Tense Quiz

About the Test

  • Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Exam Type: Online MCQ
  • Exam Code: TENSE116135
  • Number of Questions: 20
  • Full Marks: 20

This quiz tests what you learned on the Tense & Aspect page. Some of the questions are easier, some are more difficult. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer! Don’t use any books or websites to help you – the idea is to find your natural level! 

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Q1. Which of the following sentences is in past indefinite tense?
Rohan was sleeping.
It has been raining.
It was raining.
Sohely had a car.
Q2. The changes in the world----------.
has occurred in rapid ways
have occurred in rapid ways
have been occurred fastly
have occurred rapidly
Q3. Choose the correct tense of the sentence, “He has been using this pen for the last five years.”
Past perfect continuous tense
Present perfect continuous tense
Past perfect tense
Present perfect tense
Q4. A decade----------since the discovery of leprosy vaccine. The right option for the gap is:
passed
have passed
had passed
has passed
Q5. What is the past form of the word 'lie'?
Lay
Lain
Laid
Lien
Q6. Neela ---------- her hand when she was cooking dinner.
burnt
is burning
will burn
was burning
Q7. Why they ---------- (to go) there yesterday?
Why did they went there yesterday?
Why they went there yesterday?
Why did they go there yesterday?
Why did they goes there yesterday?
Q8. Fill in the blank: The small child does whatever his father----------.
was done
did
does
had done
Q9. I----------the candle in the right place last night.
put
puts
have put
had put
Q10. I'm fed up with this rain. I wish----------raining.
it stops
it will stop
it does stop
it would stop
Q11. Don't mention anything unless you ---------- (ask) for.
asked
are asked
will ask
were asked
Q12. What is the past participle of the word 'do'?
did
done
undone
undo
Q13. The present verb form of the word 'sworn' is ----------:
swore
swered
swor
swear
Q14. As the sun ----------, we decided to go out.
was shining
have shone
shine
shines
Q15. What is the past participle form of 'put'?
putted
putter
had putter
put
Q16. I asked him if I ---------- borrow his cap for a day.
will
could
can
should
Q17. Hardly had he uttered the words----------.
when he began laughing
as soon as everybody sat down
the manager came in
than we left the room
Q18. I----------Shakespeare when I was 15 years old.
had been read
have been reading
have read
read
Q19. Past participle of 'mend' is----------.
ment
mend
mended
mending
Q20. 'People lauded Mandela's humanity, kindness and dignity'. In this sentence, the present form of ‘lauded’ is----------.
laude
led
lead
laud