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Mixed tense errors MCQs – Sentence Structuring (English)

1. She said that she ___ to London next week.

(A) goes


(B) will go


(C) would go


(D) go



2. When I reached the station, the train ___ already ___.

(A) has / left


(B) had / left


(C) will / leave


(D) was / leaving



3. He ___ his homework when the light went out.

(A) is doing


(B) did


(C) was doing


(D) had done



4. She told me that she ___ the assignment.

(A) finishes


(B) has finished


(C) finished


(D) had finished



5. They usually ___ dinner at 8 PM.

(A) eat


(B) ate


(C) will eat


(D) eaten



6. I ___ for you since morning.

(A) wait


(B) am waiting


(C) have been waiting


(D) waited



7. If he ___ harder, he will pass.

(A) worked


(B) works


(C) had worked


(D) working



8. She ___ TV when I called her.

(A) watches


(B) watched


(C) was watching


(D) has watched



9. By next year, he ___ his degree.

(A) completes


(B) will have completed


(C) is completing


(D) completed



10. He said that he ___ busy the next day.

(A) is


(B) was


(C) will be


(D) would be



11. She ___ in Lahore since 2010.

(A) lives


(B) lived


(C) has lived


(D) living



12. I will call you when I ___ home.

(A) reached


(B) reach


(C) reaching


(D) will reach



13. It ___ raining before we arrived.

(A) has been


(B) was


(C) had been


(D) is



14. He ___ his breakfast yet.

(A) didn’t have


(B) hasn’t had


(C) hadn’t had


(D) don’t have



15. She ___ to school when she met her friend.

(A) goes


(B) was going


(C) going


(D) went



16. They said that they ___ the project soon.

(A) finish


(B) finished


(C) would finish


(D) will finish



17. I ___ my keys. I can’t find them.

(A) lose


(B) lost


(C) have lost


(D) had lost



18. He ___ the guitar every evening.

(A) play


(B) plays


(C) played


(D) is playing



19. When she arrived, I ___ dinner.

(A) cook


(B) was cooking


(C) cooked


(D) have cooked



20. They ___ the movie before I reached.

(A) watch


(B) watched


(C) had watched


(D) were watching



21. If I ___ you, I would apologize.

(A) am


(B) was


(C) were


(D) be



22. She ___ the report by tomorrow.

(A) finishes


(B) finished


(C) will finish


(D) will have finished



23. He ___ asleep when I knocked.

(A) is


(B) was


(C) has been


(D) were



24. I ___ him for ten years.

(A) know


(B) knew


(C) have known


(D) am knowing



25. She ___ TV after she completed her work.

(A) watches


(B) watch


(C) watched


(D) was watching



26. They said they ___ to the park earlier.

(A) go


(B) went


(C) had gone


(D) have gone



27. By the time he comes, we ___ eating.

(A) finish


(B) will finish


(C) will have finished


(D) finished



28. He ___ chess when he was young.

(A) plays


(B) played


(C) playing


(D) has played



29. I ___ to call you yesterday, but I forgot.

(A) plan


(B) planned


(C) was planning


(D) have planned



30. She will leave after she ___ the email.

(A) sends


(B) sent


(C) will send


(D) send



31. They ___ the match if it doesn’t rain.

(A) play


(B) played


(C) will play


(D) playing



32. She said she ___ tired.

(A) is


(B) was


(C) will be


(D) were



33. When I was young, I ___ early every day.

(A) wake


(B) woke


(C) waking


(D) woken



34. He ___ here since morning.

(A) stood


(B) stands


(C) is standing


(D) has been standing



35. The teacher asked what we ___.

(A) are doing


(B) were doing


(C) did


(D) doing



36. I ___ dinner when she called.

(A) have


(B) was having


(C) had


(D) have had



37. She ___ her book at home yesterday.

(A) forgets


(B) forgot


(C) has forgotten


(D) had forgotten



38. They ___ in the garden when it started raining.

(A) sit


(B) sat


(C) were sitting


(D) sitting



39. He ___ in Karachi before he moved to Lahore.

(A) lives


(B) lived


(C) had lived


(D) has lived



40. She ___ the car for two hours now.

(A) drives


(B) drove


(C) has been driving


(D) driving



41. I ___ you tomorrow.

(A) see


(B) saw


(C) will see


(D) seeing



42. They told me they ___ the news.

(A) hear


(B) heard


(C) have heard


(D) had heard



43. He ___ late every day last week.

(A) comes


(B) came


(C) coming


(D) has come



44. When I get home, I ___ my dinner.

(A) eat


(B) will eat


(C) eating


(D) ate



45. The baby ___ while the mother cooked.

(A) sleeps


(B) was sleeping


(C) slept


(D) had slept



46. She asked if I ___ her letter.

(A) receive


(B) received


(C) have received


(D) had received



47. He ___ to school by bus every day.

(A) goes


(B) went


(C) going


(D) has gone



48. I ___ him yesterday at the market.

(A) meet


(B) met


(C) meeting


(D) have met



49. She ___ her work before the deadline.

(A) finish


(B) finished


(C) had finished


(D) finishes



50. We ___ here until she arrives.

(A) wait


(B) will wait


(C) waited


(D) waiting



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