Tenses Quiz
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Select the sentence that does NOT use the simple past tense:
A. Arjun played soccer last weekend.
B. Benjamin will go swimming in an hour.
C. Did Luna play video games last night?
Look! That man ………………….. (take) photos of our car!
A. are taking
B. is taking
C. takes
Look! The baby _____.
A. cries
B. is crying
C. cried
D. has cried
I ____ like this, If I was rich
A. won’t be
B. don’t
C. wouldn’t be
D. am not
Which sentence is an example of the present simple tense?
A. I studied English.
B. I will study English.
C. I am studying English.
D. I study English.
We are students.
A. Simple Present Tense
B. Simple Past Tense
C. Present Perfect Tense
D. Future Tense of Be Going To
By tomorrow evening, we ___ all the tasks for the project.
A. complete
B. completed
C. have completed
D. will have completed
William drew pictures when he was young
A. Present Simple
B. Past simple
C. present continuous
D. future simple
A: Do you know there is a party at Tom’s house tomorrow?
B: Oh really? I think I ___________, then.
A. will go
B. go
C. am going
D. went
Yesterday at 8 o’clock we ____________ TV.
A. watched
B. were watching
C. are watching
D. will watch
During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking ___ in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions.
A. culminated
B. have culminated
C. were culminating
D. had culminated
They (___) the balance between work and life while studying last year.
A. struggle
B. are struggling
C. struggled
D. have struggled
When I ………. him, the man was running away.
A. see
B. was seeing
C. saw
D. had seen
Which sentence is NOT correct?
A. This is the news. There has been an earthquake in Japan last night.
B. This is the news. There has just been an earthquake in Japan.
C. This is the news. There has been an earthquake in Japan.
She ____________ as a waiter when she _____________ in Germany.
A. was working / lived
B. worked / was living
C. was working / was living
We ___ once a long time ago but I ___ she will remember me.
A. Were meeting / hadn’t thought
B. have met / didn’t think
C. had met / haven’t thought
D. may have met / won’t think
E. met / don’t think
My new friend, Khadijah moved to our school last year.
We can say the she ………. in this town for a year.
A. Was Living
B. Lives
C. Lived
D. Has Lived
He ____ his homework every day.
A. does
B. did
C. has done
I … … to what advertisements tell me, I … for myself.
A. Don’t listen, choose
B. Doesn’t listen, choose
C. Am not listening, choose
D. Didn’t listen, choose
I ______ my wallet before leaving the restaurant last night.
A. lost
B. lose
C. have lost
D. had lost
Tina has signed up for the online English course. Her lessons _________ every day at 10:00.
A. will start
B. start
C. are starting
D. starts
They __ (work) on the project for several months now.
A. are working
B. work
C. have been working
D. have worked
They _____ in the park when it started to rain.
A. were playing
B. are playing
C. played
D. have played
Identify the sentence that correctly uses the present perfect continuous tense.
A. She has been studying since three hours.
B. She has studying for three hours.
C. She has been studying for three hours.
D. She has study for three hours.
What does the present continuous tense indicate about a situation?
A. It is a completed action.
B. It is a habitual action.
C. It is a temporary situation.
D. It is a permanent situation.