This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At present, he ..... for a foreign company. A) Works. B) Work. C) Are working. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is working. 2. What is the past tense of bring? A) Bought. B) Brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 3. How long have you been waiting for me? Mention the tense. A) Past perfect continuous. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Present perfect. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect continuous. 4. Which tense is this?"Sam took a picture of me while I wasn't looking." A) Simple Past. B) Past Perfect Continous. C) Past Perfect. D) Past Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Progressive. 5. While I ..... to music, my son was dancing. A) Will listen. B) Was listening. C) Listened. D) Had listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was listening. 6. The Earth ..... around the sun A) Will be revolving. B) Is revolving. C) Revolves. D) Revolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolves. 7. Which of the following tense is future A) I went to the party. B) I am at the party. C) She will go to India next week. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She will go to India next week. 8. What is the v3 form of "want" ? A) Wants. B) Wanting. C) Wanted. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted. 9. The workers are ..... under a tree now. A) Rest. B) Will rest. C) Resting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resting. 10. ..... you still in bed when I phoned? A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 11. Find out the tense of the given sentence.She doesn't want to help me. A) Present Indefinite. B) Present Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Indefinite. 12. My friends ..... the Prime Minister yesterday. A) See. B) Have seen. C) Saw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 13. Ragav ..... a big fish yesterday when he ..... out fishing with his friends. A) Caught, went. B) Catched, went. C) Catches, goes. D) Caught, go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught, went. 14. Mac is going to market A) Present continuous. B) Past Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present continuous. 15. By the next month, we shall ..... the project. A) Have completed. B) Completed. C) Has completed. D) Completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have completed. 16. Choose the sentence in the future perfect continuous tense: A) I will have studied for five hours by the time you arrive. B) I will have been studying for five hours by the time you arrive. C) I will be studying for five hours by the time you arrive. D) I have been studying for five hours by the time you arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will have been studying for five hours by the time you arrive. 17. I ..... English for five years. A) Have been studying. B) Has been studying. C) Study. D) Am studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been studying. 18. When I saw him, he ..... chess. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Is playing. D) Has been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 19. This is the best book ever I ..... for my children. A) Purchase. B) Have purchased. C) Will purchase. D) Purchased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have purchased. 20. What tense is the following sentence in?When I came home, I first did my homework. A) Simple past. B) Past continuous. C) Simple present. D) Simple future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 21. Choose the past tense for the word:Swim A) Swimming. B) Swam. C) Swimmed. D) Swims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swam. 22. Fill the blanks with proper tense form from the given options:The mobile ..... twice before I picked it up. A) Is Ringing. B) Was Ringing. C) Will Ring. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 23. Select the tense of the sentence:She lives in the Philippines. A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Simple future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple present. 24. Nobody will be coming to your help? A) Simple future. B) Future perfect. C) Future continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future continuous. 25. PAST CONTINUES TENSE I ..... [do] homework yesterday A) Am doing. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) Is doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 26. V2 (verb's second form) of "Do" ..... A) Did. B) Done. C) Doing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 27. What ..... next weekend, Yoshi? A) You doing. B) Are you doing. C) Do you do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you doing. 28. She has been cooking for a while now. (Identify the tense) A) Present perfect tense. B) Present perfect continuous tense. C) Simple Present tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect continuous tense. 29. By 2050 scientists ..... a cure for cancer A) Will be found. B) Will be founding. C) Will have founding. D) Will have found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have found. 30. Just a minute! I ..... that word in the dictionary. A) Looking. B) Am looking. C) Looks. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am looking. 31. He wanted to know more about the job. (Change into simple present) A) He wants to know more about the job. B) He has been wanting to know more about the job. C) He wanted to know more about the job. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to know more about the job. 32. Identify the tense of the following sentence. We went to the beach. A) Present continuous. B) Past. C) Future. D) Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 33. They hope the ..... all the tenses by the time the exam comes. A) Will have mastered. B) Will have been mastered. C) Will have master. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have mastered. 34. "The anthropologist has been studying that tribe for the last five years." It means ..... He ..... that tribe. A) Had studied. B) Studied. C) Is still studying. D) Has finished studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is still studying. 35. Everything on the menu ..... delicious. A) Frets. B) Is tasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frets. 36. Select the sentence with future continuous tense:- A) I am be staying?. B) Can I be staying?. C) Will I be staying?. D) Believe me i am staying?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will I be staying?. 37. More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain ..... in prison with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority ..... with any offence, let alone convicted. A) Were held / are not charged. B) Are being held / have not been charged. C) Being held / had not been charged. D) Have been held / would not be charged. E) Will be held / were not being charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are being held / have not been charged. 38. After Jane ( finish) ..... her homework, she watched TV A) Finished. B) Were finished. C) Had finished. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 39. Complete the sentences using the simple past tense.She ..... yesterday. A) Was coming. B) Coming. C) Comes. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 40. It ..... lunch time soon.[simple future] A) Will be. B) Would be. C) Shall be. D) Should be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 41. In 2016 my dad ..... (sell) his old motorbike. A) Selled. B) Solded. C) Used to sell. D) Sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sold. 42. State right or wrong:Sheila didn't come back since yesterday. A) Correct. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 43. The patient ..... before the doctor came. A) Had died. B) Has die. C) Have die. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had died. 44. The students ..... playing football at 3 PM tomorrow A) Are playing. B) Were playing. C) Playing. D) Will be playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be playing. 45. The chief guest had been making his speech since 4 o'clock. A) Future perfect continuous. B) Present perfect continuous. C) Past perfect continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous. 46. I work in Mumbai. (Identify the tense) A) Simple Past tense. B) Simple present tense. C) Present Perfect tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple present tense. 47. Choose the correct pair: A) Match:matchs. B) Photo:photos. C) Lady:ladys. D) Knife:knifes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photo:photos. 48. Reema ..... in this hotel till next Sunday.[Future continuous] A) Staying. B) Stayed. C) Will be staying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be staying. 49. Is she always ..... with children and animals? A) Being so patient. B) So patient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So patient. 50. They ..... here in two hours. A) Will be. B) Been. C) Be. D) Be will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be. 51. Which verb is NOT in the present tense? A) She talks. B) She watches. C) She listened. D) She waits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She listened. 52. 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. 53. (3) I am reading a storybook. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Present Continuous Tense. C) Past Continuous Tense. D) Simple Present Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous Tense. 54. Tim ..... in a bank. A) Works. B) Is work. C) Working. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works. 55. PAST PERFECT TENSERani ..... the apples before we reached home. A) Have eaten. B) Had eaten. C) Have been eating. D) Has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 56. 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. 57. SIMPLE PAST TENSE3. The weather (be) ..... extremely cold when I opened the windows this morning. A) Should. B) Was. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 58. (7) I have been reading this novel for long time. A) Future Perfect Continuous Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. D) Future Perfect Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect Continuous Tense. 59. Don't use mobile while you ..... a car. A) Are driving. B) Driving. C) Were driving. D) Was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are driving. 60. Shantanu ..... all the chocolates A) Ate. B) Eat. C) Was eating. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTenses Quiz 1Tenses Quiz 2Tenses Quiz 3Tenses Quiz 4Tenses Quiz 5Tenses Quiz 6Tenses Quiz 8Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books