Test: Tenses - 1 - Class 10 MCQ

The past perfect continuous tense "had been studying" indicates that the action of studying was ongoing in the past before another past event occurred (the friend's call). This shows the relationship between two past actions.

The present perfect tense is used to describe something that happened in the past, but the exact time it happened is not important. It has a relationship with the present. Have/has + past participle makes the present perfect.

In this sentence, a mention has been made about something which has happened in the past. Now since the whole sentence is in the third person, we would be using "has" and not "have".

("have" is used in case of first and second-person framed sentences.)

Now, for the past participle, it the form of a verb, typically ending in -ed in English, which is used in forming perfect and passive tenses and sometimes as an adjective. In this case, the past becomes, "been"

Option B is correct.

The correct answer is (C) had watched. The past perfect tense "had watched" is used to indicate that the action of watching the movie was completed before another past action, reading the review.

Sometimes, speakers use the present continuous tense to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future, here, the action of coming this evening. The present continuous is formed using am/is/are + present participle (root verb+ing). Hence, Option A is correct.

The rest of the options either indicate that the action has already happened (Options C and D) or that the action will happen in distant and indefinite future (Option B), hence they're incorrect.

So, the correct answer is C) did; study.

Explanation:

1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense: "Have been reading" is in the present perfect continuous tense. This tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and is still continuing in the present.

2. Context: The phrase "since morning" indicates that the action of reading started in the morning and has continued up to now. This fits perfectly with the present perfect continuous tense.

3. Structure:

   • Subject: I
   • Auxiliary Verb: have
   • Been: used to form the perfect continuous tense
   • Main Verb: reading

So the complete sentence is: "I have been reading this book since morning," which clearly conveys that the action is ongoing.

The correct answer is (C) has. "The Council" is a collective noun treated as singular in this context, so the present perfect tense "has made" is correct.

The correct answer is (B) has been. "The wise leader and politician" is referring to a single person, thus the correct form is "has been" for the present perfect tense.

The correct answer is (D) was. "Neither" is singular, so the verb must also be singular, hence "was sold" is correct.

Option A is the correct answer because 'is' is used when the subject is singular, as in this case, belief.

Option B and C are incorrect because 'was' and 'were' are in the past tense whereas the statement is in the present tense.

Option D is incorrect because 'are' is used when the subject is plural which is incorrect here.

The correct answer is (A) has left. The subject "The Chief guest" is singular, and the phrase "with his wife" does not affect the verb agreement, so "has left" is correct.

The correct answer is (B) has been degrading. The subject "The quality" is singular, and the present perfect continuous tense "has been degrading" correctly indicates an ongoing action.

The correct answer is (A) They shall have arrived by then. The future perfect tense "shall have arrived" indicates that the action will be completed by a certain future time.

The correct answer is (C) are. When two subjects are connected by "or", the verb agrees with the subject closer to it. In this case, "her brothers" is plural, so the correct verb is "are".

Option B: 'Had visited' is in past perfect tense. It states a past action that completed before another past action 'moved' took place. It relates to the given sentence and hence option B is correct.

Option A: 'Has visited' is in present perfect tense and states an action just completed. 'Move' is a simple present verb and states a habit or a general truth. Both are irrelevant, as the sentence states actions from before 1996.

Option C: 'Had been visiting' is in past perfect continuous tense and 'is moving' is in present continuous tense. The actions in the given sentence are in the past.

Option D: Both 'is visiting' and 'is moving' are continuous tense forms in the present. Hence options A, C, and D are wrong.