All Free English MCQs with Answers

2991. When we went to cinema the film

• A. already started
• B. had already started
• C. would already started
• D. started already

Explanation: The correct answer is "had already started." The sentence is in the past perfect tense, indicating that the film's starting (a past action) occurred before another past action (going to the cinema).

2992. The officers who were on inspection in this factory _ many discrepancies.

• A. Were discovered
• B. Discovered
• C. Are discovered
• D. Had been discovered

Explanation: B is the correct option because this is an active voice and past tense. It correctly shows the officers performing the action of finding discrepancies.

2993. Had the police not reached here on time, the traders _ robbed.

• A. Would have
• B. Would had
• C. Would have been
• D. Would had been

Explanation: This is a third conditional sentence. Correct structure: If + past perfect + would have + past participle. Had the police not reached here on time, the traders would have been robbed.

2994. Police Officers _ to the theater should be checked in every nook and corner completely.

• A. Sent to
• B. Were sent to
• C. Sent
• D. Would have sent to

Explanation: The main verb of the sentence is 'should be checked'. The blank therefore needs a reduced passive relative clause (past participle): 'Police officers sent to the theater should be checked...'. Hence option A is correct.

2995. When the minister was shot dead, people _ here and there to save themselves.

• A. Were run
• B. Was run
• C. Ran
• D. Runs

Explanation: This is the correct past tense form of the verb "run" in active voice, indicating that people performed action of running.

2996. When the thief broke into their house they raised a hue and cry and the thief immediately _ by the people.

• A. Caught
• B. Was caught
• C. Had caught
• D. Has caught

Explanation: The sentence is in the passive voice. It should read: "the thief immediately was caught by the people." The action was done to the thief, so the passive form is correct.

2997. The city _ by riots.

• A. Were torn
• B. Has torn
• C. Was torn
• D. Had torn

Explanation: This is the correct past tense passive voice construction. It correctly indicates that the city was the subject of the action (being torn) by riots.

2998. The truck driver _ the lady who was walking in the middle of the road.

• A. Was accused
• B. Has accused
• C. Accused
• D. Is accused

Explanation: The sentence should read: "The truck driver accused the lady who was walking in the middle of the road." Here, the subject (truck driver) is performing the action.

2999. By the time he arrived, everybody _.

• A. Had been gone
• B. Had gone
• C. Has been gone
• D. Was gone

Explanation: The phrase "By the time he arrived" indicates that the action of leaving was completed before another past action. In English, when one past action happens before another past action, we use the past perfect tense: had + past participle. The verb "leave" → past participle = gone. Therefore: "By the time he arrived, everybody had gone."

3000. By whom _ written?

• A. A letter was
• B. Has a letter
• C. Was a letter
• D. Had a letter

Explanation: In passive voice, the auxiliary verb 'was' comes before the subject. So the sentence becomes: "By whom was a letter written?"