This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tense Agreement – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Agreement Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jenny ..... at the animals at the zoo. A) Looking. B) Looked. C) Looks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looks. 2. Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement? A) She walk to school yesterday. B) She walks to school yesterday. A) She walk to school yesterday. B) She walked to school yesterday. C) She walks to school yesterday. D) She walking to school yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She walks to school yesterday. 3. When the two magnets were pulled apart, they were ..... back together! A) Attracted. B) Attracts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attracted. 4. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:'By the time we arrived, the movie ..... ' A) Will start. B) Starts. C) Has started. D) Had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had started. 5. Last weekend my mom ..... our clothes outside to dry in the sun. A) Hang. B) Hangs. C) Will hang. D) Hung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hung. 6. The school bus picks up the students at 6 am A) Simple Present Tense. B) Perfect Present Tense. C) Perfect Present Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Present Tense. 7. News (travels, travel) fast in a small community. A) Travels. B) Travel. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travels. 8. The center of attraction (was, were) the three clowns. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 9. The Mayor, together with his family, ..... the press cordially. A) Greets. B) Greet. C) Greeting. D) To greet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greets. 10. She ..... her lunch at noon every day. A) Eating. B) Eat. C) Eats. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eats. 11. Fill in the sentence with the correct PRESENT tense verb.The boy ..... to the store. A) Will went. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 12. We used to go ..... on Fridays. A) Shopping. B) Shopped. C) Shops. D) Will shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shopping. 13. As Skylar puts in her contact lenses, the phone rang. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 14. As you ..... around at the vibrant colors, notice the sounds of the rainforest. A) Look. B) Looked. C) Looking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 15. These children are having a class partyfor Lucy. They ..... somecakes and drinks. A) Have. B) Has. C) Do not have. D) Does not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 16. The cats ..... on top of the rafters. A) Sleeps. B) Sleep. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sleep. 17. Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.We drunk water with lemon slices in the glasses. A) Correct. B) Drank. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drank. 18. His doctor says he ..... to eat better. A) Needs. B) Didn't needs. C) Need. D) Will needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Needs. 19. Three dollars (is, are) in my coat pocket. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 20. Choose the sentence that is written with the CORRECT VERB TENSE CONSISTENCY. A) A fable is a brief story that usually included animal characters and a moral. B) A fable is a brief story that has included animal characters and a moral. C) A fable is a brief story that usually includes animal characters and a moral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fable is a brief story that usually includes animal characters and a moral. 21. The keys for the truck ..... on the kitchen counter. A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 22. He won't understand what the responsibilities of a father are ..... A) As soon as he had his first child. B) After he had had his first child. C) Until he has his first child. D) Once he had his first child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until he has his first child. 23. Choose the sentence that maintains tense agreement throughout. A) They will play soccer and won the game. B) They played soccer and win the game. C) They play soccer and will win the game. D) They played soccer and won the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They played soccer and won the game. 24. Just as Brandi spoke, the microphone turns on. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 25. Identify the error in the following sentence:'She go to the store yesterday.' A) She goes to the store yesterday. B) She went to the store yesterday. C) She going to the store yesterday. D) The error is the incorrect verb form. 'Go' should be 'went' to match the past tense of the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The error is the incorrect verb form. 'Go' should be 'went' to match the past tense of the sentence. 26. She ..... a letter to her friend last month. A) Write. B) Writing. C) Writes. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote. 27. The children ..... in the park every afternoon. A) Plays. B) Playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Play. 28. Andrea likes to ..... her bike. A) Rode. B) Rides. C) Ride. D) Rided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ride. 29. It is hard ..... the car on cold days. A) To start. B) Starts. C) Started. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To start. 30. Doing my homework online will save me much work. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 31. I have been to Nha Trang beach ..... A) Since I was a child. B) Since I am a child. C) As soon as I am a child. D) After I will be a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since I was a child. 32. From what point of view is Food Drive written? A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 33. Tall grasses brush against your legs as you ..... A) Had explored. B) Will explore. C) Explore. D) Explored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explore. 34. None of you ..... to the crime? A) CONFESS. B) CONFESSES. C) NONE OF THESE. D) BOTH/EITHER OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOTH/EITHER OF THESE. 35. Jane ..... in the same dormitory for nine years when she ..... to the Norway and she missed her bed the most. A) Had been staying/ moved. B) Stayed/ will be moving. C) Had stayed/ had moved. D) Is staying/ moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been staying/ moved. 36. Choose the appropriate verb to complete the sentence: "Either my mother or my father ..... coming to the meeting." A) Are. B) Have. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 37. A wave washed away the sand castle we ..... A) Build. B) Built. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built. 38. The group traveled at night, and ..... in tents during the day. A) Camps. B) Camped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camped. 39. Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement:A) The dog barked loudly. B) The dog bark loudly. A) A) The dog barked loudly. B) The dog barked loud. C) The dog barks loudly. D) The dogs bark loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) The dog barked loudly. 40. I have (write) some literature about our national parks. A) Write. B) Written. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written. 41. They (go) to the beach last summer and (swim) in the ocean. A) Went, swam. B) Go, swamming. C) Went, swimmed. D) Goed, swum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went, swam. 42. Which sentence demonstrates correct verb tense agreement? A) He eats breakfast and went to school. B) She will go to the store and buys milk. C) They are playing soccer and will win the game. D) I was running and then I stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are playing soccer and will win the game. 43. Which one is Correct?I took a test and it is very hard.I took a test and it was very hard. A) I took a test and it is very hard. B) I took a test and it was very hard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I took a test and it was very hard. 44. He ..... to the gym every morning. A) Going. B) Go. C) Gone. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goes. 45. The little baby of my neighbor ..... her tooth while she ..... a toy. A) Breaks/ was chewing. B) Broke/ was chewing. C) Is breaking/ was chewing. D) Breaks/ had been chewing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke/ was chewing. 46. Rainforests are sometimes called "the jewels of the earth" because they ..... home to many beautiful plants and animals. A) Are being. B) Had been. C) Are. D) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 47. Which word belongs in the blank?My phone screen ..... cracked. A) Are. B) Be. C) Will. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 48. The alligator slowly (a) toward its prey and did not make a sound before it pounced. A) Was creeping. B) A. crept. C) Creep. D) Will creep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. crept. 49. Fill in the blank with the verb in the correct tense:Teyla ..... in an airplane from Los Angeles to New York. (Past tense) A) Rides. B) Flies. C) Arrive. D) Flew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flew. 50. Cavendish discovered that water (consist of) hydrogen and oxygen? A) Was consisting of. B) Consisted of. C) Consist. D) Consists of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consists of. 51. Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.We all seen that he was very embarrassed. A) Saw. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 52. Choose the correct verb from the drop-down.You (a) not supposed to read ahead in the story. A) A. were. B) Looked. C) Sounded. D) Felt. E) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. were. 53. When Jim was a child, he ..... to be a firefighter. A) Wanted. B) Want. C) Wants. D) Does want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted. 54. Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.Dad chose the ravioli. A) Choose. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 55. Miranda and her sister ..... an aquarium filled with fishes. They feed the fishes twice a day. A) Has. B) Have. C) Do not have. D) Does not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 56. Jerome wants to be an astronaut one day, so he (a) hard in math and science. A) A. studies. B) Has studied. C) Study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. studies. 57. Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence:Mike had driven quickly, so we ..... on time. A) Will arrtive. B) Will have arrived. C) Arrive. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 58. I was terribly disappointed but my grade because I studied very hard. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 59. When Brian ..... up, he goes straight to the shower. A) Waking. B) Woke. C) Wakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wakes. 60. Next year, we ..... our grandparents. A) Have visited. B) Will visit. C) Visits. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will visit. 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