Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 111 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Time word first): Find the time word: every day, now, yesterday, tomorrow, since, before … Choose the tense it needs. Fit the verb to the subject: he / she → -s, is, has, was; I → am; we / they → are, have, were.

1. 1.Which is the correct -ing form of “throw”? (a) throwwing (b) throwing (c) throweing
2. 2.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) are (b) is
3. 3.Priya ___ vegetables at the moment. (a) are buying (b) am buying (c) is buying (d) is buy
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, Kavya ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) had play (c) had played (d) have played
5. 5.He is going to ___ a song tomorrow. (a) sings (b) sang (c) sing (d) singing
6. 6.Choose the right verb: The bunch of bananas ___ ripe. (a) is (b) are
7. 7.Priya ___ a story right now. (a) is tell (b) are telling (c) am telling (d) is telling
8. 8.They ___ helped Grandma already. (a) have (b) has
9. 9.Name the tense: “Dev was going to school.” (a) past perfect (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) past continuous
10. 10.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) ran (d) running
11. 11.Choose the right verb: Either Kabir or the girls ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
12. 12.I ___ science before it got dark. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had studied (d) had study
13. 13.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.Choose the right verb: Either Ishaan or the twins ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
15. 15.She ___ a sandcastle at the moment. (a) is build (b) are building (c) am building (d) is building
16. 16.By the time we reached, she ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
17. 17.He ___ going to bring lunch next Sunday. (a) am (b) is (c) are
18. 18.When Mum came home, they ___ the dishes. (a) are washing (b) were wash (c) was washing (d) were washing
19. 19.He has just ___ the dishes. (a) washing (b) washed (c) washes (d) wash
20. 20.I ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) had play (b) have played (c) has played (d) had played
21. 21.She has just ___ the ball. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
22. 22.You have just ___ lunch. (a) brings (b) brought (c) bringing (d) bring
23. 23.___ they drawing a picture at the moment? (a) Are (b) Is (c) Am
24. 24.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taken (c) took (d) taked
25. 25.He ___ a mango when it started to rain. (a) were eating (b) was eat (c) is eating (d) was eating
26. 26.Karan ___ go to school every day. (a) doesn't (b) isn't (c) don't
27. 27.You ___ a picture every day. (a) draws (b) draw (c) drawing
28. 28.She ___ thrown the ball already. (a) has (b) have
29. 29.Which is the correct -ing form of “sing”? (a) singeing (b) singging (c) singing
30. 30.Choose the right verb: Each girl ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
31. 31.___ she watch a cartoon every day? (a) Is (b) Does (c) Are (d) Do
32. 32.He ___ a cartoon every day. (a) watches (b) watching (c) watch
33. 33.My parents ___ a cartoon on Saturdays. (a) watching (b) watch (c) watches
34. 34.We ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) had built (b) has built (c) have built (d) had build
35. 35.Which is the correct -ing form of “tell”? (a) telling (b) tellling (c) telleing
36. 36.When it started to rain, my parents ___ the train. (a) were taking (b) was taking (c) were take (d) are taking
37. 37.We ___ the room when the phone rang. (a) are cleaning (b) were cleaning (c) were clean (d) was cleaning
38. 38.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 9. (a) is (b) are
39. 39.Choose the right verb: Each child ___ a name tag. (a) has (b) have
40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buying (c) buyying

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