English Grammar Quiz

Grammar Quiz - Tenses

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.

1. We ----------------------------- waiting here for two hours.

a) have been
b) has been
c) are
d) were

2. We ------------------------- them yesterday.

a) visited
b) have visited
c) had visited
d) was visiting

3. He ----------------------- from London last week.

a) has returned
b) have returned
c) had returned
d) returned

4. See that you ----------------------- for the meeting in time.

a) will come
b) come
c) would come
d) came

5. They will come if we ------------------------ them.

a) invite
b) will invite
c) invited
d) would invite

6. I --------------------- to Tokyo recently.

a) had been
b) went
c) have been
d) was

7. The doctor concluded that the man ------------------------ killed ten hours ago.

a) had been
b) was
c) has been
d) is

8. I ----------------------- waiting for his reply for two weeks now.

a) have been
b) has been
c) had been
d) was

9. The train ------------------------- by the time we reach the station.

a) will leave
b) will have
c) left
d) would

10. Every morning, I -------------------------- the paper.

a) will read
b) am reading
c) read
d) was reading

11. When I visited him he --------------------- bed-ridden for two months.

a) was
b) has been
c) had been
d) were

12. I -------------------- school last year.

a) left
b) had left
c) leaved
d) was leaving

13. There --------------------- a famine in Bengal in 1982.

a) was
b) has been
c) were
d) had been

14. Akbar -------------------------- the Moghul power paramount in India.

a) had made
b) has made
c) made
d) would make

15. John has ---------------------- home.

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

Answers

1. have been
2. visited
3. returned
4. come
5. invite
6. went
7. had been
8. have been
9. will leave
10. read
11. had been
12. left
13. was
14. made
15. gone