Tenses MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Tenses - Download Free PDF

Key Points

• The phrase "She been" is grammatically incorrect.
• In the present perfect continuous tense, the correct form is "has been" when the subject is third-person singular (She/He/It).
• The corrected sentence should start with "She has been showing off her juggling skills..."
• All other segments are grammatically and contextually correct.

Additional Information

• Option 1: "showing off her" – correct phrase, no error.
• Option 2: "her friend's party" – grammatically correct possessive form.
• Option 3: "juggling skills at" – no error; correctly placed preposition.

The correct answer is: accommodate.

Key Points

• The verb "accommodate" means to provide space or housing for someone.
• After 'to', the base form of a verb is used.
  • For example: They are going to win.
• Similarly, in this question, 'to' is present. So we need the base form of the verb to match the tense.
• "Have accommodated" (option 2) and "accommodated" (option 4) are in the past tense, which does not fit here.
• "Accommodating" (option 3) is the present participle and does not fit grammatically.

 Correct sentence: "Multi-storied apartments are created to accommodate many families who live with no verandas and share tight corridors."

The correct answer is '1' i.e. A .

Key Points

• The given sentence is incorrect because it contains a tense inconsistency.
• The sentence starts in the present tense with "I do a lot of travelling," but the latter part "when I was younger" is in the past tense.
• To correct the sentence, you can change the verb tense in part (A) from "do" to "did" to maintain consistency with the past tense used in the rest of the sentence.

Correct sentence: I did a lot of travelling when I was younger.

Key Points

• The given sentence is in the simple past tense, which is used to describe actions that were completed in the past.
• The verb "sang" is the past form of "sing", indicating that the action took place at a specific time in the past.
• Simple past tense is generally formed by adding '-ed' to the base verb for regular verbs, but there are irregular verbs as well, such as "sing" becoming "sang".

Correct sentence: Sania's sister sang a beautiful song at the party.

Additional Information

• Present Simple Tense:
  • Structure: Base form of the verb (or base form with 's' or 'es' for third person singular).
  • Example: She sings beautifully.
  • Usage: Describes habitual actions, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
• Present Perfect Continuous Tense:
  • Structure: Subject + has/have + been + present participle (verb+ing).
  • Example: She has been singing for two hours.
  • Usage: Refers to actions that started in the past and are still continuing or have recently stopped.
• Past Continuous Tense:
  • Structure: Subject + was/were + present participle (verb+ing).
  • Example: She was singing when I arrived.
  • Usage: Describes actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past.

Key Points

• The sentence refers to past events, so the past perfect tense should be used to describe actions that were completed before another action in the past.
• "Has done everything" is present perfect tense, which is not appropriate in this context.
• It should be "had done everything" to correctly follow the past perfect tense.

Additional Information

• The past perfect tense is used to refer to an action that was completed before another action in the past.
• Examples:
  • Correct: "When I arrived at the party, everyone had left."
  • Incorrect: "When I arrived at the party, everyone has left."

The erroneous part is 'but he warn him'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'but he warned him' should be used instead of 'but he warn him'.
• The given sentence is in the simple past tense.
• Hence, the use of 'warn' in the second clause is grammatically incorrect.
• It should be changed into 'warned'.
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.
   

Correct Sentence: He allowed his son to drive but he warned him of the danger. 

The correct answer is 'had arrived at the venue'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'arrived at the venue' should be used instead of 'had arrived at the venue'.
• We know that if two incidents happen one after another (in the case of past tense) the incident that happens first should be in the past perfect tense and the second incident should be in the simple past tense which is 'V₂'. 
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.
   

Correct Sentence: The dignitaries had left before the Minister arrived at the venue.

The correct answer is "If things were not going to be normal."

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the error lies in the part," If things were not going to be normal."
• The verb tense in this part of the sentence is incorrect.
• "Were" is in the past tense, while "will" is in the future tense.
• The sentence is referring to a situation in future. 
• Thus, to maintain proper tense agreement, the correct version of this sentence would be:
  • "If things are not going to be normal after the pandemic, mankind will have to accept the New Normal."

Thus, the correct answer is option 3.

The erroneous part is 'Did you baked'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'Did you bake' should be used instead of 'Did you baked'.
• We know that after the auxiliary verb 'did' the base form of the verb is used.
  • Example: He did not come to the office.
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 2.
   

Correct Sentence: Did you bake the chocolate cake yourself this time?

The correct answer is- leads to​.

Key Points

• The simple past tense is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
• It shows that we are talking about something that has already happened. 
• The structure is given below:
  • Subject + V2 + object.
• Example:
  • ​Wolfgang entered a hula hoop contest.
• As per the given sentence, the instance of collapsing of the bridge took place and this led to a huge traffic jam.
• Hence according to the rule and example given above, 'which led' will be used instead of 'leads' in the part given in the 3rd option.
   

​Correct Sentence: Due to heavy rain, the bridge collapsed which led to a huge traffic jam.

Additional Information

• Some phrases are followed by past indefinite/simple tense as given below:
  • ​It's high time, It's time, It's about time, etc.
• For example:
  • It's high time I start preparing for my final exams.
  • It's high time I started preparing for my final exams.

The correct answer is 'Raman putted the vegetables'.

Key Points

• 'Putted', there is no such word as putted.
• Putted is completely wrong to use any sentence.
• The past tense of put is put.
• Putt means (used in golf) to hit the ball gently when it is near the hole (गोल्‍फ़ में) गेंद को हलके से मारना (गड्‌ढा पास होने पर)
• But here we don't need the word 'put'.
• The correct sentence will be "Raman put the vegetables in the frying pan and after adding some water, closed the lid."

The erroneous part is 'have grown significantly'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'has grown significantly' should be used instead of 'have grown significantly'.
• As per the subject-verb agreement rule, the auxiliary verb in a sentence should be used according to the main subject of a sentence.
• In the given sentence 'the sector' is the main subject. And it is singular.
• Hence, a singular helping verb should be used.
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 4.
   

Correct Sentence: The fisheries sector has grown significantly in the last one year.

The correct answer is how the thieves enter.

Key Points

• 'Had entered' should be used instead of enter. 
• The given sentence is in the past tense.
• The past perfect tense describes one action that happened before another action in the past.
• These two tenses are both used to talk about things that happened in the past.
• However, we use past perfect to talk about something that happened before another action in the past (had entered), which is usually expressed by the past simple (reported).
• Thus, the option that contains an error is option 2. 

Correct Sentence: The newspaper reported that it was a mystery how the thieves had entered the house.

Hinglish

• 'Had entered' का इस्तेमाल 'enter' के बजाय किया जाना चाहिए।
• दिए गए वाक्य में पूर्वकालीन काल का उपयोग किया जाना चाहिए। पूर्वकालीन कालीन कार्रवाई के बारे में बात करने के लिए पुराने मुकदमे की रिपोर्ट के द्वारा व्यक्त की जाने वाली क्रिया होती है।

The correct answer is Option 1)

Explanation:

• ​If two actions take place in the past in succession, the structure is given below:
  • ​1st action- Past perfect tense i.e Sub + had + V3 + Obj.
  • 2nd action- Simple past tense i.e Sub+ V2 + Obj.
• For example:
  • The patient had passed away before the surgeon arrived.
• According to the rule and the example given above, 'had spent' will be used instead of 'had spend' in the 1st part of the sentence.

Correct Sentence: My brother had spent the entire sum of money before I could purchase a laptop for my cousin.

• The following phrases are followed by past indefinite/simple tense:
  • ​It's high time, It's Time, It's about time, etc.​
• Example: It's high time I started preparing for my final exams.

The correct answer is 'have respond'.

Key Points

• The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
• Here, 'have responded' should be used instead of 'have respond'.
• In the given sentence 'respond' must be changed into 'responded' because we use 'should have + past participle' to talk about things we regret. 
  • Example: I got really wet walking home last night, I should have taken an umbrella.
• 'Should + have' is followed by 'past participle'.
• Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.
   

Correct Sentence: You should have responded to my query sooner.