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Perfect Tense

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Select the correct answer to the following question.

The Present Perfect Tense is used

  1. to describe an action that has just finished

  2. to describe a universal truth

  3. to describe an action that is still going on

  4. to describe an action that has been completed and is still going on


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Present Perfect Tense is used to describe an action that has just finished.

Identify the tense in the following sentence.

I had finished my work when he arrived.

  1. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

  2. Past Perfect Tense

  3. Present Perfect Tense

  4. Future Perfect Tense


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The given sentence has “had + 3rd form of the verb” so, it is Past Perfect Tense. 

Select the correct answer for the following incorrect sentence.

I have seen this movie last week with a friend of yours.

  1. I shall have seen this movie with a friend of yours last week.

  2. I must have seen this movie with a friend of yours last week.

  3. I saw this movie last week with a friend of yours.

  4. I have been seeing this movie last week with a friend of yours.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given sentence refers to Past Tense as is indicated by the phrase “last week.”  Answer: (3)

Directions: Fill in the blank in the following sentence using the options given below.

The farmers ____________ their fields before the rain started.

  1. have ploughed

  2. will plough

  3. will have ploughed

  4. had ploughed


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given question requires the use of Past Perfect Tense as suggested by the use of "before the rain started". Answer: (4)

Select the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

Had I known you were coming, ______________.

  1. I will stay at home.

  2. I would stay at home.

  3. I would have stayed at home.

  4. I shall stay at home.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could have to tell about the outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation.

Select the correct option to fill in blank in the following sentence.

Swami __________ his book before his father comes.

  1. had dusted

  2. will have dusted

  3. had been dusting

  4. have been dusting


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

We use the perfective will have when we are looking back from a point in time when something will have happened.

Which of the following is the correct form of sentence?

  1. When he gets his degree, he had been studied at Oxford for three years.

  2. When he gets his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.

  3. When he got his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.

  4. When he has got his degree, he will have been studying at Oxford for three years.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If we want to emphasise the continuity of an activity from a point of time to the future, we use the continuous form.

Select the correct answer to complete the following sentence.

If I have time, _____________.

  1. I shall visit the exhibition

  2. I should visit the exhibition.

  3. I ought to visit the exhibition

  4. I shall have visited the exhibition.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a Type 1 conditional sentence, the tense in the 'if' clause is in the simple present, and the tense in the main clause is in the simple future. The given part of the sentence is in simple present. Thus, the main clause will be in simple future tense. 

Select the correct answer to complete the following incomplete sentence.

I should have given them more money __________.

  1. if I have more

  2. if I had more

  3. if I would have more

  4. if I will have more


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could/should have to tell about the possible outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation. 

Change the following sentence into Future Perfect Tense.

She will have been boiling milk.

  1. She will boil milk.

  2. She has boiled milk.

  3. She will have boiled milk.

  4. She had been boiling milk.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given question refers to the Future Perfect Tense, which makes use of “shall have / will have + 3rd form of verb” . Answer: (3)

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Either Sam or his friends ___________ done this mischief.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. has been

  4. have been


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tthe given blank needs a plural verb because of the noun “his friends” whereas (1) is a singular verb.

Select the correct option for the following incorrect sentence.

If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall catch the bus.

  1. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we can catch the bus.

  2. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall have caught the bus.

  3. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we would have caught the bus.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could/should have to tell about the possible outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation. 

Select the correct answer to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If I __________ so busy, I would have gone to the cinema with you.

  1. had not been

  2. have not been

  3. has not been

  4. shall have been


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could/should have to tell about the possible outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation. 

Select the correct option to complete the following incomplete sentence.

She will be at home as her class______________.

  1. will have finished

  2. should have finished

  3. had finished

  4. will be finished


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A certain situation of the Future is referred to here. So, Future Perfect Tense should be used.

Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Dennis _______ left the office.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. have been

  4. had been


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tthe subject refers to only one person so the verb has to be singular.   Answer: (1)

Select the correct answer to complete the following incomplete sentence.

I went to him to ask him what _________.

  1. has happened

  2. had happened

  3. has been happening

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sentence is in Past Tense in which a situation is given that refers to another situation before it. So, the use Past Perfect Tense is correct here.

Select the correct answer after changing the following sentence into all the Perfect Tenses.

She has been cutting vegetables.

  1. She has cut vegetables. She had cut vegetables. She will have cut vegetables.

  2. She had been cutting vegetables. She will have been cutting vegetables. She has cut vegetables.

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The three perfect tenses, i.e. Present takes “has/have + 3rd form of verb, Past takes “had + 3rd form of verb” and Future takes ‘will have/shall have + 3rd form of verb”

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (I).

Susan (I)____ that I (II)_____ unfair to her by not retuning her book in time. The principal (III)_____ me in his office and (IV)____ me to be careful in future.

  1. complained

  2. has complained

  3. has been complaining

  4. had been complaining


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Susan complained. Thereafter the principal called. The complaint has to be in the past tense. Answer: (1)

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (II).

Susan (I)____ that I (II)_____ unfair to her by not retuning her book in time. The principal (III)_____ me in his office and (IV)____ me to be careful in future.

  1. has been

  2. had been

  3. have been

  4. was


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Susan's complaint is in simple past tense. Here, being unfair occured in time before her complaint. So, it has to be in the Past Perfect Tense.

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (III).

Susan (I)____ that I (II)_____ unfair to her by not retuning her book in time. The principal (III)_____ me in his office and (IV)____ me to be careful in future.

  1. had called

  2. have called

  3. called

  4. has called


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Susan complained...the principal called Answer: (3)

Directions: Select the correct answer to fill in the blank (IV).

Susan (I)____ that I (II)_____ unfair to her by not retuning her book in time. The principal (III)_____ me in his office and (IV)____ me to be careful in future.

  1. has warned

  2. had been warning

  3. had warned

  4. warned


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Susan complained...the principal called....and warned. Answer: (4)

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