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 #41
We ___ for three hours before it started to rain.
A. had been walking
B. were walking
C. walked
D. have walked
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Perfect Continuous for duration leading up to a past event.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #42
She ___ her homework, so she can go out now.
A. did
B. was doing
C. does
D. has done
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect with present result.
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Question #43
He ___ in the garden at 5 p.m. yesterday.
A. was working
B. had worked
C. has worked
D. worked
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous for a specific time in the past.
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Question #44
I ___ a car if I had enough money.
A. would buy
B. buy
C. will 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
He ___ fast food, he prefers home-cooked meals.
A. hasn't eaten
B. didn't eat
C. doesn't eat
D. isn't eating
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple Present for a general habit/preference.
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Question #46
By the end of this month, I ___ here for a year.
A. have worked
B. will work
C. worked
D. will have worked
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Perfect for duration up to a future point.
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Question #47
She ___ her bag and left the room.
A. was taking
B. takes
C. took
D. had taken
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple Past for sequence of completed actions.
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Question #48
I ___ this song since morning.
A. have been singing
B. am singing
C. sing
D. was singing
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'since' + time.
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Question #49
He ___ when I knocked on the door.
A. sleeps
B. has slept
C. was sleeping
D. slept
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by Simple Past.
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Question #50
I ___ him since he was a child.
A. know
B. knew
C. have known
D. am knowing
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'since' for a state up to now.
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Question #51
They ___ in this city for ten years now.
A. are living
B. lived
C. have been living
D. live
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous for an action that started in the past and continues.
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Question #52
I ___ my grandparents every Sunday.
A. visit
B. am visiting
C. have visited
D. visited
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple Present for habitual routine.
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Question #53
She ___ her room when I came home.
A. has cleaned
B. was cleaning
C. cleaned
D. cleans
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past Continuous for ongoing activity at a past time.
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Question #54
If she had studied, she ___ the test.
A. would pass
B. will pass
C. would have passed
D. passed
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Third conditional: if + past perfect, would have + past participle.
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Question #55
I ___ for you for over an hour.
A. wait
B. am waiting
C. have been waiting
D. waited
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'for' + duration up to now.
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Question #56
She ___ her pen, so I lent her mine.
A. had lost
B. was losing
C. loses
D. lost
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Perfect to show the earlier action.
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Question #57
We ___ TV when the earthquake happened.
A. watch
B. watched
C. were watching
D. have watched
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by simple past.
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Question #58
By next January, I ___ at this company for five years.
A. will be working
B. have worked
C. will have worked
D. will work
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Future Perfect with 'by + time' and duration.
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Question #59
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
I ___ the movie already.
A. was seeing
B. see
C. saw
D. have seen
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'already'.
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