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Verb Tenses and Agreement MCQs 2026

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  1. Q1 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: By the time he arrived, the train ____

    1. A leaves
    2. B has left
    3. C left
    4. D had left
    💡 Explanation:

    The train left before another past action, so the past perfect had left is the correct tense.

  2. Q2 medium

    Choose the correct verb: Neither of the answers ____ correct

    1. A is
    2. B are
    3. C were
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    Neither is singular in standard subject-verb agreement, so it takes the singular verb is.

  3. Q3 easy

    Choose the correct verb: The news ____ shocking to everyone

    1. A are
    2. B were
    3. C is
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    News is singular in form for agreement, so the singular verb is is correct.

  4. Q4 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: If he ____ harder, he would pass

    1. A studies
    2. B studied
    3. C will study
    4. D had studied
    💡 Explanation:

    In a second conditional sentence, the if-clause uses the simple past form studied.

  5. Q5 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: I ____ this book since morning

    1. A have been reading
    2. B read
    3. C am reading
    4. D had read
    💡 Explanation:

    Since morning shows an action continuing from the past to the present, so the present perfect continuous is suitable.

  6. Q6 medium

    Choose the correct verb: Ten kilometers ____ a long distance to walk

    1. A are
    2. B have been
    3. C were
    4. D is
    💡 Explanation:

    A measurement treated as a single amount takes a singular verb, so is is correct.

  7. Q7 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: He usually ____ tea after dinner

    1. A drank
    2. B is drinking
    3. C drinks
    4. D has drunk
    💡 Explanation:

    Usually indicates a habitual action, which is expressed with the simple present drinks.

  8. Q8 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: They ____ in this city for ten years

    1. A have lived
    2. B lived
    3. C live
    4. D were living
    💡 Explanation:

    For ten years can describe duration continuing to the present, so have lived is correct.

  9. Q9 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: When I called her, she ____ dinner

    1. A cooks
    2. B has cooked
    3. C cooked
    4. D was cooking
    💡 Explanation:

    The call interrupted an action in progress in the past, so past continuous was cooking is required.

  10. Q10 easy

    Choose the correct verb: Each of the boys ____ a prize

    1. A receive
    2. B receives
    3. C have received
    4. D are receiving
    💡 Explanation:

    Each is singular and therefore takes the singular verb receives.

  11. Q11 medium

    Choose the correct verb: The jury ____ reached its verdict

    1. A have
    2. B were
    3. C has
    4. D are
    💡 Explanation:

    Jury is treated here as a single body, so the singular auxiliary has agrees with it.

  12. Q12 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: We ____ before the rain started

    1. A had left
    2. B left
    3. C have left
    4. D leave
    💡 Explanation:

    Leaving happened before another past event, so the past perfect had left is correct.

  13. Q13 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: If I ____ you, I would accept the offer

    1. A am
    2. B were
    3. C was
    4. D had been
    💡 Explanation:

    The unreal conditional uses the subjunctive were after if I.

  14. Q14 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: My brother ____ abroad next month

    1. A went
    2. B has gone
    3. C goes
    4. D is going
    💡 Explanation:

    A planned future arrangement is commonly expressed by the present continuous is going.

  15. Q15 hard

    Choose the correct verb: The principal, along with the teachers, ____ present

    1. A was
    2. B were
    3. C have been
    4. D are
    💡 Explanation:

    The subject is principal; the phrase along with the teachers does not make it plural.

  16. Q16 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: The patient ____ before the doctor came

    1. A dies
    2. B has died
    3. C had died
    4. D died
    💡 Explanation:

    The death occurred before the doctor came, so the earlier past action needs had died.

  17. Q17 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level

    1. A boiled
    2. B boils
    3. C is boiling
    4. D has boiled
    💡 Explanation:

    Scientific facts and general truths are stated in the simple present, so boils is correct.

  18. Q18 hard

    Choose the correct verb form: No sooner had he entered than the bell ____

    1. A rings
    2. B had rung
    3. C rang
    4. D was ringing
    💡 Explanation:

    No sooner had is followed by a simple past action in the main clause, so rang is correct.

  19. Q19 medium

    Choose the correct verb: The United States ____ a large economy

    1. A have
    2. B are
    3. C were
    4. D is
    💡 Explanation:

    Names of countries such as the United States take a singular verb when referring to the country.

  20. Q20 hard

    Choose the correct verb form: I wish I ____ more careful yesterday

    1. A had been
    2. B was
    3. C am
    4. D would be
    💡 Explanation:

    A regret about the past is expressed with wish plus past perfect, so had been is correct.

  21. Q21 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: The students ____ for the exam right now

    1. A study
    2. B are studying
    3. C studied
    4. D have studied
    💡 Explanation:

    Right now indicates an action in progress, so the present continuous are studying is correct.

  22. Q22 easy

    Choose the correct verb: Mathematics ____ my favorite subject

    1. A is
    2. B are
    3. C were
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    Mathematics names a field of study and is treated as singular for agreement.

  23. Q23 hard

    Choose the correct verb form: By next July, she ____ here for five years

    1. A works
    2. B worked
    3. C has worked
    4. D will have worked
    💡 Explanation:

    By next July points to completion by a future time, so the future perfect will have worked is required.

  24. Q24 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: He said that he ____ busy

    1. A is
    2. B will be
    3. C was
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    In reported speech after a past reporting verb, is usually backshifts to was.

  25. Q25 medium

    Choose the correct verb: A number of candidates ____ absent today

    1. A is
    2. B are
    3. C was
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    A number of means several and takes a plural verb, so are is correct.

  26. Q26 medium

    Choose the correct verb: The number of vacancies ____ limited

    1. A are
    2. B were
    3. C have been
    4. D is
    💡 Explanation:

    The number of refers to a single total, so the singular verb is is required.

  27. Q27 easy

    Choose the correct verb: The scissors ____ on the table

    1. A are
    2. B is
    3. C was
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    Scissors is a plural-form noun and normally takes a plural verb.

  28. Q28 hard

    Choose the correct structure: Hardly ____ the station when the train left

    1. A we had reached
    2. B we reached
    3. C had we reached
    4. D have we reached
    💡 Explanation:

    After hardly at the beginning of a clause, inversion is used: had we reached.

  29. Q29 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: She ____ English fluently before she moved to Canada

    1. A speaks
    2. B could speak
    3. C is speaking
    4. D will speak
    💡 Explanation:

    Could speak expresses past ability before the move, matching the past time reference.

  30. Q30 hard

    Choose the correct verb form: If they had left earlier, they ____ the bus

    1. A would have caught
    2. B will catch
    3. C caught
    4. D would catch
    💡 Explanation:

    A third conditional uses past perfect in the if-clause and would have plus past participle in the result.

  31. Q31 easy

    Choose the correct verb: The police ____ investigating the case

    1. A is
    2. B was
    3. C has been
    4. D are
    💡 Explanation:

    Police is treated as a plural noun when referring to police officers collectively.

  32. Q32 medium

    Choose the correct verb: Bread and butter ____ his usual breakfast

    1. A are
    2. B is
    3. C were
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    Bread and butter is treated as one combined meal here, so it takes the singular verb is.

  33. Q33 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: The two brothers ____ each other since 2020

    1. A know
    2. B knew
    3. C have known
    4. D had known
    💡 Explanation:

    Since 2020 shows a state continuing to the present, so have known is correct.

  34. Q34 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: Listen! Someone ____ at the door

    1. A is knocking
    2. B knocks
    3. C knocked
    4. D has knocked
    💡 Explanation:

    Listen signals an action happening now, so the present continuous is knocking is appropriate.

  35. Q35 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: I ____ my keys and cannot enter the room

    1. A lost
    2. B have lost
    3. C had lost
    4. D lose
    💡 Explanation:

    The present result cannot enter makes the present perfect have lost the best choice.

  36. Q36 hard

    Choose the correct verb: The quality of these mangoes ____ excellent

    1. A are
    2. B were
    3. C have been
    4. D is
    💡 Explanation:

    The head noun quality is singular, so the verb must be is.

  37. Q37 easy

    Choose the correct verb: One of my friends ____ in Islamabad

    1. A live
    2. B are living
    3. C lives
    4. D have lived
    💡 Explanation:

    One is the grammatical subject and is singular, so lives is correct.

  38. Q38 medium

    Choose the correct verb: The Arabian Nights ____ an interesting book

    1. A are
    2. B is
    3. C were
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    A title is treated as singular even if it appears plural in form.

  39. Q39 hard

    Choose the correct verb: Neither Ali nor his brothers ____ willing to go

    1. A are
    2. B is
    3. C was
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    With neither...nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject; brothers is plural, so are is correct.

  40. Q40 hard

    Choose the correct verb: Either the teachers or the principal ____ responsible

    1. A are
    2. B were
    3. C is
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    With either...or, the verb agrees with the nearer subject; principal is singular, so is is correct.

  41. Q41 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: She asked me where I ____

    1. A live
    2. B have lived
    3. C am living
    4. D lived
    💡 Explanation:

    In reported speech after asked, the present simple commonly backshifts to the past simple lived.

  42. Q42 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: The train ____ at 6 p.m. every day

    1. A is leaving
    2. B leaves
    3. C left
    4. D has left
    💡 Explanation:

    Timetabled or regular events are expressed with the simple present leaves.

  43. Q43 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: I ____ him twice this week

    1. A have met
    2. B met
    3. C had met
    4. D meet
    💡 Explanation:

    This week is an unfinished time period, so present perfect have met is appropriate.

  44. Q44 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: He ____ here since 2018

    1. A works
    2. B worked
    3. C has worked
    4. D had worked
    💡 Explanation:

    Since 2018 shows duration continuing to the present, so has worked is correct.

  45. Q45 medium

    Choose the correct verb form: The children ____ TV when the lights went out

    1. A watch
    2. B watched
    3. C have watched
    4. D were watching
    💡 Explanation:

    The lights went out during an ongoing past action, so were watching is correct.

  46. Q46 medium

    Choose the correct verb: The cost of vegetables ____ rising

    1. A is
    2. B are
    3. C were
    4. D have been
    💡 Explanation:

    The head noun cost is singular, so the singular auxiliary is is required.

  47. Q47 easy

    Choose the correct verb: There ____ many reasons for the delay

    1. A is
    2. B are
    3. C was
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    In there-constructions, the verb agrees with the following noun phrase; many reasons is plural.

  48. Q48 hard

    Choose the correct verb form: She behaves as if she ____ the owner

    1. A is
    2. B will be
    3. C were
    4. D has been
    💡 Explanation:

    As if can express an unreal situation, for which the subjunctive were is used.

  49. Q49 easy

    Choose the correct auxiliary: He ____ not finished the report yet

    1. A did
    2. B does
    3. C had
    4. D has
    💡 Explanation:

    Yet with a present result calls for the present perfect, formed with has plus past participle.

  50. Q50 easy

    Choose the correct verb form: She ____ to Lahore yesterday

    1. A has gone
    2. B went
    3. C goes
    4. D had gone
    💡 Explanation:

    The adverb yesterday points to a completed past action, so the simple past form went is required.

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