Tenses MCQs

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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 #281
By the end of this year, we ___ this course.
A. complete
B. will complete
C. completed
D. will have completed
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Perfect.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #282
I ___ an email when the computer crashed.
A. was writing
B. wrote
C. have written
D. write
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #283
He ___ never ___ to a foreign country.
A. was, being
B. has, been
C. had, been
D. did, be
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect for life experience.
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Question #284
She ___ a cake for the party last night.
A. bakes
B. has baked
C. was baking
D. baked
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple Past with specific past time.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #285
We ___ for the test all day.
A. have been studying
B. were studying
C. study
D. studied
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'all day'.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #286
I ___ him at the bus stop this morning.
A. saw
B. was seeing
C. have seen
D. see
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple Past with 'this morning' when morning is over.
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Question #287
He ___ the room when I walked in.
A. left
B. has left
C. leaves
D. was leaving
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Continuous for action in progress.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #288
She ___ the piano since she was five.
A. played
B. has been playing
C. plays
D. was playing
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'since'.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #289
They ___ the movie by the time I arrived.
A. had watched
B. watched
C. were watching
D. have watched
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Perfect for earlier action.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #290
I ___ a letter now.
A. am writing
B. have written
C. wrote
D. write
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Continuous.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #291
He ___ his work before the meeting started.
A. was finishing
B. had finished
C. finished
D. has finished
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past Perfect.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #292
I ___ this phone since January.
A. have had
B. was having
C. have
D. had
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'since'.
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Question #293
We ___ in the park when we heard a loud noise.
A. have played
B. played
C. were playing
D. play
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #294
She ___ just ___ the office.
A. did, leave
B. had, left
C. has, left
D. was, leaving
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'just'.
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Question #295
He ___ a new car next week.
A. bought
B. buys
C. is buying
D. has bought
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Continuous for planned future.
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Question #296
I ___ them for a month.
A. wasn't seeing
B. don't see
C. didn't see
D. haven't seen
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect negative with 'for'.
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Question #297
By next year, he ___ in this company for a decade.
A. has worked
B. will have been working
C. will work
D. will be working
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous.
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Question #298
She ___ the stairs when she fell.
A. was climbing
B. climbs
C. has climbed
D. climbed
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous for ongoing action when an accident occurred.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #299
I ___ that you are right.
A. have thought
B. think
C. thought
D. am thinking
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple Present for opinion.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #300
He ___ a mistake, but he corrected it.
A. makes
B. had made
C. made
D. was making
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past Perfect for an earlier action before correction.
This question belongs to: English Tenses

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