Tenses (Gap fill)
This test will help the spoken english learners
Questions
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
Sometimes he ________ (behave) very rudely.
- had behaved
- will behave
- behaves
- has behaved
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
He _______ (do) not want to get married at any rate.
- does
- do
- would
- will
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
Today, Sheela ______ (play) loud music.
- is playing
- was playing
- has played
- had
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
I ________ (have) this pain for four days before there was a let up.
- had
- have
- am having
- has
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
The baby ________ (cry) for sometime.
- has been crying
- have been crying
- is crying
- was crying
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
If it _________ (rain), I would have called on you.
- did not rain
- had not rained
- has not rained
- have not rained
Directions: Choose the most suitable option from the given options.
Our neighbour's dog _____ always ______ (bark).
- was, barking
- has, barked
- have, barked
- is, barking
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
Their attitude towards all this ______ (change): similarly they have softened their position.
- had changed
- are changed
- have changed
- has changed
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
We ________ (discuss) the problem since 10 o’clock.
- are discussing
- were discussing
- have been discussing
- have discussed
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
Everyone _______ (take) examination since 9 O'clock.
- have been taking
- has been taking
- was taking
- is taking
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
My neighbour ________ (live) alone since Christmas.
- is living
- was living
- had been living
- has been living
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
She ______ Jeniffer after her grandmother.
- christens
- christened
- had christened
- has christened
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
You must be very careful, or you ________ (make) mistakes.
- made
- have made
- will make
- make
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
They ________ (go) to Tiruchi by next month.
- are going
- will be going
- will go
- will have gone
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
Then the police ________ (warn) the public to be on the alert for suspicious packages.
- were warning
- are warning
- warned
- is warning
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
When I called him, he __________ (read).
- is reading
- was reading
- read
- has read
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
When she _______ (complete) her work, she went out to play.
- completes
- completed
- has completed
- had completed
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
The light went out while we ______ (play).
- are playing
- were playing
- played
- have played
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
If I _______ (meet) you, I would have invited you to my marriage.
- meet
- met
- had met
- have met
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
At that time, they ________ (work) for two hours.
- will have been working
- would be working
- will be working
- are working
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
When he gets home, his children ________ (play).
- are playing
- is playing
- will be playing
- shall be playing
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options and fill in the blank.
Hopefully they _______ (come) to an agreement soon.
- have come
- will come
- will have come
- will be coming
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
By next October, they _______ (live) here for five years.
- will have been living
- will be living
- are living
- have been living
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
When she gets her degree, she _______ (study) at P.S.G College for two years.
- will be studying
- is studying
- has been studying
- will have been studying
Directions: Choose the most suitable form of verb from the given options.
I ________ (finish) my work by that time.
- will finish
- finish
- shall have finished
- finished