Multiple Choice Questions on Tenses.

1. TENSES
(Multiple Choice Questions)
PART - 1
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 earth ______ round the sun.
a.moves
b.is moving
c. has moving
d.will move
Ans. a. moves

3. 2. My friends _________ the Prime Minister
yesterday.
a. was saw
b. have seen
c. saw
d. had seen
Ans. c. saw

4. 3. I ______ him only one letter up to now.
a. sent
b. have sent
c. send
d. had sent
Ans. b. have sent

5. 4. She _________ worried about something.
a. looked
b. looks
c. has looked
d. will look
Ans. b. looks

6. 5. It started to rain while we _________ tennis.
a. are playing
b. will play
c. played
d. were playing
Ans. d. were playing

7. 6. He ________ fast when the accident
happened.
a. drove
b. drives
c. was driving
d. has driving
Ans. c. was driving

8. 7. He ________ asleep while he was driving.
a. fall
b. has fallen
c. was falling
d. fell
Ans. d. fell

9. 8. I’m sure I ________ him at the party last
night.
a. have seen
b. saw
c. had seen
d. see
Ans. b. saw

10. 9. He ________ a mill in this town.
a. is having
b. have
c. has
d. has been having
Ans. c. has

11. 10. He ___________ here for the last five years.
a. was working
b. is working
c. has been working
d. had been working
Ans. c. has been working

12. 11. He thanked me for what I _______ .
a. have done
b. was done
c. did
d. had done
Ans. d. had done

13. 12. I _________ a strange noise.
a. heard
b. hear
c. am hearing
d. have heard
Ans. b. hear

14. 13. I __________ him for a long time.
a. know
b. knew
c. have known
d. had known
Ans. c. have known

15. 14. We __________ English for five years.
a. studied
b. has been studying
c. are studying
d. have been studying
Ans. d. have been studying

16. 15. Don’t disturb me. I ________ my homework.
a. have been doing
b. have done
c. am doing
d. will do
Ans. c. am doing

17. 16. Abdul ________ to be a doctor.
a. wants
b. want
c. wanted
d. will want
Ans. a. wants

18. 17. The soup _______ good.
a. tasted
b. has tasted
c. tastes
d. will taste
Ans. c. tastes

19. 18. He _______ TV most evenings.
a. watched
b. watches
c. watch
d. has watched
Ans. b. watches

20. 19. He _______ out five minutes ago.
a. went
b. has gone
c. have gone
d. goes
Ans. a. went

21. 20. When he lived in Hyderabad, he ______ to
the cinema once a week.
a. went
b. has gone
c. had gone
d. goes
Ans. a. went

22. 21. The baby _________ all morning.
a. is crying
b. has been crying
c. cried
d. cries
Ans. b. has been crying

23. 22. I _________ Rahim at the zoo.
a. have seen
b. had seen
c. see
d. saw
Ans. d. saw

24. 23. I ________ Kumar this week.
a. haven’t seen
b. didn’t see
c. don’t see
d. hadn’t seen
Ans. a. haven’t seen

25. 24. This paper _________ twice weekly.
a. appeared
b. is appearing
c. appears
d. has appeared
Ans. c. appears

26. 25. Ashok fell off the ladder when he _______
the roof.
a. mended
b. mends
c. has mended
d. was mending
Ans. d. was mending