This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Verb Tenses – Set 2”.
1. Use the Past tense or the Past Participle of the verb given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The player has _______ his worst days. (see)
a) saw
b) been seeing
c) seen
d) seeming
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Explanation: The blank requires the Past Participle of the verb ‘see’. ‘Saw’ and ‘seen’ are the past tense and past participle of the verb respectively.
2. Which of the following options indicating the three form of verbs (Base form, Past tense and Past Participle) is wrong?
a) forgive – forgave – forgave
b) sleep – slept – slept
c) shoot – shot – shot
d) hurt – hurt – hurt
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Explanation: The base form of the verb is ‘forgive’. Its past tense is ‘forgave’ but the past participle of the verb is ‘forgiven’.
3. The below sentence is correct in its usage of appropriate verb form.
The details of the garment is a matter to be taken for consideration.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The verb should always agree with the subject and not with the Complement of the verb. Thus, here it should be in agreement with the Subject ‘details’ and the sentence should be rephrased as ‘The details of the garment are a matter to be taken for consideration’.
4. The Past Participle of the verb ‘catch’ is _______
a) catched
b) had caught
c) catch
d) caught
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Explanation: A word that is partly a Verb and an Adjective is a Participle. For the verb ‘catch’ the Past Participle is ‘caught’.
5. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of verb?
a) These fruits are tasting bad
b) Raj is having an iPad
c) I am thinking you missed some calculations in your paper
d) Adam seems happy
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Explanation: The correct form of other sentences would be ‘These fruits taste bad’, ‘Raj has an iPad’ and ‘I think you missed some calculations in your paper’.
6. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets.
Before pursuing entrepreneurship, Kunal ______ very hard in IoT domain. (work)
a) worked
b) had been working
c) has worked
d) had worked
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Explanation: Two actions are being discussed here. So, in order to indicate which action took place first, the verb should be used in the Past Perfect tense. Thus ‘had worked’ is the right answer.
7. Identify the tense of the verb used in the below sentence.
The guys are playing Dungeons and Dragons.
a) Present Perfect
b) Past Perfect
c) Present Continuous
d) Present Perfect Continuous
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Explanation: The sentence indicates that the action is going on at the time of speaking. In such cases, the tense will be Present Continuous.
8. Which of the following sentences has the verb in Simple Future tense?
a) I will be watching the match tonight
b) Jacob will return at 4 in the evening
c) He was playing outside
d) I will be having meeting with him tomorrow
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Explanation: A verb in the Simple Future tense will denote an action that will take place in the future. Thus, the verb ‘will return’ in the sentence ‘Jacob will return at 4 in the evening’ is in Simple Future tense.
9. Identify the option in which the verb is expressed correctly in its three forms (Base form, Past tense and Past Participle).
a) split – split – split
b) buy – bought – buy
c) light – lighted – lit
d) bite – bit – bit
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Explanation: The verb ‘split’ is same in all the three forms. For the other options the correct sequence of words are: ‘buy – bought – bought’, ‘light – lit – lit’ and ‘bite – bit – bitten’.
10. Identify the Past Participle of the verb ‘swim’.
a) swim
b) swum
c) swam
d) swimmed
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Explanation: The verb ‘swim’ belongs to the type in which all the three forms namely the base form, past tense and past participle are different. The three forms are ‘swim – swam – swum’.
11. Irregular verbs are those for which the past tense and past participle are formed by adding -ed to its base form.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Verbs which form their past tense and past participle in ways other than adding -ed to the base form are Irregular verbs. For example, ‘ring- rang- rung’.
12. Identify the right option to fill in the blank.
I __________ my offer letter a week ago.
a) had received
b) have received
c) received
d) has received
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Explanation: The blank requires the verb to be in Simple Past tense because the action is completed in the past. So, the right answer is ‘received’.
13. In the below sentence the tense of the verb is ___________
By next August, I shall have been working in this field for a decade.
a) Future Perfect
b) Present Perfect
c) Future Continuous
d) Future Perfect Continuous
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Explanation: The action indicated by the sentence is in progress over a period of time that will end in the future. Thus, the tense used here is Future Perfect Continuous tense.
14. Select the sentence that uses the verb in the wrong tense.
a) If he works hard, he will definitely succeed
b) Sruthi had been waiting for you for about two hours
c) The assailant was let off with a warning
d) She had been cleaning the room
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Explanation: The verb ‘had been cleaning’ is in Past Perfect Continuous tense. But here the sentence just denotes an action that was going on in the past. Thus the correct sentence should be ‘She was cleaning the room’.
15. Identify the sentence which has the verb in Past Continuous tense.
a) We were listening to the speech all day
b) It will be Christmas in a week
c) The Chief Guest is arriving this afternoon
d) He drinks a cup of coffee every evening
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Explanation: A verb in Past Continuous tense refers to an action going on at some time in the past. The sentence ‘We were listening to the speech all day’ has a similar action.
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