Tenses MCQs

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Q.31 When I ______ the station, the train had already left.
A reached
B had reached
C reach
D was reaching
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Q.32 If it ______, we will not go out for the picnic.
A will rain
B raining
C rains
D rained
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Q.33 She ______ a novel since morning and has not finished it yet.
A is reading
B was reading
C has been reading
D had read
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Q.34 I ______ a brand new car last week from the showroom.
A have bought
B bought
C had bought
D buy
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Q.35 They ______ cricket since 4 o'clock and are now exhausted.
A played
B are playing
C have been playing
D had played
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Q.36 I wish I ______ rich enough to help the poor.
A am
B was
C were
D have been
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Q.37 Identify the error: The vaccine when hit the market is dogged by controversy.
A The vaccine
B when hit the market
C is dogged
D by controversy
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Q.38 We ______ the matter closely for the past three weeks.
A monitor
B are monitoring
C have been monitoring
D were monitoring
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Q.39 Do you know that it ______ since early morning?
A has been raining
B is raining
C rained
D had rained
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Q.40 Identify the error: My friend did not see me for many years when I met him last week.
A My friend did not see me
B for many years
C when I met him
D last week
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Q.41 By the time we reach the stadium, the match ______.
A will start
B will have started
C started
D has started
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Q.42 They ______ to London next week for a business conference.
A are flying
B fly
C flew
D have flown
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Q.43 If I ______ the lottery, I would travel the world.
A win
B won
C had won
D will win
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Q.44 Identify the error: He is having many friends here.
A He is
B having
C many friends
D here
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Q.45 She ______ the best clothes when she goes to a party.
A wear
B wears
C is wearing
D has worn
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Q.46 I ______ this book for the last two days.
A read
B am reading
C have been reading
D was reading
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Q.47 Identify the error: Gauri told me his name after he left.
A Gauri told me
B his name
C after
D he left
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Q.48 Don't disturb him; he ______ his assignment.
A does
B is doing
C has done
D did
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Q.49 I usually ______ coffee, but today I am drinking tea.
A drink
B am drinking
C drank
D have drunk
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Q.50 By next month, we ______ in this city for ten years.
A will live
B will be living
C will have been living
D have lived
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Q.51 Identify the error: It is time we should have done something useful.
A It is time
B we should have done
C something
D useful
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Q.52 Hardly had I stepped out of the house when it ______ heavily.
A starts raining
B started raining
C has started raining
D had started raining
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Q.53 He ______ asleep while he was driving.
A falls
B fell
C has fallen
D had fallen
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Q.54 Identify the error: The secret of his good health lies in the fact that he is getting up before sunrise.
A The secret of his good health
B lies in the fact
C that he is getting up
D before sunrise
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Q.55 We ______ our dinner before she arrived.
A finished
B have finished
C had finished
D were finishing
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Q.56 If you ______ hard, you would have secured the first rank.
A worked
B have worked
C had worked
D were working
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Q.57 The children ______ in the garden since morning.
A are playing
B play
C have been playing
D were playing
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Q.58 Identify the error: He is believing that his father is right.
A He is believing
B that
C his father
D is right
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Q.59 As soon as he ______ the news, he wrote to me.
A heard
B hears
C had heard
D will hear
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Q.60 Look at those dark clouds! It ______ to rain.
A will
B is going
C will be
D has
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