This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Tenses – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Tenses Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the tense of the sentence:My cat sleeps in the afternoon. A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Simple future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple present. 2. He told the police he'd only had a small drink and was ..... not to drive too fast. A) Careful. B) Being careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being careful. 3. The tense with format:had + V3 form of verb +-ing A) Present perfect Tense. B) Past perfect Tense. C) Past perfect continuous Tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect continuous Tense. 4. Do you want to play football? ~ Not now. I $\ldots$ A) 'm having. B) Have. C) 've. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'm having. 5. The telephone bell ..... loudly.[simple past] A) Will ring. B) Rings. C) Ring. D) Rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rang. 6. You ..... visiting your friends A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 7. Ann ..... cleaning her room when her mother called her A) Weren't. B) Doesn't. C) Didn't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't. 8. Last week's supplementary budget package ..... to prevent Japan's economy from plunging even lower. A) Is being designed. B) Has designed. C) Was designed. D) Would be designed. E) Had designed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was designed. 9. The teacher ..... (teach) in the class.(Fill in the blank with the-Past continuous tense) A) Is teaching. B) Was teaching. C) Am teaching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was teaching. 10. Is this sentence future simple "I will do the home-work." A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. Have / has gone A) Present Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Simple. C) Present Perfect Continuous. D) Present Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Simple. 12. The national anthem ..... after the performance. A) Is sung. B) Was sung. C) Would sing. D) Had sung. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sung. 13. Complete the sentence. 'Where is John?' 'He ..... out five minutes ago.' A) Went. B) Has been. C) Had been. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 14. My mother ..... tea with her breakfast. A) Drink. B) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinks. 15. Donnie ..... his foot when he jumped over the drain. A) Hurted. B) Hurts. C) Hurt. D) Hurting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurt. 16. She has played in the garden.(Identify the tense) A) Simple Present tense. B) Simple Future tense. C) Past Perfect tense. D) Present Perfect tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present Perfect tense. 17. Polar bears ..... at the North Pole. A) Lives. B) Lived. C) Living. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Live. 18. We ..... not ..... the exhibition. A) Have, visit. B) Did, visited. C) Shall, visiting. D) Had, visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had, visited. 19. He ..... all the exercises. A) Finished. B) Finish. C) Will finish. D) Shall finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 20. I had been gone to play in the garden with my friends.(Convert into simple present tense) A) I go to play in the garden with my friends. B) I will be going to play in the garden with my friends. C) I will never go into the garden to play with my friends. D) I am going into the garden to play with my friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I go to play in the garden with my friends. 21. Look! Sidney $\ldots$ A) Wears. B) Wear. C) 's wearing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 's wearing. 22. Every morning she ..... up early and gets ready for work. A) Is waking. B) Wakes. C) Has woken. D) Will wake up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wakes. 23. ..... I ..... (work) right now? A) Are:work. B) Am:working. C) You:work. D) Am:work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am:working. 24. They ..... apples and grapes yesterday. A) Eat. B) Eating. C) Ate. D) Will eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 25. I ..... the ball before it broke the vase. A) Catch. B) Caught. C) Catching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caught. 26. Monica ..... never ..... a beautiful painting like this one. A) Had seen. B) Has saw. C) Had saw. D) Has seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 27. What are the main types of tense? A) Time, date and place. B) Past, present and future. C) Subject, verb and object. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past, present and future. 28. My mother ..... a beautiful saree yesterday. A) Buys. B) Buy. C) Bought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 29. Iffah ..... the first prize in her favourite competition. A) Win. B) Won. C) Winning. D) Is winning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won. 30. Select a sentence with present perfect tense:- A) I have working here since I graduated school. B) I have worked here since I graduated school. C) I am working here since I graduated school. D) I will be worked here since I graduated school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have worked here since I graduated school. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesTenses Quiz 1Tenses Quiz 2Tenses Quiz 3Tenses Quiz 4Tenses Quiz 5Tenses Quiz 6Tenses Quiz 7Tenses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books