This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses And Verb Forms – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses And Verb Forms Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the hailstorm was over, Lencho said to his sons: "A plague of ..... would have left more than this." A) Grasshoppers. B) Locusts. C) Insects. D) Cockroaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locusts. 2. Would you mind ..... me your pocket calculator? A) Lend. B) To lend. C) Lending. D) Lent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lending. 3. "I haven't seen Julie"He told me that he ..... Julie. A) Hasn't seen. B) Hadn't seen. C) Didn't see. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 4. "You had better see a doctor if the sore throat does not clear up, " she said to me. A) She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up. B) She insisted that I see a doctor unless the sore throat did not clear up. C) She ordered me to see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up. D) She reminded me of seeing a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up. 5. She ..... her homework and went out. A) Does. B) Didn't did. C) Made. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 6. Thank somebody + ..... A) For Ving. B) About Ving. C) Of Ving. D) With Ving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For Ving. 7. How much money was the postmaster able to arrange? A) 100 pesos. B) Nil. C) 1000 pesos. D) 70 pesos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70 pesos. 8. "The postmaster was a fat, amiable man." What is the meaning of amiable? A) Rude. B) Thoughtful. C) Friendly. D) Enthusiastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friendly. 9. Busy/ worth + A) To V. B) Ving. C) V. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ving. 10. Which sentence is in the future tense? A) They play soccer. B) They played soccer. C) They are playing soccer. D) They will play soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will play soccer. 11. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE8.The workers ..... resting under a tree now. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 12. Why did Lencho step out into the rain at the beginning of the story? A) To bathe in the rain. B) To compare the rain to new coins. C) To collect his crop. D) To have the pleasure of the rain on his body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To have the pleasure of the rain on his body. 13. In the sentence "They were playing, " the word "were" is a: A) Main verb. B) Noun. C) Helping verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping verb. 14. When we finally found his house, everyone ..... for a club in town. A) Had already left. B) Had left. C) Already had left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already left. 15. Question words:how, what, where + A) To V. B) Ving. C) V. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To V. 16. The first/ the last/ the only ..... + A) To V. B) Ving. C) V. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To V. 17. How much money did Lencho ask God for? A) 70 pesos. B) 100 rubles. C) 100 pesos. D) 70 rubles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100 pesos. 18. "es" is pronounced differently A) Principles. B) Practises. C) Introduces. D) Reaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principles. 19. ** "I'll pay back the money, Gloria" said Peter. => Peter ..... to pay the money back to Gloria. A) Promised. B) Advised. C) Apollogized. D) Offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promised. 20. I (13) ..... (know) it was difficult to be able to swim freely in the deep water but I (14) ..... (decide) to try anyway. A) 13.know14.decided. B) 13.knew14.decided. C) 13.know14.had decided. D) 13.had known14.would decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13.knew14.decided. 21. Which form is the present progressive of "eat" ? A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Is eating. D) Has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is eating. 22. "I have seen that movie" .He told me that he ..... that movie. A) Had seen. B) Will have seen. C) Has seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 23. Jack ..... you his sister couldn't swim. A) Told. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 24. What destroyed Lencho's fields? A) Heavy rainfall. B) Hailstorm. C) Landslide. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hailstorm. 25. She ..... in this company over the past 3 years. A) Works. B) Is working. C) Has worked. D) Worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has worked. 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