Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 236 · 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.___ they wearing a cap at the moment? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
2. 2.Choose the right verb: Neither Myra nor the boys ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
3. 3.Choose the right verb: Neither the boys nor Farhan ___ coming today. (a) is (b) are
4. 4.She ___ a story now. (a) is tell (b) am telling (c) are telling (d) is telling
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “send”? (a) sendeing (b) sending (c) sendding
6. 6.Arjun ___ cricket on Saturdays. (a) plays (b) play (c) playing
7. 7.I ___ the ball at 8 pm yesterday. (a) am catching (b) were catching (c) was catch (d) was catching
8. 8.Name the tense: “Priya is running in the park.” (a) simple present (b) present perfect (c) present continuous (d) simple past
9. 9.They ___ a kite twice a week. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly
10. 10.Name the tense: “I was baking a cake.” (a) simple past (b) past continuous (c) past perfect (d) simple future
11. 11.You ___ science next week. (a) will studies (b) studied (c) will studying (d) will study
12. 12.He has waited for the bus ___ 8 o'clock. (a) for (b) since
13. 13.Which is the correct -ing form of “study”? (a) studyying (b) studyeing (c) studying
14. 14.She ___ the ball at 8 pm yesterday. (a) was throwing (b) is throwing (c) was throw (d) were throwing
15. 15.Karan ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runned (b) ran (c) runs (d) will run
16. 16.Choose the right verb: One of my friends ___ in Class 9. (a) are (b) is
17. 17.My brother ___ going to bring lunch next Sunday. (a) is (b) am (c) are
18. 18.My brother ___ in the park last week. (a) ran (b) runs (c) will run (d) runned
19. 19.By the time we reached, they ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) had play (d) has played
20. 20.She ___ a story before it got dark. (a) had told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) have told
21. 21.I have known my best friend ___ January. (a) since (b) for
22. 22.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) baking (b) bakeing (c) bakeeing
23. 23.My brother ___ in Pune since 2021. (a) have lived (b) lives (c) lived (d) has lived
24. 24.We have been in the library ___ 8 o'clock. (a) for (b) since
25. 25.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eateing (c) eatting
26. 26.Which is the correct -ing form of “buy”? (a) buyeing (b) buying (c) buyying
27. 27.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writed
28. 28.My sister ___ a cap when it started to rain. (a) were wearing (b) was wear (c) is wearing (d) was wearing
29. 29.They ___ to school when the bell rang. (a) were going (b) are going (c) were go (d) was going
30. 30.You are going to ___ cricket next month. (a) played (b) plays (c) play (d) playing
31. 31.Name the tense: “You will throw the ball.” (a) present continuous (b) simple future (c) simple present (d) past continuous
32. 32.Name the tense: “Rohan climbs a tree.” (a) present continuous (b) simple future (c) simple past (d) simple present
33. 33.Name the tense: “Omkar is going to school.” (a) simple past (b) simple future (c) present continuous (d) simple present
34. 34.You ___ danced on the stage already. (a) have (b) has
35. 35.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) had built (c) had build (d) have built
36. 36.___ he swimming in the pool now? (a) Am (b) Are (c) Is
37. 37.We ___ the train every day. (a) take (b) taking (c) takes
38. 38.They are going to ___ a cartoon tomorrow. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watched (d) watch
39. 39.Priya ___ run in the park already. (a) have (b) has
40. 40.I ___ vegetables tomorrow. (a) bought (b) will buying (c) will buys (d) will buy

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