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Verb Tenses Quiz

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of past, present, future, and perfect verb tenses in English.

  1. 1.

    Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

    A
    She has eaten lunch.
    B
    She had eaten lunch before he arrived.
    C
    She ate lunch yesterday.
    D
    She eats lunch every day.
  2. 2.

    What is the future perfect tense of 'to write'?

    A
    I will have written
    B
    I will be writing
    C
    I will write
    D
    I am writing
  3. 3.

    Which sentence is in the present continuous tense?

    A
    I walk to the store.
    B
    I walked to the store.
    C
    I am walking to the store.
    D
    I have walked to the store.
  4. 4.

    Choose the correct past tense form: 'Yesterday, she ___ to the library.'

    A
    goes
    B
    going
    C
    went
    D
    gone
  5. 5.

    Which verb form completes this sentence? 'By next year, they ___ married for 50 years.'

    A
    will be
    B
    have been
    C
    are
    D
    will have been
  6. 6.

    What tense is used in the sentence: 'She has been reading all afternoon'?

    A
    Present perfect
    B
    Present perfect continuous
    C
    Past continuous
    D
    Past perfect continuous
  7. 7.

    Which sentence correctly uses the simple past tense?

    A
    She had danced beautifully.
    B
    She is dancing beautifully.
    C
    She has danced beautifully.
    D
    She danced beautifully at the recital.
  8. 8.

    Fill in the blank: 'I ___ dinner when the phone rang.'

    A
    was cooking
    B
    am cooking
    C
    cook
    D
    have cooked
  9. 9.

    Which tense indicates an action completed before another past action?

    A
    Past perfect
    B
    Simple past
    C
    Past continuous
    D
    Present perfect
  10. 10.

    Choose the correct form: 'She ___ English since she was a child.'

    A
    is studying
    B
    has studied
    C
    studied
    D
    studies
  11. 11.

    What is the present perfect form of 'to begin'?

    A
    She has begun
    B
    She began
    C
    She begins
    D
    She had begun
  12. 12.

    Which sentence uses the future continuous tense?

    A
    I will be reading at 8 o'clock.
    B
    I will have finished by then.
    C
    I read every evening.
    D
    I will finish the book.
  13. 13.

    Fill in the blank: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'

    A
    starts
    B
    had started
    C
    has started
    D
    started
  14. 14.

    Which is the correct past participle of 'to swim'?

    A
    Swam
    B
    Swimmed
    C
    Swum
    D
    Swimming
  15. 15.

    What tense is the sentence: 'The sun rises in the east'?

    A
    Simple future
    B
    Present perfect
    C
    Present continuous
    D
    Simple present

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