Perfect Tenses (Present, Past, Future)

Practice with Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, and Present Perfect Continuous tenses including sentence transformations and fill-in-the-blank exercises

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in blank (II).

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. had made
  2. has made
  3. has been making
  4. will have made
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change the following sentence into Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

“The mother has cleaned the utensils.”

  1. The mother has been cleaning the utensils.
  2. The mother had cleaned the utensils.
  3. The mother will have cleaned the utensils.
  4. The mother has cleaned the utensils.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in blank (III).

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. has made
  2. had made
  3. has been making
  4. had been making
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in blank (IV).

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. has
  2. had
  3. will have
  4. none of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change the following sentence into Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

She had said the prayers.

  1. She has said the prayers.
  2. She has been saying the prayers.
  3. She had said the prayers.
  4. She will have said the prayers.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in blank (I).

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. had conquered
  2. will have conquered
  3. has conquered
  4. had been conquering
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Is the use of “will have or shall have” made in the Future Perfect Tense?

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Neither (1) nor (2)
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which kind of verb is used in Past Perfect Tense?

  1. Present form of the verb
  2. Present Participle form of the verb
  3. Past form of the verb
  4. Past Participle form of the verb
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change the following sentence into Past Perfect Tense.

“The Persian wheel had been working for a long time.”

  1. The Persian wheel has worked for a long time.
  2. The Persian wheel had worked for a long time.
  3. The Persian wheel will have worked for a long time.
  4. The Persian wheel has been working for a long time.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer, which is used in the following tense.

“Present Perfect Tense”

  1. had + III form of verb
  2. has + III form of verb
  3. have + III form of verb
  4. both (2) and (3)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change the following sentence into “Future Perfect Tense”.

The hen has laid an egg.

  1. The hen had laid an egg.
  2. The hen has been laying an egg.
  3. The hen will have laid an egg.
  4. The hen had been laying an egg.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Change the following sentence into Future Perfect Tense.

“The boys had finished their homework before the teacher came.”

  1. The boys will have finished their homework before the teacher comes.
  2. The boys will have been finishing their homework before the teacher comes.
  3. The boys have been finishing their homework before the teacher comes.
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If the gardener _______, he would have watered the plants.

  1. has come
  2. have come
  3. has been coming
  4. had come
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct option for the incorrect sentence.

All the students have occupied their seats before the examination started.

  1. All the students will occupy their seats before the examination started.
  2. All the students will have occupied their seats before the examination started.
  3. All the students have been occupying their seats before the examination started.
  4. All the students had occupied their seats before the examination started.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blanks in the following sentence.

We _______ hardly __________ home, when a strong wind began to blow.

  1. had, reached
  2. will have, reached
  3. have, reached
  4. will have been, reaching
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

She ____________ all the work before the mother comes.

  1. shall have finished
  2. will have finished
  3. had finished
  4. had been finishing
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Neither she nor her friends __________ worked hard.

  1. has
  2. have
  3. has been
  4. had been
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If he __________ the money luxuriously, now he would not have been in crisis.

  1. has not spent
  2. will not spend
  3. had not spent
  4. will have been spending

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