Worksheet of Tense

English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 3 · 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.She ___ vegetables when the bell rang. (a) is buying (b) were buying (c) was buy (d) was buying
2. 2.When the phone rang, we ___ a song. (a) are singing (b) was singing (c) were sing (d) were singing
3. 3.You ___ play cricket on Saturdays. (a) doesn't (b) don't (c) aren't
4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “bake”? (a) baking (b) bakeing (c) bakeeing
5. 5.Which is the correct -ing form of “jog”? (a) jogging (b) joging (c) jogeing
6. 6.Name the tense: “You baked a cake.” (a) simple present (b) simple past (c) present perfect (d) present continuous
7. 7.Aisha ___ clapped for the team already. (a) have (b) has
8. 8.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drinking (b) drunk (c) drank (d) drinked
9. 9.___ they clean the room every Sunday? (a) Are (b) Do (c) Does (d) Is
10. 10.___ my sister throw the ball last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
11. 11.Choose the right verb: All the boys ___ a water bottle. (a) have (b) has
12. 12.He ___ lunch on Saturdays. (a) bringing (b) brings (c) bring
13. 13.By the time we reached, they ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
14. 14.I ___ a sandcastle right now. (a) am build (b) am building (c) are building (d) is building
15. 15.When the bell rang, he ___ a song. (a) was singing (b) was sing (c) were singing (d) is singing
16. 16.___ Riya telling a story now? (a) Are (b) Am (c) Is
17. 17.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) have (c) has
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
19. 19.She has just ___ on the stage. (a) dance (b) dances (c) dancing (d) danced
20. 20.Which is the correct -ing form of “drink”? (a) drinkking (b) drinking (c) drinkeing
21. 21.When Dad called, I ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
22. 22.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 4. (a) are (b) is
23. 23.Choose the right verb: There ___ many books on the shelf. (a) are (b) is
24. 24.___ he tell a story yesterday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Did (d) Do
25. 25.We ___ won the match already. (a) have (b) has
26. 26.___ my sister clean the room twice a week? (a) Is (b) Do (c) Are (d) Does
27. 27.My sister ___ a song when the phone rang. (a) were singing (b) was sing (c) is singing (d) was singing
28. 28.Choose the right verb: There ___ three pencils in the box. (a) is (b) are
29. 29.My friends did not ___ a cartoon last Sunday. (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches (d) watching
30. 30.___ the children drawing a picture at the moment? (a) Is (b) Are (c) Am
31. 31.Rohan ___ a tree when the phone rang. (a) were planting (b) is planting (c) was plant (d) was planting
32. 32.Choose the right verb: Neither the boys nor Isha ___ coming today. (a) are (b) is
33. 33.Name the tense: “Ananya had swum in the pool.” (a) past perfect (b) simple present (c) simple past (d) present perfect
34. 34.___ they washing the dishes at the moment? (a) Is (b) Am (c) Are
35. 35.They ___ a tree next month. (a) will plant (b) will plants (c) planted (d) will planting
36. 36.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writed (d) written
37. 37.Which is the correct -ing form of “help”? (a) helpeing (b) helping (c) helpping
38. 38.Name the tense: “Tara watches a cartoon.” (a) simple past (b) present continuous (c) simple present (d) past perfect
39. 39.Manav ___ the room now. (a) is clean (b) am cleaning (c) is cleaning (d) are cleaning
40. 40.You ___ Grandma every Sunday. (a) helping (b) helps (c) help

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