This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentence is of present continuous form? A) Ramesh is go to school with his father. B) They playing with football in the field. C) Sam is asking for more pudding. D) He has gone to his village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sam is asking for more pudding. 2. She ..... not listen to me. (do)Complete the sentence using the simple present tense. A) Did not. B) Does not. C) Does. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 3. We ..... to school together every morning. A) Walk. B) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walk. 4. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSEThey are going ..... baseball tonight. A) Plays. B) To play. C) Playing. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To play. 5. Bruno and Marcela met at a medical assembly, which Marcela ..... for a long time. A) Was attending. B) Have been attending. C) Had been attending. D) Has been attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been attending. 6. Simple present tense affirmative structure with regular verbs: A) (+) S + V/ V(s/es) + . B) (-) S do/ does + not + V + . C) (?) Do/ Does + S + V?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (+) S + V/ V(s/es) + . 7. Rama was ..... (run) because she was late for her classes.PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE A) Ran. B) Runs. C) Running. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Running. 8. I ..... the letter before he arrived. A) Had written. B) Write. C) Have write. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had written. 9. Since, for, all day-Present A) Perfect Progressive. B) Simple. C) Perfect. D) Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfect Progressive. 10. Simran had been running in the park. (Identify the correct tense) A) Past perfect continuous tense. B) Past continuous tense. C) Past Perfect tense. D) Simple Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect continuous tense. 11. I tried a little of the soup to see how it ..... A) Frets. B) Is tasting. C) Tasted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasted. 12. While Bill ..... basketball, his mother ..... home. A) Am playing, will come. B) Plays, comes. C) Was playing, came. D) Played, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing, came. 13. It ..... (rain), the pavement is wet.present perfect continuous tense. A) Raining. B) Have been raining. C) Has raining. D) Has been raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been raining. 14. It ..... all night. A) Have rained. B) Have rain. C) Has rained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has rained. 15. They have been seeing movies all night.(convert into future continuous tense) A) They will be seeing movies all night. B) They had been seeing movies all night. C) They are seeing movies all night. D) They will have been seeing movies all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They will be seeing movies all night. 16. You ..... (jump) all over the place. A) Am jumping. B) Are jumping. C) Is jumping. D) Are jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are jumping. 17. I ..... in Taman Idaman which is 3 kilometres away from town. A) Lives. B) Living. C) Lived. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Live. 18. I ..... ( fly) to Spain last 2 years. I ..... ( buy) an expensive watch there. A) Flew, buyed. B) Flown, bought. C) Flew, bought. D) Flow, buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flew, bought. 19. What is base form or V1 form of "Allowed" ? A) Allows. B) Allow. C) Allowing. D) Do not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allow. 20. The Pacific markets ..... extremely competitive since the manufacturing capacity of many Far Eastern countries ..... to improve at the turn of the decade. A) Became / have begun. B) Are becoming / begins. C) Had become / would begin. D) Have become / began. E) Were becoming / would have begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have become / began. 21. You ..... mushroom A) Like. B) Likes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like. 22. The tense with Format:will have + V3 A) Present perfect. B) Future perfect. C) Past perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future perfect. 23. All the students ..... the class work when the teacher came in. A) Were doing. B) Have done. C) Are doing. D) Will be doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 24. What is past tense? A) Past tense is an action. B) Past tense is an action which is done in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past tense is an action which is done in the past. 25. Now, at the moment, right now, currently-Present A) Perfect Progressive. B) Perfect. C) Simple. D) Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progressive. 26. Complete the sentence. She ..... her favourite meal yesterday. A) Cooking. B) Cooked. C) Cooks. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 27. Christmas holidays will going to come soon. Correct the sentence. A) Christmas holidays was going to come soon. B) Christmas holidays are going to come soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christmas holidays are going to come soon. 28. What is the tense of the verb? Susan will see the movie on Friday. A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future. 29. She will be visiting her grandmother.(Identify the tense) A) Simple Past tense. B) Future Perfect tense. C) Future continuous tense. D) Simple Future tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future continuous tense. 30. Which is NOT a example of simple present tense A) He goes to school every morning. B) She loves to play basketball. C) Her son lives in London. D) He will go to school tommorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He will go to school tommorrow. 31. PRESENT CONTINUES TENSE I ..... [attend] the online class. A) Am attending. B) Were attending. C) Was attending. D) Are attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am attending. 32. When I was a child, I ..... (not, eat) chips. A) Didn't use to eat. B) Didn't eat. C) Didn't used to eat. D) Didn't used to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't use to eat. 33. I will follow you wherever you ..... A) Go. B) Goes. C) Will go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 34. This sentence is past perfect-she had been reading a book. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. Choose the sentence in the past continuous tense: A) She is studying for her exam. B) She was studying for her exam. C) She studied for her exam. D) She will study for her exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was studying for her exam. 36. She did not know anything.(simple present) A) She knows anything. B) She doesn't know anything. C) She knew anything. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She doesn't know anything. 37. Identify the past tense in the given sentences. A) She was playing. B) She played. C) She wasn't playing. D) She is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She played. 38. Find the simple past A) It will go. B) They were going there. C) He has gone there. D) She went there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She went there. 39. I ..... to school every day when I was young. A) Have never walked. B) Have walked. C) Walk. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 40. I ..... my work just now. A) Completed. B) Was completing. C) Am completing. D) Have completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have completed. 41. Which one is the correct simple past tense A) She wanted to go to the cinema yesterday. B) She want to go to the cinema yesterday. C) She was want to go to the cinema yesterday. D) She wont to go to the cinema yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wanted to go to the cinema yesterday. 42. She hadn't thought about that. (Change into simple past) A) She was not thinking about that. B) She hasn't thought about that. C) She didn't think about that. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She didn't think about that. 43. The maid is washing and drying the plates now. (Identify the tense) A) Past continuous. B) Present continuous. C) Future continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present continuous. 44. In November, I ..... (work) at my company for three years. (Fill in the blank with the future perfect continuous tense) A) Will be worked. B) Will have worked. C) Will have been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been working. 45. It started to rain while we ..... tennis. A) Are playing. B) Were playing. C) Had played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 46. When the teacher ..... (come) into the room, two boys ..... (play) football. A) Came, were playing. B) Were coming, played. C) Was coming, were playing. D) Came, were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came, were playing. 47. Julia is making a sponge cake. (Identify the tense) A) Past perfect tense. B) Present continuous tense. C) Simple Present tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present continuous tense. 48. As she ..... reading the book, Alice came A) Is. B) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 49. I have to go to office A) Present Perfect. B) Past Perfect. C) Present Continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect. 50. I ..... a strange dream last night. A) Have. B) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 51. I ..... the work given by my teacher online. A) Will finish. B) Finish. C) Shall finish. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shall finish. 52. The cat will catch the rat. A) Simple Past tense. B) Simple Present tense. C) Simple Future tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Future tense. 53. Identify the sentence in the present perfect simple tense: A) I am finishing my homework. B) I have finished my homework. C) I will finish my homework. D) I finished my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have finished my homework. 54. I am leaving for England tomorrow. (Change into future continuous tense) A) I will leave for England tomorrow. B) I will be leaving for England tomorrow. C) I will have left for England tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will be leaving for England tomorrow. 55. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE8. The phone rang while I ..... dinner. A) Will have. B) Was having. C) Had. D) Am having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 56. Mark and Ruth ..... (dance) when I ..... (come) in. A) Danced, came. B) Was dancing, came. C) Were dancing, came. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were dancing, came. 57. I ..... you when you arrive A) Have call. B) Will call. C) Never call. D) Am call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will call. 58. She said that she ..... help me. A) Will. B) Shall. C) Would. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would. 59. They ..... each other before. A) Weren't meeting. B) Aren't meeting. C) Hadn't met. D) Will meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't met. 60. The earth ..... round the sun A) Move. B) Moves. C) Moved. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moves. Next →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTenses Quiz 2Tenses Quiz 3Tenses Quiz 4Tenses Quiz 5Tenses Quiz 6Tenses Quiz 7Tenses Quiz 8Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books