CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Tenses Quiz 7 - MCQExams.com

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Mr. Bond's suitcase ____ examined already by the customs officer.
  • have been
  • is
  • has
  • has been
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Jean has ____ paid a good salary.
  • earned
  • being
  • been
  • been earning
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
By the end of the first term, we ___ many English books.
  • shall be read
  • read
  • shall have read
  • have read
  • shall read
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He ___ for you at 7 in the evening next Sunday.
  • was waiting
  • were waiting
  • will be waiting
  • have waited
  • had been waited
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
They _____ us that they ________ from their families for more than a year.
  • tell / were not hearing
  • would be told / hear
  • had told / don't hear
  • told / had not heard
  • told / will be hearing
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
As it _______ dark we ______ to go home.
  • gets/decided
  • would get/shall decide
  • had got/have decided
  • was getting/decided
  • will be getting/had decided
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
He ________ looking at her, wondering where he ______ her.
  • keep/see
  • kept/had seen
  • keeps/saw
  • had kept/had seen
  • being kept/would see
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
By 5:30 this afternoon, Bob ____ been at work for eight hours.
  • has
  • will
  • have
  • will have
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
He ____ me if I _____ a taxi yesterday.
  • will ask / takes
  • ask / take
  • is asking / shall take
  • asked / had taken
  • will ask / take
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Christopher Columbus didn't know where he _______. When he landed he didn't know where he _____. When he got back to Spain he didn't know where he ______.
  • was sailing/was/had been
  • had sailed/was/was
  • is sailing/had been/has been
  • will be sailing/will be/will have been
  • would sail/hadn't been/haven't been
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
I _____ never _____ to Cambridge, but I once _____ Oxford.
  • did/go/visit
  • have/been/visited
  • have/been/had visited
  • was/visiting/had been visiting
  • will/have gone/don't visit
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
"What ____ you______here?"
"I _____ for my friend."
"How long _____ you _____for him?"
"For twenty minutes."
  • are/doing/am waiting/have/been waiting
  • do/do/am waiting/do/wait
  • are/doing/wait/have/been waiting
  • have/done/am waiting/are/waiting
  • are/doing/am waiting/are/waiting
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When I ______ that morning the sun ______ high in the sky.
  • will wake up / had shone
  • have waken up / shines
  • shall wake up / was shining
  • woke up / was shining
  • woke up / will be shining
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When my sister ___ at the college $$2$$ years ago she _______ to learn several foreign languages.
  • was studying / tried
  • studies / tries
  • studied / was trying
  • was studying / was trying
  • studies / trying
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When he ___ in London, it ______ heavily.
  • arrive / rains
  • arrives / rained
  • arrived / was raining
  • will arrive / rains
  • arrived / is raining
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
"______ you ______ him this week?"
"Yes, I _______ him on Sunday."
  • did/see/saw
  • did/see/have seen
  • have/seen/see
  • do/see/saw
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
His situation ____ since spring. Now he _____ much better.
  • has improved/feel
  • improves/felt
  • improve/is feeling
  • has improved/feels
  • improved/has felt
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Tomorrow when you  _______ the sun _____.
  • woke up / shines
  • have woken up / was shining
  • wake up / will be shining
  • will wake up / will shine
  • woke up / shined
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
He ______ even before I _____ a finger on him.
  • screams/was laid
  • screamed/had laid
  • would scream/am laying
  • screams/laid
  • screamed/would lay
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
What ________ you ________ when I _______?
  • did / do / returned
  • are / doing / shall return
  • will / be doing / return
  • do / do / return
  • have done / am returning
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When I ______ him up they said that he _____ an hour ago.
  • call / left
  • called / has left
  • should call / has left
  • call / leaves
  • called / had left
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When I ___ school I ____ the university.
  • shall finish / shall enter
  • finish / enter
  • shall finish / enter
  • finish / shall enter
  • finish / entered
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When you ______ me up yesterday it ______ hard.
  • rings / will rain
  • rang / was raining
  • will rang / will rain
  • ring / rains
  • had rung / had rained
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Yesterday when I _____ her she _____ me about you.
  • have met / told
  • was meeting / told
  • have met / would tell
  • have met / tell
  • met / had told
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Jimmy, Jane and Billy wanted ______ their grandfather who _____ to visit them.
  • to impress/had come
  • impressed/came
  • will impress/comes
  • had impressed/has come
  • to impress/to come
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
How fast _____ you ____ when the accident ___?
  • were / driving / happened
  • did / drive / was happening
  • were / driving / happens
  • are / driving / will happen
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
When I ____ home, I _____ a friend of mine.
  • was going / met
  • go / meet
  • was going / was meeting
  • are going / meet
  • were going / met
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
It's evening. People _____ to their house and _____ TV.
  • come/are watching
  • have come/are watching
  • come/watch
  • has come/are watching
  • are coming/have watched
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
I ______Tom since he ______ school.
  • have seen/leave
  • saw/has left
  • hadn't seen/left
  • haven't seen/left
  • see/leave
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I ____ here for five years so far.
  • worked
  • have worked
  • am working
  • was working
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
"Is this your first visit to London?"
"No, I _______ here several times before and I _____ quite at home in London."
  • was/have felt
  • have been/feel
  • had been/felt
  • has been/felt
  • were/have felt
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
She _______ this book this week and she ______ discuss it.
  • read/can
  • has read/could
  • had read/can
  • have read/can
  • has read/can
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Bill ______ his girlfriend now. That's the third time he _______ her this evening.
  • phones/phones
  • has phoned/phones
  • is phoning/has phoned
  • will phone/has phoned
  • is phoning/had phoned
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
I _____ you the book after I ____ it.
  • give/read
  • shall give/had read
  • shall give/have read
  • have given/shall read
  • am giving/read
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Many changes ____ place since I _____ in native town $$10$$ years ago.
  • has taken/was
  • are taking/had been
  • took/was
  • has taken/am
  • have taken/was
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
She's ____ her lunch.
  • already eaten
  • still eaten
  • eaten yet
  • yet eaten
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
I ______ already ______ the doctor about it, but she couldn't ______ me.
  • has/seen/helped
  • have/seen/help
  • had/seen/had helped
  • will/have seen/help
  • is/having seen/is helping
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
The children _____ their hands and they _____ lunch now.
  • are washing/are having
  • have washed/are having
  • wash/have
  • washed/are having
  • wash/have had
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Here ______ your keys. The boy _____ you up to your rooms and your luggage ______ up straight away.
  • is/show/will bring
  • are/show/wil be brought
  • are/will show/will be brought
  • were/will show/brings
  • are/has shown/will bring
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
It has been long since I ______ him last. I _____ from him all these years.
  • saw/haven't heard
  • had seen/haven't heard
  • see/don't hear
  • saw/don't hear
  • have seen/haven't heard
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
Mary _______ Nick where he ______ after graduating from the University.
  • asked / works
  • ask / would work
  • ask / worked
  • asked / would work
  • asked / has worked
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
A: Oh, your coat's wet!
B: That's because ______.
  • the rainy weather
  • the rain is falling
  • it's been raining
  • it might raining
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Everybody ______ at what _______.
  • was surprised/has happened
  • was surprised/had happened
  • is surprised/happen
  • surpirse/happen
  • will be surprised/happened
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
As soon as we _____ the house we _______ to it.
  • shall build / move
  • build / shall move
  • will build / shall move
  • built / shall move
  • build / move
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I see you are still doing your math homework. How many problems _____ so far?
  • will you finish
  • are you finished
  • are you finishing
  • have you finished
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
Nancy ___________ to play tennis tomorrow.
  • goes
  • is going
  • will like
  • likes
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
We ____ into the room where the old man ______. He was seriously ill.
  • go / lies
  • goes / lie
  • went / is lying
  • went / was lying
  • was going / was lying
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
They ____________ to the park yet.
  • didn't go
  • have gone
  • haven't gone
  • don't go
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:
Look! There _____ nothing here. Everything ____ away.
  • are/have been taken
  • is/has been taken
  • is/is taken
  • is/is being taken
  • is/will be taken
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
John ________ the guitar, but he ________ it now.
  • is playing / doesn't play
  • plays / doesn't play
  • plays / wasn't playing
  • plays / isn't playing
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