Tenses MCQs with Answers and Explanations for Competitive Exams

Question #41

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We ___ for three hours before it started to rain.

A. were walking

B. walked

C. have walked

D. had been walking

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Perfect Continuous for duration leading up to a past event.

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Question #42

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She ___ her homework, so she can go out now.

A. does

B. has done

C. was doing

D. did

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect with present result.

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Question #43

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He ___ in the garden at 5 p.m. yesterday.

A. has worked

B. worked

C. was working

D. had worked

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous for a specific time in the past.

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Question #44

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I ___ a car if I had enough money.

A. would buy

B. will buy

C. buy

D. bought

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Second conditional (unreal present): if + past, would + base.

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Question #45

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He ___ fast food, he prefers home-cooked meals.

A. hasn't eaten

B. isn't eating

C. doesn't eat

D. didn't eat

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple Present for a general habit/preference.

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Question #46

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By the end of this month, I ___ here for a year.

A. will have worked

B. worked

C. have worked

D. will work

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Future Perfect for duration up to a future point.

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Question #47

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She ___ her bag and left the room.

A. takes

B. was taking

C. had taken

D. took

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple Past for sequence of completed actions.

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Question #48

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I ___ this song since morning.

A. am singing

B. was singing

C. sing

D. have been singing

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'since' + time.

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Question #49

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He ___ when I knocked on the door.

A. has slept

B. sleeps

C. slept

D. was sleeping

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by Simple Past.

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Question #50

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I ___ him since he was a child.

A. know

B. have known

C. knew

D. am knowing

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'since' for a state up to now.

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Question #51

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They ___ in this city for ten years now.

A. live

B. have been living

C. lived

D. are living

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous for an action that started in the past and continues.

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Question #52

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I ___ my grandparents every Sunday.

A. have visited

B. visited

C. am visiting

D. visit

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple Present for habitual routine.

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Question #53

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She ___ her room when I came home.

A. cleaned

B. cleans

C. was cleaning

D. has cleaned

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous for ongoing activity at a past time.

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Question #54

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If she had studied, she ___ the test.

A. would pass

B. would have passed

C. passed

D. will pass

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Third conditional: if + past perfect, would have + past participle.

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Question #55

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I ___ for you for over an hour.

A. have been waiting

B. waited

C. wait

D. am waiting

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'for' + duration up to now.

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Question #56

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She ___ her pen, so I lent her mine.

A. loses

B. had lost

C. was losing

D. lost

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past Perfect to show the earlier action.

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Question #57

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We ___ TV when the earthquake happened.

A. watch

B. have watched

C. watched

D. were watching

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by simple past.

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Question #58

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By next January, I ___ at this company for five years.

A. will be working

B. will have worked

C. will work

D. have worked

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Future Perfect with 'by + time' and duration.

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Question #59

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He ___ when he fell off the ladder.

A. was painting

B. painted

C. paints

D. has painted

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous for ongoing action when an accident occurred.

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Question #60

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I ___ the movie already.

A. have seen

B. was seeing

C. saw

D. see

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'already'.

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