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Tenses

Description: This exercise tests a student's understanding of verb tenses.
Number of Questions: 16
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Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

Maria ………………….. for a drink this evening.

  1. comes

  2. is coming

  3. has come

  4. will come

  5. would come


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. The present continuous tense is used to talk about pre-planned future events.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

If he ………………………….. a good education, he wouldn’t have reached this position.

  1. haven’t had

  2. hadn’t had

  3. didn’t have

  4. haven’t have

  5. hadn’t


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. ‘Hadn’t had’ is the past perfect tense form of the verb have. When we use ‘would have + past participle’ in the main clause, the verb in the if-clause should be in the past perfect tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

Tomorrow is difficult. I would rather you _____________ next weekend.

  1. come

  2. came

  3. had come

  4. have come

  5. will come


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. After ‘would rather’, we use past tense with a present or future meaning.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I was tired because I ________ all day.

  1. am working

  2. worked

  3. had been working

  4. had worked

  5. have been working


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct. The past perfect continuous tense is used when we describe a past event as continuing up to a particular time in the past.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I _________ for twenty years this autumn.

  1. have been teaching

  2. am teaching

  3. will have been teaching

  4. had been teaching

  5. will teach


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We use the future perfect or future perfect continuous tense to say that something will have been done by a certain time in the future. Although both of these tenses have similar meanings, the future perfect continuous is used to emphasise the continuity of a future achievement.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

The train __________ at half past six tomorrow morning.

  1. leaves

  2. is leaving

  3. will leave

  4. has left

  5. will be leaving


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For something scheduled in the furure we use simple present tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

I …………………… the shopping. What shall I do now?

  1. have done

  2. did

  3. had done

  4. will do

  5. am doing


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To suggest the completion of an activity in the unspecified or unknown past, we use the present perfect tense. In this case, the speaker doesn’t say when he did the shopping. Here the emphasis is merely on the idea of completion.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

I …………………………. many musical instruments, but my favourite is the piano.

  1. studied

  2. had studied

  3. study

  4. have studied

  5. am studying


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To suggest the completion of an activity in the unspecified or unknown past, we use the present perfect tense. The present perfect tense is not used with a past time of reference. In that case, we have to use the past simple.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

Developing nations ……………………… fossil fuels and raw materials because their economy …………………….. rapidly.

  1. are needing, is growing

  2. need, has developed

  3. are needing, grows

  4. need, is growing

  5. need, grows


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is a fact that developing nations need fossil fuels and we use simple present to talk about facts. The present continuous tense is used to talk about an action that is in progress at the moment of speaking.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

Students should always work hard because universities ………………………………… the best students.

  1. are accepting

  2. have been accepting

  3. have accepted

  4. will accept

  5. accept


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Facts should be in the simple present tense.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

The oil on a duck’s feathers ……………………. water and ……………………. the bird from getting soaked in the rain.

  1. is repelling, preventing

  2. repels, prevents

  3. repels, is preventing

  4. repelled, prevented

  5. repelled, has prevented


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. We use the present simple tense to talk about facts.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

It is true that I still have some difficulties in English, but I ……………………….. better now.

  1. am understanding

  2. understand

  3. have understood

  4. understood

  5. would understand


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Some verbs refer to states. Examples are: like, hate, believe, understand, etc. Verbs wich refer to state are always used in their simple forms.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

I will kill anybody who …………………………. my possessions.

  1. is touching

  2. would touch

  3. will touch

  4. touch

  5. touches


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

When the verb in the main clause is in simple future tense, we use present tense in the subordinate clause to refer to the future.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

If I had had any money, I ………………………… you a drink.

  1. will buy

  2. would buy

  3. would have bought

  4. would be buying

  5. might buy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

‘Had had’ is the past perfect tense form of ‘have’. If the verb in the if-clause is in the past perfect tense, we have to use ‘would have + past participle’ in the main clause. This sentence can be written in three ways. (Type 1 conditional) If I have enough money, I will buy you a drink. (Type 2 conditional) If I had enough money, I would buy you a drink. (Type 3 conditional) If I had had enough money, I would have bought you a drink. 

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

By the time he was twenty, he ………………….. at least six different jobs.

  1. had

  2. had had

  3. have had

  4. have

  5. was having


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct. ‘Had had’ is the past perfect form of the verb have. The past perfect tense is used when we are talking about the past and want to refer back to an earlier past time.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

If I …………………… another fifteen minutes, I would have finished the paper.

  1. had had

  2. have had

  3. had

  4. have

  5. had have


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Had had’ is the past perfect form of the verb ‘have’. In type 3 conditional sentences, we use past perfect tense in the if-clause and ‘would have + past participle’ in the main clause.

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