Grammar Quiz

Present and Past Tenses Quiz


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Which helping verb do we use to make questions in the past?

A. do

B. does

C. did


Samantha … to America once before.

A. was going

B. has been

C. has gone

D. has been going


At 9 AM this morning, the receptionist ________ (greet) clients.

A. greets

B. is greeting

C. greeted

D. was greeting


Mary … very friendly and polite.

A. has been usually

B. is usually being

C. is usually

D. is being usually


Choose the correct verb: I usually ___ up at 7 am.

A. got

B. get


Complete the question: When ___ you ___ to work?

A. do, go

B. does, go

C. does, goes


Every Monday, we ________ (have) a team meeting.

A. have

B. are having

C. had

D. were having


The emergency services … by the time we got there.

A. had been arriving

B. had arrived

C. arrived

D. were arriving


While the team ________ (discuss) the budget, the light ________ (go) out in the building.

A. discussed / went

B. discussed / was going

C. was discussing / went

D. was discussing / was going


As the project deadline ________ (approach), tensions ________ (start) among the team members.

A. approached / start

B. approached / were starting

C. was approaching / started

D. was approaching / were starting


Yesterday, while I ________ (work) on the report, my colleague ________ (call) me for assistance.

A. worked / called

B. worked / was calling

C. was working / called

D. was working / was calling


She usually … to school in the morning.

A. is walking

B. walks

C. has walked

D. has been walking


Sarah ________ (type) an email to the client right now.

A. types

B. is typing

C. typed

D. was typing


It started to snow while we … to school.

A. had walked

B. have walked

C. have been walking

D. were walking


Complete the question: When ___ Karim ___ lunch?

A. do, eat

B. does, eats

C. does, eat


Currently, Jennifer ________ (prepare) a presentation for the board meeting.

A. prepares

B. is preparing

C. prepared

D. was preparing


These days, Jason … how to drive.

A. learns

B. learn

C. is learning

D. has learned


Every morning, employees ________ (check) their emails first thing.

A. check

B. are checking

C. checked

D. were checking


Last Friday, the CEO ________ (announce) a new project.

A. announces

B. is announcing

C. announced

D. was announcing


The interns ________ (assist) the HR department with recruitment last month.

A. assist

B. are assisting

C. assisted

D. were assisting


Last week, while everyone ________ (attend) the presentation, I ________ (realize) I left my notes at home.

A. attended / realized

B. attended / was realizing

C. was attending / realized

D. was attending / was realizing


Complete the sentence: I ___ to work at 7:30 am.

A. go

B. goes


The company ________ (organize) a conference last week.

A. organizes

B. is organizing

C. organized

D. was organizing


The fire alarm … for 10 minutes now.

A. was ringing

B. had been ringing

C. had rung

D. has been ringing


Usually, the boss ________ (arrive) at the office early.

A. arrives

B. is arriving

C. arrived

D. was arriving




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