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 #821
They ___ in this city for 20 years.
A. live
B. have been living
C. are living
D. lived
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Duration to present → Present Perfect Continuous.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #822
By next week, we ___ all the assignments.
A. will have finished
B. will finish
C. finish
D. are finishing
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Deadline → Future Perfect.
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Question #823
I ___ my keys. I cannot find them.
A. am losing
B. have lost
C. had lost
D. lost
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Recent past with present effect → Present Perfect.
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Question #824
She ___ the letter before she went to bed.
A. had written
B. has written
C. wrote
D. was writing
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Earlier action → Past Perfect.
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Question #825
He ___ a letter now.
A. wrote
B. writes
C. has written
D. is writing
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Now → Present Continuous.
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Question #826
We ___ for you at the mall tomorrow.
A. will wait
B. wait
C. waited
D. will be waiting
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Continuous for ongoing action at a future time.
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Question #827
When I saw him, he ___ a cap.
A. wore
B. was wearing
C. has worn
D. wears
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Action in progress at the time of seeing → Past Continuous.
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Question #828
I ___ the book by tomorrow evening.
A. will read
B. am reading
C. will have read
D. read
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Future Perfect with deadline.
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Question #829
She ___ to Paris last summer.
A. has gone
B. went
C. goes
D. was going
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Last summer → Simple Past.
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Question #830
He ___ just ___ the room.
A. is, leaving
B. had, left
C. has, left
D. was, leaving
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Just now → Present Perfect.
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Question #831
If it ___ , we will stay home.
A. rains
B. will rain
C. rain
D. rained
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
First conditional.
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Question #832
I wish I ___ more money.
A. had
B. have
C. have had
D. will have
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Unreal present → Past Simple.
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Question #833
She acted as if she ___ the answer.
A. has known
B. had known
C. knows
D. knew
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
As if + unreal present → past simple.
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Question #834
It's time we ___ the meeting.
A. started
B. will start
C. are starting
D. start
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
It's time + past.
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Question #835
He said that the earth ___ round.
A. had been
B. is
C. was
D. will be
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Universal truth → present tense retained.
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Question #836
She ___ for the interview when I called.
A. prepared
B. has prepared
C. was preparing
D. prepares
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Ongoing action interrupted → Past Continuous.
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Question #837
We ___ the project by 10 a.m. tomorrow.
A. complete
B. will have completed
C. will complete
D. are completing
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Future Perfect.
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Question #838
She ___ her phone and cried.
A. was losing
B. had lost
C. has lost
D. lost
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Losing before crying → Past Perfect.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #839
I ___ a lot of work today and I'm exhausted.
A. have done
B. was doing
C. had done
D. did
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Today unfinished → Present Perfect.
This question belongs to: English Tenses
Question #840
The children ___ in the pool at 3 p.m. yesterday.
A. were swimming
B. have swum
C. swam
D. swim
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Specific past time → Past Continuous.
This question belongs to: English Tenses

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