15 English Present and Past Tenses Quiz Quizzes

1. I ____________ for two hours before I twisted my ankle

A. climbed

B. had been climbing

C. had climbed

D. was climbing

2. The fire alarm ____________ for 10 minutes now

A. was ringing

B. had been ringing

C. had rung

D. has been ringing

3. Samantha ____________ to America once before

A. was going

B. has been

C. has gone

D. has been going

4. “Hurry up, the train to Bristol ____________ at 6:30!”“OK, I’m coming!”

A. has left

B. leave

C. is leaving

D. leaves

5. These jeans ____________ you more than those trousers

A. are suiting

B. have suited

C. have been suiting

D. suit

6. The baby ____________ for the past two hours

A. has slept

B. has been sleeping

C. sleeps

D. is sleeping

7. The emergency services ____________ by the time we got there

A. had been arriving

B. had arrived

C. arrived

D. were arriving

8. It started to snow while we ____________ to school

A. had walked

B. have walked

C. have been walking

D. were walking

9. I ____________ my family so much because they are always there for me

A. love

B. have loved

C. have been loving

D. am loving

10. “What ____________ to your car?”“I wrecked it in an accident ”

A. had been happening

B. happened

C. had happened

D. was happening

11. This soup ____________ terrible! What’s in it?

A. is tasting

B. taste

C. tastes

D. has tasted

12. “What are you doing tonight?”“I ____________ TV with my friends ”

A. watch

B. was watching

C. watched

D. am watching

13. Mary ____________ very friendly and polite

A. has been usually

B. is usually being

C. is usually

D. is being usually

14. These days, Jason ____________ how to drive

A. learns

B. learn

C. is learning

D. has learned

15. She usually ____________ to school in the morning