CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Tenses Quiz 11 - MCQExams.com

Select a suitable option to fill in the blank:
A. Have you got a headache?
B. Yes, I _________ a headache all morning.
  • have had 
  • will have
  • have
  • was having
Read the given statement and find if the verb form used is correct or not. If not, correct it:
The weather is awful. It's raining again.
  • The verb form used is wrong; the correct form is: was raining
  • The verb form used is correct.
  • The verb form used is wrong; the correct form is: has been raining
  • The verb form used is wrong. The correct form is: will rain
Frame suitable question as per the situation:
It's Ann's birthday next week. You want to give her a present but you don't know what. You ask a friend for advice. 
What __________________________
  • What do I gift Ann for her birthday?
  • What have I gifted Ann for her birthday?
  • What shall I gift Ann for her birthday?
  • What am I gifting Ann for her birthday?
Identify if the verb form is correct. If not, identify the correct form:
Sue and Alan are married since July.
  • no correction
  • have been married
  • have married
  • had been married
Choose an appropriate option to complete the sentence:
A. Is Margaret married?
B. Yes, she ______ married for ten years.
  • has been 
  • was
  • is
  • had been
Complete the following statement using an appropriate option:
(You've got a camera. You bought it ten years ago.) 
I ______________
  • have this camera for ten years .
  • have had this camera for ten years.
  • had this camera since ten years.
  • have had this camera since ten years.
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
Sarah ______ (live) in London _______ 1985.
(Sarah is still living there.)
  • has lived ... for
  • has been living ... since
  • has lived ... since
  • has been living ... for
Read the following sentence and identify if the verb form used is correct or not: 
If not, then correct it:
That's a very old bicycle. How long do you have it? 
  • The used verb form is correct.
  • The used verb form is wrong. The correct verb form is: did he have it.
  • The used verb form is wrong. The correct verb form is: do you have it
  • The used verb form is wrong. The correct verb form is: have you had it
Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blanks:
             (read) the book you lent me but I              (not/finish) it yet.
  • have been reading ; haven't finished
  • have read ; haven't finished
  • am reading ; am not finishing
  • am reading ; have not been finishing
Choose appropriate option to complete the given statement:
If you need to contact me, _________________ (I/stay) at the Lion Hotel until Friday.
  • I've been staying
  • I'd be staying
  • I'll be staying
  • I'd stayed
Select the suitable option to fill in the blank:
The tree was only three meters high. Now it is four. The tree ________________.
  • will have grown
  • has grown
  • had grown
  • grows
Fill in the blanks from the options given below:
Kevin ____________ (look) for a job __________ he left school.
  • have been looking ; since
  • has looked ; for
  • have been looking ; for 
  • has been looking ; since
Complete the sentence with a suitable verb form:
'Where's your key?' 'I don't know. I _________ it.'
  • had lost
  • have lost
  • will lose
  • lose
Complete the conversation using the most appropriate option:
'Is Helen still here?' 'No, she _______ out.' (just/go)
  • had just gone
  • has just gone
  • will just go
  • just has went
Choose appropriate option to fill in the blanks:
Brian looks very different now. When you __________ (see) him again, you __________ (not/recognize) him.
  • see ...  will not recognize
  • saw..... did not recognize
  • will see ..... will not recognize
  • see ... does not recognize
Choose the appropriate verb form to fill in the blank:
Look! There's an ambulance over there. There _____ an accident. (be)
  • have been 
  • is
  • has been
  • will be
Select appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The light was off when I left the room. Now it is on. Somebody ______________________.
  • has turned on the light
  • will have turned on the light
  • had turned on the light
  • was turning on the light
Write B's response using the words in brackets:
A: Do you often see Sarah?
B: (no / I / about a month) No, _________________________. 
  • No, I didn't see Sarah for about a month.
  • No, I don't see Sarah for about a month.
  • No, I haven't seen Sarah for about a month.
  • No, I ain't seeing Sarah for about a month.
Choose appropriate options to fill in the blanks:
_________ Christmas, the weather ________ quite good.
  • Since ... have been
  • For ... has been
  • Since ... has been 
  • For ... have been
Hopefully, we will be able to complete the building before the rainy season sets in

Choose the option that indicates the error in the sentence.
  • Hopefully
  • Will be
  • Before
  • In
  • No error
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb to complete the following sentence:

The popular belief is that it is an endless stretch of sand where no rain falls and, therefore no vegetation ______(grow). It is dry, hot, waterless and with shelter. 
  • is growing
  • grows
  • has grown
  • grow
Fill in the blank with the correct form of future tense of the verb given in the brackets.

If it is possible, we _______ (go) to Chennai.
  • went
  • will go
  • have gone
  • have had gone
Fill in the blank with the suitable option. 
We _______ studying for the past two hours. 
  • Has been
  • Will have been
  • Have been
  • Would Be

Choose an appropriate option to fill in the blank as per the situation:

Your car looks very clean. ________________ (you/wash)
  • Have you washed it? 
  • Were you washing it?
  • Need you wash it?
  • Had you washed it?
Correct the following sentence at the underlined point:
When they opened the door, they found the room was far darker than what Mark.
  • Mark remembered
  • Mark will remember
  • Mark remembers
  • NO CHANGE
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
She has eaten her food.
  • Simple Present
  • Present Perfect
  • Simple Past
  • Past Perfect
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the given sentence correctly and meaningfully.

I _____________ waiting here for you since 8.30. 
  • Am
  • Was
  • Have been
  • Will be
Fill in the blank with the correct form of present tense of the verb given in the brackets.

We _____________ (have) nothing to eat since morning.
  • having
  • have had
  • will have
  • have have
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:

I will be designing a new helicopter.
  • Simple Future
  • Future Continuous
  • Future Perfect
  • Future Perfect Continuous
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
We spoke to the officer concerned.
  • Simple Past
  • Past Perfect
  • Simple Future
  • Past Continuous
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
They will have worn their best dresses.
  • Future Perfect
  • Future Perfect Continuous
  • Present Perfect
  • Future Continuous
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
The teacher had spoken to the parents about the matter.
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Perfect Continuous
  • Future Perfect
  • Past Perfect
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
They had listened to him speak.
  • Simple Past
  • Past Perfect
  • Past Perfect Continuous
  • Present Perfect
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
We had been watching a movie.
  • Past Perfect
  • Future Perfect
  • Past Perfect Continuous
  • Past Continuous
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
They have been reading the newspaper.
  • Simple Present
  • Present Perfect
  • Present Continuous
  • Present Perfect Continuous
Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
I have been working on the problem.
  • Present Continuous
  • Present Perfect Continuous
  • Past Perfect
  • Past Continuous
Choose the option that fills in the blank with the most appropriate verb form:

By evening, she _______ her work.
  • had finished
  • was finished
  • will have finished
  • will finish
Fill the correct present perfect or simple past form of the verb from the options given below: 
This house _____ to me for twenty years.
  • Belongs
  • Has belonged
  • Belonged
  • Has been belonging
Fill in the appropriate word for blank [6]:
  • accept
  • was accepting
  • accepted
  • accepting
What time does the tense in the following sentence express?

Let's wait till he comes.
  • Present time
  • Past time
  • Future time
  • None of the above
Which of the following sentence(s) is not in the future perfect continuous tense?
  • Sam will have been waiting here for three hours by 4 o'clock.
  • Next year, Jeffrey will have been working at Apple for four years.
  • When I come at 5:00, will you have been practicing long?
  • By 2020, I will have being living in London for sixteen years.
Which of the following future continuous sentences are incorrect?
  • I will be watching Nikita and Gigi race.
  • I suppose it will be raining when we reach.
  • After I study, I will be knowing all the answers for the test.
  • I will be watching the tennis match in the evening.
What time does the tense in the following sentence express?

I wish I knew the answer.
  • Present time
  • Past time
  • Future time
  • None of the above
Identify the form of the Future Simple Tense from the given options:
  • Subject + simple future of the verb 'to be' + present participle
  • Subject + simple future of the verb 'to have' + past participle
  • Subject + simple future of the verb 'to do' + present participle
  • Subject + simple future of the verb 'to be' + past participle
Fill in the blank using the correct tense form :
Vitamins ________ under protective foods.
  • comes
  • come
  • have come
  • came
Fill in the blank with the appropriate tense form:
I __________ a new language. (learn)
  • am going to learn
  • would learn
  • will be learning
  • will have learned
Choose the correct present continuous or perfect continuous form of the verb to complete the sentence: 
Vineeta _____ some information from the internet now.
  • downloading
  • is downloading
  • has downloading
  • has been downloading
Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb:
We _______ recently _______ to a new house.
  • have-shifted
  • are-shifting
  • do-shifting
  • will-shift
Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb given in the bracket [2]:
  • have
  • had
  • were having
  • had had
Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb given in the bracket [11]:
  • squeak
  • squeaks
  • squeaked
  • had squeaked
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