Grammar Quiz

Present & Past Tenses Quiz


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Their car is as good as new though they ___ it for a number of years.

A. have had

B. are having

C. have

D. have been having


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They … to Italy last summer.

A. Go

B. Goes

C. Went

D. Was going


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Sidney … a famous YouTuber in 2020.

A. Meet

B. Meets

C. Met

D. Was meeting


it’s written that the train ___ at 10 on Sundays.

A. is leaving

B. has left

C. has been leaving

D. leaves


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They … their holidays two weeks ago.

A. Like

B. Likes

C. Liked

D. Were liking


I don’t like Alice. She ____ about difficulties of life all the time.

A. complains

B. is complaining

C. has been complaining

D. has complained


“As a student, I always had instant noodles for breakfast.”

This means that I___ for breakfast.

A. used to have instant noodles

B. am having instant noodles

C. am used to having instant noodles

D. like to have instant noodles

E. have instant noodles


Police : “Yes, madam, what can we do for you?”

Woman : “I want to make a report. I parked my car in the parking lot. When I got back, the car wasn’t there anymore. …”

A. It should be stolen

B. It is stolen

C. It stole

D. It will be stolen

E. It was stolen


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I always … ketchup with my spaghetti.

A. Have

B. Has

C. Had

D. Was having


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Toby never … his room.

A. Clean

B. Cleans

C. Cleaned

D. Was cleaning


While I ___ the dishes last night, I dropped a plate and broke it.

A. was washing

B. had been washing

C. washed

D. had washed


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They … in front of the computer every evening.

A. Sit

B. Sits

C. Sat

D. Were sitting


A man once built a house and ___ his friends to visit him.

A. invited

B. had invited

C. has invited

D. was inviting


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Ben often … to Tim.

A. Talk

B. Talks

C. Talked

D. Was talking


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They … T-shirt last Friday.

A. Don’t buy

B. Doesn’t buy

C. Weren’t buying

D. Didn’t buy


My daughter … a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last vacation.

A. had taken

B. has taken

C. would take

D. has been taking

E. took


Our clothes were wet because we ___ in the rain.

A. had walked

B. were walking

C. walked

D. had been walking


A : This is a very old building.

B : I wasn’t even born when it ….

A. had built

B. is built

C. was built

D. is being built

E. has been built


Tuti came home very late last night. Where did Budiman take her to?

A. To the movies he took her last night

B. She took him to the movies last night

C. Last night she took him to the movies

D. He took her last night to the movies

E. He took her to the movies last night


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… he … in the shower?

A. Do/often sing

B. Does/ often sing

C. Did/ sing

D. Was/ singing


Jake is a good footballer. Do you know since when ____ football?

A. has he been playing

B. is he playing

C. he has been playing

D. he plays


Nukmi : What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?

Rendra : She … in the kitchen.

A. was cooking

B. cooks

C. has cooked

D. is cooking

E. has been cooking


“Since when hasn’t she been feeling well?”

“Since she___ from Singapore.”

A. has been returning

B. returned

C. was returning

D. has returned

E. had returned


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Lynn and Toby … in Glassgow in 2018.

A. Are

B. Were

C. Have

D. Had


Choose the correct answer:

I sometimes … to the office.

A. Walk

B. Walks

C. Walked

D. Was walking




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