This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the correct answer:The plane ..... an hour ago. (take off) A) Took off. B) Was took off. C) Is taken off. D) Was take off. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took off. 2. Select the simple past sentence A) She is writing a letter. B) She wrote a letter yesterday. C) She will write a letter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wrote a letter yesterday. 3. Change the below sentence to past tense. My friend helps the patients in the hosiptal. A) My friend is not help at all. B) My friend does not help. C) My friend helped the patients in the hospital. D) My friend is helping not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My friend helped the patients in the hospital. 4. Meera ..... her final decision when her parents called her. A) Have made. B) Had made. C) Has maden. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had made. 5. All these years, Ira's family ..... in poverty. A) Has been living. B) Was living. C) Lives. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been living. 6. Giraffes eat leaves. A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present tense. 7. The police ..... four thieves last night. A) Caught. B) Is catching. C) Will catch. D) Was catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 8. What ..... when you saw him? He ..... a kite. A) Does Ba do/ is flying. B) Was Ba doing/ flew. C) Did Ba do/ was flying. D) Was Ba doing/ was flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was Ba doing/ was flying. 9. Which of this sentences is correct? A) Last year, I went to Korea. B) Last year, I am going to Korea. C) Last year, I go to Korea. D) Last year, I will go to Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last year, I went to Korea. 10. When I was five my parents ..... a piano for me. A) Were buying. B) Had bought. C) Bought. D) Had been buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 11. Most children ..... very fast. A) Learned. B) Learrn. C) Learns. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learns. 12. Look, the sun ..... over the hills A) Will Rise. B) Is Rise. C) Rises. D) Is Rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is Rising. 13. 'In ancient times, when vehicles were not there, people used a bullock cart'. find the past tense in the sentence. A) When. B) Times. C) Were. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 14. Why ..... playing football tomorrow? A) He not is. B) Nothing. C) He isn't. D) Isn't he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't he. 15. I ..... my homework an hour ago. A) Do. B) Did. C) Was do. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 16. My brother ..... on the phone for two hours. A) Have been talked. B) Has been talking. C) Have been talking. D) Has been talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been talking. 17. I certainly ..... my friend if I had been there. A) Would have helped. B) Helped. C) Had helped. D) Would help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would have helped. 18. I will play tomorrow. (Identify the tense) A) Future perfect tense. B) Simple past tense. C) Simple Future tense. D) Simple present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Future tense. 19. When I saw you, you ..... the car. A) Were driving. B) Was driving. C) Are driving. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were driving. 20. State the types of tenses-Lion lives in Africa. A) Simple Present tense. B) Simple Past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Present tense. 21. Heidi will have climbed the tallest mountain in Germany after this trip. This sentence is in: A) Present Perfect. B) Past Perfect. C) Future Perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future Perfect. 22. We ..... to Kathmandu next week for a holiday.[future continuous] A) Will be going. B) Shall be going. C) Going. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shall be going. 23. A number of students ..... in the hall. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 24. How long ..... (you / wait) when you finally get your exam results?future perfect continuous tense A) Shall been waiting. B) Was waiting. C) Have been waiting. D) Will you have been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will you have been waiting. 25. Are your parents working at the moment? ~ No, they $\ldots$ A) Aren't. B) Don't. C) Aren't being. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aren't. 26. Select the tense of the sentence:Alexa will participate in the school's play. A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Simple future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple future. 27. Snow ..... lightly. Suddenly a reindeer appeared. A) Fell. B) Was falling. C) Falling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was falling. 28. Which sentence is in the present simple tense? A) I am eating breakfast every morning. B) I will eat breakfast every morning. C) I ate breakfast every morning. D) I eat breakfast every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I eat breakfast every morning. 29. I ..... my purse. A) I have lost my purse. B) I has lost my purse. C) I have losted my purse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have lost my purse. 30. You should see the new Brad Pitt film. He plays the part of a cowboy who ..... up a lawless town. A) Clean. B) Is cleaning. C) Cleans. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleans. 31. Next year, I ..... a different school. A) Attend. B) Will attending. C) Will attend. D) Attended. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will attend. 32. By the time we got home, the children ..... (go) to bed. A) Went. B) Had gone. C) Did go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 33. Lily ..... [attend] karate class every Monday.[simple present] A) Was attending. B) Attends. C) Is attending. D) Will attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attends. 34. Namy ..... to be a doctor A) Wants. B) Wanted. C) Is wanting. D) Wanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wants. 35. Those children ..... for 2 hours every afternoon. A) Are sleeping. B) Sleeps. C) Is sleeping. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep. 36. (6) She is reciting a melodious poem. A) Present Continuous Tense. B) Present Perfect Tense. C) Past Perfect Tense. D) Past Continuous Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Continuous Tense. 37. The flight ..... at 12'o clock in the noon.[future continuous] A) Departed. B) Will be departuring. C) Departures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be departuring. 38. Will you be bringing your friend to the party? (Identify the tense) A) Simple Future tense. B) Future continuous tense. C) Future Perfect tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future continuous tense. 39. Present continuous affirmative structure with subject (S):You/we/they: A) You/we/they + am V-ing. B) You/we/they + are + V-ed. C) You/we/they + are + V-ing . D) You/we/they + are + V-bare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You/we/they + are + V-ing . 40. I ..... for a morning walk tomorrow.[simple future] A) Will go. B) Shall go. C) Went. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shall go. 41. We always ..... our English lessons carefully. A) Does. B) Are doing. C) Do. D) Is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 42. John ..... the work before the boss arrived. (pick the past perfect tense from the given) A) Had completed. B) Have been completing. C) Have completed. D) Having completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had completed. 43. Complete the sentence. Food like meat, fish, beans and eggs ..... high protein. A) Contents. B) Contains. C) Contain. D) Container. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contain. 44. I ..... the number 12 bus just down the road. A) Was seeing. B) Could see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could see. 45. She will not tolerate this injustice. (Change into simple past) A) She wasn't going to tolerate that injustice. B) She did not tolerate that injustice. C) She has not been tolerating that injustice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She did not tolerate that injustice. 46. Choose the correct answer.Bobby ..... in the park every Saturday morning. A) Walk. B) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walks. 47. We were all very busy yesterday:I ..... (do) my homework while my sisters ..... (iron). A) Was doing, were ironing. B) Did, ironed. C) Was doing, was ironing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing, were ironing. 48. The students ..... all of the new words very well now. A) Know. B) Knows. C) Are. D) Is knowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know. 49. I told my teacher that I ..... what she said. A) Did not believe. B) Was not believing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not believe. 50. Complete the sentence. The soup ..... awful. A) Taste. B) Tasted. C) Is tasting. D) Frets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frets. 51. When we got home, everybody ..... (already, go) to sleep. A) Had already gone. B) Already went. C) Was already going. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already gone. 52. Select the tense of the sentence:The handyman painted the garage door. A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Simple future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 53. Frank ..... the garage every Sunday. A) Clean. B) Cleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleans. 54. 'Talk' What is the plural form of this word? A) Non of these. B) Verb +-ing(Talking). C) Verb-e + ing(Talking). D) Verb + double last letter +-ing(Talkking). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb-e + ing(Talking). 55. I ..... working all afternoon and have just finished the assignment. A) Am. B) Have been. C) Had been. D) Shall be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been. 56. Which one is present continuous A) She is eating a sandwich. B) She is sick. C) She will be eating later. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is eating a sandwich. 57. I ..... never forget what you just ..... me. A) Will, told. B) Had, told. C) Would, told. D) Will, tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will, told. 58. She ..... some cake for her family. A) Make. B) Made. C) Making. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 59. She did not want to go. (Change into simple present A) She is not wanting to go. B) She does not want to go. C) She hasn't been wanting to go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She does not want to go. 60. The train ..... left, when we arrived A) Have. B) Had. 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