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Verb Tenses and Agreement MCQs 2026

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  1. Q1medium

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bis
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  2. Q2medium

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

    1. Aknow
    2. Bknew
    3. Chave known
    4. Dhad known
    💡 Explanation:

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

  3. Q3easy

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

    1. Ais knocking
    2. Bknocks
    3. Cknocked
    4. Dhas knocked
    💡 Explanation:

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

  4. Q4medium

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

    1. Alost
    2. Bhave lost
    3. Chad lost
    4. Dlose
    💡 Explanation:

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

  5. Q5hard

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bwere
    3. Chave been
    4. Dis
    💡 Explanation:

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

  6. Q6easy

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

    1. Alive
    2. Bare living
    3. Clives
    4. Dhave lived
    💡 Explanation:

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

  7. Q7medium

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bis
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  8. Q8hard

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bis
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  9. Q9hard

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bwere
    3. Cis
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  10. Q10medium

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

    1. Alive
    2. Bhave lived
    3. Cam living
    4. Dlived
    💡 Explanation:

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

  11. Q11easy

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

    1. Ais leaving
    2. Bleaves
    3. Cleft
    4. Dhas left
    💡 Explanation:

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

  12. Q12medium

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

    1. Ahave met
    2. Bmet
    3. Chad met
    4. Dmeet
    💡 Explanation:

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

  13. Q13easy

    Choose the correct verb form: He ____ here since 2018

    1. Aworks
    2. Bworked
    3. Chas worked
    4. Dhad worked
    💡 Explanation:

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

  14. Q14easy

    Choose the correct verb form: She ____ to Lahore yesterday

    1. Ahas gone
    2. Bwent
    3. Cgoes
    4. Dhad gone
    💡 Explanation:

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

  15. Q15easy

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

    1. Adid
    2. Bdoes
    3. Chad
    4. Dhas
    💡 Explanation:

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

  16. Q16hard

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

    1. Ais
    2. Bwill be
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  17. Q17easy

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

    1. Ais
    2. Bare
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  18. Q18medium

    Choose the correct verb: The cost of vegetables ____ rising

    1. Ais
    2. Bare
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  19. Q19medium

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

    1. Awatch
    2. Bwatched
    3. Chave watched
    4. Dwere watching
    💡 Explanation:

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

  20. Q20medium

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

    1. Aleaves
    2. Bhas left
    3. Cleft
    4. Dhad left
    💡 Explanation:

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

  21. Q21medium

    Choose the correct verb: Neither of the answers ____ correct

    1. Ais
    2. Bare
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  22. Q22easy

    Choose the correct verb: The news ____ shocking to everyone

    1. Aare
    2. Bwere
    3. Cis
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  23. Q23medium

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

    1. Astudies
    2. Bstudied
    3. Cwill study
    4. Dhad studied
    💡 Explanation:

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

  24. Q24medium

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

    1. Ahave been reading
    2. Bread
    3. Cam reading
    4. Dhad read
    💡 Explanation:

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

  25. Q25medium

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

    1. Aare
    2. Bhave been
    3. Cwere
    4. Dis
    💡 Explanation:

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

  26. Q26easy

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

    1. Adrank
    2. Bis drinking
    3. Cdrinks
    4. Dhas drunk
    💡 Explanation:

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

  27. Q27medium

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

    1. Ahave lived
    2. Blived
    3. Clive
    4. Dwere living
    💡 Explanation:

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

  28. Q28medium

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

    1. Acooks
    2. Bhas cooked
    3. Ccooked
    4. Dwas cooking
    💡 Explanation:

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

  29. Q29easy

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

    1. Areceive
    2. Breceives
    3. Chave received
    4. Dare receiving
    💡 Explanation:

    Each is singular and therefore takes the singular verb receives.

  30. Q30medium

    Choose the correct verb: The jury ____ reached its verdict

    1. Ahave
    2. Bwere
    3. Chas
    4. Dare
    💡 Explanation:

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

  31. Q31medium

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

    1. Ahad left
    2. Bleft
    3. Chave left
    4. Dleave
    💡 Explanation:

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

  32. Q32medium

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

    1. Aam
    2. Bwere
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhad been
    💡 Explanation:

    The unreal conditional uses the subjunctive were after if I.

  33. Q33easy

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

    1. Awent
    2. Bhas gone
    3. Cgoes
    4. Dis going
    💡 Explanation:

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

  34. Q34hard

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

    1. Awas
    2. Bwere
    3. Chave been
    4. Dare
    💡 Explanation:

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

  35. Q35medium

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

    1. Adies
    2. Bhas died
    3. Chad died
    4. Ddied
    💡 Explanation:

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

  36. Q36easy

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

    1. Aboiled
    2. Bboils
    3. Cis boiling
    4. Dhas boiled
    💡 Explanation:

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

  37. Q37hard

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

    1. Arings
    2. Bhad rung
    3. Crang
    4. Dwas ringing
    💡 Explanation:

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

  38. Q38medium

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

    1. Ahave
    2. Bare
    3. Cwere
    4. Dis
    💡 Explanation:

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

  39. Q39hard

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

    1. Ahad been
    2. Bwas
    3. Cam
    4. Dwould be
    💡 Explanation:

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

  40. Q40easy

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

    1. Astudy
    2. Bare studying
    3. Cstudied
    4. Dhave studied
    💡 Explanation:

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

  41. Q41easy

    Choose the correct verb: Mathematics ____ my favorite subject

    1. Ais
    2. Bare
    3. Cwere
    4. Dhave been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  42. Q42hard

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

    1. Aworks
    2. Bworked
    3. Chas worked
    4. Dwill have worked
    💡 Explanation:

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

  43. Q43medium

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

    1. Ais
    2. Bwill be
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  44. Q44medium

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

    1. Ais
    2. Bare
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  45. Q45medium

    Choose the correct verb: The number of vacancies ____ limited

    1. Aare
    2. Bwere
    3. Chave been
    4. Dis
    💡 Explanation:

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

  46. Q46easy

    Choose the correct verb: The scissors ____ on the table

    1. Aare
    2. Bis
    3. Cwas
    4. Dhas been
    💡 Explanation:

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

  47. Q47hard

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

    1. Awe had reached
    2. Bwe reached
    3. Chad we reached
    4. Dhave we reached
    💡 Explanation:

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

  48. Q48medium

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

    1. Aspeaks
    2. Bcould speak
    3. Cis speaking
    4. Dwill speak
    💡 Explanation:

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

  49. Q49hard

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

    1. Awould have caught
    2. Bwill catch
    3. Ccaught
    4. Dwould catch
    💡 Explanation:

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

  50. Q50easy

    Choose the correct verb: The police ____ investigating the case

    1. Ais
    2. Bwas
    3. Chas been
    4. Dare
    💡 Explanation:

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

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