Tenses Questions & Answers

The tenses exercise given below contains a set of 20 Tenses questions for practice. The tenses
questions and answers are available in PDF format, candidates can check the answers to the tenses
questions by downloading the PDF and keep it for reference in future.
Before attempting the Tenses questions candidates must check the ​Rules of Tenses​ in the given page
that provides important rules and explanation with examples.

Directions For Question 1 to 20​ - Given below are the statements with blanks. You are required to fill
in the blanks with appropriate words given in the option so that the sentence appears to be in the
correct form of Tense.
Q.1. How many pegs of Vodka _____ yesterday?
1. Did you drink
2. Do you drink
3. You have drank
4. You were drinking
Answer (1)
Q.2. She shall _____ your ice-cream parlor soon because she ____ ice-cream.
1. Be visiting, like
2. Visit, likes
3. Have been visiting, is liking
4. Visiting, like
Answer (2)
Q.3. Shakespeare ____ dramas that are appealing to the people of all ages.
1. Wrote
2. Had written
3. Had been writing
4. Has written
Answer (4)
Q.4. The barber ___ his finger while he ____ off my hair.
1. Had cut, was chopping
2. Cut, chop
3. Cut , was chopping
4. Cuts, had been chopping
Answer (3)
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Q.5. Prasoon ___ for bangalore early and he must ___ by this time.
1. Leave, have been reaching
2. Left, have reached
3. Had left, be reaching
4. Left, have been reached
Answer (2)
Q.6. No, Rama is not at home, He ___ just ____ for shopping
1. had , gone
2. has, gone
3. was , going
4. will have, be going
Answer (2)
Q.7. It is clearly ____ ‘passengers ____ to smoke in the train’, still they ___ ignorant.
1. Written, are not allowed, are being
2. Written, was not allowed, be
3. Wrote, do not allow, are been
4. Written, are not allowing, have been
Answer (1)
Q.8. They ____ a football match in the evening. What ___ you do?
1. Were playing, do
2. Played, did
3. Have played, --
4. Are playing, will
Answer (2)
Q.9. Sheren ____ what you mean. Please explain it to her again.
1. Don’t understand
2. Didn’t understand
3. Doesn’t understand
4. Hadn’t understand
Answer (3)
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Q.10. By the end of this September, she ____in this organisation for thirteen years.
 1. Will work
2. Had been working
3. Will have been working
4. Will be working
Answer (3)
Q.11. Nancy and Princy ____ to our house to play the treasure hunt with us.
1. Will have been coming
2. Had been to come
3. Are coming
4. Come
Answer (3)
Q.12. The flight ____ before we reach the airport.
1. Will have taken off
2. Has taken off
3. Is taking off
4. Was taking off
Answer (1)
Q.13. I have just ____ a typewriter and I ____ typing nowadays.
1. Have been hiring, have been learning
2. Hired, have learned
3. Had hired, am learning
4. Have been hired, had been learning
Answer (3)
Q.14. Mother ___ me to watch time and return soon, I replied, Please don’t worry, if ____ late tonight.
1. Is asking, I will be
2. Asked, I am
3. Had been asking, be
4. Had asked, I will be
Answer (2)
Q.15. If she ___ late just one more time the manager ____ suspend her.
1. Is arriving, is going to
2. Will be arriving, would
3. Arrives, will
4. Is going to arrive, would have
Answer (3)
Q.16. They ___ out for an evening walk after they ____ dinner.
1. Went, had taken
2. go , had taken
3. Have gone, took
4. Are going, took
Answer (1)
Q.17. The warden ___ into the room to see what the students ____.
1. Go, had been doing
2. Went, was doing
3. Gone, had been doing
4. Went, were doing
Answer (4)
Q.18. When our train ____ at the station, we found the bridegroom’s family ____ for us.
1. Was reaching, waited
2. Reached, had been waiting
3. Have been reaching, waited
4. Reached, waiting
Answer (4)
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Q.19. Rohan, I ___ seen you for a long time, How ___?
1. Had not, are you
2. Have not, have you been
3. Did not, had you been
4. Have not, are you been
Answer (2)
Q.20. She ____ movies. ____ any recent Hollywood movies?
1. Loves watching, have you watched
2. Love to watching, did you watched
3. Is loving, have you been watching
4. Loves watching, had you seen
Answer (1)
Tenses questions are asked in the form of fill in the blanks as given above or in the form of spotting the
error questions. Candidates can go through important tips to solve ​Error Spotting​ on the linked page.
Practicing the questions on Tenses helps candidates to tackle these questions in the english section of
various competitive exams with relative ease.
English or Verbal ability is an easy scoring section that is less tricky and time consuming than other
sections. Just a rigorous practice can help candidates master the section. Given below are a few
important english topics for reference:
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Comparison Rules

Spotting the Error Rules For Tenses Idioms And Phrases

For more such topics, visit the ​general english for competitive exams​ page.