Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
1. James ____________ all afternoon for his maths test tomorrow.
a) had study
b) had been studying
c) was studied
d) studies
Answer: b)
2. Mia ____ to see a movie with her friends last Sunday.
a) had gone
b) was go
c) had going
d) have been going
Answer: a)
3. By the time Susan finishes cooking, Bob _________ the flower beds.
a) will have hoed
b) will hoe
c) hoes
d) will hoed
Answer: a)
4. Jia _________ rope in the garden while her grandma _________ a muffler for her father.
a) is skipping, knits
b) skips is knitting
c) is skipping, is knitting
d) skipped, knits
Answer: c)
5. Tina ______ her birthday party next week.
a) will throw
b) throws
c) threw
d) will threw
Answer: a)
6. Sheena ________ a magazine when the door bell ______.
a) was reading, rang
b) reads, rings
c) had read, ringed
d) is reading, was ringing
Answer: a)
7. We ______ the dessert after everyone _______ their dinner.
a) will eats, finishes
b) will eat, finishes
c) ate, finish
d) will ate, was finishing
Answer: b)
8. The clock ___________ one by the time he _______.
a) will striked, arrives
b) will struck, arrived
c) will have struck, arrives
d) strikes, arrived
Answer: c)
9. Rosemary usually _______ to take her purse when she leaves.
a) forgots
b) forget
c) forgets
d) forgotten
Answer: c)
10. Carl __________ the cake by the time Thomas arrives.
a) will cut
b) will have cut
c) has cut
d) cuts
Answer: b)
11. Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect continuous tense form of the verb given in the bracket:
The Sun _______________brightly when we reached Mount Everest. (shine) (CREST 2021-22)
a) shone
b) was shining
c) has been shining
d) had been shining
Answer: d)
12. Identify the tense of the sentence:
They had eaten lunch before the meeting started.
a) present perfect
b) past perfect
c) future perfect
d) simple past
Answer: b)
13. Identify the tense of the sentence:
She will have completed the project by next week.
a) simple future
b) past perfect
c) present perfect
d) future perfect
Answer: d)
14. By the time Alice ________ her assignment, the deadline ________.
a) finishes, passed
b) finished, has passed
c) had finished, passed
d) is finishing, passing
Answer: c)
15. They ________ the new movie by the time we ________ to the theatre.
a) have seen, got
b) had seen, got
c) see, get
d) are seeing, get
Answer: b)
16. Identify the tense of the given sentence:
I am washing the clothes. (CREST 2022-23)
a) present simple
b) past perfect
c) present continuous
d) past continuous
Answer: c)
17. Jack and Jimmy ______ the project as soon as they ______ enough information.
a) start, gather
b) will start, gather
c) will start, will gather
d) started, gathered
Answer: b)
18. By the time Tom’s grandmother ______ the cake, everyone ______ already ______ the party.
a) bakes, has, left
b) will bake, has, left
c) baked, had, left
d) bakes, had, left
Answer: c)
19. We ______ the marathon before they ______ the finish line.
a) complete, reach
b) completed, reached
c) will complete, reach
d) will complete, will reach
Answer: b)
20. Identify the tense of the given sentence:
I have been studying since morning. (CREST 2023-24)
a) present continuous
b) present perfect
c) present perfect continuous
d) present
Answer: c)
