Basic English Tenses & Grammar MCQs : English MCQs

Basic English Tenses:
1. What tense is used to describe actions happening at the current moment?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
  Answer: b) Present continuous
2. Which tense is used to describe a habitual action?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
  Answer: a) Present simple
3. Which tense is used to express an action that happened before a specific time in the past?
a) Present perfect
b) Present perfect continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
  Answer: c) Past simple
4. What tense is used to express an action that started in the past and continued until now?
a) Present perfect
b) Present perfect continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
  Answer: b) Present perfect continuous
5. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “I will have finished my work by 5 PM.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
  Answer: c) Future perfect
6. Which tense is used to express a planned action in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
  Answer: a) Future simple
7. What tense is used to describe an action that will be happening at a particular moment in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
  Answer: b) Future continuous
8. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “He had been studying for hours before the exam.”
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
  Answer: d) Past perfect continuous
9. Which tense is used to describe an action completed at some point in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
  Answer: c) Past perfect
10. What tense is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Past perfect
11. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “She has been waiting for the bus since 9 AM.”
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Present perfect continuous
12. Which tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Present perfect
13. What tense is used to express a future action that will be completed before another future action?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Future perfect
14. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “I will be sleeping when you arrive.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Future continuous
15. Which tense is used to describe an action that was happening at a specific moment in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Past continuous
16. What tense is used to express an action that will be ongoing and in progress at a future point in time?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Future continuous
17. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “I have seen that movie before.”
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Present perfect
18. Which tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Past perfect
19. What tense is used to express an action that will be completed before a specific time in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Future perfect
20. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “She will be studying at the university next year.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Future simple
21. Which tense is used to describe a temporary action or situation in the present?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Present continuous
22. What tense is used to express an action that started in the past, continued for some time, and recently stopped?
a) Present perfect
b) Present perfect continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
   Answer: d) Past continuous
23. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “We had already finished dinner when they arrived.”
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Past perfect
24. Which tense is used to describe an action that has been planned to happen in the near future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Future simple
25. What tense is used to express an action that will be completed after a specific time in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Future perfect continuous
26. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “She is writing a novel.”
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Present continuous
27. Which tense is used to describe an action that occurred at an unspecified time in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Past simple
28. What tense is used to express an action that will be ongoing and in progress at a specific time in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Future continuous
29. Which tense is used to describe a general truth or fact that is still true in the present?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Present simple
30. What tense is used to express an action that was completed at a specific time in the past?
a) Present perfect
b) Present perfect continuous
c) Past simple
d) Past continuous
   Answer: c) Past simple
31. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “I will have been studying for three hours by the time you arrive.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Future perfect continuous
32. Which tense is used to describe an action that occurred repeatedly in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Past simple
33. What tense is used to express an action that will happen as a result of another action in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Future continuous
34. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “She had been waiting for an hour before the doctor arrived.”
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Past perfect continuous
35. Which tense is used to describe an action that was interrupted by another action in the past?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Past continuous
36. What tense is used to express an action that will be completed in the future before another specific future action?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Future perfect
37. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “We have been waiting for the bus since morning.”
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Present perfect continuous
38. Which tense is used to describe a past action that had an effect on the present?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Past perfect
39. What tense is used to express an action that will be ongoing and in progress until a specific future time?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Future perfect continuous
40. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “The train will leave at 8 PM.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Future simple
41. Which tense is used to describe an action that was happening when another action in the past occurred?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Past continuous
42. What tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future, but the time is not specified or not important?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Future simple
43. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “He will have left for work by 9 AM.”
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Future perfect
44. Which tense is used to describe an action that has just been completed and has an effect on the present?
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Present perfect
45. What tense is used to express an action that will be completed in the future before a specific time?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: c) Future perfect
46. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “They were watching TV when the power went out.”
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Past continuous
47. Which tense is used to describe an action that started in the past, continued for some time, but is not happening anymore?
a) Past simple
b) Past continuous
c) Past perfect
d) Past perfect continuous
   Answer: a) Past simple
48. What tense is used to express an action that will be ongoing and in progress for a period of time in the future?
a) Future simple
b) Future continuous
c) Future perfect
d) Future perfect continuous
   Answer: b) Future continuous
49. Identify the tense in the following sentence: “I have been living here since 2010.”
a) Present simple
b) Present continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Present perfect continuous
   Answer: d) Present perfect continuous
Basic English Grammar:
1. What is the correct plural form of “child”?
a) childs
b) childen
c) children
d) childes
  Answer: c) children
2. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
a) She sings well.
b) They went to the park.
c) He studied hard, and he passed the exam.
d) The cat is sleeping.
  Answer: c) He studied hard, and he passed the exam.
3. What is the correct superlative form of the adjective “big”?
a) bigger
b) biggest
c) bigest
d) biggger
  Answer: b) biggest
4. Which of the following is an example of a coordinating conjunction?
a) and
b) because
c) although
d) until
  Answer: a) and
5. What is the past participle of the verb “run”?
a) run
b) ran
c) running
d) have run
  Answer: d) have run
6. Which of the following sentences has a direct object?
a) She dances gracefully.
b) They ran quickly.
c) He ate an apple.
d) We laughed loudly.
  Answer: c) He ate an apple.
7. Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun for the sentence: “___ car is red.”
a) These
b) Those
c) This
d) Their
  Answer: c) This
8. What is the correct comparative form of the adjective “good”?
a) gooder
b) better
c) more good
d) best
  Answer: b) better
9. Identify the adverb in the following sentence: “She sings beautifully.”
a) sings
b) beautifully
c) she
d) She sings
  Answer: b) beautifully
10. Which sentence is written in the passive voice?
a) The teacher is teaching the students.
b) The students are studying hard.
c) The cake was baked by Sarah.
d) They have completed the project.
   Answer: c) The cake was baked by Sarah.
11. What type of noun is “team” in the sentence: “The team won the championship”?
a) Proper noun
b) Common noun
c) Abstract noun
d) Collective noun
   Answer: b) Common noun
12. Which sentence is in the subjunctive mood?
a) I am going to the party.
b) If I were you, I would apologize.
c) He runs every morning.
d) They will come later.
   Answer: b) If I were you, I would apologize.
13. Choose the correct possessive form of the noun “children.”
a) childrens’
b) children’s
c) childrenes
d) childs’
   Answer: b) children’s
14. What is the correct form of the verb “to be” in the third person singular (he/she/it) present tense?
a) are
b) am
c) is
d) be
   Answer: c) is
15. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: “I like to read books.”
a) like to read
b) I like
c) to read books
d) I like to
   Answer: a) like to read
16. Which of the following sentences is written in the future continuous tense?
a) She will write a letter.
b) They have been eating dinner.
c) He is going to the store.
d) We will be playing football tomorrow.
   Answer: d) We will be playing football tomorrow.
17. Choose the correct form of the pronoun to complete the sentence: “____ is my sister.”
a) Him
b) His
c) She
d) Her
   Answer: d) Her
18. What is the correct past tense of the irregular verb “go”?
a) goed
b) went
c) goe
d) gone
   Answer: b) went
19. Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence: “The book that you lent me was fascinating.”
a) The
b) that
c) you
d) me
   Answer: b) that
20. Choose the correct form of “to have” in the present perfect tense.
a) have
b) has
c) having
d) had
   Answer: b) has
21. Which sentence uses the correct subject-verb agreement?
a) The dogs barks loudly.
b) The dogs bark loudly.
c) The dogs barking loudly.
d) The dogs is barking loudly.
   Answer: b) The dogs bark loudly.
22. Identify the preposition in the following sentence: “The cat is on the table.”
a) is
b) The
c) on
d) table
   Answer: c) on
23. Choose the correct form of the adjective to complete the sentence: “She is a ___ girl.”
a) beautifuler
b) beautiful
c) most beautiful
d) beautifulliest
   Answer: b) beautiful
24. What type of sentence is this: “Please pass the salt.”
a) Imperative
b) Interrogative
c) Declarative
d) Exclamatory
   Answer: a) Imperative
25. Identify the article in the following sentence: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
a) apple
b) away
c) the
d) An
   Answer: d) An
26. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “I ____ to the store yesterday.”
a) going
b) will go
c) have gone
d) went
   Answer: d) went
27. What type of conjunction is used in the sentence: “I will study hard so I can pass the exam”?
a) Coordinating conjunction
b) Correlative conjunction
c) Subordinating conjunction
d) Conjunctive adverb
   Answer: a) Coordinating conjunction
28. Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: “He gave Mary a present.”
a) He
b) gave
c) Mary
d) present
   Answer: c) Mary
29. Choose the correct form of the pronoun to complete the sentence: “The book is _____.”
a) mine
b) my
c) me
d) myself
   Answer: a) mine
30. Identify the gerund in the following sentence: “Swimming is her favorite hobby.”
a) swimming
b) is
c) her
d) favorite
   Answer: a) swimming
31. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “I ____ a lot of books last month.”
a) readed
b) reading
c) have read
d) read
   Answer: d) read
32. What is the correct comparative form of the adverb “quickly”?
a) more quickly
b) quicklier
c) quick
d) quicklyer
   Answer: a) more quickly
33. Which sentence uses a non-count noun correctly?
a) I bought three furnitures for my new house.
b) The sands of the desert are very hot.
c) She has two informations about the event.
d) These breads are delicious.
   Answer: b) The sands of the desert are very hot.
34. Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: “I like both chocolate and vanilla ice cream.”
a) I
b) like
c) both
d) and
   Answer: d) and
35. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “He _______ the dishes every day.”
a) wash
b) washing
c) washes
d) washed
   Answer: c) washes
36. What type of sentence is this: “What time is the meeting?”
a) Imperative
b) Interrogative
c) Declarative
d) Exclamatory
   Answer: b) Interrogative
37. Identify the antecedent of the pronoun in the following sentence: “The dog wagged its tail.”
a) dog
b) wagged
c) tail
d) its
   Answer: a) dog
38. Choose the correct form of “to do” in the simple past tense.
a) do
b) done
c) did
d) does
   Answer: c) did
39. What type of adjective is used in the sentence: “She has a purple bag.”
a) Color adjective
b) Size adjective
c) Shape adjective
d) Age adjective
   Answer: a) Color adjective
40. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: “Feeling tired, she decided to take a nap.”
a) Feeling tired
b) she decided
c) to take
d) a nap
   Answer: a) Feeling tired
41. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “I ___ the car before going on vacation.”
a) will wash
b) wash
c) washing
d) washed
   Answer: d) washed
42. What type of adverb is used in the sentence: “He sings quite well.”
a) Time adverb
b) Place adverb
c) Manner adverb
d) Frequency adverb
   Answer: c) Manner adverb
43. Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: “She baked her friend a cake.”
a) She
b) baked
c) her
d) cake
   Answer: c) her
44. Choose the correct form of the pronoun to complete the sentence: “The gift is for ____.”
a) mine
b) my
c) me
d) myself
   Answer: c) me
45. What type of noun is “family” in the sentence: “My family is going on vacation.”
a) Proper noun
b) Common noun
c) Abstract noun
d) Collective noun
   Answer: b) Common noun
46. Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: “I wanted to go, but it was raining.”
a) I
b) wanted
c) to go
d) but
   Answer: d) but
47. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: “The students ____ a test yesterday.”
a) take
b) taking
c) took
d) have taken
   Answer: c) took
48. What type of sentence is this: “I can’t believe he won the competition!”
a) Imperative
b) Interrogative
c) Declarative
d) Exclamatory
   Answer: d) Exclamatory
49. Identify the infinitive in the following sentence: “He wants to play soccer.”
a) He wants
b) to play
c) soccer
d) play
   Answer: b) to play