English Grammar (Tenses)
Very useful for Class V to XII studies and competitive exams
Top English Grammar Tenses MCQ Questions for Competitive Exams
What is the tense of the sentence: “She will be singing at the concert tomorrow”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) None of the above
Which tense is used to describe actions that happened before a specific time in the past?
a) Present Continuous b) Past Continuous c) Present Perfect d) Past Perfect
In which tense is the sentence “I am eating dinner”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Present Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “They had gone to the movies before I arrived”?
a) Present b) Past c) Future d) Past Perfect
“She will have completed her project by Friday.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Present Perfect b) Past Perfect c) Future Perfect d) Present Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “I will visit my grandparents next weekend”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Present Continuous
Which tense is used for actions that are happening right now?
a) Past Continuous b) Present Continuous c) Future Continuous d) Present Perfect
“He has been studying all day.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Past Simple b) Present Perfect Continuous c) Future Perfect d) Past Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “They went to the beach yesterday”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Past Simple
Which tense is used for actions that will happen in the future and will be completed by a specific time?
a) Past Perfect b) Present Continuous c) Future Perfect d) Future Perfect Continuous
“She had been working for the company for five years.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Past Continuous b) Present Perfect Continuous c) Past Perfect Continuous d) Present Continuous
“They will have been traveling for six hours by the time they reach their destination.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Past Perfect Continuous b) Present Perfect Continuous c) Future Perfect Continuous d) Future Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “She teaches English every day”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Simple Present
“I have never been to Paris.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Past Perfect b) Present Perfect c) Future Perfect d) Present Simple
What is the tense of the sentence: “They will be studying for the exam tomorrow”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Future Continuous
Choose the correct sentence.
a) The boys had not playing. b) The boys have not playing. c) The boys are not playing. d) The boys is not playing.
Choose the correct sentence.
a) She ate an apple yesterday. b) She is not an apple yesterday. c) She will eat an apple yesterday. d) She eat an apple yesterday.
Choose incorrect sentence from given sentence.
a) She has gone to village. b) The sun shines in the sky. c) She is not play. d) He plays cricket everyday.
Did Shyam ——- to his friend’s house? (Choose the correct form of the verb.)
a) gone b) went c) goes d) go
The girls are ——— under a mango tree.
a) sitting b) sit c) sits d) sat
She ——— a song.
a) sing b) is singing c) is sing d) is sung
Monali ——– an essay yesterday.
a) writes b) wrote c) writing d) write
Find the wrong pair out.
a) write – writes b) read – read c) swim – swam d) watch – watched
Which of the following sentence is in present tense?
a) Rama drunk water b) Rama drinked water c) Rama had drunk water d) Rama drinks water
Which of the following sentence is in the past tense?
a) Rama was very strong b) Rama will be very strong c) Rama is very strong d) None of these
Identify the correct tense form in the given sentence: “I go to school.”
a) Simple present tense b) Simple future tense c) Simple past tense d) Present perfect tense
“I am reading an interesting story.”
a) Present continuous tense b) Future continuous tense c) Past continuous tense d) Simple present tense
“He goes to school.”
a) Simple past tense b) Simple future tense c) Simple present tense d) Past perfect tense
“She has been walking on the road.”
a) Present perfect continuous tense b) Future present tense c) Past present continuous tense d) Present perfect tense
“Aryan called all his friend.”
a) Simple past tense b) Simple present tense c) Simple future tense d) —
“I will get my new car in December.”
a) Simple past tense b) Simple future tense c) Present perfect tense d) Simple present tense
“I shall be travelling to Mumbai.”
a) Future continuous tense b) Past continuous tense c) Present continuous tense d) Simple future tense
“I had eaten the cake.”
a) Past perfect tense b) Present perfect continuous tense c) Future perfect tense d) Present perfect tense
“India has won the cricket match.”
a) Present perfect tense b) Simple past tense c) Past perfect tense d) Future perfect tense
“The park will close for winter.”
a) Future continuous tense b) Simple past tense c) Simple present tense d) Simple future tense
“I shall win the match.” (Identify the tense)
a) Simple present tense b) Simple past tense c) Simple future tense d) Future continuous tense
“We have elected Virat our captain.” (Identify the tense)
a) Simple present tense b) Present perfect tense c) Past perfect tense d) Future continuous tense
Identify the tense: “He will eat a banana.”
a) Simple present tense b) Simple past tense c) Simple future tense d) None of these
“We had been cutting wood.” (Identify the tense)
a) Present perfect tense b) Past perfect tense c) Past perfect continuous tense d) Present perfect continuous tense
“I work in one of the greatest companies.” (Make future continuous tense)
a) I had worked in one of the greatest companies. b) I will be working in one of the greatest companies. c) I had been working in one of the greatest companies. d) I have worked in one of the greatest companies.
“We had been cutting wood.” (Identify the tense)
a) Past continuous tense b) Present continuous tense c) Past perfect continuous tense d) Present perfect tense
“He is reading a story.” (Make future continuous tense)
a) He will reading a story. b) He will read story. c) You will been reading a story. d) You will be reading a story.
“I had finished my homework.” (Identify the tense)
a) Present perfect tense b) Simple past tense c) Past perfect tense d) Past continuous tense
“I had been walking on the road.” (Identify the tense)
a) Present perfect tense b) Past perfect continuous tense c) Perfect continuous tense d) Past continuous tense
“Sudha is writing on the blackboard.” (Change to present perfect tense)
a) Sudha was writing on the blackboard. b) Sudha had written on the blackboard. c) Sudha has writing on the blackboard. d) Sudha has written on the blackboard.
What is the tense of the sentence: “He had visited the museum before it closed”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Past Perfect
What is the tense of the sentence: “She has been reading for two hours”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Present Perfect Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “He will arrive at 3 PM”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Future Continuous
What is the tense of the sentence: “I will have lunch in an hour”?
a) Past b) Present c) Future d) Future Perfect
“She had just finished her book when the phone rang.” In which tense is this sentence?
a) Past Continuous b) Present Simple c) Past Perfect d) Future Continuous
