Write only the correct answers: Choose the correct option: By the time we arrived, the film ____. (started / had started / has started) Fill in the…

Write only the correct answers:

  1. Choose the correct option: By the time we arrived, the film ____. (started / had started / has started)
  2. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: She is good ____ solving problems.
  3. Correct the error: Neither the teacher nor the students was present.
  4. Write the noun form of “decide.”
  5. Choose the correct option: I wish I ____ taller. (am / were / will be)
  6. Choose the correct option: Hardly ____ the station when the train left. (I had reached / had I reached / I reached)
  7. Change to passive voice: Someone has stolen my bicycle.
  8. Change to indirect speech: She said to me, “Will you help me tomorrow?”
  9. Choose the word closest in meaning to “meticulous”: (careless / extremely careful / quick / angry)
  10. Combine into one sentence using “despite”: It was raining heavily. They continued the match.

From the Combined Bank Assistant Programmer (CSE) October 2026 – Written (BIBM) exam, question 20 of 21.

Answers (1)

  1. had started — By the time we arrived, the film had started.
  2. at — She is good at solving problems.
  3. Neither the teacher nor the students were present. (with neither…nor the verb agrees with the nearer subject, “students”)
  4. decision
  5. were — I wish I were taller.
  6. had I reached — Hardly had I reached the station when the train left.
  7. My bicycle has been stolen.
  8. She asked me if (whether) I would help her the next day.
  9. extremely careful
  10. Despite the heavy rain, they continued the match.

— rhs

More from this paper