Multiple Choice Questions on Tenses.

1. TENSES
(Multiple Choice Questions)
PART - 3
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 plane ________ at 3.30.
a. will arrive
b. arrives
c. is arriving
d. is going to arrive
Ans. b. arrives

3. 2. When I go home, my dog __________ at the
gate waiting for me.
a. will sit
b. is going to sit
c. will be sitting
d. is sitting
Ans. c. will be sitting

4. 3. I ________ the Joshis this evening.
a. will visit
b. am going to visit
c. am about to visit
d. am visiting
Ans. d. am visiting

5. 4. Look at those black clouds. It ____________ .
a. will rain
b. is going to rain
c. is raining
d. is to rain
Ans. b. is going to rain

6. 5. The train ____________ before we reach the
station.
a. will have arrived
b. will arrive
c. is arriving
d. is going to arrive
Ans. a. will have arrived

7. 6. Perhaps we _________ Mahabaleshwar next
month.
a. are going to visit
b. are to visit
c. will visit
d. are about to visit
Ans. c. will visit

8. 7. Unless we _______ now we can’t be on time.
a. will start
b. start
c. will have started
d. are starting
Ans. b. start

9. 8. I ________ into town later on. Do you want a
lift?
a. will drive
b. am driving
c. am going to drive
d. will be driving
Ans. d. will be driving

10. 9. The next term _______ on 16th November.
a. begin
b. begins
c. will begin
d. is going to begin
Ans. b. begins

11. 10. Oh dear! I _______________ .
a. am sneezing
b. am going to sneeze
c. am about to sneeze
d. will sneeze
Ans. b. am going to sneeze

12. 11. By 2025, computers ___________ many of
the jobs that people do today.
a. will have taken over
b. will take over
c. will be taking over
d. are going to take over
Ans. a. will have taken over

13. 12. I’m sure she __________ the exam.
a. will be passing
b. is going to pass
c. is about to pass
d. will pass
Ans. d. will pass

14. 13. I __________ home next Sunday.
a. will go
b. am going to
c. am going
d. will be going
Ans. c. am going

15. 14. I ____________ you one of these days, I
expect.
a. will see
b. will be seeing
c. am going to see
d. am about to see
Ans. b. will be seeing

16. 15. Help! I __________ .
a. will fall
b. will be falling
c. will have fallen
d. am going to fall
Ans. d. am going to fall

17. 16. She has bought some cloth; she
_____________ herself a blouse.
a. is making
b. will make
c. is going to make
d. will be making
Ans. c. is going to make

18. 17. I __________ your house this afternoon. It is
on my way home from work.
a. will pass
b. am going to pass
c. will be passing
d. am about to pass
Ans. c. will be passing

19. 18. Hurry up! The programme ____________ .
a. will start
b. is about to start
c. will be starting
d. is going to start
Ans. b. is about to start

20. 19. This book is not long. I __________ it by
lunch time.
a. will read
b. will be reading
c. will have read
d. am going to read
Ans. c. will have read

21. 20. I ________ tennis every Sunday morning.
a. playing
b. play
c. am playing
d. am play
Ans. b. play

22. 21. Don't make so much noise. Nobita _____ to
study for his EVS test!
a. try
b. tries
c. tried
d. is trying
Ans. d. is trying

23. 22. Smita ______ her teeth before breakfast
every morning.
a. will cleaned
b. is cleaning
c. cleans
d. clean
Ans. c. cleans

24. 23. Sorry, she can't come to the phone. She
______ a bath.
a. is having
b. having
c. have
d. has
Ans. a. is having

25. 24. It _______ many times every winter in
Frankfurt.
a. snows
b. snowed
c. is snowing
d. is snow
Ans. a. snows

26. 25. How many students in your class ______
from Korea?
a. comes
b. come
c. came
d. are coming
Ans. c. came