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Perfect Tense

Description: Perfect Tense
Number of Questions: 20
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Tags: Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Tense The Present Perfect Continuous Tense The Past Perfect Tense The Future Perfect Tense
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Directions: Select the correct option to fill in blank (II).

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. had made

  2. has made

  3. has been making

  4. will have made


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sense of the given paragraph refers to the Present Perfect Tense, which must use “has/have + III form of verb” .Answer: (2)

Change the following sentence into Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

“The mother has cleaned the utensils.”

  1. The mother has been cleaning the utensils.

  2. The mother had cleaned the utensils.

  3. The mother will have cleaned the utensils.

  4. The mother has cleaned the utensils.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

As per the given requirement, the verb to be used is “has been or have been + first form of verb + ing”

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

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. has made

  2. had made

  3. has been making

  4. had been making


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sense of the given paragraph refers to the Present Perfect Tense, which must use “has/have + III form of verb”     Answer: (1)

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

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. has

  2. had

  3. will have

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Change the following sentence into Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

She had said the prayers.

  1. She has said the prayers.

  2. She has been saying the prayers.

  3. She had said the prayers.

  4. She will have said the prayers.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As per the requirement of the given question, we have to use “has been or have been + first form of verb + ing”,

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

Science (I) _____ time and space. It (II) ____ the world a closely knit-place. It (III) ____ man’s life easy and comfortable. It (IV) ____ some demerits also. Let us hope that man does not misuse science.

  1. had conquered

  2. will have conquered

  3. has conquered

  4. had been conquering


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sense of the given paragraph refers to the Present Perfect Tense, which must use “has/have + III form of verb” .      Answer: (3)

Is the use of “will have or shall have” made in the Future Perfect Tense?

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Neither (1) nor (2)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which kind of verb is used in Past Perfect Tense?

  1. Present form of the verb

  2. Present Participle form of the verb

  3. Past form of the verb

  4. Past Participle form of the verb


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given question refers to the Past Perfect Tense. Answer: (4)

Change the following sentence into Past Perfect Tense.

“The Persian wheel had been working for a long time.”

  1. The Persian wheel has worked for a long time.

  2. The Persian wheel had worked for a long time.

  3. The Persian wheel will have worked for a long time.

  4. The Persian wheel has been working for a long time.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to the given question, the given sentence has to be changed into Past Perfect Tense which takes only “had + III form of verb”  Answer: (2)

Select the correct answer, which is used in the following tense.

“Present Perfect Tense”

  1. had + III form of verb

  2. has + III form of verb

  3. have + III form of verb

  4. both (2) and (3)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The given question refers to Present Perfect Tense. Answer: (4)

Change the following sentence into “Future Perfect Tense”.

The hen has laid an egg.

  1. The hen had laid an egg.

  2. The hen has been laying an egg.

  3. The hen will have laid an egg.

  4. The hen had been laying an egg.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given question refers to Future Perfect Tense which takes “will have or shall have + 3rd form of verb”.

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

Many a boy ________ his benches.

  1. have broken

  2. has broken

  3. were breaking

  4. have been breaking


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Many a' takes singular verb although the subject indicates plularity. Answer: (2)

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

The accountant and the treasurer ___________.

  1. has absconded

  2. have absconded

  3. neither (1) nor (2)

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The subject is a compound subject in the plural form of verb and so it will take a plural form of the verb.

Change the following sentence into Future Perfect Tense.

“The boys had finished their homework before the teacher came.”

  1. The boys will have finished their homework before the teacher comes.

  2. The boys will have been finishing their homework before the teacher comes.

  3. The boys have been finishing their homework before the teacher comes.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to the given question, the given sentence has to be changed into Future Perfect Tense which takes “will have or shall have + 3rd form of verb”  Answer: (1)

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

If the gardener _______, he would have watered the plants.

  1. has come

  2. have come

  3. has been coming

  4. had come


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

If a complex sentence has its main clause in the past tense, then its subordinate clause has also to be in the past tense . Answer: (4)

Select the correct option for the incorrect sentence.

All the students have occupied their seats before the examination started.

  1. All the students will occupy their seats before the examination started.

  2. All the students will have occupied their seats before the examination started.

  3. All the students have been occupying their seats before the examination started.

  4. All the students had occupied their seats before the examination started.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In a complex sentence if the subordinate clause is in the Simple Past Tense, then the main clause has to be in the Past Perfect Tense. Answer: (4)

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

We _______ hardly __________ home, when a strong wind began to blow.

  1. had, reached

  2. will have, reached

  3. have, reached

  4. will have been, reaching


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If a subordinate clause is in the past tense, then the main clause has to be either in the Simple Past Tense or in the Past Perfect Tense. Answer: (1)

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

She ____________ all the work before the mother comes.

  1. shall have finished

  2. will have finished

  3. had finished

  4. had been finishing


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the subordinate clause is in the present tense, then the main clause has also to be in the present tense as per the system of sequence of tenses . Answer: (2)

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

Neither she nor her friends __________ worked hard.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. has been

  4. had been


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The noun before the given blank is plural &  the given blank refers to Perfect Tense. Answer: (2)

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

If he __________ the money luxuriously, now he would not have been in crisis.

  1. has not spent

  2. will not spend

  3. had not spent

  4. will have been spending


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given blank refers to Past Perfect Tense . Answer: (3)

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