This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... in the library when the fire alarm went off. A) Study. B) Are studying. C) Studied. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 2. I am going to the beach. A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 3. 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. 4. He ..... before I ..... his place. A) Have left, reached. B) Left, reached. C) Left, had reached. D) Had left, reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left, reached. 5. 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. 6. The plane ..... a few minutes ago. A) Landed. B) Land. C) Lands. D) Landing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landed. 7. Which country visit last summer? A) Which country you visited last summer?. B) Which country did you visit last summer?. C) Which country do you visit last summer?. D) Which country visited you last summer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which country did you visit last summer?. 8. Choose the past tense for the word:Walk A) Walken. B) Walking. C) Walked. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 9. Present PERFECT TENSEWe ..... (be) in London for 3 months. A) Were. B) Are. C) Has been. D) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have been. 10. The standards of living in Europe ..... (go) up during the 1960s. A) Had gone. B) Had went. C) Was going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 11. 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. 12. Last week Susan ..... at home because she was sick. A) Stay. B) Stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stayed. 13. She is mean. I don't like ..... to her A) Talks. B) Is talking. C) To talk. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To talk. 14. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSEThe workers ..... resting under a tree now. A) Are. B) Am. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 15. He was both diligent and intelligent so he ..... (pass) the entrance exam. A) Passed. B) Pass. C) Passes. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 16. My father and my mother ..... my friend A) Know. B) Knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know. 17. "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) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 18. Complete the sentences using the present continuous tense.He ..... a cake.( bake) A) Bakes. B) Is baking. C) Will bake. D) Baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is baking. 19. 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. 20. Please call me as soon as she ..... Fill in with simple present. A) Arrived. B) Arrives. C) Has arrived. D) Will arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrives. 21. Who ..... the computer? A) Invented. B) Inventing. C) Invent. D) Invents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invented. 22. Oil ..... on water A) Floats. B) Floating. C) Floated. D) Is floating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floats. 23. On going events, present scenario, incomplete actions are usually expressed by ..... A) Present continuous. B) Present perfect. C) Past perfect. D) Future continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present continuous. 24. Was he on time or was he ..... ? A) Being late. B) Late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late. 25. Do you like shopping? A) Future. B) Normal. C) Now. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normal. 26. Lisa looks really great. She ..... at the fitness center. A) Have been exercised. B) Has been exercising. C) Have been exercising. D) Has been exercised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been exercising. 27. Find out the tense of the given sentence.They are not feeling well. A) Present Indefinite. B) Present Continuous. C) Present Perfect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Continuous. 28. They had been playing in the park for three hours before I called them.Identify the tense A) Past Tense. B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. C) Past Continuous Tense. D) Past Perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 29. When they heard a gunfire across the border, the relief workers in the camp knew that another group of refugees ..... before long. A) Would be arriving. B) Will arrive. C) Had arrived. D) Could have arrived. E) Are arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would be arriving. 30. I am eating my dinner A) Present Tense. B) Past Perfect. C) Future Continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Tense. 31. Janice ..... a new camera last week. A) Buy. B) Buyed. C) Bought. D) Buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 32. We ..... (sing) a song in the party last week. A) Singing. B) Sang. C) Will sing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sang. 33. They ..... to Redang Island during the coming school holidays. A) Will go. B) Went. C) Had gone. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will go. 34. Complete the sentence. Firdaus and his sister ..... to go to the beach. A) Loves. B) Loved. C) Loving. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love. 35. Use the tense ..... to describe an action that happened before another action and both of these actions happened in the past. A) PRESENT PERFECT. B) PAST PERFECT. C) SIMPLE PAST. D) PAST CONTINUOUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PAST PERFECT. 36. I will be writing articles on different topics. A) Future continuous. B) Future perfect. C) Present continuous. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future continuous. 37. Change to future continuous tense. Ariana sings in the concert. A) Ariana will be singing in the concert. B) Ariana sany in the concert. C) Ariana does not sing. D) Ariana concert at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ariana will be singing in the concert. 38. Simple present tense of ESCAPE is: A) Escaped. B) Escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Escape. 39. Rahul ..... flowers for his mum every Mother's Day A) Buys. B) Buying. C) To buy. D) Will buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buys. 40. Change the tenses of the sentences as per the instructions given in the bracket.The options are given choose the correct onea. He did his work with diligence. (Future perfect) A) He will do his work with diligence. B) He will have done his work with diligence. C) He will had done his work with diligence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will have done his work with diligence. 41. Rafael ..... book A) Reads. B) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reads. 42. In the past few months, our company director ..... more mettle than most industrialists ..... in an entire career. A) Was showing / may have done. B) Has shown / do. C) Had shown / have done. D) Shows / did. E) Showed / would do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has shown / do. 43. I will not allow this to happen. (simple past) A) I wouldn't allow this to happen. B) I shall not allow this to happen. C) I am not going to allow this to happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wouldn't allow this to happen. 44. I saw that the policemen ..... the thieves A) Will chase. B) Chase. C) Has been chasing. D) Were chasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were chasing. 45. He ..... for work at 8.30. A) Leaves. B) Is leaving. C) Will leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaves. 46. One who ..... others harms himself. A) Harmed. B) Is harming. C) Harms. D) Harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harms. 47. 4, Barbar ..... Rana Sangat Kanwa. A) Defeat. B) Had defeated. C) Is defeated. D) Defeated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Defeated. 48. He had never lived alone.(Present perfect) A) He has never lived alone. B) He is never lived alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has never lived alone. 49. She wrote a letter yesterday. A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Future tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past tense. 50. This time tomorrow I ..... on the beach in Singapore. A) Have been sitting. B) Am sitting. C) Will be sitting. D) Is sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be sitting. 51. (8) She had gone to the museum. A) Past Perfect Tense. B) Present Perfect Tense. C) Future Continuous Tense. D) Future Perfect Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Tense. 52. Select a sentence with Future Tense:- A) Alice had will assist you in this case. B) Alice will assist you in this case. C) Alice will be assisting you in this case. D) Alice were will assist you in this case. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alice will assist you in this case. 53. I ..... my father to use a mobile phone.[simple past tense] A) Taught. B) Will teach. C) Teach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught. 54. I ..... him a week ago. A) Am seeing. B) Had seen. C) Saw. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 55. Select the sentence with Past Continuous Tense:- A) Shreyas was talking constantly in class in those days. B) Them talking constantly in class in those days. C) Esh is talking constantly in class in those days. D) Jigyasa talking constantly in class in those days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shreyas was talking constantly in class in those days. 56. I am (recite) a poem A) Reciting. B) Recited. C) Reciteeing. D) Reciteing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reciting. 57. My brother ..... (see) this accident last month. A) Sees. B) Be seen. C) Saw. D) Has seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 58. Past tense form of rise A) Rose. B) Rised. C) Risen. D) Roose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rose. 59. Past Perfect Tense for the verb-Write A) Has written. B) Had write. C) Will have written. D) Had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had written. 60. Present PERFECT TENSEThe last time I saw him was ten months ago. A) I has seen him for ten months. B) I didn't see him for ten months. C) I have seen him for ten months. D) I haven't seen him for ten months. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I haven't seen him for ten months. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTenses Quiz 1Tenses Quiz 2Tenses Quiz 3Tenses Quiz 4Tenses Quiz 5Tenses Quiz 6Tenses Quiz 7Tenses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books