CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Tenses Quiz 3 - MCQExams.com

Choose suitable option to complete the conversation:
A: I've got a headache.
B: Have you? Wait there and ___________ an aspirin for you. (I/get)
  • I've got
  • I'll get
  • I am getting
  • I got
Complete the following using the appropriate option:
Do you think __________________ (you/still/do) the same job in ten years' time?
  • you'll still have done
  • you'd still do
  • you'll still be doing
  • you've still done
Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:

The plane was on the runway a few minutes ago. Now it is in the air.
The plane _____________. 
  • will take off
  • has taken off
  • had taken off
  • takes off
Fill in the blank with the most suitable option with the help of the hint in the bracket:
The temperature was 25 degrees. Now it is only 17.
The temperature ______________ further. (prediction)
  • is falling
  • will fall
  • has fallen
  • had fallen
Fill in the blank using appropriate option:
Don't phone me between 7 and________________ (we/have) dinner then.
  • We have had
  • We'll be having
  • We'll have
  • We'd have
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
Jack had a beard. Now he hasn't got a beard.
_______________________
  • He had shaved off his beard.
  • He shaved off his beard.
  • He has shaved off his beard.
  • He is shaved off his beard.
Choose the verb into the correct form:
A: _______________ (you/see) Laura tomorrow?
B: Yes, probably. Why?
A: I borrowed this book from her. Can you give it back to her?
  • Have you seen
  • Did you see
  • Will you be seeing
  • Are you seeing
Fill in the blank using the correct form of the verb:
'Where's Ken?' 'He ___________ out. He'll be back in about an hour.' (go)
  • is going
  • has gone
  • have gone
  • will go
Complete the following statement using the appropriate option:
They're still building the new road. They ______________ it. (not/finish)
  • hadn't finished
  • haven't finished
  • didn't finish
  • finished
Choose the verb in the appropriate form:
Tomorrow afternoon, we're going to play tennis from 3 o'clock until 4:30. 
So at 4 o'clock, ___________________  (we/play) tennis.
  • we've played
  • we'll be playing
  • we played
  • we'd play
Choose the appropriate option to fill in the blank:
A : Can we meet tomorrow afternoon?
B : Not in the afternoon. _____________ (I/work).
  • I've worked
  • I'd work
  • I'll be working
  • I'll have worked
Correct the underlined part, if necessary:

I've lost my key. I can't find it anywhere.
  • I'd lost
  • I'll lose
  • No error
  • I lost
Correct the sentence at the underlined point:

Have you heard about Sue? She's given up her job for a better offer at another company. 
  • She'll give up
  • She'd give up
  • She'll have given up
  • The underlined part is correct.
Complete the sentence using the appropriate option:

I don't want to go without you. I _______ (wait) until you _______ (be) ready.
  • will wait... will be
  • will wait... have been
  • will wait...are
  • have waited... have been
Fill in the blank using appropriate option:

What do you think of my English? Do you think I ______? (improve)
  • will improve
  • have improved
  • am improving
  • have been improving
Fill in the blank using the appropriate verb form:

Molly lives in Dublin. She _________________ (live) there all her life.
  • lived
  • have been living
  • has lived
  • had lived
Frame meaningful statement using the given words from the bracket:
(I/ not / read / a newspaper today)
  • I didn't read a newspaper today.
  • I hadn't read a newspaper today.
  • I haven't read a newspaper today.
  • I am not read a newspaper today.
Choose appropriate verb form from the given options:
Jenny has left the school in 1991..........
  • The given verb form is correct.
  • The given verb form is wrong. The correct form of verb is:  - left
  • The given verb form is wrong. The correct form of verb is: is leaving
  • The given verb form is wrong. The correct form of verb is: will leave
Correct the underlined part in the given sentence:

Mary isn't at home. She has gone shopping.
  • No error
  • Is going
  • Will go
  • Went
Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:

I don't know where Amy is. __________ (you/see) her?
  • Have you seen
  • Did you see
  • Had you seen
  • Do you see
Make sentence from the words in bracket:
(the weather / be / cold / recently) The weather ..........
  • The weather has been cold recently
  • The weather will be cold recently
  • The weather was cold recently
  • The weather is cold recently
Choose suitable option to fill in the blank:
Why are you holding your face like that? ____________ a toothache?
  • Have you got 
  • Did you get
  • Do you get
  • Had you get
Fill appropriate form of the verb:
It's only natural that parents ______ (worry) about their children
  • worried
  • are worrying
  • worry
  • have worried
Select the appropriate option:
I can't climb up onto the roof. __________________.
  • I haven't got a ladder. 
  • I hadn't got a ladder.
  • I didn't getting a ladder.
  • I don't get a ladder.
Fill in the blank with a suitable form of verb:
Water _____ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.
  • covers
  • has covered
  • is covering
  • had covered
Fill appropriate form of the verb:
I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant.
I _____ (wait) for 20 minutes when I ________ (see) the name of the restaurant on the menu card.
  • was waiting ; was seeing
  • had waited ; saw
  • had been waiting ; saw
  • waited ; had seen
Choose a sentence about yourself in the appropriate tense form, using the idea given below:

Something you haven't done recently.
You: ____________________
  • I wasn't been to the cinema recently.
  • I hadn't been to the cinema recently.
  • I didn't be to the cinema recently.
  • I haven't been to the cinema recently.
Choose the appropriate option to complete the given sentence:
I can't make a phone call. ______________ (no change) 
  • I can't have any change
  • I didn't have any change.
  • I haven't got any change.
  • I hadn't got any change.
You have reached home from office.

Your mother: What have you bought today?
You: I ___________.

Complete the conversation using appropriate option:
  • I didn't bought anything today.
  • I haven't bought anything today.
  • I hadn't bought anything today.
  • I am not bought anything today.
Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank: 
I need a stamp for this letter.
__________ one?
  • Did you have
  • Do you have
  • Have you had
  • Had you had
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the verb:

A: 'Shall I buy this book for Tim?' 
B: 'You'd better not. He might already _______ it.'
  • had read
  • have read
  • has read
  • is reading
Select suitable form of the verb to complete the sentence:
The government always _______ to increase taxes.
  • wants
  • wanted
  • is wanting
  • has wanted
Select suitable option:
The police ___________ to interview two men about the robbery last week.
  • wants
  • want
  • is wanting
  • was wanting
Fill in the blank with correct form of present tense of the verb given in the brackets.

The boss cannot see anybody as he ______ (dictate) some letters.
  • has been dictating
  • is dictating
  • dictating
  • has to dictate
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
I ______ waiting here for you since 8.30.
  • am
  • was
  • have been
  • will be
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
He ___ here for the last five years.
  • worked
  • is working
  • has been working
  • none of these
Select suitable option to complete the sentence:
Physics ______ my best subject at school but when I _____ (start) college, my grades in physics _____ (come) down.
  • is ; starts ; comes
  • was ; started ; came
  • are; start ; come
  • were ; started ; came
Choose the best form of the verb given in the bracket to complete the sentence:
When we heard the good news, we were ____________. (delight)
  • Delight
  • Delighted
  • Delighting
  • Delightful
Fill in the blank with the correct form of future tense of the verb given in the bracket. 

We don't think, our teacher ________ (meet) again.
  • will meet
  • meeting
  • will be meet
  • will have met
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:
According to the memo, we're _________ the meeting at noon tomorrow. 
  • Having
  • Have
  • Are having
  • Will have
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Once you __________ into a routine, you'll find the work is quite easy.
  • are settling
  • have settled
  • settled
  • will settle
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
We _____ for his call since 4.20. 
  • are waiting
  • have been waiting
  • were waiting
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
It ___ since early morning
  • rained
  • is raining
  • has been raining
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I ___ him for a long time. 
  • know
  • have known
  • am knowing
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I know all about that film because I ___ it twice. 
  • saw
  • have seen
  • had seen
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Look! The sun ____ over the hills.
  • rises
  • is rise
  • is rising
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
I ___ English for five years. 
  • study
  • am studying
  • have been studying
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Our guests ____; they are sitting in the garden.
  • arrived
  • have arrived
  • had arrived
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
She _____ unconscious since four o'clock.
  • is
  • was
  • has been
  • none of these
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Do you think you ___ me somewhere before?
  • have seen
  • had seen
  • were seeing
  • none of these
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