1.

They form a company with a registered / trademark and have it list

on the / sacramental stock exchange to competed / with similar other
organisations.
Answer – 2) have + 3rd form of the verb should be used hence, ‘listed’
should be used instead of ‘list’.
They form a company with a registered / trademark and have it listed
on the / sacramental stock exchange to compete / with similar other
organisations.
2. It was the eighteenth century satirist Joseph / Addison who told his
task / was “to enliven morality with wit, / and to temper wit with
morality”
Answer – 2) ‘told’ is used when there is someone else on whom the
action is being done hence, ‘told’ should be replaced with ‘said’.

It was the eighteenth century satirist Joseph / Addison who said his
task / was “to enliven morality with wit, / and to temper wit with
morality”
3. India has lost a leader who play a / vital role in the shaping of Tamil
Nadu during / a crucial phase of the / countrys economic development
and social progressing.
Answer – 1) Simple past tense should be used hence, ‘played’ should
be used instead of ‘play’.

India has lost a leader who played a / vital role in the shaping of Tamil
Nadu during / a crucial phase of the / country‘s economic development
and social progress.
4. She continued with MGR‘s policies, targeting the weaker / sections,
the rural peasants and the / unorganise workers through food subsidies
and / social welfare schemes, expanding the AIADMK reach
Answer – 3) The sentence is in simple past hence, ‘unorganised’ should
be used instead of ‘unorganise’

She continued with MGR‘s policies, targeting the weaker / sections, the
rural peasants and the / unorganised workers through food subsidies
and / social welfare schemes, expanding the AIADMK‘s reach
5. When India embark this year on the / goods and services tax, the
most sensible / tax reform in our history, the commissar / mentality of
the licence raj reasserted themselves.
Answer – 1) since the given sentences are in past tense hence, ‘embark’
should be replaced with ‘embarked’

When India embarked this year on the / goods and services tax, the
most sensible / tax reform in our history, the commissar / mentality of
the licence raj reasserted itself.
6. In its newly revamp version, traditional / bank notes that are
carefully collected, / counted and categorised, have been / replaced by
debit cards and swipe machines.
Answer – 1) since the given sentences are in past tense hence, ‘revamp’
should be replaced with ‘revamped’

6. In its newly revamped version, traditional / bank notes that were

carefully collected, / counted and categorised, have been / replaced by
debit cards and swipe machines.
7. The most important thing is / that it is programme in a way / so that
the chess pieces don‘t / collide during automatic movements.
Answer – 2) since the programming has already finished in the past
hence the ‘programme’ should be replaced with ‘programmed’

7. The most important thing is / that it is programmed in a way / so

that the chess pieces don‘t / collide during automatic movements.
8. The students sitting on the dais, / studied here / for three years, but
/ he has never created any problem.
Answer. (2) Replace ‘studied’ by ‘have studied’.
8. The students sitting on the dais, / have studied here / for three
years, but / they have never created any problem.
10. The chairman had not taken / any decision until / he had studied /
the case thoroughly.
Answer. (1) Replace ‘The chairman had not taken’ by ‘The chairman did
not take’.

The chairman did not take / any decision until / he had studied / the
case thoroughly.
11. The King had all the famous painters of his / kingdom gather in a
room and then / announce that he wants a beautiful /portrait of
herself made, to be placed in the palace.
Ans.(c) Sol. The sentence has an error in part (C). It talks about a
situation where the King first got all the famous painters of his kingdom
gather in a room and then announced something. Hence, since the
sentence is in past tense, past form of ‘announce’ must be used to
make it grammatically correct.

The King had all the famous painters of his / kingdom gathered in a
room and then / announced that he wanted a beautiful /portrait of
himself made, to be placed in the palace.
12. Much to / our regret the train left / before we reached / the station
last night.
Correct Option: b. Change 'left' to 'had left'.
Much to / our regret the train had left / before we reached / the
station last night.
13. Yesterday Donna watched a movie, cleaned her apartment and was
making lunch.
1) To making lunch
2) Made lunch
3) Making lunch
4) Had been making lunch
5) No correction required
Solution: b
Yesterday Donna watched a movie, cleaned her apartment and Made
lunch

The phrase in the bold needs to be replaced as the sentence doesn’t

follow parallelism. Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence
that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound
and meaning.
In the given sentence, the phrase in the bold is in past continuous while
all the other verbs are in simple past tense. Hence, ‘was making lunch’
must be replaced with made lunch to form a grammatically correct
sentence.
Therefore, option B is the correct answer.
14. He listened to melodious songs before he started the work.
1) Listen to melodious
2) Had listened to melodious
3) Had listen to melodious
4) Was listening to melodious
5) No correction required
Solution: b
He had listened to melodious songs before he started the work.

The correct replacement is ‘had listened to melodious’.

We use past perfect to talk about something that happened before
another action in the past, which is usually expressed by the simple
past.
Therefore, the phrase in the bold should be in past perfect tense.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
15. If there were more hours in a day, I will gladly help with this
project, but I already have so much on my plate right now.
1) Would gladly help
2) Will gladly helped
3) Is gladly helping
4) Shall gladly help
5) No correction required
Solution: a
The given sentence is an example of second conditional sentences.
Second conditional sentences are useful for expressing outcomes that
are completely unrealistic or will not likely happen in the future. The
correct way to structure second conditional sentences is to use the
simple past tense in the if-clause and an auxiliary modal verb (e.g.,
could, should, would, might) in the main clause (the one that expresses
the unrealistic or unlikely outcome).
Therefore, ‘will gladly help’ must be replaced with ‘would gladly help’to
form a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
16. He would be on time for the interview if he had left the house at
nine
1) Will be
2) Would have been
3) Had been
4) Was
5) No correction required
Solution: b
The given sentence is an example of third conditional sentences.
Third conditional sentences are used to explain that present
circumstances would be different if something different had happened
in the past. When using the third conditional, we use the past perfect
(i.e., had + past participle) in the if-clause. The modal auxiliary (would,
could, should, etc.) + have + past participle in the main clause
expresses the theoretical situation that could have happened.
Therefore, ‘would be’ must be replaced with ‘would have been’ to form
a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.
17. Yesterday a gang of youth has went on a rampage in the city.
1) Had been went
2) Have went
3) Had gone
4) Went
5) No correction required
Solution: d
The phrase ‘has went’ is incorrect.
One must not use adverbs of past time like yesterday, last year, last
month, ago, short while ago etc. with present perfect tense.
Therefore, the highlighted segment must be replaced with ‘went’ to
form a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
18. She have been taken to the hospital last week when her condition
suddenly deteriorated.
1) Was taken
2) Has been taken
3) Had been taken
4) Have been took
5) No correction required
Solution: a
The phrase ‘have been taken’ is incorrect.
Here the error lies in the usage of the present perfect continuous tense
instead of the simple past tense. The present perfect continuous is a
present tense. It can’t be used with adverbs of past time.
Therefore, ‘have been taken’ must be replaced with ‘was taken’ to form
a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
19. We will put our house on the market as soon as house prices
started to rise.
1) Will be put
2) Would put
3) Put
4) Would be putting
5) No correction required
Solution: c
The phrase ‘will put’ is incorrect.
The time clauses are introduced by conjunctions such as after, as soon
as, before, till, until, when, whenever, while or time expressions such as
the minute, the moment etc. We do not use the future tense (will) in a
time clause to describe future activities.
Therefore, ‘will put’ must be replaced with ‘put’ to form a
grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.
21. I wish I did not spend so much money last month.
1) Do not spend
2) Have not spend
3) Has not spend
4) Had not spent
5) No correction required
Solution: d
The phrase ‘did not spend’ is incorrect.
We use the past perfect tense to talk about the wishes for the past.
Therefore, ‘did not spend’ must be replaced with ‘had not spent’ to
form a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
22. They were dancing in the ballroom, when Mr. Hickles fall down.
1) Fell down
2) Had fallen down
3) Have fallen down
4) Has fallen down
5) No correction required
Solution: a
The emboldened phrase is incorrect.
If you are talking about a past action and you have a time clause with
WHEN, the next verb will always be in the simple past tense.
Therefore, ‘fall down’ must be replaced with ‘fell down’ to form a
grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.
23. I have been watching the programme every week, but I missed the
last episode.
1) Will be watching
2) Was watching
3) Am watching
4) Had been watching
5) No correction required
Solution: d
The emboldened phrase in the sentence is incorrect.
We use the past perfect continuous tense for something we had done
several times up to a point in the past. In this case, ‘have been
watching’ must be replaced with ‘had been watching’ to form a
grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.
24. She required a speech therapy after she suffered severe head
injuries in a car accident.
1) Had suffered
2) Has suffered
3) Have suffered
4) Has been suffering
5) No correction required
Solution: a
The verb ‘suffered’ is incorrect.
The subordinate clause that starts with ‘after’ should be in past perfect
tense.
Hence, ‘suffered’ must be replaced with ‘had suffered’ to form a
grammatically correct sentence.
Therefore, option A is the correct answer.
25. They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police had
caught up with them.
1) Catch up
2) Catches up
3) Caught up
4) Has caught up
5) No correction required
Solution: c
The phrase ‘had caught up’ is incorrect.
The subordinate clause that begins with ‘before’ should be in simple
past tense while the main clause should be in the past perfect tense.
Hence, ‘had caught up’ must be replaced with ‘caught up’ to form a
grammatically correct sentence.
The phrase ‘catch up’ means ‘to succeed in reaching a person who is
ahead of one’.
Therefore, option C is the correct answer.
26. By the time Jane arrived, we were waiting for 3 hours.
1) Waited
2) Had been waiting
3) Has been waiting
4) Have been waiting
5) No correction required
Solution: b
The phrase ‘were waiting’ is incorrect.
We use past perfect continuous tense to refer to the actions that
happened in the past for a particular period but not happening now.
Therefore, ‘were waiting’ must be replaced with ‘had been waiting’to
form a grammatically correct sentence.
Hence, option B is the correct answer.