Introduction: Test Your Tense Knowledge
Welcome to the Wordify English Tense Practice Set! Whether you’re preparing for school exams, competitive tests, or just want to improve your English grammar, this 20-question MCQ quiz will help you master present tense, past tense, and future tense.
Each question is carefully designed to test your understanding of:
- ✅ Simple Tenses
- ✅ Continuous Tenses
- ✅ Perfect Tenses
- ✅ Perfect Continuous Tenses
At the end, you’ll find detailed answers with short explanations to help you learn from your mistakes. Let’s begin!
📝 Section 1: Basic Level (Questions 1-10)
1. She _____ to school every day.
- A) walk
- B) walks
- C) walking
- D) walked
2. They _____ cricket in the park right now.
- A) play
- B) plays
- C) are playing
- D) is playing
3. I _____ my grandmother yesterday.
- A) visit
- B) visited
- C) visits
- D) visiting
4. We _____ to the museum tomorrow.
- A) will go
- B) went
- C) goes
- D) going
5. Look! It _____ outside.
- A) rain
- B) rains
- C) is raining
- D) rained
6. He _____ breakfast at 7 AM every morning.
- A) have
- B) has
- C) is having
- D) had
7. They _____ to the park last Sunday.
- A) go
- B) goes
- C) went
- D) gone
8. My brother _____ a new bicycle next week.
- A) buys
- B) is buying
- C) bought
- D) buy
9. The sun _____ in the east.
- A) rise
- B) rises
- C) rose
- D) rising
10. What _____ you doing at 8 PM last night?
- A) was
- B) were
- C) are
- D) is
📝 Section 2: Intermediate Level (Questions 11-20)
11. She _____ already _____ her homework.
- A) has / finish
- B) have / finished
- C) has / finished
- D) is / finishing
12. By the time we arrived, the movie _____.
- A) started
- B) has started
- C) had started
- D) was starting
13. I _____ here since 2015.
- A) live
- B) am living
- C) have been living
- D) lived
14. This time next month, we _____ in Goa.
- A) will relax
- B) will be relaxing
- C) relax
- D) are relaxing
15. She was tired because she _____ all day.
- A) worked
- B) had been working
- C) works
- D) is working
16. By 2025, I _____ my graduation.
- A) will complete
- B) will have completed
- C) complete
- D) am completing
17. If it rains, we _____ cancel the trip.
- A) will
- B) would
- C) are
- D) have
18. I _____ for you for an hour! Where were you?
- A) waited
- B) have waited
- C) have been waiting
- D) had waited
19. She _____ never _____ to London.
- A) has / gone
- B) have / been
- C) has / been
- D) is / going
20. When I reached the station, the train _____.
- A) left
- B) had left
- C) has left
- D) was leaving
✅ Answers with Short Explanations
| Q.No | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B) walks | Simple Present Tense for habitual action (She + walks). |
| 2 | C) are playing | Present Continuous for action happening now (They + are playing). |
| 3 | B) visited | Simple Past for completed action yesterday. |
| 4 | A) will go | Simple Future for tomorrow’s action. |
| 5 | C) is raining | Present Continuous for action happening at the moment (Look!). |
| 6 | B) has | Simple Present for daily routine (He + has). |
| 7 | C) went | Simple Past for completed action last Sunday. |
| 8 | B) is buying | Present Continuous for fixed future plan/arrangement. |
| 9 | B) rises | Simple Present for universal truth. |
| 10 | B) were | Past Continuous question form (You + were). |
| 11 | C) has / finished | Present Perfect for recently completed action (She + has). |
| 12 | C) had started | Past Perfect for action completed before another past action. |
| 13 | C) have been living | Present Perfect Continuous for action started in past and still continuing. |
| 14 | B) will be relaxing | Future Continuous for action in progress at specific future time. |
| 15 | B) had been working | Past Perfect Continuous for duration of action before another past action. |
| 16 | B) will have completed | Future Perfect for action completed by specific future time. |
| 17 | A) will | First conditional: If + present, will + base verb. |
| 18 | C) have been waiting | Present Perfect Continuous emphasizing duration. |
| 19 | C) has / been | Present Perfect for life experience (She + has been). |
| 20 | B) had left | Past Perfect for action completed before another past action. |
🎯 Your Score: _____ / 20
How did you do?
- 18-20: Excellent! You’re a tense master! 🏆
- 15-17: Good job! A little more practice and you’ll be perfect. 👍
- 10-14: Fair effort. Review the explanations and try again. 📚
- Below 10: Don’t worry! Practice makes perfect. Start with our basic tense guides. 💪
📚 Master Tenses with Wordify English
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- ✅ Present Tense Guide – Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous
- ✅ Past Tense Guide – Simple Past to Past Perfect Continuous
- ✅ Future Tense Guide – All 4 future forms with examples
- ✅ Tense Chart – Quick reference for all 12 tenses
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