Simple Tenses of Verbs Online Quiz

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Q 1 - The restaurant that we ... about earlier is my favorite.

A - Spoke

B - Speak

C - Spoken

D - Speaks

Answer : A

Explanation

The action happened in the past, so we will use the past tense.

Q 2 - Many strange incidents ... place in this city daily.

A - Takes

B - Took

C - Take

D - Taken

Answer : C

Explanation

The action happens regularly in the present, so we will use the present tense.

Q 3 - My teacher ... recently about black holes and space-time continuum.

A - Explain

B - Explained

C - Explains

D - Explaining

Answer : B

Explanation

The action happened in the past, so we will use the past tense.

Q 4 - Gracy thinks she ... the pup she ... at the store yesterday, as a birthday gift.

A - get, sees

B - will get, saw

C - gets, will see

D - got, would see

Answer : B

Explanation

The action may happen in the future; hence we will use the future tense.

Q 5 - She ... very well as her mother … some excellent dishes.

A - is cooking, know

B - was cooking, know

C - cooked, would know

D - cooks, knew

Answer : D

Explanation

The first action happens regularly in present, and the second one happened in past.

Q 6 - Some people still ... that the world is flat.

A - are thinking

B - may think

C - think

D - are thought

Answer : C

Explanation

The action happens regularly in the present, so we will use the present tense.

Q 7 - We ... to the beach and … fun if the day stays this sunny.

A - was going, have

B - would go, were having

C - went, had

D - will go, have

Answer : D

Explanation

The action may happen in the future; hence we will use the future tense.

Q 8 - Concealing a mistake ... as low an act as lying, as you ... supporting a lie in both the cases.

A - is, would

B - was, did

C - would be, is

D - is, would be

Answer : D

Explanation

The action happens regularly in the present, so we will use the present tense.

Q 9 -There ... a much improved system of education if teachers … involved in designing the curriculum.

A - was, are

B - is, are

C - will be, are

D - would be, are

Answer : C

Explanation

The actions may happen in the future; hence we will use the future tense

Q 10 - Mrs. Grant ... the coat that you ... on the cloak stand.

A - was taking, will hang

B - took, hanged

C - is taking, would hang

D - took, was hanging

Answer : B

Explanation

The action happened in the past, so we will use the past tense.

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