Tenses-Present, Past, Future

Q1553. Identify the tense: 'He has been living here for five years.'

Past Perfect Continuous Past Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Present Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Present Perfect Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Action started in past and continues; present perfect continuous tense.

Q1552. Choose the correct sentence:

I saw that movie yesterday. I will see that movie yesterday. I have seen that movie yesterday. I see that movie yesterday.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I saw that movie yesterday.

🧠 Solution:

Past action; correct tense: past simple.

Q1551. Select the tense: 'She will have been teaching for 20 years by next June.'

Present Perfect Continuous Future Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Future Perfect

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Future Perfect Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Action duration continuing until a certain future point; future perfect continuous.

Q1550. Choose the correct form: 'He ___ his homework before dinner yesterday.'

had finished has finished finishes finished

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: had finished

🧠 Solution:

Action completed before another past action; past perfect tense.

Q1549. Identify the tense: 'Next month I will be travelling to Paris.'

Present Continuous Past Continuous Future Perfect Future Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Future Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Action ongoing at a specific future time; future continuous tense.

Q1548. Select the correct sentence in present perfect continuous tense:

I have been studying for two hours. I am studying for two hours. I will study for two hours. I studied for two hours.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I have been studying for two hours.

🧠 Solution:

Action started in past and continues to present; present perfect continuous.

Q1547. Choose the correct form: 'She ___ for the exam when I called her.'

was studying has studied studies will study

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: was studying

🧠 Solution:

Ongoing past action interrupted by another; past continuous tense.

Q1546. Identify the tense: 'I have just finished my homework.'

Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Present Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Present Perfect

🧠 Solution:

Action completed recently; present perfect tense.

Q1545. Choose the correct form: 'By the end of this month, she ___ for ten years.'

will have worked will work works worked

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: will have worked

🧠 Solution:

Future perfect tense indicates completion by a specific future time.

Q1544. Select the correct sentence:

I was sleeping at 9 PM last night. I sleeps at 9 PM last night. I am sleeping at 9 PM last night. I sleep at 9 PM last night.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I was sleeping at 9 PM last night.

🧠 Solution:

Past continuous tense indicates action ongoing in past.

Q1543. Identify the tense: 'They are going to the market now.'

Present Continuous Future Continuous Present Perfect Future Perfect

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Present Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Ongoing action at the moment; present continuous tense.

Q1542. Choose the correct form: 'He ___ in this company since 2015.'

has worked works worked is working

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: has worked

🧠 Solution:

Action started in past and continues to present; present perfect tense.

Q1541. Select the tense: 'By the time you arrive, I will have finished my homework.'

Future Continuous Future Perfect Past Perfect Present Perfect

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Future Perfect

🧠 Solution:

Action completed before a certain point in future; future perfect tense.

Q1540. Choose the correct sentence:

I will meet him yesterday. I met him tomorrow. I meet him yesterday. I will meet him tomorrow.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I will meet him tomorrow.

🧠 Solution:

Future action; correct: 'I will meet him tomorrow.'

Q1539. Identify the tense: 'She had been working for two hours before lunch.'

Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Present Perfect Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Past Perfect Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Action ongoing in past before another past action; past perfect continuous.

Q1538. Select the correct sentence:

By next year I complete my studies. By next year I will have completed my studies. By next year I have completed my studies. By next year I completed my studies.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: By next year I will have completed my studies.

🧠 Solution:

Future perfect tense indicates completion by a future point.

Q1537. Choose the correct form: 'He usually ___ to school.'

go went goes going

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: goes

🧠 Solution:

Habitual action in present simple; correct: 'goes'.

Q1536. Identify the tense: 'I will be staying in London next week.'

Future Perfect Present Continuous Future Simple Future Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Future Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Action ongoing at a specific future time; future continuous tense.

Q1535. Choose the correct form: 'They ___ here since morning.'

are waiting waited will wait have been waiting

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: have been waiting

🧠 Solution:

Action started in the past and continues; present perfect continuous.

Q1534. Select the correct sentence in past continuous tense:

She has cooked when I arrived. She was cooking when I arrived. She cooked when I arrived. She is cooking when I arrived.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: She was cooking when I arrived.

🧠 Solution:

Ongoing action in the past interrupted by another action; past continuous tense.

Q1533. Identify the tense: 'I am reading a book now.'

Present Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Present Continuous

🧠 Solution:

Ongoing action in the present. Present continuous tense.

Q1532. Select the correct sentence:

He going to school yesterday. He went to school yesterday. He gone to school yesterday. He goes to school yesterday.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: He went to school yesterday.

🧠 Solution:

Past action; correct form: 'He went to school yesterday.'

Q1531. Choose the correct form: 'By tomorrow, they ___ for five days.'

travel will be traveling will travel will have been traveling

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: will have been traveling

🧠 Solution:

Action started in the past and will continue up to a point in future; correct tense: future perfect continuous.

Q1530. Identify the tense: 'She had left before he arrived.'

Past Simple Present Perfect Past Perfect Past Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Past Perfect

🧠 Solution:

Action completed before another past action; hence past perfect tense.

Q1529. Select the sentence in future perfect tense:

I am finishing my work by 5 PM. I finish my work by 5 PM. I will finish my work by 5 PM. I will have finished my work by 5 PM.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I will have finished my work by 5 PM.

🧠 Solution:

Future perfect expresses an action that will be completed by a certain time. Correct: 'will have finished.'

Q1528. Choose the correct form: 'He ___ when I called yesterday.'

has slept was sleeping sleeps is sleeping

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: was sleeping

🧠 Solution:

The action was ongoing in the past. Correct: 'was sleeping' (past continuous).

Q1527. Select the correct sentence:

I was knowing the answer. I have knowing the answer. I am knowing the answer. I know the answer.

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: I know the answer.

🧠 Solution:

'Know' is a stative verb, not used in continuous forms. Correct: 'I know the answer.'

Q1526. Identify the tense: 'He has been reading for two hours.'

Present Perfect Continuous Future Continuous Present Continuous Past Continuous

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: Present Perfect Continuous

🧠 Solution:

The action started in the past and continues into the present; hence present perfect continuous tense.

Q1525. Choose the correct form: 'By next week, she ___ the project.'

completes completed will complete is completing

Year: 2025

✅ Correct Answer: will complete

🧠 Solution:

'By next week' indicates future perfect tense. Correct: 'will complete.'

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