Tenses - 2 - Free MCQ Practice Test with solutions, Class 9

The sentence "The sun sets in the west" uses the present simple tense to describe a general fact or habitual action.

The sentence "We were watching a movie when the power went out" is in the past continuous tense as it describes an ongoing action in the past.

The sentence "They will have arrived by 5 p.m." correctly uses the future perfect tense to indicate an action that will be completed before a specific time in the future.

The sentence "We have been waiting for the bus for an hour" uses the present perfect continuous tense to express an ongoing action that started in the past and is still happening.

The sentence "They had finished dinner before the guests arrived" demonstrates the use of the past perfect tense to indicate an action completed before another past event.

The correct option is "have known" as it uses the present perfect tense to indicate an action that started in the past and continues into the present.

The correct option is "had cooked" as it uses the past perfect tense to indicate an action completed before another past event.

The correct option is "hasn't started" as it uses the present perfect tense to express an action that began in the past and is still ongoing.

The sentence describes an action that was completed before another past action (arriving at the station). Therefore, the past perfect tense ("had left") is used to indicate that the bus had already left when they arrived.

The correct option is "has been working" as it uses the present perfect continuous tense to describe an action that started in the past and is still ongoing.