Free Tenses MCQs with Answers

41. I wish Sana _______come soon.

• A. will
• B. would
• C. had
• D. have

Explanation: After wish, would expresses a desired or hoped-for future action: “I wish Sana would come soon.” Will is normally avoided after wish in this structure.

42. You must take a taxi if you ___________ to catch the next train.

• A. intend
• B. will intend
• C. would intend
• D. intending

Explanation: In a first conditional sentence, the if-clause takes the simple present, even when it refers to the future: “if you intend to catch.” “Will intend” is not normally used in this condition clause.

43. It is very cold here in winter, so they ___________ Islamabad.

• A. going to
• B. usually go to
• C. goes to
• D. are sometimes go to

Explanation: The plural subject “they” takes the base verb “go,” and “usually” correctly expresses a repeated habit. “Goes” agrees with a singular subject, not “they.”

44. I did not know where he _________ from.

• A. has come
• B. had come
• C. have come
• D. comes

Explanation: The past perfect “had come” places his coming before the later past moment when the speaker did not know. This is the usual backshifted form in reported past-time narration.

45. I knew he ____ fail in exam.

• A. shall
• B. will
• C. would
• D. both A & B

Explanation: After the past verb “knew,” the future verb normally shifts from “will” to “would”: “I knew he would fail.” This is sequence of tenses in indirect speech.

46. The doctor warms him that unless he gives up smoking:_____________________(PMS 2018 KPK)

• A. His health will soon be recovered
• B. He will not recover
• C. Will he able to recover
• D. He will not suffer

Explanation: “Unless” introduces a condition, so the consequence takes “will”: without quitting smoking, “he will not recover.” The other choices are grammatically incomplete or do not express the warning correctly.

47. Unless you work very hard, _______________ (PMS 2018 KPK)

• A. You are not being successful
• B. You will not be successful
• C. You ought to be successful
• D. You be not successful

Explanation: In a first conditional sentence, “unless” takes the present tense and the main clause takes “will”: “Unless you work very hard, you will not be successful.”

48. My Uncle has ______to spain and returned back.

• A. gone
• B. went
• C. been
• D. being

Explanation: “Has been to Spain” means he visited Spain and has returned, so the present perfect form “been” is required. “Gone to Spain” would normally suggest that he is still there.

49. I never miss a football match.I __________ fond of it since my childhood.

• A. Am
• B. Have been
• C. Has been
• D. Will be

Explanation: “Since my childhood” indicates an action or state that began in the past and continues to the present, requiring the present perfect “have been.” The plural subject “I” also takes have, not has.

50. When the doorbell rang, I was __________ my bath.

• A. in
• B. have
• C. having
• D. with

Explanation: The past continuous form was having describes an activity in progress when the doorbell rang. The natural expression is “I was having my bath.”