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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 12 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Name the tense: “Kavya will fly a kite.” (a) present perfect (b) past continuous (c) simple future (d) simple past
  2. 2.___ I winning the match right now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
  3. 3.Which is the correct -ing form of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rideing (c) rideeing
  4. 4.We ___ a tree yesterday. (a) planted (b) plant (c) have planted (d) will plant
  5. 5.She ___ in the park right now. (a) is run (b) am running (c) is running (d) are running
  6. 6.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telled (b) told (c) telling
  7. 7.___ Sneha eating a mango right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
  8. 8.Kabir ___ a mango when the bell rang. (a) was eat (b) is eating (c) were eating (d) was eating
  9. 9.Name the tense: “My friends have watched a cartoon.” (a) present perfect (b) present continuous (c) past continuous (d) simple future
  10. 10.Riya ___ cricket when it started to rain. (a) is playing (b) were playing (c) was play (d) was playing
  11. 11.Name the tense: “They will clean the room.” (a) simple present (b) present perfect (c) simple future (d) present continuous
  12. 12.You did not ___ a picture last week. (a) draw (b) drew (c) drawing (d) draws
  13. 13.Choose the right verb: All the boys ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  14. 14.By the time we reached, you ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
  15. 15.He did not ___ the train last week. (a) took (b) take (c) taking (d) takes
  16. 16.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drinkking (c) drinkeing
  17. 17.My brother ___ the dog yesterday. (a) feeded (b) fed (c) will feed (d) feeds
  18. 18.Name the tense: “I have carried the bag.” (a) past continuous (b) past perfect (c) present continuous (d) present perfect
  19. 19.Name the tense: “She was studying science.” (a) present continuous (b) past continuous (c) past perfect (d) present perfect
  20. 20.Name the tense: “I bought vegetables.” (a) past continuous (b) simple present (c) present continuous (d) simple past
  21. 21.I ___ a song right now. (a) are singing (b) is singing (c) am singing (d) am sing
  22. 22.He ___ lunch last week. (a) will bring (b) brings (c) bringed (d) brought
  23. 23.Which is the correct -ing form of “climb”? (a) climbeing (b) climbing (c) climbbing
  24. 24.They are going to ___ rice next month. (a) cooks (b) cooked (c) cook (d) cooking
  25. 25.Kabir ___ planted a tree already. (a) has (b) have
  26. 26.They ___ going to go to school tomorrow. (a) am (b) is (c) are
  27. 27.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 8. (a) are (b) is
  28. 28.We ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) have baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) has baked
  29. 29.Kavya is going to ___ a tree next week. (a) plants (b) planted (c) plant (d) planting
  30. 30.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 5. (a) are (b) is
  31. 31.Name the tense: “I will run in the park.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) simple future (d) simple past
  32. 32.Name the tense: “You are sending a message.” (a) present perfect (b) simple present (c) present continuous (d) simple past
  33. 33.Choose the right verb: All the children ___ a locker. (a) have (b) has
  34. 34.Name the tense: “Saanvi had planted a tree.” (a) simple present (b) simple future (c) present perfect (d) past perfect
  35. 35.Name the tense: “I baked a cake.” (a) simple past (b) past perfect (c) past continuous (d) simple present
  36. 36.Name the tense: “Dev throws the ball.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) present continuous (d) simple present
  37. 37.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swam (b) swum (c) swimmed (d) swimming
  38. 38.Choose the right verb: There ___ many books on the shelf. (a) is (b) are
  39. 39.We ___ going to jog in the park next week. (a) is (b) am (c) are
  40. 40.He is going to ___ a mango tomorrow. (a) eating (b) ate (c) eat (d) eats

Answer key

  1. simple future
  2. Am
  3. riding
  4. planted
  5. is running
  6. told
  7. Is
  8. was eating
  9. present perfect
  10. was playing
  11. simple future
  12. draw
  13. have
  14. had cleaned
  15. take
  16. drinking
  17. fed
  18. present perfect
  19. past continuous
  20. simple past
  21. am singing
  22. brought
  23. climbing
  24. cook
  25. has
  26. are
  27. is
  28. had baked
  29. plant
  30. is
  31. simple future
  32. present continuous
  33. have
  34. past perfect
  35. simple past
  36. simple present
  37. swam
  38. are
  39. are
  40. eat

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