This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tense Errors – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tense Errors Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... five letters to the manager by the time he finally received an answer. A) Wrote. B) Was writing. C) Had written. D) Had been writting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had written. 2. A student wrote sentences about her family. One sentence has a verb tense error. Click on the sentence that has an incorrect shift in verb tense. A) During the school year, everyone in our family is busy. B) Carol has soccer practice, and Mike has softball practice. C) I am in junior band, and we practice twice a week. D) Everyone gets home at a different time, and we're all hungry. E) However, we never have dinner before mom got home from work. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) However, we never have dinner before mom got home from work. 3. He ..... his family next weekend. A) See. B) Will see. C) Saw. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will see. 4. We seen the fireworks on New Year's Eve. A) We saw the fireworks on New Year's Eve. B) We have seen the fireworks on New Year's Eve. C) We seen the fireworks last night. D) We watched the fireworks on New Year's Eve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We saw the fireworks on New Year's Eve. 5. She is reading a book. (Identify the tense) A) Past perfect tense. B) Future tense. C) Present continuous tense. D) Simple present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present continuous tense. 6. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb.He ..... (play) the guitar since six this morning. A) Has played. B) Will have been playing. C) Has been playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been playing. 7. The children (help, helps) water the plants in the garden. A) Help. B) Helps. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help. 8. They have visited the museum last month. A) They visited the museum last month. B) They have gone to the museum last month. C) They will visit the museum last month. D) They are visiting the museum last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They visited the museum last month. 9. This is the second time I ..... Japanese food. A) Have eaten. B) Had eaten. C) Ate. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have eaten. 10. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.Travelling ..... (become) much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. A) Have become. B) Has become. C) Will become. D) Becomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has become. 11. Which sentence contains a verb tense error? A) He is eating dinner now. B) She will go to the party tomorrow. C) They has finished their homework. D) We were watching TV last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They has finished their homework. 12. She go to the store yesterday. A) She goes to the store yesterday. B) She gone to the store yesterday. C) She going to the store yesterday. D) She went to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She went to the store yesterday. 13. My brother and sister ..... playing tennis at 11am yesterday. A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 14. They were playing in the park. (Identify the tense) A) Future tense. B) Past perfect tense. C) Present perfect tense. D) Past continuous tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous tense. 15. They are ..... to the playground. A) Went. B) Go. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Going. 16. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb.I ..... (not finish) my report because I had a problem with my computer. A) Will not finish. B) Finished. C) Did not finish. D) Do not finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not finish. 17. I drawed a picture in art class. A) I draw a picture in art class. B) I drawn a picture in art class. C) I drawed a picture in art class. D) I drew a picture in art class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I drew a picture in art class. 18. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs.He ..... (read) the newspaper when his wife ..... (come) home. A) Was reading, came. B) Will read, come. C) Have read, came. D) Reads, comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading, came. 19. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb ..... (read) a book at the moment? A) Did you read. B) Are you reading. C) Will you be reading. D) Were you reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are you reading. 20. He don't like chocolate ice cream. A) He doesn't likes chocolate ice cream. B) He doesn't like chocolate ice cream. C) He don't likes chocolate ice cream. D) He doesn't like the chocolate ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't like chocolate ice cream. 21. He (a) disappointed when he couldn't find an indoor sport. A) A. was. B) Is. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. was. 22. Which of the following is an example of present perfect tense? A) She is working for three different companies. B) She has worked for three different countries. C) She works for three different companies. D) She has been working for three different companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She has worked for three different countries. 23. The teacher is ..... his book now. A) Gave. B) Give. C) Giving. D) Given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving. 24. Select the sentence that correctly uses past tense verbs. A) I am going to the store. B) She eats breakfast every morning. C) They played soccer yesterday. D) He will call you later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They played soccer yesterday. 25. I always go to school by bus. However, this week ..... by car with my dad. A) I go. B) I've gone. C) I'm going. D) I'll go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm going. Next →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTense Errors Quiz 2Tense Errors Quiz 3Tense Errors Quiz 4Aspect QuizHabitual Aspect QuizLexical Aspect QuizPerfect Aspect QuizProgressive Aspect QuizProgressive Verb Forms QuizProgressive Verb Tenses QuizProgressive Verbs Tense QuizSequence Of Tenses In English QuizSequence Of Tenses QuizTalking About The Past QuizTense Agreement QuizTenses And Verb Forms QuizTenses Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books