English Grammar - Tenses: 96 MCQs with Answers
English Grammar- Tenses
Tenses are the foundation of English grammar and help express the time of an action or event. Learn all 12 English tenses with their definitions, types, sentence structures, grammar rules, formulas, examples, common mistakes, exercises, and multiple-choice questions (MCQs). This comprehensive guide is ideal for school students and candidates preparing for HTET, CTET, TET, SSC, Banking, UPSC, NDA, CDS, and other competitive examinations.
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0%Q81. Identify the correct question form in the future perfect continuous tense.
Right Answer: Will you have been living here for ten years by next month?
Explanation:
'Will you have been living' correctly forms the future perfect continuous question structure.
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Q82. Identify the tense error in the sentence: 'She has visited Paris last year.'
Right Answer: has visited
Explanation:
'Has visited' (present perfect) cannot be used with a definite past time marker like 'last year'; it should be 'visited' (simple past).
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Q83. Choose the sentence with a tense error.
Right Answer: I have completed the assignment yesterday.
Explanation:
'Have completed' should not be paired with 'yesterday'; simple past 'completed' is required with definite past time expressions.
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Q84. Choose the corrected version of: 'If it will rain, we will cancel the picnic.'
Right Answer: If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.
Explanation:
In conditional 'if' clauses referring to the future, the simple present tense is used, not 'will'.
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Q85. Choose the sentence with a tense error.
Right Answer: He is knowing the answer.
Explanation:
'Know' is a stative verb and should not be used in the continuous form; 'He knows the answer' is correct.
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Q86. Identify the tense error in: 'By the time she reaches home, he will leave already.'
Right Answer: will leave
Explanation:
The correct form should be 'will have left' (future perfect), since the action of leaving will be completed before another future action.
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Q87. Choose the correct sentence following the sequence of tenses rule.
Right Answer: He said that he was coming.
Explanation:
When the reporting verb is in the past tense ('said'), the tense in the reported clause typically shifts back: 'is' becomes 'was'.
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Q88. Identify the correct sentence.
Right Answer: She told me that she would call later.
Explanation:
'Will' shifts to 'would' when the reporting verb is in the past tense, following the sequence of tenses rule.
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Q89. Choose the sentence that correctly follows the sequence of tenses when stating a universal truth.
Right Answer: The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun.
Explanation:
Universal truths remain in the present tense regardless of the tense of the reporting verb.
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Q90. Identify the correctly sequenced sentence.
Right Answer: He believed that honesty is the best policy.
Explanation:
Even with a past reporting verb ('believed'), general truths like 'honesty is the best policy' remain in the present tense.
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