WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-Tenses MCQ | Set 1 1st Year Intermediate

 

English Grammar — Tenses MCQ | Set 1 1st Year Intermediate

Q1. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "She _______ her homework before the teacher arrived." A. finishes B. has finished C. had finished D. was finishing

Q2. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "The train _______ at 6 o'clock every morning." A. is leaving B. leaves C. has left D. left

Q3. Identify the error in the following sentence: "When I will reach home, I will call you." A. When I B. will reach home C. I will call D. you

Q4. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "They _______ in this city for the past ten years." A. live B. lived C. are living D. have been living

Q5. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "By next year, he _______ his medical degree." A. completes B. will complete C. will have completed D. has completed

Q6. Identify the error in the following sentence: "She is knowing the answer to every question." A. She is B. knowing C. the answer D. to every question

Q7. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "When she entered the room, everyone _______ quietly." A. sits B. sat C. was sitting D. has sat

Q8. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "He _______ three cups of coffee since morning." A. drinks B. drank C. has drunk D. had drunk

Q9. Identify the error in the following sentence: "I am knowing him since we were in school together." A. I am knowing B. him since C. we were D. in school together

Q10. Fill in the blank with the correct tense: "Look at those clouds! It _______ soon." A. rains B. rained C. is going to rain D. has rained

Answers with Explanations

Q1. ✅ C — had finished. Two actions occurred in the past — finishing homework and the teacher arriving. The action that was completed first (finishing homework) must be expressed in past perfect tense (had + past participle). The later action (teacher arrived) uses simple past. This sequence is signalled by the word before.

Q2. ✅ B — leaves. The sentence describes a fixed timetable or schedule. Timetables, schedules, and fixed routines are expressed in simple present tense even when referring to future events. Words like every morning, always, usually, daily are strong signals for simple present tense.

Q3. ✅ B — "will reach home" is the error. In sentences beginning with time conjunctions such as when, before, after, until, as soon as, the simple present tense is used in the subordinate clause — not future tense (will). Correct: When I reach home, I will call you. The future tense appears only in the main clause.

Q4. ✅ D — have been living. The phrase for the past ten years signals an action that began in the past and is still continuing in the present. This requires present perfect continuous tense: have/has + been + verb+ing. It emphasises the duration of an ongoing action up to the present moment.

Q5. ✅ C — will have completed. By next year signals a future point in time by which an action will already be finished. This requires future perfect tense: will + have + past participle. It expresses an action that will be completed before a specific future time. Correct: will have completed.

Q6. ✅ B — "knowing" is the error. Know is a stative verb — it expresses a state of mind or condition, not a physical action. Stative verbs are never used in continuous tenses. Other stative verbs include believe, understand, remember, love, hate, want, seem. Correct: She knows the answer to every question.

Q7. ✅ C — was sitting. When one action (entered) interrupts another action that was already in progress (sitting quietly), the action in progress uses past continuous tense: was/were + verb+ing. The interrupting action uses simple past. The word when signals the interruption of an ongoing action.

Q8. ✅ C — has drunk. Since morning signals that the action began at a specific point in the past and has continued up to the present. This requires present perfect tense: has/have + past participle. Present perfect is used when the action has a connection to the present, especially with since and for.

Q9. ✅ A — "I am knowing" is the error. Know is a stative verb expressing a mental state and cannot be used in continuous tense. Additionally, since confirms an ongoing state requiring present perfect tense, not present continuous. Correct: I have known him since we were in school together. Stative verbs always use simple tenses.

Q10. ✅ C — is going to rain. When there is visible evidence in the present that something is about to happen (Look at those clouds!), the structure is/are going to + base verb is used to express a near future event based on present evidence or signs. Will is used for predictions without evidence; going to is for evidence-based predictions.

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