Tenses MCQs

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Q.1 Identify the correct tense in the given sentence: “She has been studying for three hours.”
A Present Simple
B Present Continuous
C Present Perfect
D Present Perfect Continuous
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Q.2 It is high time you ______ studying for the upcoming SSC exams.
A start
B started
C have started
D will start
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Q.3 He speaks as if he ______ the owner of this company.
A is
B was
C were
D has been
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Q.4 By the time the ambulance arrived, the patient ______.
A died
B had died
C dies
D has died
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Q.5 I ______ him for ten years and he has never lied to me.
A am knowing
B have been knowing
C know
D have known
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Q.6 If I had known about the meeting, I ______ it.
A will attend
B would attend
C would have attended
D had attended
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Q.7 The train ______ before we reach the station.
A will leave
B will have left
C has left
D left
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Q.8 My father ______ for a brisk walk every morning.
A is going
B goes
C has gone
D went
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Q.9 Since he joined the office, he ______ a single day of leave.
A did not take
B has not taken
C had not taken
D is not taking
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Q.10 We ______ our syllabus by the end of this month.
A complete
B will complete
C will have completed
D are completing
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Q.11 Identify the error: He is working in this company since 2015 without any promotion.
A He is working
B in this company
C since 2015
D without any promotion
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Q.12 When I called him yesterday, he ______ his dinner.
A ate
B was eating
C had eaten
D has eaten
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Q.13 Hardly had I reached the station when the train ______.
A left
B had left
C leaves
D will leave
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Q.14 Look! Someone ______ to open the door of your car.
A tries
B tried
C is trying
D has tried
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Q.15 He ______ his homework before his father came back from the office.
A has completed
B completes
C had completed
D was completing
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Q.16 If you heat ice, it ______.
A melts
B will melt
C would melt
D is melting
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Q.17 They ______ the construction of the bridge next year.
A will have finishing
B will be finished
C will have finished
D have finished
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Q.18 Identify the error: The victim tried to tell us what has happened but his words were not audible.
A The victim tried to tell us
B what has happened
C but his words
D were not audible
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Q.19 She ______ the best apples from the basket when I entered the room.
A chooses
B is choosing
C was choosing
D has chosen
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Q.20 It is time we ______ to our own hometown.
A return
B returned
C have returned
D will return
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Q.21 I ______ to him since he left for the United States.
A didn't speak
B haven't spoken
C hadn't spoken
D am not speaking
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Q.22 Identify the error: I have passed the examination two years ago.
A I have passed
B the examination
C two years ago
D No error
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Q.23 Identify the error: Perhaps you do not know I am owning a beautiful house beside this lake.
A Perhaps you do not know
B I am owning
C a beautiful house beside
D this lake
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Q.24 She ______ the newspaper when I entered her room.
A reads
B was reading
C had read
D has been reading
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Q.25 By the end of this year, he ______ a substantial amount of money.
A will save
B will be saving
C will have saved
D has saved
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Q.26 I ______ to Mumbai tomorrow. I have my tickets ready.
A go
B am going
C will have gone
D have gone
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Q.27 My sister ______ in Delhi for three years but she has never seen the India Gate.
A lived
B has been living
C is living
D had lived
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Q.28 He ______ the examination if he had studied a bit harder.
A would pass
B will pass
C would have passed
D had passed
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Q.29 Identify the error: He told me that he wrote a letter to his superior for a certain reason.
A He told me that
B he wrote a letter
C to his superior
D for a certain reason
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Q.30 The earth ______ around the sun.
A revolve
B is revolving
C revolves
D has revolved
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