20 English Tenses - Present and Past Quiz Quizzes

1. The United Kingdom ____________ (consist) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

A. consisted

B. consists

C. is consisted

D. has consisted

2. Over 670 million people ____________ (visit) Disneyland since its opening in 1955

A. visited

B. are visiting

C. have visited

D. will visit

3. After the reconstruction the supermarket ____________ on Monday again

A. opened

B. opens

C. is opening

D. is opened

4. Recently, the United States ____________ (alter) the whole of their immigration laws

A. alters

B. is altering

C. has altered

D. altered

5. About 375 million people ____________ (speak) English as their first language

A. speaks

B. is speaking

C. have spoken

D. will speak

6. I ____________ (live) in the UK at the moment to learn English

A. live

B. am living

C. have lived

D. will have

7. (you/ talk) about the upcoming journey? Can I join?

A. Are yu talking

B. Do you talk

C. Will you talk

D. Have you talked

8. English ____________ from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago

A. derives

B. derived

C. is deriving

D. has derived

9. English ____________ around the world by children in school as a foreign language

A. has learned

B. is learning

C. is learned

D. learned

10. Look! The concert ____________ (start) at 7 P M and ____________ (end) at 9 P M

A. will start – will end

B. starts – ends

C. is starting – ends

D. starts – is ending

11. We’ve already booked our holiday We ____________ (go) to Scotland in July

A. will go

B. have gone

C. went

D. go

12. Since 2005, India ____________ the world’s largest English-speaking population

A. has

B. is having

C. had

D. has had

13. What time ____________ Steve on Sunday?

A. are you meeting

B. do you meet

C. will you meet

D. did you meet

14. Our ferry ____________ for Amsterdam at 7 tomorrow morning

A. departs

B. is departed

C. is departing

D. departed

15. Canada ____________ (provide) fish, furs, and other natural resources to the world since the 15th century

A. has provided

B. is providing

C. provided

D. provides

16. To preserve natural habitat, the government ____________ (establish) six national parks so far

A. established

B. establishes

C. has established

D. is establishing

17. Look at the London Eye! The wheel ____________ (appear) motionless, but it ____________ (rotate) slowly

A. has appeared- rotates

B. is appearing -is rotating

C. appeared – rotates

D. appears -is rotating

18. English ____________ (be) an official language in several African countries, such as Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa