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Tenses MCQs

Practice Tenses MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense, and their various forms through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #1
She ___ to the gym every morning.
A. going
B. gone
C. go
D. goes
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple Present tense, third person singular 'She' requires 'goes'.
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Question #2
They ___ watching TV when I arrived.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Continuous, plural subject 'They' requires 'were'.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #3
I ___ my homework yet.
A. didn't finish
B. hadn't finished
C. haven't finished
D. don't finish
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'yet' indicates an action not completed up to now.
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Question #4
Water ___ at 100 degrees Celsius.
A. is boiling
B. boils
C. has boiled
D. boil
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple Present for universal truths.
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Question #5
He ___ a novel when I saw him.
A. reads
B. has read
C. read
D. was reading
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Continuous for an action in progress at a specific past moment.
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Question #6
By next month, she ___ here for five years.
A. will work
B. worked
C. works
D. will have worked
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Perfect with 'by + future time' for action completed before that time.
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Question #7
He ___ to Paris last summer.
A. has gone
B. went
C. goes
D. was going
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple Past for a completed action in the past with definite time 'last summer'.
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Question #8
I ___ this movie twice.
A. was seeing
B. have seen
C. saw
D. see
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect for experience without specific past time.
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Question #9
She ___ when the phone rang.
A. was sleeping
B. has slept
C. slept
D. sleeps
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by a simple past action.
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Question #10
They ___ married for ten years by next June.
A. are
B. have been
C. will have been
D. will be
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous with 'by' and duration.
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Question #11
I usually ___ up at 6 a.m.
A. gets
B. get
C. got
D. am getting
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple Present for habitual actions.
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Question #12
He ___ to the office yet.
A. doesn't go
B. hasn't gone
C. didn't go
D. isn't going
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect negative with 'yet'.
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Question #13
We ___ dinner when the guests arrived.
A. were having
B. have
C. had
D. have had
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous for ongoing activity interrupted by another.
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Question #14
She ___ her keys, so she can't open the door.
A. was losing
B. loses
C. lost
D. has lost
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect to show a past action with present result.
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Question #15
I ___ him since 2015.
A. have known
B. know
C. was knowing
D. knew
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'since' for a state starting in the past continuing to now.
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Question #16
By the time we reached, the train ___.
A. had left
B. was leaving
C. left
D. has left
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Perfect for action completed before another past event.
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Question #17
She ___ a letter at the moment.
A. has written
B. is writing
C. writes
D. was writing
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Continuous with 'at the moment'.
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Question #18
He ___ to London twice this year.
A. has been
B. goes
C. went
D. was going
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect for experiences within an unfinished time period.
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Question #19
I ___ him tomorrow.
A. see
B. saw
C. have seen
D. am seeing
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Continuous for planned future arrangements.
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Question #20
She ___ her work before she went out.
A. had finished
B. finishes
C. was finishing
D. finished
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Perfect to show the earlier of two past actions.
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