Multiple Choice Questions on Tenses.

1. TENSES
(Multiple Choice Questions)
PART - 4
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. Weather report: "It's seven o'clock in
Frankfurt and it _______ ."
a. is snow
b. is snowing
c. snows
d. snowed
Ans. b. is snowing

3. 2. Babies _______ when they are hungry.
a. cry
b. cries
c. cried
d. are crying
Ans. a. cry

4. 3. Amit: "What ________ in the evenings?"
Megha: "Usually I watch TV or read a book."
a. you doing
b. you do
c. do you do
d. are you doing
Ans. c. do you do

5. 4. Jane: "What ____________ ?"
Mary: "I'm trying to fix my calculator.
a. you doing
b. you do
c. do you do
d. are you doing
Ans. d. are you doing

6. 5. Jenny _______ her blue jeans today, but
usually she wears a skirt or a dress.
a. wears
b. wearing
c. wear
d. is wearing
Ans. d. is wearing

7. 6. I think I _________ a new calculator. This one
does not work properly any more.
a. needs
b. needed
c. need
d. am needing
Ans. c. need

8. 7. Sorry, you can't borrow my pencil. I ________
it myself.
a. was using
b. using
c. use
d. am using
Ans. d. am using

9. 8. At a school dance:
Juhi: " ___________ yourself?"
Mina: "Yes, I'm having a great time!"
a. You enjoying
b. Enjoy you
c. Do you enjoy
d. Are you enjoying
Ans. d. Are you enjoying

10. 9. I've just finished reading a story called
Dangerous Game. It's about a man who ______
his wife because he doesn't want to lose her.
a. kills
b. killed
c. kill
d. is killing
Ans. a. kills

11. 10. What time __________ ?
a. the train leaves
b. leaves the train
c. is the train leaving
d. does the train leave
Ans. d. does the train leave

12. 11. Jane: "Are you going to the dance on
Friday?"
Mary: "No, I'm not. I _________ school dances;
they're loud, hot and crowded!"
a. not enjoy
b. don`t enjoy
c. doesn`t enjoy
d. am not enjoying
Ans. b. don’t enjoy

13. 12. I _______ for my pen. Have you seen it?
a. will look
b. looking
c. look
d. am looking
Ans. d. am looking

14. 13. You can keep my iPod if you like. I
_______ it any more.
a. don`t use
b. doesn`t use
c. didn`t use
d. am not using
Ans. a. don`t use

15. 14. The phone ________. Can you answer it,
please?
a. rings
b. ring
c. rang
d. is ringing
Ans. d. is ringing

16. 15.They __________ the French course yet.
a. have not started
b. had not started
c. have not start
d. are not started
Ans. a. have not started

17. 16. My family _________ in Australia for a year
when I was a child.
a. was living
b. lives
c. lived
d. has been living
Ans. c. lived

18. 17. Most major cities _________ significantly
over the last 30 years.
a. grew
b. have grown
c. will grow
d. are grown
Ans. b. have grown

19. 18. John usually _________ his dog in the
afternoon.
a. is walking
b. walk
c. walks
d. walked
Ans. c. walks

20. 19. I’m tired. I ___________ for 3 hours!
a. have studied
b. have been studying
c. had been studying
d. was studying
Ans. b. have been studying

21. 20. This time next year I __________ in London
for 7 years.
a. will have been living
b. will have lived
c. will be living
d. am living
Ans. a. will have been living

22. 21. While I was reading, the phone ________ .
a. rang
b. was ringing
c. rung
d. will ring
Ans. a. rang

23. 22. Rohan __________ the movie before he read
the review.
a. watches
b. have watched
c. had watched
d. was watching
Ans. c. had watched

24. 23. He __________ in the States but he still does
not have a command over the English language.
a. is living
b. has been living
c. have been living
d. was living
Ans. b. has been living

25. 24. By the next month, we shall __________ the
project.
a. has completed
b. completed
c. completing
d. have completed
Ans. d. have completed

26. 25. He __________ daily for a year now.
a. exercises
b. was exercising
c. has been exercising
d. have been exercising
Ans. c. has been exercising