Tense Quiz

About the Test

Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Type: Online MCQ
Exam Code: TENSE7695
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!

Select the correct answer

Q1.	Complete the sentence: The boy has been working ----------.
	from morning
	since morning
	by morning
	for morning
Q2.	What is the past participle form of 'Split'?
	spoilt
	spoiled
	split
	splitted
Q3.	Complete the sentence: The train had started before ----------.
	we had reached the station.
	we reached the station.
	we were reaching the station.
	we had been reaching the station.
Q4.	Jane and John saved and saved, and finally they ---------- buy the house of their dreams.
	can
	could
	managed to
	couldn't
Q5.	They----------living here since 2000.
	are
	are still
	have been
	will be
Q6.	Mary didn't do well in the class because----------.
	she studied bad
	she studied badly
	she was a badly student
	she succeeded to study properly
Q7.	Last week's supplementary budget package----------to prevent US economy from falling even lower.
	is being designed
	was designed
	has designed
	had designed
Q8.	Before the Angles and the Saxons----------to England, the Iberians had lived there.
	coming
	come
	came
	did come
Q9.	Choose the correct form of verb: I----------him only one letter up to now.
	sent
	had sent
	have sent
	send
Q10.	Choose the correct option: Even as harvesting was going on ----------.
	the rainy season began.
	the rainy season was began.
	the rainy season had began.
	the rainy season begins.
Q11.	She has lost her passport again. It's the second time this ----------.
	happened
	happens
	has happened
	had happened
Q12.	The past participle of 'bear' is----------.
	borne
	bored
	borned
	bore
Q13.	We----------wait long for the bus. It came in a few minutes ago.
	don't have to
	hadn't to
	didn't have to
	didn't
Q14.	Although most adopted persons want the right to know who their natural parents are, some who have found them wish that they----------the experience of meeting.
	hadn't
	didn't have
	hadn't have
	None
Q15.	The building----------left unoccupied since 1950.
	would being
	has been
	will be
	would be
Q16.	The man and his family ---------- here since March 2015.
	is living
	have been living
	lives
	has lived
Q17.	Choose the right tense: My father ---------- before I came.
	would be leaving
	had been leaving
	had left
	will leave
Q18.	I ---------- here since 2012.
	have been living
	lived
	live
	am living
Q19.	Considering how long she ---------- yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously tepid.
	almost
	should
	rather
	had
Q20.	I came home after the rain ----------.
	stopped
	stop
	was stop
	had stopped