The English/Language section of AISSEE and the RMS CET tests grammar, vocabulary and usage. These 10 MCQs on Tenses follow the official syllabus. Solve them first, then compare with the answer key and short explanations at the end.
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Practice Questions
Q1. Fill in the blank: She ________ to school every day.
(A) going
(B) go
(C) gone
(D) goes
Q2. Fill in the blank: Look! The children ________ in the park.
(A) are playing
(B) played
(C) plays
(D) have play
Q3. Fill in the blank: I ________ my homework yesterday.
(A) finish
(B) have finished
(C) finished
(D) finishing
Q4. Fill in the blank: We ________ in Hyderabad since 2020.
(A) have been living
(B) are living
(C) live
(D) lived
Q5. Fill in the blank: He ________ a letter when the phone rang.
(A) is writing
(B) has written
(C) was writing
(D) writes
Q6. Fill in the blank: They ________ the match tomorrow.
(A) plays
(B) played
(C) have played
(D) will play
Q7. Fill in the blank: I ________ just ________ my lunch.
(A) has, eat
(B) am, eaten
(C) have, eaten
(D) had, eat
Q8. Fill in the blank: The train ________ before we reached the station.
(A) leaves
(B) had left
(C) is leaving
(D) has left
Q9. Fill in the blank: Water ________ at 100°C.
(A) boils
(B) is boiling
(C) boiled
(D) will boil
Q10. Fill in the blank: By next year, she ________ her course.
(A) has completed
(B) will have completed
(C) completes
(D) completed
Answer Key with Explanations
(D) goes — Simple present tense with "she" takes "goes" for a daily habit.
(A) are playing — "Look!" shows an action happening now: present continuous.
(C) finished — "Yesterday" needs the simple past tense.
(A) have been living — Present perfect continuous is used with "since" for an action that is still going on.
(C) was writing — Past continuous shows an action in progress when another happened.
(D) will play — "Tomorrow" needs the future tense.
(C) have, eaten — Present perfect: have + past participle (eaten).
(B) had left — Past perfect shows the earlier of two past actions.
(A) boils — Simple present tense is used for universal truths.
(B) will have completed — Future perfect shows an action that will be finished by a future time.
How did you score?
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