This document contains 25 multiple choice questions testing tenses in English. The questions test a variety of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive tenses. For each question, only one answer choice is marked as correct. The document is a quiz on English verb tenses designed to test understanding of tense usage in different contexts.

1. TENSES
(Multiple Choice Questions)
PART - 2
BY
Dr. Yashwant Handibag
M.A., NET, Ph.D.

2. Q. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences
using correct form of the verbs given below.
1. The Headmaster ________ to speak to you.
a. will want
b. wants
c. is wanting
d. has wanted
Ans. b. wants

3. 2. I _______ a new bicycle last week.
a. buy
b. bought
c. have bought
d. will buy
Ans. b. bought

4. 3. Here are your shoes; I _________ them.
a. just cleaned
b. had just cleaned
c. have just cleaned
d. clean
Ans. c. have just cleaned

5. 4. It __________ since early morning.
a. rained
b. was raining
c. had been raining
d. has been raining
Ans. d. has been raining

6. 5. I __________ a lot of work today.
a. did
b. have done
c. will do
d. do
Ans. b. have done

7. 6. I _______ something burning.
a. smells
b. smelt
c. smell
d. am smelling
Ans. c. smell

8. 7. Look: The sun ______ over the hills.
a. is rising
b. rises
c. rose
d. has risen
Ans. a. is rising

9. 8. She _______ unconscious since four o’clock.
a. is
b. was
c. has been
d. had been
Ans. c. has been

10. 9. He used to visit us every week, but he rarely
_______ now.
a. came
b. is coming
c. was coming
d. comes
Ans. d. comes

11. 10. We __________ for his call since 4.20.
a. are waiting
b. have been waiting
c. waited
d. wait
Ans. b. have been waiting

12. 11. Every day last week my aunt ________ a
plate.
a. broke
b. has broken
c. had broken
d. break
Ans. a. broke

13. 12. I know all about that film because I _______
it twice.
a. saw
b. had seen
c. have seen
d. will see
Ans. c. have seen

14. 13. Our guests __________ ; they are sitting in
the garden.
a. have arrived
b. has arrived
c. are arrived
d. arrived
Ans. a. have arrived

15. 14. I _________ him since we met a year ago.
a. didn’t see
b. haven’t seen
c. hadn’t seen
d. don’t see
Ans. b. haven’t seen

16. 15. We ________ our breakfast half an hour ago.
a. have finished
b. had finished
c. finished
d. are finished
Ans. c. finished

17. 16. She jumped off the bus while it ________ .
a. is moving
b. was moving
c. moved
d. move
Ans. b. was moving

18. 17. When we went to the cinema, the film
___________.
a. has already started
b. was started
c. was starting
d. had already started
Ans. d. had already started

19. 18. I __________ for half an hour when it
suddenly started to rain.
a. has been walking
b. was walking
c. had been walking
d. have been walking
Ans. c. had been walking

20. 19. Did you think you ________ me somewhere
before?
a. have seen
b. had seen
c. saw
d. are saw
Ans. b. had seen

21. 20. The town _________ its appearance
completely since 1960.
a. has changed
b. was changed
c. is changing
d. has been changing
Ans. a. has changed

22. 21. Sheila _________ her case, look.
a. packed
b. had packed
c. has packed
d. is packing
Ans. c. has packed

23. 22. When I was in Sri Lanka, I ________
Negombo, Beruwela and Nilaveli.
a. has visited
b. visited
c. had visited
d. was visiting
Ans. b. visited

24. 23. I meant to repair the radio, but ______ time
to do it today.
a. haven’t got
b. hadn’t got
c. didn’t get
d. wasn’t got
Ans. a. haven’t got

25. 24. When I ______ my dinner I went to bed.
a. did
b. have had
c. had
d. will have
Ans. c. had

26. 25. Men ____________ to abolish wars up to
now, but maybe they will find a way in the
future.
a. had never managed
b. have never managed
c. did not manage
d. will not manage
Ans. b. have never managed