Tenses (Present, Past, Future – Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous) MCQs

1. What is the primary focus of meteorology?
(A) Long-term weather patterns
(B) Short-term weather forecasting
(C) Climate change studies
(D) Historical climate data

2. Which tense is used to describe an action that is happening right now?
(A) Present Simple
(B) Present Continuous
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Future Perfect

3. Which tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past?
(A) Past Simple
(B) Past Continuous
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Future Perfect

4. Which tense is used to describe an action that will be completed by a specific time in the future?
(A) Future Simple
(B) Future Continuous
(C) Future Perfect
(D) Present Perfect

5. Which tense is used to describe a habitual or routine action?
(A) Present Simple
(B) Present Continuous
(C) Past Simple
(D) Future Simple

6. Which tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past?
(A) Past Simple
(B) Past Continuous
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Future Continuous

7. Which tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present?
(A) Present Perfect
(B) Present Perfect Continuous
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Future Perfect Continuous

8. Which tense is used to describe an action that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future?
(A) Future Simple
(B) Future Continuous
(C) Future Perfect
(D) Future Perfect Continuous

9. Which tense is used to describe an action that will have been ongoing up to a specific time in the future?
(A) Future Simple
(B) Future Continuous
(C) Future Perfect
(D) Future Perfect Continuous

10. Which tense is used to describe an action that happened at an unspecified time before now?
(A) Present Simple
(B) Present Perfect
(C) Past Simple
(D) Future Perfect