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English Verb Tenses

Test your knowledge of English verb tenses. This quiz covers simple, continuous, and perfect tenses in present, past, and future forms through sentence completion exercises suitable for exam preparation including MBA, MCA, Bank PO, and competitive exams.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Fill in the blanks with correct word:

He ______ asleep while he was driving.

  1. falls
  2. fell
  3. fallen
  4. none
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I ______ him only one letter up to now.

  1. sent
  2. have sent
  3. shall sent
  4. will sent
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Can I have some milk before I ______ to bed?

  1. go
  2. am going
  3. shall go
  4. will go
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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The earth ______ round the sun.

  1. move
  2. moves
  3. moved
  4. moving
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I am sure I _____ him at the party last night.

  1. saw
  2. see
  3. have seen
  4. had seen
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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My friends ______ the Prime Minister yesterday.

  1. see
  2. have seen
  3. saw
  4. seeing
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I _______ a strange noise.

  1. hear
  2. am hearing
  3. have been hearing
  4. none
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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He _____ here for the last five years.

  1. worked
  2. is working
  3. has been working
  4. none
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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We ______ English for five years.

  1. study
  2. am studying
  3. have been studying
  4. studied
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I ______ him for a long time.

  1. know
  2. have known
  3. am knowing
  4. none
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Don't disturb me. I ____ my home work.

  1. did
  2. do
  3. am doing
  4. was doing
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Arjun _____ to be a doctor.

  1. wants
  2. wanting
  3. is wanting
  4. none
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I ______ forty next birthday.

  1. am
  2. shall be
  3. have been
  4. has been
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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He _____ a mill in this town.

  1. have
  2. has
  3. is having
  4. none
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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He _____ out five minutes ago.

  1. has gone
  2. had gone
  3. went
  4. gone
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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If you _____ at once, you will arrive by six 'o' clock.

  1. start
  2. started
  3. will start
  4. starting
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I shall telephone you when he ______ back.

  1. comes
  2. will come
  3. came
  4. have come
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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When he lived in Hyderabad, he ______ to the cinema once a week.

  1. goes
  2. went
  3. was going
  4. <font face="Arial">use to go
    </font>
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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She ______ in the concert tomorrow evening.

  1. is playing
  2. has played
  3. has been playing
  4. played
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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The baby _______ all morning.

  1. cries
  2. has been crying
  3. have been crying
  4. cried
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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I ______ Kumar this week.

  1. haven't seen
  2. didn't see
  3. am not seeing
  4. saw
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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He thanked me for what I ________.

  1. have done
  2. had done
  3. have been doing
  4. none
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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By this time next year Prakash ______ his University degree.

  1. takes
  2. will take
  3. will have taken
  4. took
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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This paper ______ twice weekly.

  1. is appearing
  2. appearing a
  3. appears
  4. appeared
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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It started to rain while we ______ tennis.

  1. are playing
  2. were playing
  3. had played
  4. have played

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