Tenses – Exam Based MCQs
1. Identify the tense in: “She writes a letter every day.” (TRB English 2024)
A) Present Continuous
B) Simple Present
C) Present Perfect
D) Simple Past
Ans: B) Simple Present
2. Choose the correct form: “He ____ to school every day.” (TNTET 2022)
A) go
B) goes
C) going
D) gone
Ans: B) goes
3. Identify the tense in: “They are playing cricket now.” (PGTRB)
A) Present Perfect
B) Present Continuous
C) Simple Present
D) Past Continuous
Ans: B) Present Continuous
4. Choose the correct form: “Listen! The baby ____.” (SET)
A) cries
B) cried
C) is crying
D) has cried
Ans: C) is crying
5. Identify the tense in: “I have finished my homework.” (UGC NET English)
A) Present Perfect
B) Simple Past
C) Present Continuous
D) Past Perfect
Ans: A) Present Perfect
6. Choose the correct form: “She ____ already ____ the book.” (TRB English 2024)
A) did / read
B) has / read
C) is / reading
D) had / reads
Ans: B) has / read
7. Identify the tense in: “They have been waiting for two hours.” (TNTET 2022)
A) Present Perfect
B) Present Perfect Continuous
C) Past Perfect Continuous
D) Future Continuous
Ans: B) Present Perfect Continuous
8. Choose the correct form: “I ____ here since morning.” (PGTRB)
A) am waiting
B) waited
C) have been waiting
D) had waited
Ans: C) have been waiting
9. Identify the tense in: “He visited Chennai last week.” (SET)
A) Simple Present
B) Simple Past
C) Present Perfect
D) Past Continuous
Ans: B) Simple Past
10. Choose the correct form: “Yesterday, we ____ a movie.” (UGC NET English)
A) watch
B) watched
C) have watched
D) are watching
Ans: B) watched
11. Identify the tense in: “She was cooking when I called her.” (TRB English 2024)
A) Past Perfect
B) Past Continuous
C) Present Continuous
D) Simple Past
Ans: B) Past Continuous
12. Choose the correct form: “At 8 p.m. yesterday, I ____ for the test.” (TNTET 2022)
A) studied
B) have studied
C) was studying
D) study
Ans: C) was studying
13. Identify the tense in: “The train had left before we reached the station.” (PGTRB)
A) Simple Past
B) Past Perfect
C) Present Perfect
D) Future Perfect
Ans: B) Past Perfect
14. Choose the correct form: “By the time I arrived, they ____ dinner.” (SET)
A) finished
B) had finished
C) have finished
D) finish
Ans: B) had finished
15. Identify the tense in: “He had been working there for ten years before he resigned.” (UGC NET English)
A) Present Perfect Continuous
B) Past Perfect Continuous
C) Future Perfect Continuous
D) Past Continuous
Ans: B) Past Perfect Continuous
16. Choose the correct form: “She ____ for an hour before the guests arrived.” (TRB English 2024)
A) has been singing
B) had been singing
C) was singing
D) sings
Ans: B) had been singing
17. Identify the tense in: “I will call you tomorrow.” (TNTET 2022)
A) Future Continuous
B) Simple Future
C) Present Continuous
D) Future Perfect
Ans: B) Simple Future
18. Choose the correct form: “She ____ the exam next month.” (PGTRB)
A) writes
B) wrote
C) will write
D) has written
Ans: C) will write
19. Identify the tense in: “This time tomorrow, we will be travelling to Madurai.” (SET)
A) Future Perfect
B) Future Continuous
C) Present Continuous
D) Simple Future
Ans: B) Future Continuous
20. Choose the correct form: “At 10 a.m. tomorrow, he ____ in the office.” (UGC NET English)
A) works
B) will be working
C) has worked
D) worked
Ans: B) will be working
21. Identify the tense in: “By next week, I will have completed the project.” (TRB English 2024)
A) Future Perfect
B) Present Perfect
C) Future Continuous
D) Past Perfect
Ans: A) Future Perfect
22. Choose the correct form: “By 5 p.m., they ____ the work.” (TNTET 2022)
A) finish
B) will have finished
C) had finished
D) are finishing
Ans: B) will have finished
23. Identify the tense in: “By next June, she will have been teaching here for five years.” (PGTRB)
A) Future Perfect Continuous
B) Present Perfect Continuous
C) Past Perfect Continuous
D) Future Continuous
Ans: A) Future Perfect Continuous
24. Choose the correct form: “By December, I ____ in this school for ten years.” (SET)
A) will teach
B) will have been teaching
C) had taught
D) have taught
Ans: B) will have been teaching
25. Which tense is used for universal truths? (UGC NET English)
A) Present Perfect
B) Simple Present
C) Simple Past
D) Future Continuous
Ans: B) Simple Present
26. Choose the correct sentence. (TRB English 2024)
A) The sun rise in the east.
B) The sun rises in the east.
C) The sun is rising in the east every day.
D) The sun has rise in the east.
Ans: B) The sun rises in the east.
27. Which tense is commonly used with “now”? (TNTET 2022)
A) Simple Past
B) Present Continuous
C) Past Perfect
D) Future Perfect
Ans: B) Present Continuous
28. Choose the correct form: “She ____ a song now.” (PGTRB)
A) sang
B) sings
C) is singing
D) has sung
Ans: C) is singing
29. Which tense is often used with “already,” “just,” and “yet”? (SET)
A) Present Perfect
B) Simple Past
C) Present Continuous
D) Past Continuous
Ans: A) Present Perfect
30. Choose the correct form: “I ____ just ____ my lunch.” (UGC NET English)
A) did / eat
B) have / eaten
C) had / ate
D) am / eating
Ans: B) have / eaten
31. Which tense is used for an action completed before another past action? (TRB English 2024)
A) Simple Past
B) Past Perfect
C) Future Perfect
D) Present Perfect
Ans: B) Past Perfect
32. Choose the correct form: “When I reached the bus stop, the bus ____.” (TNTET 2022)
A) left
B) had left
C) leaves
D) has left
Ans: B) had left
33. Which tense shows the duration of an action continuing up to the present? (PGTRB)
A) Present Perfect Continuous
B) Simple Present
C) Future Continuous
D) Past Perfect
Ans: A) Present Perfect Continuous
34. Choose the correct form: “They ____ football since 4 o’clock.” (SET)
A) played
B) have been playing
C) are playing
D) will play
Ans: B) have been playing
35. Which tense is used for planned future arrangements? (UGC NET English)
A) Simple Past
B) Present Continuous
C) Past Perfect
D) Present Perfect
Ans: B) Present Continuous
36. Choose the correct form: “We ____ our principal tomorrow evening.” (TRB English 2024)
A) met
B) are meeting
C) have met
D) had met
Ans: B) are meeting
37. Which sentence is in the Simple Future tense? (TNTET 2022)
A) She is writing a poem.
B) She will write a poem.
C) She has written a poem.
D) She wrote a poem.
Ans: B) She will write a poem.
38. Which sentence is in the Past Continuous tense? (PGTRB)
A) They were reading books.
B) They have read books.
C) They read books.
D) They will read books.
Ans: A) They were reading books.
39. Which sentence is in the Present Perfect tense? (SET)
A) I am completing my work.
B) I completed my work.
C) I have completed my work.
D) I had completed my work.
Ans: C) I have completed my work.
40. Which sentence is in the Future Perfect tense? (UGC NET English)
A) She will be arriving soon.
B) She will have arrived by noon.
C) She has arrived by noon.
D) She arrived by noon.
Ans: B) She will have arrived by noon.
41. Choose the correct form: “If he ____ hard, he will pass.” (TRB English 2024)
A) studies
B) studied
C) will study
D) has studied
Ans: A) studies
42. Choose the correct form: “When she comes, I ____ the message.” (TNTET 2022)
A) gave
B) will give
C) gives
D) am giving
Ans: B) will give
43. Which tense is used in: “I have known him for many years”? (PGTRB)
A) Present Perfect
B) Present Perfect Continuous
C) Simple Present
D) Past Perfect
Ans: A) Present Perfect
44. Which sentence is correct? (SET)
A) He have completed the work.
B) He has completed the work.
C) He completed the work just now since two hours.
D) He is complete the work.
Ans: B) He has completed the work.
45. Which sentence is correct? (UGC NET English)
A) They was playing chess.
B) They were playing chess.
C) They is playing chess.
D) They has been playing chess.
Ans: B) They were playing chess.
46. Choose the correct form: “By the end of this year, she ____ her degree.” (TRB English 2024)
A) completes
B) completed
C) will have completed
D) has completed
Ans: C) will have completed
47. Choose the correct form: “I ____ this book three times.” (TNTET 2022)
A) read
B) have read
C) am reading
D) had read yesterday
Ans: B) have read
48. Which tense is used in: “He had been sleeping when the bell rang”? (PGTRB)
A) Past Perfect Continuous
B) Past Continuous
C) Present Perfect Continuous
D) Future Perfect Continuous
Ans: A) Past Perfect Continuous
49. Which sentence is in the Future Perfect Continuous tense? (SET)
A) They will work hard.
B) They will have worked hard.
C) They will have been working hard for two hours.
D) They are working hard.
Ans: C) They will have been working hard for two hours.
50. The best summary of tense is that it shows the ______ of an action or state. (UGC NET English)
A) colour
B) number
C) time
D) place
Ans: C) time
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