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JKSSB Class-IV & MTS · English · 28 practice questions with answers and explanations: 8 Easy, 10 Medium, 10 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Fill in the blank: "We ___ dinner when the phone rang."

  1. eat
  2. ate
  3. were eating
  4. have eaten
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Answer: C. An ongoing action interrupted by another past action uses the past continuous: 'were eating'.

Sample Medium question 2

Fill in the blank: "He has been working here ___ 2015."

  1. for
  2. since
  3. from
  4. at
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Answer: B. 'Since' is used with a specific point in time; 'for' would be used with a duration.

Sample Hard question 3

Fill in the blank: "No sooner had he reached the station ___ the train left."

  1. when
  2. than
  3. then
  4. that
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Answer: B. 'No sooner...than' is the standard correlative pairing.

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