Question

Choose the best word/phrase to complete the sentence-
Now remember, you _ _ _ _ _ the test until the teacher tells you to.
a) Are not start
b) Are not to start
c) Haven’t started
d) Haven’t to start

Answer 1

Hint: In such questions, you must read the given statement carefully and pay attention to the tense, and other grammatical aspects of the sentence.

Complete answer:
There are certain grammatical rules to be followed while doing such sentences. You have to see if the subject of the sentence satisfies the given options or not. You must also see if the verb is in its correct form. In the given question, we are asked to fill in the blank with a suitable phrase.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Are not start. This is not the correct option as it won’t fit in the given blank. We cannot use ‘are not start' after ‘you’ in the given sentence, it would be grammatically incorrect if we do so.
Option ‘b’ is Are not to start. This is the correct answer as it satisfies the rules of proper grammatical convention, and also follows the tense of the sentence correctly.
Option ‘c’ is Haven’t started. This cannot be the correct answer because the verb form of the sentence doesn’t match the given phrase.
Option ‘d’ is Haven’t to start. This option is also incorrect as ‘haven’t' shouldn’t be followed by ‘to’. These are minor grammatical mistakes.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the phrase to be filled in the given blank is – Are not to start. The complete sentence would be – Now remember, you are not to start the test until the teacher tells you to. Hence, option ‘b’ is the correct option.

Note:
You must make sure that the tense of the given sentence matches that of the phrases given in the options. All the other options are plausible distractions.