Grammar

Medium

Select most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The receptionist informed the manager that a number of applicants______ an hour ago.

had arrived

arrived

were arriving

have arrived

✅ Correct Option: 1

The reporting verb 'informed' is in the past, and the applicants' arrival happened earlier ('an hour ago' relative to that past moment). An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: 'had arrived'.

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Choose the indirect form of the following sentence from the option given:

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Match List I with List II

Fill in appropriate modals from list II in The sentences in List I.

LIST I	LIST II
A. No one _____ question the ways of God	I. Could
B. How _____ you shout at your parents?	II. Would
C. _____ you like to have breakfast with me?	III. Can
D. We _____ respect our elders	IV. ought to

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Spot the error in the following sentence

It is often said that some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some had greatness threst on them.

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Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below.

Select most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The receptionist informed the manager that a number of applicants______ an hour ago.

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Select most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The receptionist informed the manager that a number of applicants______ an hour ago.