This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tense Errors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Errors Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.While we ..... (talk), someone ..... (break) into the house and left us this note. A) Have been talking, will break. B) Were talking, broke. C) Talk, broke. D) Will talk, breaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking, broke. 2. She ..... writing a letter now. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 3. She was cooking dinner when I arrived. (Identify the tense) A) Present perfect tense. B) Future tense. C) Past continuous tense. D) Simple past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past continuous tense. 4. Devin give me a menu from the new downtown restaurant. A) Correct. B) Gave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gave. 5. She didn't went to the party last night. A) She didn't went to the party tonight. B) She didn't go to the party last night. C) She didn't go to the party last week. D) She didn't went to the party yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She didn't go to the party last night. 6. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.When I saw him he ..... (paint) a picture. A) Is painting. B) Were painting. C) Was painting. D) Will be painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was painting. 7. I am going to feed the fishes later. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 8. My grandmother will cook spaghetti for my birthday celebration. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 9. They was excited for the trip. A) They was thrilled for the journey. B) They are excited for the trip. C) They were excited for the trip. D) They were thrilling for the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were excited for the trip. 10. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.He ..... (live) in Oxford for two years before he graduated and moved to London. A) Lives. B) Is living. C) Has been living. D) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been living. 11. What is the correct future tense form of the verb in the sentence:'She ..... (to travel) to Paris next summer.' A) Travels. B) Traveling. C) Will travel. D) Traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will travel. 12. You ..... standing on your chair now. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 13. I seen that movie last week. A) I viewed that movie last week. B) I saw that movie last week. C) I watched that film last week. D) I looked that film last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw that movie last week. 14. My dog and I (look, looks) for a piece of bread on the table. A) Look. B) Looks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Look. 15. How long ..... you ..... here? A) Have been. B) Were being. C) Have been being. D) Did be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been. 16. Bea drinks her favorite orange juice. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present. 17. PRESENT TENSECarl (clean, cleans) his room every weekends. A) Clean. B) Cleans. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleans. 18. He taked the wrong bus yesterday. A) He taken the wrong bus yesterday. B) He took the wrong bus yesterday. C) He take the wrong bus yesterday. D) He takes the wrong bus yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He took the wrong bus yesterday. 19. Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence:'By next year, I ..... (complete) my degree.' A) Will complete. B) Complete. C) Completed. D) Will have completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have completed. 20. Choose the option which identifies the error in the sentence and rectifies it.Hint-Use future perfect tense.When we reach Land's End we will have walking 1500 km. A) Error-have, Correction-has. B) Error-walking, Correction-walk. C) Error-have, Correction-had. D) Error-walking, Correction-walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Error-walking, Correction-walked. 21. She writed a letter to her friend. A) She write a letter to her friend. B) She written a letter to her friend. C) She writes a letter to her friend. D) She wrote a letter to her friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wrote a letter to her friend. 22. We was playing soccer last Saturday. A) We play soccer last Saturday. B) We are playing soccer last Saturday. C) We was playing soccer last Saturday. D) We were playing soccer last Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were playing soccer last Saturday. 23. They have been waiting for an hour. (Identify the tense) A) Past perfect continuous. B) Simple past. C) Future perfect continuous. D) Present perfect continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present perfect continuous. 24. I buyed a new book last week. A) I buyed new book last week. B) I bought a new book last week. C) I bought a new books last week. D) I buy a new book last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I bought a new book last week. 25. Identify the sentence with a verb tense error. A) I was walking to the store when I saw a friend. B) I have walked to the store many times. C) I walk to the store when I saw a friend. D) I will walk to the store tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I walk to the store when I saw a friend. 26. Identify the verb tense error in the following sentence:'She go to the market yesterday.' A) Went. B) Goes. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 27. Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.We had almost reached the restaurant when Jose hit a curb. A) Correct. B) Reach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 28. He eats breakfast every morning. (Identify the tense) A) Present perfect tense. B) Future perfect tense. C) Present simple tense. D) Past continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present simple tense. 29. Amir and Haikal ..... watching movies. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 30. Choose the sentence that has correct use of verb tense. A) She said she finishes her homework before dinner. B) She said she would finish her homework before dinner. C) She said she will finish her homework before dinner. D) She said she finished her homework before dinner. 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