Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 120 · 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.Vivaan ___ a letter twice a week. (a) writing (b) write (c) writes
2. 2.___ I eat a mango last week? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
3. 3.My sister is going to ___ the dishes next week. (a) washed (b) wash (c) washes (d) washing
4. 4.They are going to ___ a picture next Sunday. (a) drawing (b) draw (c) drew (d) draws
5. 5.Aditya ___ going to make tea next week. (a) are (b) is (c) am
6. 6.When the bell rang, we ___ Grandma. (a) were helping (b) are helping (c) were help (d) was helping
7. 7.They have just ___ Hindi. (a) spoken (b) spoke (c) speak (d) speaking
8. 8.Name the tense: “I have danced on the stage.” (a) present continuous (b) present perfect (c) simple present (d) simple past
9. 9.Name the tense: “You told a story.” (a) past perfect (b) simple present (c) present perfect (d) simple past
10. 10.Name the tense: “Vivaan cooked rice.” (a) present perfect (b) simple past (c) present continuous (d) simple present
11. 11.Isha ___ a tree yesterday. (a) has climbed (b) climbed (c) climbs (d) will climb
12. 12.Which is the correct -ing form of “build”? (a) buildding (b) buildeing (c) building
13. 13.Kabir is going to ___ a story tomorrow. (a) tells (b) tell (c) telling (d) told
14. 14.___ you jogging in the park right now? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
15. 15.They ___ going to cook rice tomorrow. (a) am (b) is (c) are
16. 16.He ___ for the team in 2023. (a) will clap (b) has clapped (c) clapped (d) claps
17. 17.By the time we reached, you ___ science. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
18. 18.Name the tense: “My parents were washing the dishes.” (a) simple past (b) past continuous (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
19. 19.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studying (b) studyeing (c) studyying
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree on Saturdays. (a) climbing (b) climbs (c) climb
21. 21.Choose the right verb: My trousers ___ new. (a) is (b) are
22. 22.When Dad called, they ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.When Dad called, we ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
25. 25.You ___ a bicycle now. (a) are ride (b) is riding (c) am riding (d) are riding
26. 26.When Dad called, he ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 7. (a) are (b) is
28. 28.When the bell rang, you ___ the match. (a) were win (b) was winning (c) are winning (d) were winning
29. 29.I have just ___ the dishes. (a) washed (b) washes (c) wash (d) washing
30. 30.My brother has just ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbing (c) climbs (d) climbed
31. 31.You ___ a message when it started to rain. (a) was sending (b) were send (c) are sending (d) were sending
32. 32.I ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) had told (b) has told (c) have told (d) had tell
33. 33.Saanvi ___ with Nani since 2022. (a) stays (b) have stayed (c) stayed (d) has stayed
34. 34.Karan did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carrying (b) carries (c) carry (d) carried
35. 35.My brother has had this bicycle ___ 2019. (a) since (b) for
36. 36.You ___ a cake every morning. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake
37. 37.When Dad called, he ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) had (c) have
38. 38.You ___ going to build a sandcastle next month. (a) are (b) am (c) is
39. 39.He ___ a cap every Sunday. (a) wears (b) wear (c) wearing
40. 40.Which is the correct -ing form of “fly”? (a) flyeing (b) flyying (c) flying

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