Sixteen Tenses Chart in English Grammar for all

16 Tenses 

Choose the correct option of Voices

1. Tom eats apples.   

A) Simple Present Tense 
B) Simple Past Tense 
C) Future Indefinite Tense 
D) Past Perfect Tense. 

ANSWER= (A) 
Explanation: Subject + Base Form+ s/es for the third singular person or name.  

2. She is learning the poem.

A) Present Perfect Tense  
B) Past continuous Tense
C) Present continuous Tense 
D) Future Indefinite Tense 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Subject + is/are/am + Present Participle ( I am, she, he, it, the singular name is, You, we, they, plural name are)

3. They have done their work. 

A) Simple Present Tense. 
B) Simple Past Tense 
C) Present Perfect Tense
D) Present Perfect Continuous Tense 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Subject + has/have + Past Participle (he, she, it, the singular name has, I, we, they, you and plural name have)  

4. They have been reading books for two hours. 

A) Simple Present Tense. 
B) Simple Past Tense 
C) Present Perfect Tense
D) Present Perfect Continuous Tense 

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: Subject + has/have + been + Present Participle (he, she, it, the singular name has, I, we, they, you and plural name have)  

5. We ate our meal.

A) Present Perfect Tense  
B) Simple Past Tense 
C) Present Continous Tense 
D) Future Indefinite Tense 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Subject + Simple Past + Object (only 2nd form of the verb is used with all the singular and plural nouns) 

5. I was doing my work yesterday. 

A) Present Perfect Tense 
B) Future Indefinite Tense 
C) Past Continuous Tense
D) Present Indefinite Tense  

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: My Subject + was/were + Present Participle+ object. ('was' is used with I, he, she, it and singular noun and 'were' is used with we, they, you and plural noun) 

6. He had done his work before I did. 

A) Simple Past Tense 
B) Past Perfect Tense 
C) Future Indefinite Tense
D) Present Indefinite Tense     

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Subject + had + Past Participle + Object ('had' is used with all singular and plural forms of the noun) 

8. I had been reading the novel since morning. 

A) Simple Present Tense
B) Past Indefinite Tense
C) Past Perfect Continous Tense
D) Future Indefinite Tense 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Subject had been + Present Participle + Object ('had been' is used with all singular and plural forms of the noun)

9. He will eat all apples.  

A) Future Perfect Continous Tense
B) Future Continuous Tense
C) Future Perfect Tense
D) Simple Future Tense 

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: The Subject + will /shall + Base form form.

9.  I shall be waiting for you. 

A) Simple Future Tense
B) Future Continous Tense
C) Future Perfect Continuous Tense
D) Future Perfect Tense  

ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  The Subject + will/hall + be + Present Participle  

10. They will have passed the test.   

A) Future Continuous Tense
B) Future Perfect Tense 
C) Simple Future Tense 
D) Future Perfect Continuous Tense 

ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation: The Subject + will/shall + have + Past Participle 

11. They will have won the match.   

A) Future Perfect Continuous Tense 
B) Future Continous Tense 
C) Future Perfect Tense
D) Simple Future Tense

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: The Subject + will/shall + have +Past Perfect  

12. She will have been studying Math since morning. 

A) Future Perfect Continous Tense 
B) Future Continuous Tense 
C) Simple Future Tense 
D) Future Perfect Tense 

ANSWER= (A)  
Explanation: Subject + will have been + Present Participle 

13. She told that she would study Physics.   

A) Her sisters have been loved by her. 
B) Past Future Tense 
C) Past Perfect Continous Tense 
D) Future Perfect Tense 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Her Subject + would + base form of the verb 

14. She told that she would be eating apples all day long. 

A) Past Future Indefinite Tense
B) Past Perfect Continuous Tense 
C) Past Future Continous Tense
D) Past Future Indefinite Tense

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Many good plays have been written by Shakespeare.  

15. He told that he would have eaten all the apples. 

A) Past Future Continuous Tense 
B) Past Indefinite Tense
C) Past Future Perfect Tense 
D) Past Perfect Tense 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Subject + would have + Past Participle 

16. They said that they would have been watching T.V  

A) Past Future Indefinite Tense.
B) Past Future Continuous Tense.
C) Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense. 
D) Past Future Tense 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Subject + would have been + Present Participle  

17. You have bought a pair of shoes.  

A) You have bought a pair of shoes.
B) You have not bought a pair of shoes.
C) Have you bought a pair of shoes?
D) Have you not bought a pair of shoes? 

ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation: Present Perfect Tense

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18. My friends have given me some money. 

A) Some money been given to me by my friends. 
B) Has my father given me some money?
C) Some money has been given to me by my friends. 
D) My father has given me some money. 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Object + has /have + been + Prepositional Phrase 

19. I have paid all my bills today.   

A) All my bills are paid by me today.
B) All my bills had been paid by me today.
C) All my bills have been paid by me today. 
D) All my bills were been paid by me today.

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: All my bills have been paid by me today. 

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20. They did not solve all the questions. 

A) All the questions are not solved by them.
B) All the questions have not been solved by them. 
C) All the questions were not solved by them. 
D) All the questions had not been solved by them. 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: All the questions were not solved by them.

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21. My friends have invited me to dinner. 

A) I was invited to dinner by my friends.
B) I have been invited to dinner by my friends. 
C) I had been invited to dinner by my friends.
D) I am invited to dinner by my friends. 

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: I have been invited to dinner by my friends.

22. He sings a poem.

A) A poem is sung by him. 
B) A poem is being sung by him.
C) A poem was sung by him.
D) A poem has been sung by him.

ANSWER= (A)  
Explanation: A poem is sung by him.

23. She has given me two gifts.

A) Two gifts were given to me by her.
B) Two gifts are given to me by her.
C) Two gifts have been given to me by her.
D) Two gifts had been given to me by her. 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Two gifts have been given to me by her. 

24. We all love our family.  

A) Our family has been loved by us. 
B) Our family is being loved by us.
C) Our family is loved by us.
D) Our family has been loved by us.

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: Our family is loved by us.

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25. He loves his parents.

A) His parents have been loved by him.
B) His parents are being loved by him.
C) His parents are loved by him. 
D) His parents were loved by him. 

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: My parents are loved by him.