This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which verb is NOT in the present tense? A) She talks. B) She listened. C) She waits. D) She watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She listened. 2. Select the tense of the sentence:Gerald plucked a flower from the garden. A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Simple future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 3. (3) I am reading a storybook. A) Simple Present Tense. B) Present Continuous Tense. C) Past Continuous Tense. D) Present Perfect Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous Tense. 4. Tim ..... in a bank. A) Works. B) Is work. C) Work. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works. 5. PAST PERFECT TENSERani ..... the apples before we reached home. A) Have eaten. B) Has eaten. C) Have been eating. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 6. I always wanted to be a scientist. (Change into present perfect tense) A) I have always wanted to be a scientist. B) I have always been wanting to be a scientist. C) I always want to be a scientist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have always wanted to be a scientist. 7. SIMPLE PAST TENSE3. The weather (be) ..... extremely cold when I opened the windows this morning. A) Is. B) Was. C) Should. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 8. (7) I have been reading this novel for long time. A) Future Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) Future Perfect Tense. D) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 9. Don't use mobile while you ..... a car. A) Were driving. B) Are driving. C) Driving. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are driving. 10. Shantanu ..... all the chocolates A) Eats. B) Ate. C) Eat. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 11. They ..... in the library when the fire alarm went off. A) Were studying. B) Study. C) Are studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were studying. 12. I am going to the beach. A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 13. I ..... [say] a prayer every morning.[simple present] A) Say. B) Will say. C) Was saying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Say. 14. He ..... before I ..... his place. A) Left, reached. B) Left, had reached. C) Have left, reached. D) Had left, reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left, reached. 15. Is this sentence written in the present tense?'Radhika heard thunder.' A) Yes. B) No. C) I am not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. The plane ..... a few minutes ago. A) Landed. B) Land. C) Lands. D) Landing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landed. 17. Which country visit last summer? A) Which country you visited last summer?. B) Which country visited you last summer?. C) Which country did you visit last summer?. D) Which country do you visit last summer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which country did you visit last summer?. 18. Choose the past tense for the word:Walk A) Walking. B) Walked. C) Walken. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 19. Present PERFECT TENSEWe ..... (be) in London for 3 months. A) Were. B) Have been. C) Has been. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been. 20. The standards of living in Europe ..... (go) up during the 1960s. A) Was going. B) Had went. C) Had gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 21. I have no mind to disobey you. A) Future tense. B) Past tense. C) Present tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present tense. 22. Last week Susan ..... at home because she was sick. A) Stay. B) Stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stayed. 23. She is mean. I don't like ..... to her A) Talk. B) Talks. C) Is talking. D) To talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To talk. 24. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEThe workers ..... resting under a tree now. A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are. 25. He was both diligent and intelligent so he ..... (pass) the entrance exam. A) Passes. B) Pass. C) Passed. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passed. 26. My father and my mother ..... my friend A) Knows. B) Know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Know. 27. "I don't feel very good. She says and she looks at me with those big eyes '' Count the no. of verbs in the sentence A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 28. Complete the sentences using the present continuous tense.He ..... a cake.( bake) A) Is baking. B) Bakes. C) Will bake. D) Baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is baking. 29. Use the past perfect continuous tense and answer the following:We ..... for the wallet for 2 hours. A) Had been looking. B) Has been looking. C) Are been looking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been looking. 30. When I opened my eyes, I ..... a strange sight. (see) A) Saw. B) Was seeing. C) Have been. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTenses Quiz 1Tenses Quiz 2Tenses Quiz 3Tenses Quiz 4Tenses Quiz 5Tenses Quiz 6Tenses Quiz 7Tenses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books