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Tenses Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 40 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of verb tenses in English. The questions cover a range of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive and others. The correct answers are provided for some questions. The purpose is to assess understanding of how verb tense is used to indicate time, state and completion of actions in English sentences.

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Tenses Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 40 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of verb tenses in English. The questions cover a range of tenses including present, past, future, perfect, progressive and others. The correct answers are provided for some questions. The purpose is to assess understanding of how verb tense is used to indicate time, state and completion of actions in English sentences.

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Worksheet 3

(Tenses)
(20 min’s)

Q1. I __________ working all afternoon and have just finished the assignment.
A have been
B had been
C shall be
D am

Q2. Rohan __________ the movie before he read the review.


A watches
B have watched
C had watched
D was watching

Q3. He __________ in the States but he still does not have a command over the English
language.
A have been living
B has been living
C have lived
D living

Q4. By the next month, we shall __________ the project.


A has completed
B completing
C completed
D have completed

Q5. Every boy and girl __________ in the class today.


A are present
B is present
C have present
D had present
Q6. He __________ daily for a year now.
A exercises
B was exercising
C has been exercising
D have been exercising

Q7. I __________ this book since morning.


A had been reading
B has been reading
C have had read
D shall be reading

Q8. Which tense is used to express general truths and facts?


A Present continuous tense
B Present perfect tense
C Past perfect tense
D Present indefinite tense

Q9. According to the prevailing rate, two dozen __________ rupees one hundred.
A costs
B cost
C costing
D costed

Q10. The Council __________ made its decision.


A have
B have had
C has
D having

Q11. What do tenses as the form of a verb help to determine?


A The time of the action
B The state of the action
C Both (A) and (B)
D The number of action
Q12. Which tense is used to show the completion of an action by a certain time in the future?
A Future perfect tense
B Present indefinite tense
C Future perfect continuous tense
D Both (A) and (C)

Q13. Identify the tense used in the following sentence. “When I reached the bookstore, all the
copies had already been sold.”
A Past perfect tense
B Past indefinite tense
C Present perfect tense
D Present indefinite tense

Q14. The wise leader and politician __________ assassinated.


A are
B has been
C have been
D have had been

Q15. Neither of the paintings __________ sold.


A have been
B were
C are
D was
Correct Ans. B

Q16. Sita or her brothers __________ to be blamed.


A is
B has
C are
D was

Q17. The Chief guest, with his wife, __________.


A has left
B are leaving
C have left
D left
Q18. The quality of products __________ over time.
A are degrading
B have been degrading
C have degrading
D were degraded
Correct Ans. B

Q19. The news __________ not updated timely.


A were
B have
C is
D are

Q20. They __________ into their cars and drove away.


A has got
B have got
C gets
D got

Q21. Choose the sentence with the future perfect tense.


A They shall have arrived by then.
B They shall be arriving by then.
C They shall arrive by then.
D They shall have been arriving by then.

Q22. Identify the tense used in the following sentence. “We are going to reach the destination
as scheduled.”
A Present continuous tense
B Future perfect continuous tense
C Future continuous tense
D Present perfect continuous tense
Q23. Which tense is used to express an action going at some point in the past?
A Past indefinite tense
B Past perfect continuous tense
C Past continuous tense
D Past perfect continuous tense

Q24. Each of the four army soldiers __________ for the mission.
A were ready
B are ready
C was ready
D have been ready

Q25. The thief and the eye-witness __________.


A has escaped
B has been escaping
C was escaping
D have escaped

Q26. Back in my native place, I __________ a smartphone.


A did not have
B do not have
C did not had
D do not had

Q27. Choose the correct sentence.


A When I woke up, he has already eaten breakfast.
B When I woke up, he had already eaten breakfast.
C When I had woken up, he had already ate breakfast.
D When I had woken up, he has already ate breakfast.

Q28. I __________ the medicine as prescribed by the doctor for a week now.
A takes
B have been taking
C would have taken
D have had been taking
Q29. You and I __________ the obligations.
A am fulfilled
B has been fulfilling
C have fulfilled
D has fulfilled

Q30. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “Her brother will walk her down the aisle.”
A Future indefinite tense
B Future perfect tense
C Present indefinite tense
D Present perfect tense

Q31. Choose the past perfect continuous tense form of the sentence. “The children played in
the park throughout the evening.”
A The children played in the park throughout the evening.
B The children have been playing in the park throughout the evening.
C The children had played in the park throughout the evening.
D The children had been playing in the park throughout the evening.

Q32. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “Here comes the soon-to-be bride!”
A Present continuous tense
B Present indefinite tense
C Future indefinite tense
D Present perfect tense

Q33. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. "The weatherman forecasted that
it’s going to rain."
A Present indefinite tense
B Future indefinite tense
C Future perfect continuous tense
D Future continuous tense

Q34. Two-thirds of the food supply __________ for the month.


A has been used
B were used
C have been using
D has been using
Q35. The technique of paraphrasing __________.
A are practised
B has to be practised
C have to be practised
D is practising

Q36. “Shyam and his brothers” __________ a famous sweet shop in our neighbourhood.
A are
B have been
C is
D have

Q37. Which tense is used to express that an action started in the past and is continuing till now?
A Present perfect tense
B Past perfect continuous tense
C Past continuous tense
D Present perfect continuous tense

Q38. Identify the tense used in the sentence. “While he was in the military, he still regularly
wrote to me.”
A Past indefinite tense
B Past perfect tense
C Present indefinite
D Past perfect continuous tense

Q39. Identify the tense used in the underlined phrase. “He is always found reading the
newspaper.”
A Present indefinite tense
B Present perfect continuous tense
C Present continuous tense
D Present perfect tense
Q40. Fill in the blank with the present perfect tense form of the verb given in the bracket.
“James ___________ to visit her grandmother.” (go)
A have been going
B had gone
C has gone
D has been going

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