This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... the bell six times but no one opened the door. A) Was ringing. B) Have rung. C) Rang. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 2. He ..... only twice in his life before the accident. A) Has drived. B) Driven. C) Had drived. D) Had driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had driven. 3. This time tomorrow, I ..... on the beach. A) Am lying. B) Will lie. C) Will be lying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be lying. 4. Why ..... ? You should be listening to me! A) You are talking. B) You talk. C) Do you talk. D) Are you talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are you talking. 5. I purchased many new books at the start of the new session. A) Past tense. B) Past perfect. C) Simple present. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past tense. 6. Who does not want money these days? A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present tense. 7. Why ..... so selfish about this? A) Are you. B) Are you being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you being. 8. We will eat ice cream tomorrow. A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future tense. 9. Complete the sentence. Everybody at the table ..... to have yogurt as dessert instead of ice cream. A) Agreed. B) Agrees. C) Agree. D) Agreeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agrees. 10. Here ..... the bus! A) Are. B) Come. C) Is. D) Comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comes. 11. Hadi looks very tired, he ..... for hours. A) Had driven. B) Drove. C) Had been driving. D) Has been driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has been driving. 12. Pinki ..... on Tuesday. A) Run. B) Ran. C) I am not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ran. 13. She was looking at me and I didn't know what to do. A) Pr. Simple. B) P. Progressive. C) Pr. Progressive. D) P. Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P. Progressive. 14. Select the sentence with simple present tense:- A) I am writing an email. B) I am will be writing an email. C) I will be writing an email. D) Does he write an email?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does he write an email?. 15. Find out the tense of the given sentence.You have not joined the group. A) Present Indefinite. B) Present Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect. 16. It rains every day on the high mountains. A) Future tense. B) Past tense. C) Present tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present tense. 17. I've done my sentence But committed no crime A) Pr. Perfect Progressive. B) Pr. Simple. C) Pr. Progressive. D) Pr. Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pr. Perfect. 18. They ..... this music two hours ago. A) Listened. B) Listen. C) Listening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listened. 19. Ms Mansi was teach this coming Sunday. Correct this sentence. A) Ms Mansi was teaching this coming Sunday. B) Ms Mansi will teach this coming Sunday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ms Mansi will teach this coming Sunday. 20. I have a toothache! I am going to visit a dentist tomorrow. (identify the tense) A) Simple Future. B) Future Continuous. C) Present continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present continuous. 21. All students ..... in their work. (hand/ have handed/ handed) A) Hand. B) Have handed. C) Handed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have handed. 22. Phone me when you ..... time. A) Have. B) Would have. C) Will have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 23. They had ..... their duties well. A) Does. B) Did. C) Done. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Done. 24. Ronny ..... his new bicycle to school tomorrow. A) Rides. B) Had ridden. C) Will ride. D) Rode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will ride. 25. Saira ..... with her parents. (is living / lives / has lived) A) Is living. B) Lives. C) Has lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lives. 26. To the astronomers of the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on natural philosophy ..... Aristotle and Ptolemy, since both ..... frameworks that explained the whole universe. A) Were / had created. B) Are / have created. C) May have been / were creating. D) Had been / created. E) Have been / create. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / had created. 27. I'm sure I ..... him two years ago. A) Have been seeing. B) Saw. C) Am seeing. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 28. Suzan ..... working right now A) Is. B) Was. C) Has. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 29. Water ..... on heating. A) Evaporating. B) Evaporates. C) Evaporate. D) Was evaporating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporates. 30. I ..... all the questions [ Simple past tense ] A) Answering. B) Answer. C) Answered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Answered. 31. Identify the incorrect pair: A) Swarm:bees. B) Pack:hounds. C) Pile:books. D) Chest:humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chest:humans. 32. He fell while he ..... down the stairs. A) Goes. B) Were going. C) Was going. D) Is going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going. 33. I ..... (read) your book several times.present perfect continuous. A) Have readed. B) Readed. C) Has read. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have read. 34. Every boy and girl ..... in the class today. A) Have present. B) Is present. C) Are present. D) Had present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is present. 35. I ..... him only one letter up to now. A) Sent. B) Have sent. C) Send. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have sent. 36. The cat ..... its body with its tongue. A) Licks. B) Lick. C) Licking. D) Licked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Licks. 37. Winston ..... mainland China next year. A) Visit. B) Visited. C) Will visit. D) Will visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will visit. 38. Ann ..... (finish) her homework and ..... (go) to visit her friend. A) Finished, went. B) Finished, goed. C) Had finished, went. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished, went. 39. This dress ..... amazing on you. A) Looks. B) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looks. 40. Past tense form ofstop A) Stops. B) Stopping. C) Stopped. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stopped. 41. He will not accept this proposal. (Change into simple past) A) He had not accepted this proposal. B) He was not accepting this proposal. C) He did not accept this proposal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He did not accept this proposal. 42. At the moment Maria ..... her homework, as she does every day. A) Is doing. B) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is doing. 43. Stars ..... in the sky at night. A) Burn. B) Twinkle. C) Blast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twinkle. 44. The number of students ..... there yesterday. A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 45. When we went out, it ..... (already / to stop) snowing. A) Was already stopped. B) Already stopped. C) Was already stopping. D) Had already stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already stopped. 46. Past tense form ofstudy A) Studies. B) Studying. C) Studied. D) Studyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studies. 47. I have been trying to learn the british english accent. A) Present perfect. B) Present continuous. C) Present perfect continous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present perfect continous. 48. Please be quiet. I ..... to the radio. A) Am listening. B) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am listening. 49. Ms Arlene will show the reward last Friday. Correct the mistake. A) Ms Arlene shows the reward chart last Friday. B) Ms Arlene showed the reward chart last Friday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ms Arlene showed the reward chart last Friday. 50. We ..... the use of verbs in English at the moment. A) Study. B) Studies. C) Are studying. D) Is studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are studying. 51. The headmaster ..... to talk to you. A) Will want. B) Want. C) Is wanting. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wants. 52. Answer using the future continuous tense.The meeting starts at 10 a.m. I ..... it. A) Will be attending. B) Could attend. C) Will attend. D) Will attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be attending. 53. They will be cooking food at this time. A) Future continuous. B) Present Perfect. C) Simple Present. D) Past Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future continuous. 54. He ..... (send) a letter right now. A) Are sent. B) Are sending. C) Is sending. D) Is send. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is sending. 55. What ..... when you arrived there? A) She did. B) Were she doing. C) Does she do. D) Was she doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was she doing. 56. Don't make so much noise. Noriko is ..... study for her ESL test! A) Try. B) Tried. C) Tries. D) Trying to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trying to. 57. Bats ..... nocturnal. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 58. It will not have rained by noon tomorrow. A) Simple future. B) Future perfect. C) Future perfect continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future perfect. 59. Who ..... the window? A) Did break. B) Broke. C) Breaking. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 60. My mother-in-law is ..... at our house this week. A) Stay. B) Staying. C) Was staying. D) All of these. 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