English Tenses MCQ’s Series

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.He ________ his father yesterday morning.

Fill in the blank using the appropriate verb form:Can you wait for me? It _________ very long.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Last night I ________ you, but the phone was out of order.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.________ me with my suitcase, please?

You . . . . . . . . for being late to the party.

Fill in the blank with the verb in its correct form:I _______ very tired. So I lay down on the bed and went to sleep. (be)

Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb phrase.The pressure of steam in the engine _______ by this red button.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.People go to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier to stand in silence for a minute to honor the memory of those who ____ in wars.

Rewrite the following sentence using the correct tense of the verbs givenin the brackets:Sanchit (standing) across the road and (wait) for me. When he (see) me, he (wave) to me. I could not understand what he (say) because the moving vehicles (make) so much noise.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.You ______ always _______ your things. Put them into their bag.

What I . . . . . . . . is that we . . . . . . . . to think seriously about a thorough reform in the legal system.

Complete the following conversation using the appropriate option:A:What would you like to eat?B: ____________ a sandwich, please. (I/have)

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:I wish you ________ here now. I miss you a lot.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:They are working on the project together.

By the time we . . . . . . . . our preparations for the congress, most of the participants. . . . . . . . at the hall.

Identify the form of the Future Simple Tense from the given options:

Choose the option that completes the sentence correctly:I ______ hard until I crack the MBA entrance examinations.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms:Ann _________ me her address but I'm afraid I _________ it. (give, lose)

No zoologist . . . . . . . . able to keep a gorilla under close observation in the dark jungles in which he . . . . . . . ..

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.In 1992 I _____ for the Italian President when he _____ to France.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Who ________ next to you now?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I'll help him if he __________.

Choose the correct simple past or past continuous form of the verb from the alternatives given.He came into the room and _______ down at his desk.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.She ________ to the market just now.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.He ____ difficulty on the last test he took.

Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank:We must do something soon before it ______(be) too late.

Fill in the blank using the correct tense form:Proteins ________ carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate future tense forms.You've got an appointment with Mr. Sharma? Wait a while. He ___________ probably ___________ at $$5$$ o'clock.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:She speaks well.

The average surface temperature of earth . . . . . . . . more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the present tense of the verb given in the brackets.He speaks as the one who ______ (know).

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete the sentence.Most animals in the zoos ______ in captivity.

My son . . . . . . . . very well at university this term because he . . . . . . . . out late at night anymore.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:Sue has applied for the job but she isn't very well qualified for it. I _____ (be) surprised if she ______ (get) it.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I ________ much of the film because I fell asleep half-way through.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the past tense of the verb given in the brackets.We_______(surprise) at the news of her defeat.

One feels that there . . . . . . . . any noticeable improvement in the human rights problem in Africa until all the African countries . . . . . . . . their economic difficulties.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Take your umbrella. It ___.

We . . . . . . . . football for two hours and . . . . . . . . to a restaurant for a meal, afterwards.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:My dog _____ a lot but it _______ at the moment.

Fill in the blank with a suitable tense form:We _________ with our grandparents next week.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The computer ________ guaranteed by the company.

Fill in the blanks using correct tense forms :Joe's cat _____ into the river yesterday.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The doctor says he _________ a few weeks' rest.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:She has eaten her food.

From the options given below, select the most appropriate answer to fill in the blank in thegiven sentence.I saw the man ________ from the first floor.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:They ______ to London in 1995.

He has been . . . . . . . . the plants for two hours.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:I will represent him in court.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The war ________ in 1939.

Last year he almost . . . . . . . . because he . . . . . . . . his social life a little too much.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:I have been working on the problem.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:They will have been writing their letters.

You should . . . . . . . . exercise daily.

These days, people who . . . . . . . . manual work, often receive far more money than clerks who . . . . . . . . in offices.

Choose the best form of the verb given in the bracket to complete the sentence:When we heard the good news, we were ____________. (delight)

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words."Where _____you born?""I ____born in India.

Identify the sentence(s) that is not in the simple future tense from the given options:

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:I will give him a gift.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:In cold climates people ________ sitting in the sun.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The milk is hot. I ___ on it to make it cold.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:"Why _______ you go to the market?""I ______ no time."

Choose appropriate option to fill in the blank:The police ______ three people but later they let them go. (arrest)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I ________ to see you tomorrow, but now I find I can't.

They . . . . . . . . a football match in the evening. What . . . . . . . . you do?

The petrol warning light . . . . . . . . for half an hour before we . . . . . . . . a petrol station.

I hope they. . . . . . . . this road by the time we come back next summer.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.We don't like him because he always ___ lies.

A: Is that your pure wool pullover in the washing machine? It you know!B: No, I it several times in the machine already. I use the wool cycle and it's fine.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:Why _______ you come yesterday? We ____ a good time.

What will be the appropriate question using the hints in brackets?Q: _____________? (where/go - stay)Ans: In a hotel.

As a teenager, I . . . . . . . . that I . . . . . . . . just young and attractive.

As per the situation choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:(Sue has been in France for the last three weeks.)She _______________ (go)

North Korea still . . . . . . . . a vast police state that . . . . . . . . a network of concentration camps spanning the country.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:The Flash's concert ________ fantastic 3 years ago.

Read the given situation and complete the statement using the most appropriate option:It's a bit cold. You decide to close the window. You say: ____________

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.They _________ basketball when I saw them.

The hens . . . . . . . . into the house if you had shut the door.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate reply to the given question.Where is the new student from? ____________________________.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Princess Diana_____in 1997.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.He ________ an aspirin half an hour ago.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:The English ______ of sports and _______ themselves as good sportsmen.

The number of orders per week . . . . . . . . all year and the sales manager is confident that we . . . . . . . . our target.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.In the years ahead, it seems likely that people _________ even greater control over nature.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Heroes ____ by people because they served their people and their country.

Complete the sentence using one of the following: open/cause/takeBad driving ________ many accidents.

Complete the sentence. Choose the verb into the correct form, positive or negative:It was a funny situation but nobody ______. (laugh)

The peace which Istanbul once . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . away.

As my son . . . . . . . . down by the river, I . . . . . . . . his room thoroughly.

Complete the sentence with the appropriate form of the given verb:They've invited me to their house. They ___________ (be) offended if I don't go.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.Look! There ___ a man sitting at the first table near the door. He___ at us.

The managing director . . . . . . . . Sid to sales manager and ever since then, he . . . . . . . . everybody around.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate simple past tense:Last year, I _______ to Ooty on holiday. (go)

Complete the sentence using the most appropriate option:A friend of yours offers you a lift in his car but you decide to walk.You say: Thank you but _________________.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Tourists ___ a lot of different information when they travel.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.We all _____ a terrible shock.

Read the sentence and state whether the used verb form is correct or not:If not, correct it.Are you believing in God?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Look! The cat ______ your cutlet.

Listen! The coach . . . . . . . . the strengths of our opponents because our team . . . . . . . . against them before.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I'll stay home if it __________.

Choose suitable option to fill in the blank:The future situation is uncertain. _________________________?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Look at the little boys! They ___ with stones.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.She replied that she _____ better.

Complete the following sentence using the correct form of the verb in the brackets. Mr. Gupta's servant _______ (steal) the money yesterday.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:He has called out to him.

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:Janet's contact lens popped out while she _______________.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.She ____learn to read until she was 86.

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate answer from the given options:Your friend is going to a party tonight.You ask: (what / wear?) _______

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the past tense of the verb given in the bracket.He _________ (ashamed) of himself.

Fill the blank with the appropriate verb form:I've invited Sue to the party but I don't think she _________.

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate future tense forms.What time __________ you __________ to Delhi today?

Complete the sentence using one of the following verbs in its appropriate form:open / live / speak / takeMy parents_____in a verysmall flat.

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate future tense forms.It's very cold today. _________ a cup of tea?

No English teacher . . . . . . . . to the school till nowadays.

People who . . . . . . . . items like bottles and cans . . . . . . . . the world's resources.

Use the right form of the verb:'Where ___ (Martin/come) from?' 'He's Scottish.'

Fill in the blank using the correct form of the verb in the bracket:Seema's marriage outfit _______(design) by the famous designer Ritu Beri.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable verb form:We _________ breakfast in bed.

Fill in the blank using the most appropriate future tense forms.I __________ as soon as I have finished my work.

Choose appropriate verb forms to fill in the blanks:I saw an accident last night. Somebody __________ (call) an ambulance butnobody ___________ (injure) so the ambulance __________ (not/need).

The last time we . . . . . . . . dinner with them, they . . . . . . . . for a new house.

The practice of working woman . . . . . . . . so widespread that the working mother . . . . . . . . now not an unusual factor in the world.

I have already . . . . . . . . the Red Fort.

Identify the function(s) of the simple future tense?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The boss made him ____ the report all from the beginning.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:He met me with the bird in his hand. It _____ curiously at me.

Last year Sonny . . . . . . . . four miles each morning before breakfast, but he . . . . . . . . around the block each morning instead since his heart attack.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Did the company test the equipment yesterday? Yes it ____.

Put the verb in the correct form:We went to Kate's house but she ________ at home. (be)

The Bastille Prison, where many important people . . . . . . . . at one time imprisoned, . . . . . . . . today visited by tourists.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.He ________ in 632.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.When did Fatih Sultan conquer Istanbul? Istanbul ________ by Fatih Sultan in 1453.

To the astronomers of the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on natural philosophy . . . . . . . . Aristotle and Ptolemy, since both . . . . . . . . frameworks that explained the whole universe.

Choose the best option from the options given below to complete the sentence:'When you see Ann, can you ask her to phone me?' 'Sure, _____ her.'

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The electric light bulb _________ by Edison.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.He ________ about to give up his job when they offered him a rise.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:Water at a temperature of $$100^{o}$$C __________.

By this time tomorrow, Annie . . . . . . . . through space for nineteen hours.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:Who _______ to see me last week?

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.A: Where did the gunman shoot President Kennedy?B: He _________ in Dallas, Texas.

Choose from the options given below so as to complete the sentence correctly:I ______ on this project for months without success.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Lucy often __________ red.

Complete the given sentence using appropriate form of verb:I'm too tired to walk home. I think ____________ a taxi.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.Every day of last week my aunt ___ a plate.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Where is Comrade A?He ___ tennis.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.He ___out five minutes ago.

A black cow that . . . . . . . . in the field for some time did not return home in the evening.

The circumference of a circle . . . . . . . . 3.14159265 times its diameter no matter how small or large it is.

Some of the workers . . . . . . . . the peaches while the others . . . . . . . . them in wooden boxes.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word with the help of the hint in the brackets.The population of the world ___ very fast. (Happening right now)

Choose the best option from the options given below to complete the sentence:My friend _____ for me when I arrived.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.A: Can I speak to Mr. Rich?B: I'm sorry, he _____________.

Replace the underlined tense form with the correct option, if necessary:The moon is revolving around the sun.

Tim . . . . . . . . a master's degree as soon as he . . . . . . . . to Canada.

In the sentence given below, one word has been omitted. Write the missing word along with the words that come before it and after it.Pollution not a new problem.

I . . . . . . . . in Istanbul for so long that I . . . . . . . . the time before the Bosphorus Bridge.

Fill the correct present perfect or simple past form of the verb from the options given below:I ______ an accident today. I don't know the man involved.

Choose most appropriate option to fill in the blank:Mr Clark ________ (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.How long will she ________ in London?

Scientific advances over the last fifty yearshave ledto revolutionary changes in health, agriculture and communication, andgenerallyenhancingsocio-economic development and the quality of ourlives.Choose the option that indicates the error in the sentence.

Choose the best answer from (A), (B), (C) or (D), to complete sentence. I usually ____ in the river in the summer holidays.

By the first half of the 19th century, the potato . . . . . . . . the staple food in Ireland. In 1854, a disease . . . . . . . ., which resulted in widespread starvation.

Russia . . . . . . . . earlier this week that it . . . . . . . . all its troops out of Georgia.

Choose the correct (and most natural-sounding) response to complete the following sentence:They _____ their new car two weeks ago.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.They were unhappy with the way things __________.

They . . . . . . . . to buy a boat for years, and finally, they . . . . . . . . enough money.

I . . . . . . . . this book for last four years.

Previous studies . . . . . . . . that girls who have earlier puberty . . . . . . . . tendency to have a higher body mass index.

How bad that game is! I'm sure our team . . . . . . . . in this match.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:Tom: Have you seen that film?Bob: Yes, I have.Tom: When?Bob: I ___________ it a week ago.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.When the door ____, Frank was very surprised.

Fill in the blank with a suitable verb form:He probably ________ be back in time for dinner.

Complete the conversation using the most appropriate option:'Remember to buy a newspaper when you go out.''OK. ________________.'

Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb:I _________ at the swimming pool at 7:00 a.m., yesterday morning.

He risked . . . . . . . . out in the rain.

Which of the following sentence(s) is not in the simple present tense:

We . . . . . . . . a lovely view of the Bosphorus and the bridges over it while the plane . . . . . . . . over Istanbul.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I went to the gym and ________ volleyball.

For a hundred years or so, some critics . . . . . . . . that poetry is dying, and all that time poets . . . . . . . . poems that later generations recognize as great.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:A: "I'll drink tea from this tin mug."B: "Where _____ you ______ it?"

Fill in the blank with a suitable word:"I'll help you. What ____________ me to do?""Could you do the washing-up while I do the cooking?"

Choose the best option from the options given below to complete the sentence:There's a programme on television that I want to watch. _____ in five minutes.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.Many cameras ________ in Japan.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:Jimmy, Jane and Billy wanted ______ their grandfather who _____ to visit them.

Correct the underlined part, if necessary:I've bought a new car last week.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.New schools _____ in our city every year.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.If I _________ time, I could go with you.

In 1868, the US government . . . . . . . . 7000 Navajo Indians to return to their homeland and, since then, they . . . . . . . . the largest and richest Indian tribe.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.I _______ home for lunch on Mondays. I have lunch in the canteen.

In 1951, the people of the Gold Coast . . . . . . . . for their own government and shortly afterwards, they . . . . . . . . their country as Ghana.

Select suitable option:The police ___________ to interview two men about the robbery last week.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.The milk _____ at 8 o'clock the following morning.

The young soldier . . . . . . . . that he . . . . . . . . in the battle.

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:"______ you ______ him this week?""Yes, I _______ him on Sunday."

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Our house ________ painted at the moment.

Put the verb in the correct form:You're always tired. If you ________ to bed so late every night, youwouldn't be tired all the time. (not/go)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Summer holidays _________ in June.

Orthrozanclus, about half an inch long, . . . . . . . . about 505 million years ago during the Cambrian Period.

Use appropriate verb forms to fill in the blanks :Jane ____ (wait) for me when I _____ (arrive).

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.A : Was there any trouble at the yesterday's demonstration?B : Yes, about twenty people _______.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.Thousands of traffic accidents _____ by careless drivers every day.

The committee is determined not to leave . . . . . . . . they have finished the project.

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:They were washing the car.

The thief will have run away before the police . . . . . . . ..

The warden . . . . . . . . into the room to see what the students . . . . . . . ..