Tenses & Verbs

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Q1.Choose the correct form: "She ___ tea every morning."

Easy
A drink
B drinks
C drank
D drunk
Present Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: B

Simple present with third person singular requires "drinks".

Q2."I am writing a letter" is in which tense?

Easy
A Simple Present
B Present Continuous
C Present Perfect
D Past Continuous
Present Tense FPSC

Correct Answer: B

"Am writing" is present continuous tense.

Q3."She has lived here for ten years" is in:

Easy
A Simple Present
B Present Perfect
C Present Continuous
D Past Perfect
Present Tense CSS

Correct Answer: B

"Has lived" is present perfect tense.

Q4."He has been working since morning" is in:

Medium
A Present Continuous
B Present Perfect
C Present Perfect Continuous
D Simple Present
Present Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: C

"Has been working" is present perfect continuous.

Q5.Choose correct: "The sun ___ in the east."

Easy
A rises
B rise
C risen
D rose
Present Tense PMS

Correct Answer: A

Simple present facts: "The sun rises".

Q6.Present perfect is formed with:

Easy
A was/were + V1
B had + V3
C have/has + V3
D am/is/are + V4
Present Tense CSS

Correct Answer: C

Present perfect = have/has + past participle (V3).

Q7."They play cricket every Sunday" shows:

Easy
A Habit
B Completed action
C Future plan
D Past action
Present Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: A

Simple present is used for habitual actions.

Q8.Choose correct: "I ___ not understand this."

Easy
A do
B does
C did
D had
Present Tense CSS

Correct Answer: A

"Do" is used for I/we/you/they in present negation.

Q9."Water boils at 100°C" is an example of:

Easy
A Command
B Universal truth
C Past habit
D Conditional
Present Tense PMS

Correct Answer: B

Simple present is used for scientific facts and universal truths.

Q10.Which is correct present continuous?

Easy
A She is eat lunch.
B She eating lunch.
C She is eating lunch.
D She are eating lunch.
Present Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: C

"Is eating" is correct present continuous.

Q11."She had finished her work before he arrived." — Identify the tense of the first clause:

Medium
A Simple Past
B Past Perfect
C Past Continuous
D Past Perfect Continuous
Past Tense CSS

Correct Answer: B

"Had finished" is past perfect.

Q12."They were playing when I called." — Identify the tense of "were playing":

Easy
A Simple Past
B Past Perfect
C Past Continuous
D Past Perfect Continuous
Past Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: C

"Were playing" is past continuous.

Q13.Choose correct: "He ___ to Lahore yesterday."

Easy
A go
B goes
C went
D gone
Past Tense FPSC

Correct Answer: C

Simple past of go is went.

Q14.Past perfect continuous is formed with:

Medium
A had + been + V-ing
B was/were + V-ing
C have/has + V3
D had + V3
Past Tense CSS

Correct Answer: A

Past perfect continuous = had + been + present participle.

Q15.Choose correct: "I ___ not go there yesterday."

Easy
A do
B does
C did
D had
Past Tense PMS

Correct Answer: C

"Did not" is used for simple past negation.

Q16."She had been cooking for two hours" is:

Medium
A Past Continuous
B Past Perfect
C Simple Past
D Past Perfect Continuous
Past Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: D

"Had been cooking" is past perfect continuous.

Q17.What is the past tense of "teach"?

Easy
A Teached
B Thought
C Taught
D Tought
Past Tense CSS

Correct Answer: C

The irregular past tense of teach is taught.

Q18."When I arrived, she ___ already left." — Choose correct form:

Medium
A has
B had
C have
D was
Past Tense CSS

Correct Answer: B

"Had left" is past perfect showing action completed before another past action.

Q19.Simple past tense is used for:

Easy
A Ongoing actions
B Permanent truths
C Completed past actions
D Future plans
Past Tense PPSC

Correct Answer: C

Simple past describes completed past actions.

Q20.Choose correct: "He ___ working all day yesterday."

Easy
A is
B was
C has
D had
Past Tense PMS

Correct Answer: B

"Was working" is past continuous.