1. Did you the match yesterday?
- watching
- watch
- watched
- watches
Answer: B) watch
Explanation: After "did" use V1. Tenses · Past tenses
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English: Tenses MCQs — English
57 multiple-choice questions on English: Tenses from English, each with the correct answer and, where available, a teacher's explanation. Read through them to revise the chapter, then practise the same questions one by one to test yourself.
2. He in the army for ten years before he retired.
- was serving since
- had served
- serves
- has served
Answer: B) had served
Explanation: Completed duration before a past point. Tenses · Past tenses
3. He worked hard so that he pass.
- will
- might
- may
- can
Answer: B) might
Explanation: After a past main verb, "may" becomes "might". Tenses · Sequence of tenses
4. Water at 100 °C.
- boiled
- is boiling
- boils
- has boiled
Answer: C) boils
Explanation: Scientific facts take the present indefinite. Tenses · Present tenses
5. I wish I a bird.
- will be
- were
- am
- was being
Answer: B) were
Explanation: Unreal wish – "were" for all persons. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
6. He a car now.
- owns
- is owning
- has owning
- own
Answer: A) owns
Explanation: "Own" is stative – present indefinite. Tenses · Present tenses
7. I him since 2015.
- know
- knew
- have known
- am knowing
Answer: C) have known
Explanation: "Since" + point of time needs the present perfect; "know" is stative (no continuous). Tenses · Present tenses
8. The teacher said that the earth round the sun.
- moves
- moved
- had moved
- was moving
Answer: A) moves
Explanation: Universal truths remain in the present. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
9. I wish I harder last year.
- have studied
- studied
- study
- had studied
Answer: D) had studied
Explanation: Wish about the past – past perfect. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
10. It is high time we for the exam.
- are preparing
- prepare
- will prepare
- prepared
Answer: D) prepared
Explanation: "It is high time" + past tense. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
11. He his keys, so he could not open the door.
- was lost
- loses
- had lost
- has lost
Answer: C) had lost
Explanation: Losing happened before not being able to open – past perfect. Tenses · Past tenses
12. She the letter before I reached home.
- wrote
- had written
- writes
- has written
Answer: B) had written
Explanation: Earlier past action – past perfect. Tenses · Past tenses
13. Don't worry, I you with your project.
- will help
- am helping
- help
- helped
Answer: A) will help
Explanation: A promise or offer – will + V1. Tenses · Future tenses
14. I knew that she come.
- shall
- will
- can
- would
Answer: D) would
Explanation: "Will" becomes "would" after a past main verb. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
15. She told me that she the book.
- has read
- will read
- had read
- reads
Answer: C) had read
Explanation: Reported present perfect becomes past perfect. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
16. The patient before the doctor arrived.
- died
- was died
- has died
- had died
Answer: D) had died
Explanation: Earlier past action – past perfect. Tenses · Past tenses
17. By 2030 he in this school for twenty years.
- has taught
- will be teaching
- will teach
- will have been teaching
Answer: D) will have been teaching
Explanation: Duration up to a future point – future perfect continuous. Tenses · Future tenses
18. I him two days ago.
- meet
- had met
- have met
- met
Answer: D) met
Explanation: "Ago" requires the past indefinite. Tenses · Past tenses
19. I my homework; now I can play.
- finish
- finished
- am finishing
- have finished
Answer: D) have finished
Explanation: A past action with a present result – present perfect. Tenses · Present tenses
20. We dinner when the guests came.
- had
- are having
- were having
- have had
Answer: C) were having
Explanation: Action in progress when another happened. Tenses · Past tenses
21. This box old books.
- contains
- contain
- is containing
- has been containing
Answer: A) contains
Explanation: "Contain" is stative. Tenses · Present tenses
22. I will call you when he .
- would arrive
- arrived
- will arrive
- arrives
Answer: D) arrives
Explanation: Time clauses use the present for future meaning. Tenses · Future tenses
23. He talks as if he everything.
- knew
- knows
- has known
- know
Answer: A) knew
Explanation: "As if" (unreal) + past. Tenses · Sequence of tenses
24. As soon as he , we shall start the meeting.
- will come
- comes
- came
- has came
Answer: B) comes
Explanation: Time clause – present for the future. Tenses · Future tenses
25. We for Murree at 6 a.m. tomorrow; the tickets are booked.
- leave yesterday
- have left
- left
- are leaving
Answer: D) are leaving
Explanation: Arranged future plan – present continuous. Tenses · Future tenses
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