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. Will
  • B. Shall
  • C. Would
  • D. Should

Explanation: "Would" highlights a sense of expectation for the future or from the perspective of an expectation set in the past for some time yet to…

Correct answer: Would
  • A. Had been
  • B. Was
  • C. Has been
  • D. Being

Explanation: We use 'had been' when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.

Correct answer: Had been
  • A. Didn't had
  • B. Needn't have had
  • C. Didn't have to have
  • D. Needn't

Explanation: If we say that somebody didn't have to or didn't need to do something, we mean that the action was not necessary and the person did not do…

Correct answer: Didn't have to have
  • A. Should
  • B. Would
  • C. Will
  • D. Would have

Explanation: In this context, "would" is used to indicate a habitual action or behavior in the past.

Correct answer: Would
  • A. Will travel around the world.
  • B. Would have travelled
  • C. Would travel
  • D. Travel

Explanation: Option C is correct.The correct answer is would travel. The second conditional tense is used to talk about imaginary or hypothetical…

Correct answer: Would travel