This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Verb Conjugation – Go”.
1. Which of the options contains the present perfect conjugation of go?
a) His brother is going away to college.
b) My mother has gone to the store.
c) For their honeymoon, the went to Greece.
d) With time, the pain will go away.
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Explanation: “Will go” and “went” are simple future tense and simple past tense respectively. Perfect tense demands the use of have/had/has. Hence, the answer is: My mother has gone to the store.
2. Identify the tenses of the verb “go” in the following sentence, in the order that they are used.
I go to mall every Saturday, but today I went to the cinema instead.
a) Simple Past, Past Continuous
b) Past Perfect, Past Continuous
c) Simple Present, Simple Past
d) Present Perfect, Simple Present
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Explanation: There neither the use of the –ing form of the verb, nor is there the use of have/had/has. Hence, the tenses are neither continuous nor perfect. The first conjugation is “go”, which is simple present. The second conjugation is “went”, which is simple past tense. Hence, in order, the tenses are Simple Present, Simple Past.
3. Which of the following sentences DOES NOT use the word “go” in verb form?
a) Have a go at the Dartboard.
b) I really have to go now.
c) She wants to go to the beach with her friends.
d) If you don’t take the proper safety measures, things are bound to awry.
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Explanation: To “have a go”, means to try or to attempt something. In this context, “go” isn’t used as a verb. It’s used as a noun.
4. Fill in the blank with future continuous tense of go.
The winners of the regional round _________ to Bangalore for the finals.
a) go
b) have gone
c) went
d) will be going
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Explanation: All the options actually fit well because they all are grammatically suitable. But the question asks for future continuous tense. Continuous tense demands the use of –ing form of the verb. Only one of the options uses this. Hence, the complete sentence is: The winners of the regional round will be going to Bangalore for the finals.
5. What tense of “go” is seen in the following sentence?
The family had gone out for dinner when their house was burgled.
a) Present Perfect
b) Simple Present
c) Past Perfect
d) Past Continuous
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Explanation: The conjugation of “go” used in this sentence is “had gone”. The use of “had” means that the tense is past perfect.
6. Complete following sentence with future perfect tense of “go”.
By the time we reach the park, the parade __________
a) goes
b) is going
c) has gone
d) will have gone
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Explanation: “Goes” is simple present tense, “is going” is present continuous tense, and “has gone” is past perfect tense. Also, future continuous tense uses “will have”. Hence, the answer is: By the time we reach the park, the parade will have gone.
7. Which of the following verb conjugations of “go” is in future perfect continuous tense?
a) will have been going
b) had been going
c) is going
d) has gone
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Explanation: Perfect Continuous tense uses both the –ing form of the verb and have/has/had. Hence out of these options, the correct one is: will have been going.
8. Convert the following sentence to present continuous tense.
My class goes to Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
a) My class went to Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
b) My class is going to Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
c) My class are going to Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
d) My class will go Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
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Explanation: The present continuous conjugations of “go” are “is going” and “are going”. Class, however, is a singular collective noun, so it has to be followed by “is going”. The answer is: My class is going to Mahabaleshwar for an excursion.
9. The past perfect tense of “go” is “had went”.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: “Had went” is grammatically incorrect. The conjugation “went” can be used only in simple past tense. The past perfect tense of “go” is “had gone”. Hence, the statement is false.
10. What tense of “go” is seen in the following sentence?
The farmers’ wives go to the market every day to sell their fresh produce.
a) Present Perfect
b) Simple Present
c) Simple Past
d) Past Continuous
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Explanation: The conjugation used in this sentence is “go”. Hence it is in simple present tense. Simple present tense is used in the context of something that is a routine, and happens very regularly.
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