Free Tenses MCQs with Answers
545 Tenses MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Tenses show when an action or state occurs and whether it is complete, continuing or repeated. The work covers present, past and future forms, including simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous constructions, as well as sequence of tenses and the difference between tense and aspect.
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- A. He told us that you have not fulfil your promise
- B. He told us that we do not fulfiled our promise
- C. He told us that we did not fulfill our promise
- D. He told us that we did not fulfiled our promise
Explanation: The main clause ("He told us") is in the past tense, indicating the action of telling happened at an earlier time.
Correct answer: He told us that we did not fulfiled our promise- A. We fast in Ramazan
- B. If you attend the lecture you will pass
- C. Did they go for shopping?
- D. It was not a lost cause
Explanation: A conditional sentence expresses a condition and its possible outcome. In this case, "if you attend the lecture" is the condition, and…
Correct answer: If you attend the lecture you will pass- A. I will be shopping at 3 pm.
- B. I will be doing shopping at 3 pm.
- C. I will have shopping since 3 pm
- D. I will have been shopping since 3 pm.
Explanation: "I will have been shopping since 3 pm" correctly uses the future perfect continuous tense.
Correct answer: I will have been shopping since 3 pm.- A. Had he been wise, he would not have done such foolish things.
- B. Had he been wise, he would not do such foolish things.
- C. Were he wise, he would not have done such foolish things.
- D. Was he wise, he would not have done such foolish things.
Explanation: A. Had he been wise, he would not have done such foolish things is indeed a correctly structured conditional sentence.
Correct answer: Had he been wise, he would not have done such foolish things.- A. Past indefinite
- B. Present Perfect Continuous
- C. Past perfect Continuous
- D. Persent indefinite
Explanation: The present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started at some point in the past and is ongoing up to the present…
Correct answer: Present Perfect Continuous- A. Type I probable conditional sentence
- B. Type Il improbable conditional sentence
- C. Type Ill unfulfilled conditional sentence
- D. Type Zero conditional sentence
Explanation: Type I probable conditional sentences describe a possible condition in the present or future and its likely outcome.
Correct answer: Type I probable conditional sentence- A. Present Indefinite
- B. Past Indefinite
- C. Present Perfect Continuous
- D. Past Perfect Continuous
Explanation: The tense used in the sentence "He had been reading a book since morning" is:c) Present Perfect Continuous
Correct answer: Present Perfect Continuous- A. Type Zero conditional sentence.
- B. Type l probable conditional sentence.
- C. Type Il improbable conditional sentence.
- D. Type Ill unfulfilled conditional sentence.
Explanation: Type III unfulfilled conditional: These sentences discuss hypothetical situations in the past that did not happen.
Correct answer: Type Ill unfulfilled conditional sentence.- A. Already started
- B. Had already started
- C. Would already start
- D. Started already
Explanation: The other options are wrong as 'when we went' indicates the use of the past tense. The correct answer is B) had already started.
Correct answer: Had already started- A. Is
- B. Was
- C. Has been
- D. Would
Explanation: The other options are wrong as 'since four o'clock' indicates the use of present perfect tense and not the simple present or simple past…
Correct answer: Has been- A. has known
- B. have known
- C. knows
- D. knew
Explanation: Option A is correct. Ahmad has known me for a long time is correct sentence.
Correct answer: has known- A. Study
- B. Am Studying
- C. Have been Studying
- D. Studies
Explanation: The correct answer is "have been studying." The sentence "English for five years" implies a perfect tense.
Correct answer: Have been Studying- A. Start
- B. Will start
- C. Do not start
- D. Are starting
Explanation: The correct answer is "start." The sentence is a conditional statement, and "start" is the present verb that fits in the context.
Correct answer: Start- A. Start
- B. Starting
- C. Starts
- D. Have started
Explanation: The sentence is suggesting that if a certain action is initiated, it will allow the person to reach their destination by six o'clock.
Correct answer: Start- A. Studied
- B. Has been studying
- C. Studies
- D. Had studies
Explanation: The sentence indicates an ongoing action that started in the past and continues into the present.
Correct answer: Has been studying- A. Will have escape
- B. Will have escaped
- C. Will escaped
- D. Will escape
Explanation: b) Will have escaped.This option is the correct sentence. It uses the future perfect tense, which is appropriate for describing an action…
Correct answer: Will have escaped- A. Has learnt
- B. Have been learning
- C. Has been learning
- D. Has been learns
Explanation: This sentence is in the future perfect continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action that will be completed in the future.
Correct answer: Has been learning- A. Become
- B. Became
- C. Will be
- D. Be
Explanation: Become is the first form. It is used in the present tense Heard indicates past tense, thus the second form of the verb will be used i.e.
Correct answer: Became- A. Have done
- B. Has done
- C. Have been done
- D. Did
Explanation: Have is used in the present perfect tense with a plural subject Has is used in the present perfect tense with a singular subject Have been…
Correct answer: Did- A. Lives
- B. Is living
- C. Has lived
- D. Had lived
Explanation: Lives is the first form that is used with a singular subject in the present tense Is living would be used in the present continuous tense…
Correct answer: Lives