Can you use tenses correctly? Test your knowledge with this tenses grammar exercise. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb.<\/p>\n
1. I ————– a letter yesterday.<\/p>\n
a) was received
\nb) received
\nc) had received
\nd) would receive<\/p>\n
2. What ————— your name?<\/p>\n
a) are
\nb) is
\nc) was
\nd) has<\/p>\n
3. It takes two ——— a quarrel.<\/p>\n
a) making
\nb) to make
\nc) to made
\nd) made<\/p>\n
4. The policeman ——————- the thief red-handed.<\/p>\n
a) was caught
\nb) had caught
\nc) caught
\nd) would caught<\/p>\n
5. The Bangalore-Mumbai flight —————— by two hours due to a bomb scare.<\/p>\n
a) delayed
\nb) was delayed
\nc) had delayed
\nd) has delayed<\/p>\n
6. The stadium ——————- with dance and song as various troupes from different parts of the country —————–<\/p>\n
a) reverberate, perform
\nb) reverberated, performed
\nc) was reverberated, performed
\nd) reverberated, was performed<\/p>\n
7. Jim Corbett —————- animals, but he also —————— many man-eaters.<\/p>\n
a) love, kill
\nb) loved, killed
\nc) was loved, was killed
\nd) had loved, had killed<\/p>\n
8. Last year they ————– a wall around their plot.<\/p>\n
a) build
\nb) built
\nc) had built
\nd) has built<\/p>\n
9. Last evening two teenagers —————— cocaine into the town but they ————-<\/p>\n
a) smuggled, arrested
\nb) smuggled, were arrested
\nc) were smuggled, were arrested
\nd) has smuggled, are arrested<\/p>\n
10. After getting on the bus, we —————— that we ————– the wrong one.<\/p>\n
a) had discovered, boarded
\nb) discovered, had boarded
\nc) discovered, boarded
\nd) have discovered, have boarded<\/p>\n
11. I asked him what mischief he ————-<\/p>\n
a) has done
\nb) did
\nc) had done
\nd) is done<\/p>\n
12. Why —————– you ———— him?<\/p>\n
a) did, beat
\nb) do, beaten
\nc) did, had beaten
\nd) had, beaten<\/p>\n
13. The battle of Haldighati ——————- in the sixteenth century.<\/p>\n
a) fought
\nb) has fought
\nc) had fought
\nd) was fought<\/p>\n
14. Maharana Pratap —————– in the battle of Haldighati, and so he ————— to the jungle.<\/p>\n
a) defeated, was escaped
\nb) was defeated, escaped
\nc) had defeated, had escaped
\nd) defeated, had escaped<\/p>\n
15. Many people ——————— in the riots.<\/p>\n
a) Was killed
\nb) Were killed
\nc) Killed
\nd) Had killed<\/p>\n
16. In the battle a number of soldiers ———————– and many of them ————- prisoners.<\/p>\n
a) were killed, were taken
\nb) have killed, have taken
\nc) had killed, had taken
\nd) was killed, was taken<\/p>\n
17. The entire nation —————- by the news of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.<\/p>\n
a) is shocked
\nb) was shocked
\nc) have shocked
\nd) had shocked<\/p>\n
18. Unauthorized settlements in many parts of the country —————<\/p>\n
a) have demolished
\nb) were demolished
\nc) was demolished
\nd) had demolished<\/p>\n
19. I ——————— it —————- the wrong thing to do.<\/p>\n
a) knew, was
\nb) knew, were
\nc) had known, would be
\nd) know, was<\/p>\n
20. Those who —————- respect their parents and elders cannot ————– civilized.<\/p>\n
a) do, be called
\nb) don\u2019t, be called
\nc) don\u2019t, called
\nd) hadn\u2019t, called<\/p>\n
21. If you ————– ice, it ————–<\/p>\n
a) heat, melts
\nb) heated, melted
\nc) had heated, melted
\nd) have heated, was melted<\/p>\n
22. If you —————– her she —————- come.<\/p>\n
a) had invited, would have
\nb) invited, would have
\nc) have invited, will have
\nd) were invited, would come<\/p>\n
23. If I ————-you, I ————- accept that job.<\/p>\n
a) were, would
\nb) were, would have
\nc) were, had
\nd) am, would<\/p>\n
24. If it ————- the match ————— cancelled.<\/p>\n
a) rains, will be
\nb) rained, will be
\nc) rains, would be
\nd) rains, would have been<\/p>\n
25. If I were the Prime Minister, I ———— the taxes.<\/p>\n
a) Would lower
\nb) would have lowered
\nc) will lower
\nd) will have lowered<\/p>\n
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\n2. is
\n3. to make
\n4. caught
\n5. was delayed
\n6. reverberated, performed
\n7. loved, killed
\n8. built
\n9. smuggled, were arrested
\n10. discovered, had boarded
\n11. had done
\n12. did, beat
\n13. was fought
\n14. was defeated, escaped
\n15. were killed
\n16. were killed, were taken
\n17. was shocked
\n18. were demolished
\n19. knew, was
\n20. don\u2019t, be called
\n21. heat, melts
\n22. had invited, would have
\n23. were, would
\n24. rains, will be
\n25. would lower<\/p>\n