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 #41 Report Error

We ___ for three hours before it started to rain.

A. have walked

B. were walking

C. had been walking

D. walked

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Perfect Continuous for duration leading up to a past event.

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Question #42 Report Error

She ___ her homework, so she can go out now.

A. was doing

B. has done

C. does

D. did

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect with present result.

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Question #43 Report Error

He ___ in the garden at 5 p.m. yesterday.

A. worked

B. had worked

C. was working

D. has worked

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous for a specific time in the past.

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Question #44 Report Error

I ___ a car if I had enough money.

A. buy

B. would buy

C. bought

D. will buy

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Second conditional (unreal present): if + past, would + base.

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Question #45 Report Error

He ___ fast food, he prefers home-cooked meals.

A. isn't eating

B. didn't eat

C. doesn't eat

D. hasn't eaten

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple Present for a general habit/preference.

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Question #46 Report Error

By the end of this month, I ___ here for a year.

A. will have worked

B. will work

C. have worked

D. worked

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Future Perfect for duration up to a future point.

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Question #47 Report Error

She ___ her bag and left the room.

A. was taking

B. had taken

C. took

D. takes

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple Past for sequence of completed actions.

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Question #48 Report Error

I ___ this song since morning.

A. have been singing

B. was singing

C. am singing

D. sing

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present Perfect Continuous with 'since' + time.

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Question #49 Report Error

He ___ when I knocked on the door.

A. has slept

B. sleeps

C. was sleeping

D. slept

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Past Continuous interrupted by Simple Past.

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Question #50 Report Error

I ___ him since he was a child.

A. know

B. have known

C. knew

D. am knowing

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present Perfect with 'since' for a state up to now.

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