Tenses MCQs

Practice Tenses MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense, and their various forms through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #1 Report Error

She ___ to the gym every morning.

A. going

B. gone

C. go

D. goes

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple Present tense, third person singular 'She' requires 'goes'.

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Question #2 Report Error

They ___ watching TV when I arrived.

A. was

B. were

C. is

D. are

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past Continuous, plural subject 'They' requires 'were'.

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Question #3 Report Error

I ___ my homework yet.

A. haven't finished

B. didn't finish

C. hadn't finished

D. don't finish

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'yet' indicates an action not completed up to now.

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Question #4 Report Error

Water ___ at 100 degrees Celsius.

A. boils

B. has boiled

C. is boiling

D. boil

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple Present for universal truths.

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Question #5 Report Error

He ___ a novel when I saw him.

A. was reading

B. read

C. reads

D. has read

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past Continuous for an action in progress at a specific past moment.

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Question #6 Report Error

By next month, she ___ here for five years.

A. works

B. will work

C. worked

D. will have worked

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Perfect with 'by + future time' for action completed before that time.

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Question #7 Report Error

He ___ to Paris last summer.

A. went

B. goes

C. has gone

D. was going

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple Past for a completed action in the past with definite time 'last summer'.

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Question #8 Report Error

I ___ this movie twice.

A. saw

B. was seeing

C. see

D. have seen

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Present Perfect for experience without specific past time.

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Question #9 Report Error

She ___ when the phone rang.

A. has slept

B. slept

C. was sleeping

D. sleeps

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by a simple past action.

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Question #10 Report Error

They ___ married for ten years by next June.

A. will be

B. are

C. have been

D. will have been

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Future Perfect Continuous with 'by' and duration.

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