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JAMB and WAEC English Language questions: Tenses and verb forms

51 questions with answers and explanations. Tap an option to check yourself.

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  1. Question 41· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By the time we reached the station, the train ____.

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  2. Question 42· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The bell ___ while we were writing the test.

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  3. Question 43· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Hardly ___ the hall when the lights went out.

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  4. Question 44· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Femi ____ to school every day.

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  5. Question 45· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By next June, she ______ in this school for five years.

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  6. Question 46· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: This time next week, we ____ our final examination.

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  7. Question 47· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The letter ______ yesterday.

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  8. Question 48· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He ______ the house when the phone rang.

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  9. Question 49· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He used to ______ to school, but now he takes a bus.

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  10. Question 50· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He ____ the ball over the fence yesterday.

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  11. Question 51· Tenses and verb forms· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: When I arrived, the meeting ______.

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