Quiz no. 1257 (Tense)- 50q

1. She ___ TV when the phone rang. Answer- 
   a) watched  b) was watching  c) has watched  d) had watched  

2. By next month, we ___ here for exactly two years. Answer- 
   a) will live  b) will be living  c) will have been living  d) have lived  

3. Look! The children ___ in the park right now. Answer-
   a) play  b) are playing  c) have played  d) played  

4. He ___ for three hours before the bus finally arrived. Answer- 
   a) waits  b) was waiting  c) has waited  d) had been waiting  

5. At 8 p.m. tomorrow, I ___ my favorite show. Answer-
   a) will watch  b) will be watching  c) watch  d) am watching  

6. They ___ since morning and still haven’t finished. Answer-  
   a) paint  b) are painting  c) have been painting  d) painted  

7. While I ___ dinner, my brother was playing games. Answer-  
   a) cooked  b) was cooking  c) have cooked  d) had cooked  

8. By the time we reach, the movie ___. Answer-  
   a) will start  b) will have started  c) starts  d) started  

9. Why ___ you crying? What happened? Answer-  
   a) was  b) were  c) have  d) had  

10. She ___ English for five years by next July. Answer-  
    a) will study  b) will have study  c) will be studying  d) will have been studying  

11. I ___ emails all morning and I’m still not done. Answer-  
    a) write  b) am writing  c) have been writing  d) wrote  

12. At this time yesterday, we ___ in the mountains. Answer-  
    a) hike  b) were hiking  c) have hiked  d) had hiked  

13. He ___ three cups of coffee today already. Answer-  
    a) drinks  b) is drinking  c) has drunk  d) has been drinking  

14. This time next week, we ___ on the beach. Answer-  
    a) will lie  b) will be lying  c) lie  d) are lying  

15. They ___ in this house since 2015. Answer-  
    a) live  b) are living  c) have lived  d) have been living  

16. While she ___ the room, I was watering plants. Answer-  
    a) cleaned  b) was cleaning  c) has cleaned  d) cleans  

17. By 2027, he ___ guitar for ten years. Answer-  
    a) will play  b) will have play  c) will have been playing  d) plays  

18. The baby ___ for two hours now. Answer-  
    a) cries  b) is crying  c) has cried  d) has been crying  

19. What ___ you doing at 3 a.m. last night? Answer-  
    a) did  b) were  c) have  d) had  

20. I ___ this movie twice already this week. Answer-  
    a) watch  b) am watching  c) have watched  d) have been watching  

21. At midnight tomorrow, we ___ fireworks. Answer-  
    a) will watch  b) will be watching  c) watch  d) watched  

22. She looks tired because she ___ all night. Answer-  
    a) works  b) is working  c) has worked  d) has been working  

23. While I ___ to music, my phone battery died. Answer-  
    a) listened  b) was listening  c) have listened  d) listen  

24. By the end of this year, we ___ 500 videos. Answer-  
    a) will upload  b) will have uploaded  c) upload  d) uploaded  

25. The kids ___ in the rain for 20 minutes now. Answer-  
    a) play  b) are playing  c) have played  d) have been playing  

26. He ___ emails when the power went off. Answer-  
    a) wrote  b) was writing  c) has written  d) writes  

27. By next summer, she ___ yoga for six months. Answer-  
    a) will practise  b) will have practised  c) will have been practising  d) practises  

28. Why is the floor wet? Someone ___ water. Answer-  
    a) spills  b) is spilling  c) has spilled  d) has been spilling  

29. This time last year I ___ in another city. Answer-  
    a) live  b) was living  c) have lived  d) lived  

30. We ___ this project since January and we’re exhausted. Answer-  
    a) do  b) are doing  c) have done  d) have been doing  

31. At 10 a.m. tomorrow, the doctor ___ patients. Answer- 
    a) will saw  b) will be seeing  c) sees  d) saw  

32. She ___ French since she was a child. Answer-  
    a) speaks  b) is speaking  c) has spoken  d) has been speaking  

33. I fell asleep while I ___ for the train. Answer-  
    a) waited  b) was waiting  c) have waited  d) wait  

34. By the time you wake up, I ___ breakfast. Answer-  
    a) will make  b) will have made  c) make  d) made  

35. The dog ___ for hours — he must be very hungry. Answer-  
    a) barks  b) is barking  c) has barked  d) has been barking  

36. What ___ you doing when the fire alarm went off? Answer-  
    a) did  b) were  c) have  d) had  

37. Next year this time we ___ around Europe. Answer-  
    a) will travel  b) will be travelling  c) travel  d) travelled  

38. He’s angry because he ___ for 40 minutes already. Answer-  
    a) waits  b) is waiting  c) has waited  d) has been waiting  

39. While they ___ chess, I was reading a book. Answer-  
    a) played  b) were playing  c) have played  d) play  

40. By 2030, humans ___ on Mars for several years. Answer-  
    a) will live  b) will have lived  c) will have been living  d) live  

41. My eyes hurt because I ___ at the screen all day. Answer-  
    a) look  b) am looking  c) have looked  d) have been looking  

42. She ___ when I entered the room. Answer-  
    a) danced  b) was dancing  c) has danced  d) dances  

43. We ___ this song on repeat since morning. Answer-  
    a) listen  b) are listening  c) have listened  d) have been listening  

44. This time tomorrow I ___ in a different country. Answer-  
    a) will be  b) will have been  c) am  d) was  

45. They ___ football for two hours when it started raining. Answer-  
    a) played  b) were playing  c) have played  d) had been playing  

46. How long ___ you waiting before the shop opened? Answer-  
    a) do  b) did  c) were  d) had  

47. By the end of the day, I ___ 10 km. Answer-  
    a) will run  b) will have run  c) run  d) ran  

48. The baby ___ peacefully since 9 p.m. Answer-  
    a) sleeps  b) is sleeping  c) has slept  d) has been sleeping  

49. While you were sleeping, I ___ the whole house. Answer-  
    a) cleaned  b) was cleaned  c) have cleaned  d) clean  

50. In two months’ time, she ___ teaching for 20 years. Answer-  
    a) will teach  b) will have taught  c) will have been teaching  d) teaches

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