CBSE Class 8 English English Grammar Tenses MCQs

4. ENGLISH GRAMMAR : TENSES

Fill in the blanks with the proper tense or form of the verb given in brackets :-

61. Raj and his family --------------------- here since May 1980 . [ live ]

a) is living b) have been living c) are living d) has been living

62. Our examination ----------------------- on 4th March . [ begin ]

a) has begun b) is beginning c) begins d) began

63. After he ---------------- the roof ------------- [ leave , collapse ]

a) left ,collapsed b) has left , collapsed c) left , had collapsed

d) had left, collapsed

64. They ------------- when the thief entered the bedroom . [sleep ]

a) sleep b) were sleeping c) slept d) are sleeping

65.I ---------------- the painting just now . [ finish ]

a) finished b) had finished c) finish d) have finished

66.Look there , the man ------------------ the child . [beat ]

a) is beating b) beats c) beat d) has beaten

67. When I visited him in Mumbai , he --------------------- there for five years . [teach ]

a) teaches b) is teching c) had been teaching d) has been teaching

68. He ------------- to my house to tell me what ---------------- . [ come , happen ]

a) came , happened b) comes ,happens c) came , had happened

d) had come , happened

69.Have you ------------------------ my instructions ? [ carry out ]

a) carry out b) carried out c) carrying out d) had carried out

70. Delhi ------------- on the Yamuna . [ stand]

a) stood b) is standing c) stands d) has stood

71. I told him that I -------------------- hard for the last four hours. [ work ]

a) worked b) was working c) am working d) had been working

72. A moment ago I ------------------ strange news . [hear ]

a) have heard b) heard c) hear d) am hearing

73. Bali -------------------- this book since January last . [ read ]

a) is reading b) reads c) has been reading d) read

74. They --------------------- to London next year . [ go ]

a) went b) go c) had gone d) are going

75. We -------------------- each other for the past ten years . [ know ]

a) know b) are knowing c) have known d) had known

76. I shall go there after I -------------- my lessons . [ do ]

a) did b) do c) am doing d ) have done

77. The bus ---------------- round the corner . [ come ]

a) came b) comes c) is coming d) had come

78. I --------------------- this exercise by ten o‟ clock . [finish ]

a) shall have finished b) have finished c) finish d) finished

79. I ------------------ not ------------------- the letter yet . [ write ]

a) am, written b) was , written c) have , written d) had , written

80. I ------------------------ a letter to her yesterday . [ send ]

a) had sent b) have sent c) was senting d) sent