Grammar Quiz 35

Grammar Quiz 35 — Verb Tenses: Fill in the Blanks

Test your understanding of English verb tenses by selecting the correct form for each sentence.

About This Verb Tenses Quiz

Welcome to Grammar Quiz 35, a fill-in-the-blanks assessment with 15 questions testing your knowledge of English verb tenses.

Select the correct verb form to complete each sentence. Pay attention to time expressions and context clues.

QUIZ FEATURES

• 15 fill-in-the-blanks
• Instant scoring
• Detailed explanations
• Various tense forms

Explanations

Q1. By the time you arrive, we __________ dinner.

Correct answer: will have finished

Future perfect tense is used for actions that will be completed before a specific future time.

Q2. She __________ in London for five years before moving to Paris.

Correct answer: lived

Simple past is used for completed actions in the past with a specific time reference.

Q3. This time next week, I __________ on a beach in Hawaii.

Correct answer: will be lying

Future continuous expresses ongoing action at a specific future time.

Q4. The phone __________ while I was taking a shower.

Correct answer: rang

Simple past is used for completed actions that interrupted ongoing past actions.

Q5. I __________ three cups of coffee today.

Correct answer: have drunk

Present perfect is used for actions completed in a period that includes the present.

Q6. When I saw her, she __________ her bicycle.

Correct answer: was riding

Past continuous expresses ongoing action at a specific past moment.

Q7. By 2030, scientists __________ a cure for most cancers.

Correct answer: will have discovered

Future perfect expresses completion before a specific future time.

Q8. I __________ to Japan twice this year for business meetings.

Correct answer: have been

Present perfect is used for experiences in a period that includes the present.

Q9. He __________ his homework when his friends arrived.

Correct answer: had finished

Past perfect expresses completion before another past action.

Q10. Look at those dark clouds! It __________.

Correct answer: is going to rain

"Going to" expresses prediction based on current evidence.

Q11. She usually __________ to work by bus, but today she drove.

Correct answer: goes

Present simple is used for habits and routines.

Q12. We __________ dinner when the guests arrived.

Correct answer: were having

Past continuous expresses ongoing action interrupted by another past action.

Q13. By the end of the year, I __________ here for a decade.

Correct answer: will have worked

Future perfect expresses duration up to a specific future time.

Q14. He __________ English for three years before he moved to Canada.

Correct answer: had studied

Past perfect expresses duration before another past action.

Q15. I think she __________ the answer if you give her more time.

Correct answer: will find

Future simple is used for predictions in first conditional sentences.

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