WREN & MARTIN's-10 MCQs on Present Tense
10 MCQs on Present Tense — Different Types of Present Tenses — Singular and Plural Number
1. "The earth *___ * around the sun and completes one full revolution every three hundred and sixty five days." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) is revolving
- B) has revolved
- C) revolves
- D) has been revolving
Answer: C) revolves (The simple present tense "revolves" is used here to express a universal scientific truth or established fact — the simple present tense is used for facts that are permanently true and do not change over time — the third person singular subject "the earth" requires the verb to take the "-s" inflection making "revolves" the correct form.)
2. "The students *___ * enthusiastically for their annual cultural programme since the beginning of this month." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) are rehearsing
- B) rehearse
- C) have rehearsed
- D) have been rehearsing
Answer: D) have been rehearsing (The present perfect continuous tense "have been rehearsing" is used here to describe an action that began in the past and has been continuously in progress up to the present moment — the time expression "since the beginning of this month" indicates a starting point in the past confirming the use of the present perfect continuous tense.)
3. "Look! The children *___ * happily in the park on this beautiful sunny afternoon." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) play
- B) are playing
- C) have played
- D) have been playing
Answer: B) are playing (The present continuous tense "are playing" is used here to describe an action that is happening right now at the moment of speaking — the exclamatory word "look" signals that the action is currently in progress and can be observed — the plural subject "the children" requires the plural auxiliary "are" before the present participle "playing.")
4. "She *___ * in this prestigious organisation for the past ten years and has been promoted three times." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) is working
- B) works
- C) has worked
- D) has been working
Answer: D) has been working (The present perfect continuous tense "has been working" is used here to describe an action that began in the past and has been continuously in progress up to the present — the time expression "for the past ten years" indicates the duration of a continuing action confirming the use of the present perfect continuous tense.)
5. "He *___ * three languages fluently and is currently learning a fourth one at the institute." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) is speaking
- B) speaks
- C) has spoken
- D) has been speaking
Answer: B) speaks (The simple present tense "speaks" is used here to describe a permanent skill or habitual ability — the simple present tense is used to describe states abilities and habitual facts that are true in general — the third person singular subject "he" requires the verb to take the "-s" inflection making "speaks" the correct form.)
6. "The committee *___ * already *___ * its decision regarding the new policy before the meeting ended." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) is — announcing
- B) was — announcing
- C) has — announced
- D) have — announced
Answer: C) has — announced (The present perfect tense "has announced" is used here to describe an action that has been completed at some point before the present — "the committee" is a collective noun treated as singular and therefore takes the singular auxiliary "has" — the adverb "already" confirms that the action has been completed before the present moment.)
7. "The athletes *___ * rigorously every morning since the beginning of the training season." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) are training
- B) train
- C) have trained
- D) have been training
Answer: D) have been training (The present perfect continuous tense "have been training" is used here because the action of training began in the past at "the beginning of the training season" and has been continuously in progress up to the present — the time expression "since the beginning of the training season" marks the starting point of a continuing action.)
8. "Water *___ * at one hundred degrees Celsius under normal atmospheric pressure conditions." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) is boiling
- B) has been boiling
- C) has boiled
- D) boils
Answer: D) boils (The simple present tense "boils" is used here to express a scientific law or universal truth — the simple present tense is used for facts that are permanently and universally true regardless of time — the singular subject "water" is an uncountable noun and the verb takes the "-s" inflection making "boils" the correct form.)
9. "They *___ * on this innovative research project for several months and are close to a breakthrough." — Choose the correct present tense form.
- A) are working
- B) work
- C) have been working
- D) have worked
Answer: C) have been working (The present perfect continuous tense "have been working" is used here to describe an action that has been continuously in progress from a past point up to the present — the time expression "for several months" indicates the duration of the ongoing action — the plural subject "they" takes the auxiliary "have been" before the present participle.)
10. "Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present perfect tense with a plural subject?"
- A) She has submitted all the required documents to the concerned authority.
- B) The team have been practising every day for the past several weeks.
- C) The students have already completed their group project before the deadline.
- D) He has never visited the historical monuments of his hometown before.
Answer: C) The students have already completed their group project before the deadline. (This sentence correctly uses the present perfect tense "have already completed" with the plural subject "the students" — the plural subject takes the plural auxiliary "have" before the past participle "completed" — the adverb "already" confirms that the action has been fully completed at some point before the present moment.)
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