfect Continuous (has/have been + V-ing) shows an action that began in the past and is still in progress.
Q28. By next year, she ______ her degree.
  • A. completes
  • B. completed
  • C. will complete
  • D. will have completed
Correct Answer: D. will have completed
Explanation: The Future Perfect (will have + V3) refers to an action that will be finished by a stated future time.
Q29. He had been studying for hours when the power ______
  • A. goes out
  • B. went out
  • C. has gone out
  • D. was going out
Correct Answer: B. went out
Explanation: With the Past Perfect Continuous in the main clause, the time clause takes the Past Simple.
Q30. Identify the tense of: ‘She has never visited Delhi.’
  • A. Present Simple
  • B. Present Perfect
  • C. Past Perfect
  • D. Past Simple
Correct Answer: B. Present Perfect
Explanation: ‘Has + past participle’ indicates the Present Perfect, used for experiences up to the present.
Q31. Choose the correct sentence.
  • A. He don’t like tea.
  • B. He doesn’t likes tea.
  • C. He doesn’t like tea.
  • D. He not like tea.
Correct Answer: C. He doesn’t like tea.
Explanation: In the Present Simple, ‘does not’ is used with third-person singular, and the main verb stays in the base form.
Q32. Water ______ at one hundred degrees Celsius.
  • A. boil
  • B. boils
  • C. is boiling
  • D. boiled
Correct Answer: B. boils
Explanation: Scientific facts are expressed in the Present Simple regardless of context.
Q33. If it ______ tomorrow, she will stay at home.
  • A. rains
  • B. rained
  • C. will rain
  • D. had rained
Correct Answer: A. rains
Explanation: In a Type 1 conditional, the if-clause uses the Present Simple and the main clause uses ‘will + V1’.
Q34. If it had rained, she ______ at home.
  • A. will stay
  • B. would stay
  • C. would have stayed
  • D. had stayed
Correct Answer: C. would have stayed
Explanation: In a Type 3 conditional, the structure is ‘if + Past Perfect, would have + V3’.
Q35. They ______ football at five o’clock yesterday.
  • A. play
  • B. played
  • C. were playing
  • D. have played
Correct Answer: C. were playing
Explanation: The Past Continuous expresses an action in progress at a specific past time.
Q36. Choose the correct form: ‘He said that the earth ______ around the sun.’
  • A. revolved
  • B. revolves
  • C. will revolve
  • D. had revolved
Correct Answer: B. revolves
Explanation: A universal truth always remains in the Present Simple even within a past reporting clause.
Q37. She ______ to Jorhat this time tomorrow.
  • A. travels
  • B. will travel
  • C. will be travelling
  • D. is travelling
Correct Answer: C. will be travelling
Explanation: The Future Continuous (will be + V-ing) describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment.
Q38. Which sentence is in the Past Perfect tense?
  • A. She was writing a letter.
  • B. She has written a letter.
  • C. She had written a letter.
  • D. She writes a letter.
Correct Answer: C. She had written a letter.
Explanation: The Past Perfect uses ‘had + past participle’, so ‘had written’ fits the pattern.
Q39. They ______ for the bus since seven in the morning.
  • A. wait
  • B. are waiting
  • C. have been waiting
  • D. had been waiting
Correct Answer: C. have been waiting
Explanation: ‘Since seven in the morning’ shows a duration continuing to the present, requiring the Present Perfect Continuous.
Q40. Which sentence shows a habitual action?
  • A. She is reading a book.
  • B. She reads a book every evening.
  • C. She has read the book.
  • D. She was reading a book.
Correct Answer: B. She reads a book every evening.
Explanation: ‘Every evening’ indicates habitual action, expressed by the Present Simple.

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